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The Return of the Living Dead

1985 ·1h 31m · ★ 7.2 (2,262)

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.

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Director

Dan O'Bannon Dan O'Bannon
2 horror films in catalog
The Return of the Living Dead
The Return of the Living Dead 1985
The Resurrected
The Resurrected 1991

Cast

Horror DNA

Gore
Bloodless Splatterfest
100
Slow Burn
Shock-driven Slow burn
17
Psychological
Straightforward Mind-bending
0
Supernatural
Grounded Otherworldly
0
Creature
Human threats Monster-driven
91
Disturbing
Tame Deeply unsettling
83
Fun Factor
Deadly serious Blast to watch
100
Cerebral
Popcorn horror Thinking horror
28
Survival
No survival element Fight for your life
66
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Body HorrorUndeadZombie

Setting

Cemetery

Content Warnings

Taboo ContentBody HorrorCannibalismEye TraumaDehumanizationMedical Gore
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TMDB Keywords

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