Roger Ebert
It's kind of a sensation-machine, made out of the usual ingredients, and the real question is whether it's done with style. It is.
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The Return of the Living Dead
The dead rise from the grave, hungry for brains, and ready to party in this comedic take on the zombie apocalypse.
When foreman Frank shows new employee Freddy a secret military experiment in a supply warehouse in Louisville, Kentucky, the two klutzes accidentally release a gas that reanimates corpses into flesh-eating zombies. As the epidemic spreads throughout the town, and the creatures satisfy their hunger in gory and outlandish ways, Frank and Freddy fight to survive with the help of their boss and a mysterious mortician.
Less1985Rating: R91 minsUSAHemdale Film Corporation, Fox Films Ltd., Cinema 84, Orion Pictures
ComedyHorror
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The New York Times
The volume of stagy gore quickly reaches a point of diminishing returns.
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Time Out
An energetic cross-referencing of genre: not just a horror movie, but a comic apocalyptic zombie horror movie. O'Bannon has his cake, eats it, and then throws it up in the face of the audience.
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Variety
Director Dan O’Bannon deserves considerable credit for creating a terrifically funny first half-hour... greatly aided by the goofball performance of James Karen
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Slant Magazine
A tongue-in-cheek, splatter-laden homage to George A. Romero's zombie pictures.
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