I LOVE THIS MOVIE. I have gone thru about 4 copies over the years. Just to be picky, Spider is a "rude boy", Tina and Cassie and Chuck are "mods" and Suicide and Scuz and Trash are punks.  Freddie on the other hand i am not sure. He has that mid early 80's metal look about him but i do not quite know. I guess i just grew up with this was happing and whe i look back i see myself and my friends. We should all push for the DVD of this film even if it means we have to back it.

RETURN OF THE LIVING DEAD- quite possibly the definitive horror-comedy film. I have a funny story behind this one- i was in a mall when I was seven or so. Both my mother and I loved this movie, and we walked into the video store to buy a copy. But it wasn't there. We asked the clerk if we could find one anywhere else, and she said that it would be almost impossible. I left, disenchanted. After wandering through the mall for a little while longer, i walked into Camelot music, and right there on theirmovie shelves were ten gorgeous copies of Return of the Living Dead, at the low price of just $9.99. I am 14 now, and I still have that movie. And I still love that goddamn movie!

I know why Ernie the mortician had that pistol.In case someone turns out not to be dead and gets up and trys to leave.Ernie would just gun them down and start preparing the body.I mean, its not that far fetched is it?He's a mortician...AND HE PACKS HEAT!What kind of wierd ass crap is that?Other than that wierd aspect, a rather enjoyable little bit of art, suitable for the elderly and toddlers alike, I say.

Okay, first thing... just to clear up confusion... I remember a "Fangoria" interview with James Karen (Frank) from the time, and he said Lianna Q. (Trash) was never actually naked below the waist.  She was wearing something.

Now, I adore, love and worship this film!  There is not a wrong scene, line or moment in it!  Everything is either hysterical or actually creepy... sometimes both at the same time!  Imagine Romers's zombies... except intelligent, fast and hip!

The acting is also far better than you'd expect.  The director rehearsed the film like a play and let the actors have input on what happened to their characters.  Frank, for instance, was supposed to run amuck in typical zombie fashion, but actor James K. came up with the crematorium ending.  I think any director like that is very cool asnd it certainly worked for this film.  At times the acting is corny, but it is always in character.

One story I recall from mags at the time... if you don't know it, it is a goodie... (but I don't know how many minutes into the film it is, sorry)

Okay... Tina (preppy dweeeb... Freddie's gf) has gone looking for him at the med supply warehouse and finds Tarman in the basement instead.  The actress was supposed to run up the stairs and crash through the trick step... which was the forth one.  (I know, it was the third one... hold on...)

No matter how many times they rehearsed it, she was afraid of falling and wouldn't come down hard enough to break the trick step.  The director told her it was okay, and they would skip the stunt.  He sent everyone to lunch... and THEN had the carpenters rig the third step without telling anyone.

When Tina hits that step and falls through... her scream is absolutely real!  The actress had no idea it was going to happen!

I love that story.

Anyway, if you haven't seen this film you absolutely must!  It is the best time!  The soundtrack (which I believe is OOP, unfortunately) is terrific, and I defy any horror fan to sit still when "Party Time" begins to play!

Oops... I forgot to say... one critique...

The red haired corpse puppet was fantastic looking, granted, but it is quite impossible to say "the pain of being dead" without lips.  

Try it.  

Ok, I realize it is just a movie, but I have to make this minor point.  How come Trash becomes a zombie after being eaten by the graveyard corpses, but Suicide stays dead after being eaten by the Tarman?  I would think that the chemical Trioxin 245 would be more potent coming from the slimy man himself.  Think about it, Frank and Freddy got zombiefied and they only got squirted in the face by the gas from the tank.  

I know Linnea very well and we've talked about Trash. According to her she was wearing a tiny piece of flesh colored cheese cloth that was glued to her pubic bone and just below her anus. If that clears anything up. She is, however, completely naked in NIGHT OF THE DEMONS among other great B- movies.

Ummmm... The whole thing about it being true, a part of it is. No not the zombies, but the chemical. There Was a chemical used in the army to spray on certain things. They accidently spilled it all on a corps. It didnt turn in to a zombie, however kind of flinched and jumped up for about 3 seconds, then turned stiff again. Hell Im only 13 and i know the reason this happend was because corpses (even though they are dead) some things can make their nerves to start moving again. Just a little bit of information for sttarr00@hotmail.com . Nothing to be alarmed about. By the way great movie.