RETURN OF THE LIVING DEAD
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| Rated R
| | Copyright 1985 Orion Pictures
| | Reviewed by Andrew Borntreger on 'a long time ago'
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- Freddy - Young guy who just started working for a medical supply company, things look bright until he turns into a zombie.
- Frank - The Pathmark guy! For a man he certainly screams a lot. Cremates himself.
- Burt - Owner of the medical supply company, actually kicks some zombie butt with several weapons. (Lead pipe, pickax, and a baseball bat.) Vaporized by a nuclear explosion.
- Ernie - Dedicated mortician who loves classical German music and his pearl handled pistol. Nuked.
- Tina - Freddy's girlfriend, she spends the film pretty much freaking out about him turning into a zombie. Nuked.
- Spider - Levelheaded (For the most part.) member of young punk gang. Nuked.
- Suicide - Big guy with lots of piercing, eaten by Old Mushy.
- Trash - Linnea Quigly! Freaked out punk girl who wears leg warmers for most of the film. (And that's about it.) Eaten by old men.
- Casey and Chuck - She has big hair and he's a dweeb, nuked.
- Col Glover - Army officer who has been searching for the contaminated barrels for fourteen years.
- Scuz - Fodder member of the gang.
- Old Mushy - My favorite zombie, he's the one which was actually sealed in the tank (his real name is "The Tarman"). Loses his head.
- The Zombies - Any corpse which comes in contact with this strange chemical, almost impossible to destroy.
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| "Send more paramedics..." ...Hehe! This movie, which puts a twist on Night of the Living Dead, is full of grisly images and humor. If you can appreciate the humor involved with a pack of zombies munching police officers, then grabbing the radio and asking for backup. Everything starts out with Frank showing the FNG a group of barrels stored in the basement. Seems that they contain bodies, the U.S. Army had cleaned up a chemical spill and put all the contaminated parts into the barrels, due to a small mistake in shipping the darn things arrived at Burt's warehouse. Barrels, filled with toxic chemicals and rotting bodies show up on the doorstep, what would you do? Burt kept them. Bad Burt. Frank just has to slap one of the things to prove how sturdy it is and gas floods out, both guys drop like stones while the vapors permeate everything. They do not wake up in Oz, it's still the same drab warehouse, but now the split dogs (Veterinary thing.) and frozen cadavers are running amok. Burt's bright idea number two is cremating the zombies, when rain contaminated by the smoke starts soaking the graveyard all heck breaks loose. On the off chance you didn't read the character descriptions, don't grow attached to anyone, they're either zombie chow or fallout. Even Trash, she has the misfortune of experiencing her greatest fear, being stripped down naked and eaten by old men. Not that nudity frightens her, I'm still trying to decide if the girl was wearing a leotard carefully blended with her skin or if she was darn good with a mirror and razor. |
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- Corpses can get freezer burn.
- Chemical companies conduct most of their R&D in hospitals.
- The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is overrated.
- If there is one single graveyard not to play around in, it's called "Resurrection Cemetery."
- Lysol covers up unpleasant zombie odors.
- Nudists hate acid rain.
- Eyes are the last body part to rot.
- Zombies pioneered mosh pits.
- Brains are like Novocain for zombies.
- Ex boyfriends are even more annoying when they're dead.
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- 1 min - Well that is a twis. This is all true?
- 5 mins - It's the 80s!
- 9 mins - I wonder who is on the other end of that 1-800 number these days?
- 18 mins - RANDOM ACT OF VIOLENCE AGAINST HALF A DOG!
- 21 mins - RANDOM GRATUITOUS BREAST SHOT!
- 38 mins - I am guessing that rain clouds seeded with those chemicals are a very bad thing.
- 62 mins - Scuz, do not get so close to the window. Oops!
- 77 mins - RANDOM ACT OF VIOLENCE AGAINST A CHEAP PAINTING!
- 80 mins - Have fun!
- 87 mins - They nuked Kentucky! What took so long?
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- Burt: "One question Frank: this guy screaming in here, you're sure he's a dead cadaver?"
Frank: "Let's open the door and find out!"
Burt: "No that's all right, Frank. I'll take your word for that."
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| | Audio clips in wav format | SOUNDS | Starving actors speak out | |
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| Frank: "International treaty, all skeletons come from India."
Freddy: "No kidding, how come?"
Frank: "How the hell do I know. 'how come?' the important question is, where do they get all the skeletons with perfect teeth?"
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| Trash: "Do you ever fantasize about being killed?"
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| Ernie: "What the hell is in those bags?"
Burt: "Rabid Weasels."
Ernie: "What? What the hell are you doing with a bunch of rabid weasels?"
Burt: "That's what I was trying to explain to you, they came in as part of a shipment, of course they weren't supposed to be rabid."
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| Zombie: "Brains, brains, brains!"
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| Click for a larger image | IMAGES | Scenes from the movie | |
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| Suicide's heart was in the right place here; he is trying to save Tina. Unfortunately his brain is in the right place too...for Mushy to eat it.
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Reply #17. Posted on June 02, 2001, 09:06:25 AM by
Funny the mortician (Ernie Kaltenbrunner) was the first person Burt thought of to cremate the cadaver. His name was ripped right off World War II history: Ernst Kaltenbrunner, leader of the SS and ultimately responsible for the operation of the camp creamatories... Hmmm...
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Reply #18. Posted on November 25, 2006, 04:10:12 PM by Daniel
I liked the movie. I agree that "Mushy"(of course, it's real name is "The Tarman")is the best zombie in the entire movie. I like the theme music, too. If you love zombie movies then you must see this for yourself. I didn't like the other two sequels, though. The second was just silly and the third was more romance than horror. This film is funny in some parts. Like the part when Burt and Frank try to kill the first human zombie(the first zombie was a dog sliced in half)they see. They say this after hitting it's head with a pickax:
Burt: I thought you said that if we destroyed the brain, it would die.
Frank: It worked in the movie!
Burt: Well it ain't working now, Frank.
Frank: You mean the movie lied?
I won't spoil the ending for you(even though, the other movie review did)because I don't think good movies should be spoiled. Now get up, go to a video store and rent Return of The Living Dead!! NOW!!!!
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Reply #19. Posted on November 25, 2006, 04:09:49 PM by Skid Row
Out of all my fave movies from the class of '85: Labyrinth, The Goonies.. only one tops all of the them - The Return of the Living Dead! Where else can you find average acting, dodgy make-up, a cool punk soundtrack and the only movie to have brain eating corpses!!! The movie is unbeleivably funny and without a doubt it has to have the best striptease sequence in any movie of it's genre. Often classed as a B-movie, ROTLD never fails to impress... I have been a serious addict since it was available for rental in the start of '86. And every week I make another person into a fan of the movie (Trilogy, sorry)... Something is lurking six feet under... and it's on DVD!
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Reply #20. Posted on November 25, 2006, 04:10:12 PM by Saeed
This movie is easily on my list of favorites of all times. Actually to one of the above posters that questioned "Since when do zombies run?" That was one of the best parts of movie
IMHO. Here you have these cops and paramedics unaware of the doom they're facing and then this squad of zombies come out of nowhere and BUMRUSH them (yelling "BRAINS!" all the way). That's some funny stuff. It's impossible to hate this film.
favorite quote:
"Send...... more...... cops."
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Reply #21. Posted on November 25, 2006, 04:10:12 PM by Brian the SNAMS agent
This movie wask great. For one, the soundtrack was pretty tight. That beginning tune that plays when the gas is escaping is great. I loved how the zombies could run and were able to kick some major ass. The two sequels were pretty much garbage (especially part 2), but this one is a classic.
Hey, has anyone played Resident Evil 3: Nemesis? I swear, they take a lot of stuff from this movie for the game. The scene in the movie where the zombies rush the cops is used, as well as the ending for the movie. There's probably more.
Memorable scenes:
When the one gang member goes "I'm gonna bust him in the head" or something like that, referring to the zombie.
When they knock mushy's block off.
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Reply #22. Posted on November 25, 2006, 04:09:49 PM by Molo
I do love this movie, but I think the hysterical screaming from Freddy and Frank starts to grate on the nerves after a bit.
But 'Tarman' is one of the greatest cinema zombies EVER. I love the rolling way he walks, and the make-up is a great one.
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Reply #23. Posted on November 25, 2006, 04:09:49 PM by
Oh god this is the best 80's movie ever Linnea IS THE BEST SCREAM QUEEN! I liked when she stripped in the graveyard and was naked through the whole movie and she is really hot. I recommend Night of the Demons she is in that too. And she gets naked and you see everything!!!! And you get to see her shove a lipstick in her nipple it's also a good movie
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Reply #24. Posted on November 25, 2006, 04:09:49 PM by Bradley
I agree with all those who loved this movie. I cannot recall a boring moment or a bad scene in this movie and I have just purchased a DVD copy on ebay. You can't knock great entertainment and it is that from beginning to end. My favorite charactor was Frank and I will never forget Linnea's world class body.
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