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Summary: More brains!!!
Review: I found this movie to be just as good when I was a child. It was like I had watched it for the first time. I liked the zombie in the basement the way he looked sent chills down my spine. Also the girl that got naked had made a wish that men would bite her and eat away at her. Well she got her wish. It was funny to watch them run away in terror. I like the part when the zombie pretended to be a cop and was directing all the cops towards him and the other zombies jumped out the bushes and got all the cops. Above all the movie was great and I will be watching it again.
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Summary: Entertaining...But there Is a Conspicuous Blooper
Review: I enjoyed the director's commentary as much as the actual movie. One of the bloopers he didn't fess up to was the way the zombie strapped to the bed talked. The movements were fake looking. But beyond that, she had no lips, only teeth, so how could she possibily speak "p" or "f" or "m" sounds? This should have considered when it was decided that these would be talking zombies!Overall: great soundtrack, pretty good acting, but the plot was inonsistent. Sometimes the director wanted us to take the film seriously as a horror movie, sometimes not, and the result was that it was neither truly a horror nor a comedy...just a bunch of individual scenes, some of which were very well executed.
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Summary: Brains. Brains, Brains!
Review: This movie was exactly what I expected it to be. Well, sort of. I expected a horror/comedy loosely reworking George A. Romero's 'Night Of The Living Dead'. Well, it didn't have much humor (which is a good thing for me), and it wasn't really a reworking of 'Night Of The Living Dead'. It was along the same lines, though. It's about this warehouse that stores scientific things to ship. In the basement, there are zombies that the government accidentally brought back to life using some chemical that I can't remember the name of. Well, the boss takes this teenage kid named Frank down to look at the corpses downstairs and they accidentally bring them and all the other corpses in the graveyard right next to the warehouse (figures, doesn't it?) back to life. They get stranded in a morgue where they go to cremate the first the first zombie they encounter. Then, a group of teenagers comes and gets stranded there, too. The end is very disturbing and it further reinforces my hatred for the government. All and all, I liked this movie a whole lot. It had mostly really good special effects. Except for the first zombie (the one they cut up into little pieces and burn up). It looks so unbelievebly fake. However, the rest of the zombies look super-cool. Especially the one in the basement of the warehouse. If your looking for a B-movie masterpiece, here's where you'll find it. This movie is definitly good. A
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Summary: BRAAAAAINS!
Review: 1985 was certainly a good year for zombie films! Both Return of the Living Dead and Day of the Dead by George Romero were released the same year and there hasn't been a GOOD zombie movie made since with the exception of Dead Alive in 1993. Return of the Living Dead contains the perfect blend of comedy, horror, and gore. Couple that with a cast of a few pretty decent actors and you have a winner which is exactly what this movie is! It all starts when an unknown chemical (unknown until part 3 which was really lame) that has the ability to reanimate the dead is released in a medical supply warehouse and, well, reanimates a cadaver as well as some split dogs. They take the cadaver, by now cut into pieces, to a crematory across the street that is operated by a friend of the owner of the medical supply warehouse and convince him to burn it for them. The smoke releases the chemical into the air which causes it to rain and soak into the ground of the cemetery bring the dead back to life. Throw in a group of punk kids (no really they are punks with mohawks and everything) who are hanging out at the cemetery waiting for their friend who works at the medical warehouse where it all started to get off work and you have the makings for some genuine mayhem. Sound hokey? Well it's not the film actually works very well and is entertaining throughout. This has been out of print for many years and only recently became available on dvd. [Pick]it up before it goes out of print for another decade.
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Summary: One of the best. Period.
Review: As another reviewer was saying, this movie has all of the elements of a horror film put together into one and it is all good! Really, next to "The Exorcist" this is got to be the best damn horror movie ever made to date. The director was smart enough to let the actors "lead the way" and kind of just let the moment ride and he let them really feel out the story and their characters as well. I have watched this movie several times and remember seeing it when I was a kid and loving it more and more each time I watch. A must own DVD.
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Summary: Good late night entertainment.
Review: Lets not dissect (hmmm) a film like this. Great entertainment: grab a beer, a chocolate muffin, sit dissolve into your couch (A.K.A. the public health department's worst flea infested nightmare) and enjoy!
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Summary: The Living Dead get cast for comedy! (finally!)
Review: Stop me if you've heard this one: a group of teenagers get attacked in a graveyard by the Living Dead. You've heard that one before? Did it make you laugh? Because this DVD will!
Waiting for their friend to get off work at a medical supply warehouse near a graveyard, a group of young punks decide to party in the graveyard. Alright, stupid enough. What is even stupider is their friend and his boss decide to dink around with a corpse in a barrel floating a mysterious matererial that supposedly brings the dead to life, accidentally shipped to the warehouse. After too much horsing around, the barrel bursts, sending a mysterious gas into the air and bringing various dead bodies to life inside the plant. After burning them in the local crematorium, rain starts bringing corpses back to life in the graveyard. Then, things start to go bad.
This is a hilarious film with plenty of creepy moments and blood. The sound track includes great artists like 45 Grave and The Cramps. I recommend that everyone check their basements to make certain they haven't accidentally been shipped a corpse in a barrel by the U.S. government. Directly after, they should buy this film so they know what NOT to do if that ever happens.
Included features include trailers, TV spots, Conceptual art, and a worthwhile Commentary by the Director and Production Designer.
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Summary: The movie and more
Review: Most everyone who purchases this DVD has already seen the movie, and it holds a special place in ther hearts, as it does mine. I remember seeing ROTLD in the theater and being absolutely stunned, and then never being able to see it again. There was a different UK version out there, but as soon as I saw this was coming available, I put my order in.
Extras include a nice making-of and commentary; well worth it as a fan of the film (and filmmaking in general). I was a little disappointed that there wasn't more. Considering the rabid fan base of this film, it has the appearance of being put together to make a few extra bucks. It's still good to have in the collection, and the ability to frame-by-frame answers some questions ("what the hell was THAT?").
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Summary: Absolute Classic
Review: This is a truly wonderful, wild, and unforgettable zombie film classic. Full of wild, outrageous characters and really funny yet gruesome zombies. It is a horror comedy and is very funny. It does add a new, fresh addition to the zombie genre. Its great that it is available on DVD for such a cheap price and I cannot recommend this film enough for zombie film buffs. Stay away from the sequels to this film though.
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Summary: "Send more cops..."
Review: Finally, after all this time, it is truly great that Return of the Living Dead has finally made it's way to DVD. I remember seeing this movie when I was a kid, and I loved every minute of it. Director Dan O'Bannon (who also wrote the screen play and was one of the creators of characters in the original Alien) brings this re-working/homage of George Romero's Night of the Living Dead to life with gut ripping gore, a pumping punk rock soundtrack, and a wicked of a sense of humor, all of which made Return of the Living Dead an instant classic. However, as previously mentioned by a few other reviewers, there are a few changes in the film that were not present before, but that mostly doesn't take away from the film. Thom Matthews (Friday the 13th Part 6: Jason Lives) and James Karen would return in the sequel. The DVD is worth noting as well; the commentary by O'Bannon and Production Designer William Stout is more than worth hearing, and the Designing the Dead featurette is interesting as well. All in all, at this price this is a must own for horror fans of any type.
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