When two bumbling employees at a medical supply warehouse accidentally release a deadly gas into the air, the vapors cause the dead to rise again as zombies.When two bumbling employees at a medical supply warehouse accidentally release a deadly gas into the air, the vapors cause the dead to rise again as zombies.When two bumbling employees at a medical supply warehouse accidentally release a deadly gas into the air, the vapors cause the dead to rise again as zombies.
- Awards
- 4 nominations
Miguel A. Núñez Jr.
- Spider
- (as Miguel Nunez)
Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaThe filmmakers had to get approval from Lysol to have Frank spray away the stench of death with their product. "They liked the idea that Lysol would kill any conceivable odor."
- GoofsWhen Frank is explaining how the original Night of the Living Dead is based on a true story, he states that the true story occurred in 1969. However Night of the Living Dead (1968) was released in 1968, a year before the incident happened. In the original script Frank said the event happened in 1966, but Dan O'Bannon changed the line because he felt it would be better if the character was unreliable.
- Crazy creditsThe following phony disclaimer precedes the movie: "The events portrayed in this film are all true. The names are real names of real people and real organizations."
- Alternate versionsThe MGM 2002 DVD releases (UK and US) has had some changes in the audio compared to the original version:
- The TSOL song has been replaced with another song
- The Tar Man's voice has been re-recorded. However, the original Tar Man voice can be heard briefly during the closing credit sequence.
- The line "send more cops" has also been re-recorded
- The song "Take a walk" has been removed, now you only hear it for a few seconds with no vocals.
- The song "Burn the flames" has also been shortened.
- ConnectionsEdited into Cent une tueries de zombies (2012)
- SoundtracksThe Trioxin Theme
(Main Title)
Performed by Francis Haines
Composed by Francis Haines
Produced by Simon Heyworth
Featured review
For pure eighties, punk rock, walking dead, brain eating mayhem, this is the film to watch.
Original Night Of The Living Dead screenwriter John Russo Write the original story for this 1985 splatterpunk classic as a straight faced follow up to the hit 1968 movie. Tobe Hooper was originally set to direct, but when he dropped out of the project Dan O'Bannon was drafted in and set about a radical rewrite to differentiate it from Romero's movies. The end result is a classic of the zombie genre that delivers a good laugh with its silly, over-the-top nature. A mysterious military chemical is accidentally released into the atmosphere by a couple of numbskull employees at a medical supplies warehouse. Pretty soon the dead are coming back to life with a craving for human brains, leaving warehouse manager Clu Gulager to battle it out for survival alongside a mysterious mortician (Don Calfa) and a gang of partying punks . The movie is notable for featuring Linnea Quigley stripping off in a cemetery and dancing naked on top of the graves, as well as its soundtrack which features songs by The Cramps, The Damned and Roky Erickson amongst others. Allan Trautman who has worked with Jim Henson and The Muppets performed as the "Tarman" zombie, and contrary to popular belief the characters of Burt and Ernie in the movie are not named after the puppets from Sesame Street, that is just a coincidence.
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Details
- Release date
- Country of origin
- Language
- Also known as
- Return of the Living Dead
- Filming locations
- Louisville, Kentucky, USA(one exterior shot only)
- Production companies
- See more company credits at IMDbPro
Box office
- Budget
- $4,000,000 (estimated)
- Gross US & Canada
- $14,237,880
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $4,403,169
- Aug 18, 1985
- Gross worldwide
- $14,241,577
- Runtime1 hour 31 minutes
- Color
- Sound mix
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