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Summary: PERFECT
Review: This is one of the best zombie films ever,a thrill ride.the story is great,the acting top notch,the gore is simply beautiful,a kick ass low budget love letter to george romeros zombie trilogy.the dvd is pretty good for the price,trailers,tv spots,making of,director commentary/dont miss this 80s classic,but, be sure you miss the sequel.this was the first film to have running zombies,not "28 days later"they were not dead,and not the "dawn of the dead" remake,thank you very much.
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Summary: A note about the DVD
Review: On the DVD of this movie they offer the choice STANDARD and WIDESCREEN. Well the truth of the matter is that the so called WIDESCREEN is one of those bogus WIDESCREEN versions. This film was shot in 1.33:1. You see back in the early 80's a lot of low budget films were shot in that ratio because the filmakers figured "Hey, the movie will be in theaters for 6-8 weeks and then Home Video will be its residing place for the rest of eternity." What they could not predict was that in the late 20th century film buffs would become such ardent film collectors that they would demand their favorite films to be released AS THEY WERE SHOT. Well MGM, when releasing The Return of the Living Dead, must have worried that its fans would MISTAKENLY think that they were not getting the film in its original format unless the DVD contained a WIDESCREEN version. So MGM slapped black bars on the top and bottom of the film(That's right, it's not any wider than the STANDARD version)and called it "WIDESCREEN". MGM, and all other film studios should realize that film fans don't care how WIDE a film is, they just want their films presented in their original format. If a film is shot 1.33:1 just explain that on the packaging(e.g.The Shining). Don't create bogus WIDESCREEN versions. For your information, MGM also did this with their Special Edition DVD of The Howling.
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Summary: zombie flick
Review: CAN SOME ONE PLEASE TELL ME IF THIS IS A SEQUEL TO ALL THREE OF ROMEROS'S ZOMBIE FLICKS OR JUST NIGHT OF THE LIVING DEAD.I LIKE THE FILM IT IS A FUN HORROR FLICK .I LIKE IT !
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Summary: soundtrack--movie
Review: soundtrack
The soundtrack is COOL and should be purchased immediately
movie
cant say enough bad things about it... imagine having sexual relations that are so uttewrly aweful, that you become a nun or a monk. this film will make you NEVER believe in Hollywood again.
all violence
no plot(really! no. plot.)
terrible cliched dialouge
and it made me cry cos it was so BAD!
I had to rate it, although thats being too kind.
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Summary: A perfect zombie movie.
Review:
Two bumbling workers at an Army supplies factory discover cans of powerful experimental gas used by the army as it accidently gets released bringing the dead back to life as fast moving unstoppable zombies craving for human brains.
A true cult classic in every sense of the word! Dan O'Bannon ( writer of "Total Recall", "Alien" and "Heavy Metal") has written and directed this comical horror spoof that makes fun of George A. Romero's zombie trilogy with good acting, gore, cool special effects and suprises makes it a must see.
The DVD is totally cool as the movie itself, it contains both Widescreen and Fullscreen versions, audio commentary by Bannon, TV Spots, Trailers, Art gallery and featurettes, this movie belongs in every horror aficionado's library.
Also recommended: "Lifeforce", " 28 Days Later", " Nightmare City", " Burial Ground: The Nights of Terror", "Return of the Living Dead part II", "Return of the Living Dead III", "Hell of the Living Dead", "Dawn of the Dead ( 1978 and 2004)", "Day of the Dead", "Versus", "Night of the Living Dead ( 1968 and 1990)", " Demons", "Cemtery Man", " Resident Evil", "Resident Evil Apocalypse", " Bride of Re-Animator", "Evil Dead II", " Let Sleeping Corpses Lie", "Shaun of the Dead", "Stacy", " Dead & Buried", "House of the Dead", "Zombie", "City of the Living Dead ( a.k.a. The Gates of Hell)", "Pet Semetery".
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Summary: The Best of all the Living Dead. BRAINS, MORE BRAINS!!!
Review: This is the best of the living dead flicks. Not because its scary. Not because of the gore, though it is decent for its time. Because its funny as hell and has a killer soundtrack. The original "Night of the Living Dead", although not a bad film, was a little boring, one could easily dose off if one didn't have enough sleep while watching it. In fact, I've found most of the early living dead films that way. This movie, on the other hand, rocks. Its punked up and the dead are back to party. It involves a medical supply wharehouse, the employees there, some punks who like to party in the cemetary, a mortuary, the mortician and a lot of hungry dead people.
If you didn't know, brains are what the dead are hungry for. The dead in this picture aren't stupid either. They seem to know just how to get a hold of more brains to munch on. They talk, they walk (some have a little problem with this), they run , they know how to gang tackle, and they eat brains.
My favorite movie character is in this film and he resides in the basement of a medical supply wharehouse. He's the greatest creation ever in horror movies, he's funny as hell and he eats brains.
I don't want to give too much away, but trust me this movie is funny from beginning to end and it has a head bashin soundtrack.
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Summary: Return of the Living Dead
Review: Terrible, terrible, terrible acting. But this movie rocks. The music is just right and is always in perfect timing. There is, however, one flaw that erks me. In the introductory conversation, one character explains the chemical to the other character, referring to the original Night of the Living Dead film. He said that it really happened, and that it all started in the military back in 1969. The problem there is that the film was released in 1968.
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Summary: Good punk album
Review: This is a very underrated(and probably not heard by most)
soundtrack album. I'm honestly not a huge punk fan, but
these songs rock pretty well and fit well with a movie
about teenage punks and a less serious movie. "Partytime"
and "Tonight" are really good 80's gothic rock songs and
are the best tracks on the album. THe song "Surfin Dead"
is also funny. Had this been more a serious movie some
of the these songs would have been out of place... Thankfully
the guys that made the movie knew when to play the goofy
songs and when to play the rockin stuff. The CD is just
sticks to the goth rock gimmick that plays in so much of
this movie... If you want a soundtrack with a more diverse
sound then look elsewhere.... If you like 80's goth music
this is a very underrated album that deserves some attention.
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Summary: Brains, Red Sauce, & Rock n' Roll Music
Review: Flesh-rending, brain-eating, and punk rock. Horror? Maybe to you; to me it sounds like a great night out.
And make no mistake about it: brain-chomping has never been so cool since the glory days of "Return of the Living Dead", Dan O'Bannon's first foray into directing (he wrote the script for "Alien" and later helmed the underrated "The Resurrected") and an homage to Romero's classic zombie films that would come close---very close---to surpassing the works of the Master in their ghoulish, brain-chomping goodness.
Remember that movie they made, years ago, about the living dead wandering about rural Pennsylvania, hungry for human flesh? Well, turns out that's a true story---but according to medical device factory supervisor Frank (played by the immortal James Karen, who sold his soul to the Devil in exchange for being in every cool film ever made), They (you know, the Army, the Pentagon, the CIA, the Scientists, the Guys in Charge) made the filmmakers change names and places around a little.
As it turns out, Frank confides in rookie co-worker Freddy (played to the hilt by then-newcomer Thom Mathews), the army transported some of the zombies to a little medical products plant in Louisville, Kentucky---why, the very medical products plant our two heroes are sitting in. The zombies, of course, are downstairs in special sealed containment barrels.
Could you resist? Frank and Freddy can't, and head downstairs for a little face time with the safely entombed zombie. Turns out those old Army Corps of Engineering barrels weren't nearly as fail-safe as Frank thought, and a nasty, greenish, zombifying gas pours out---and it has very specific, re-animating qualities. Seeing as the gas spreads quickly through a building stocked to the gills with cadavers and split-dogs (just see for yourself), this is a very bad thing.
Add to this Frank and Freddy's decision with the help of an eccentric mortician Ernie (was that a Horst Wessel tune playing on his headphones while he was embalming that corpse?) to burn the zombified evidence (smoke spreads the pollutants, guys...to the local cemetery), throw in a pack of punkers who decide to 'hang out' in the aforementioned cemetery, and you have the makings of what I consider to be one of the very best zombie movies *ever* made.
"Return of the Living Dead" is sick, funny, benefits from a great eighties punker score (including songs from The Cramps and SSQ), well-paced, beautifully shot and rippingly directed by O'Bannon: not content to rest on its hysterically funny laurels, the movie ups the ante by really try to scare the dog collar off you.
Yes, the "Wee Chapel of the Dawn" is a whimsical and truly funny touch, as is the eviscerated woman's corpse, strapped to a gurney in the mortuary, that howls "brains...brains...BRAINS"---but the gallows humor is tied to the horror, and "Return of the Living Dead", even all these years later, is a terrifying film. The dead here don't amble or lurch, they run---and they talk, yell, taunt and scream, as well ("I love you Tina...and that's why you need to let me EAT YOUR BRAINS").
The special edition DVD is sorely needed, and restores "Return" to all its brain chewing glory. The extras, including a wry and amusing commentary by O'Bannon and conceptual art of the undead, are worth the price of admission alone.
Make sure you've secured all the doors and windows, locked and loaded your streetsweeper, don that spiked dog-collar, put a cassette of The Cramps in the hopper, and keep just two things in mind:
1) Shoot those mangy zombies in the head; and
2) It's a lifestyle, baby!
Chow down!
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Summary: Send more paramedics
Review: Ok while some may write this off as just another 80s zombie
movie,I completly disagree.
I have to say in writing this review i am bias.ROTLD is my
all favorite zombie movie(yes even beating dawn and night)
Why might you ask?Well let me tell you.
First it has everything you need Zombies,an 80s punk gang,hot
punk chicks,good soundtrack and of course some great special
effects and gore.
Second the script is actually good!In a fun zombie way of corpse.Its about a teenager who goes to work for a place that
sells corpses to hospitals and schools.Upon his arrival the
boss shows him a container housing a creature that was supposedly a zombie.Well needless to say they crack the container and all zombie hell breaks loose.Tie this in with
partying and a cemetary and you have a all around great movie.
Third-It has running zombies!One thing i have always loved
about this movie was the fact that the zombies charged after
people.They were not afraid to try something differant and it worked.
So all in all i can find no faults in this zombie fest of a
movie.If you're looking for zombies and fun look no further.
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