[6] He accepted on the condition he could rewrite the film radically so as to differentiate it from Romero's films;[7] the rewrite ultimately took four months to complete. However, his genitals are not seen. Many people are bitten on the head by zombies, sometimes with brain matter exposed. Description. As far as I'm aware, this is the best release available and it's such a great film that it deserves such great audio and visual quality and a plethora of extra features. Reviewed in the United Kingdom on October 15, 2017. That is in most cases their only redeeming characteristic. ), Mark Robertson (Tall Boys) Plus Musicians Greg Hetson (Circle Jerks), and John Sox (The F.U. Favorite Add to More colors Uneeda Medical Supply T-Shirt / Hoodie - … HoloLens PC Mobile device Xbox 360 Trailer. On August 27, 2002, MGM released a Special Edition DVD in the U.S. with a new cut of the movie (with music alterations due to copyright issues) with a commentary by O'Bannon and a documentary on the making of the film. Linnea Quigley, who plays Trash in the film, had to be fitted for a cup-like vaginal prosthesis to be worn during the vast majority of her scenes, which director Dan O'Bannon described as "A Barbie doll crotch, with no detail". The transfers is fantastic and the extras beyond fantastic. For years i've only had the awful VHS of this film, so it's nice to finally get the Blu-ray. Genitals, breasts, and butt can be seen. Burt has the zombie incinerated at a nearby mortuary by his friend Ernie, but this inadvertently causes the deadly gas to contaminate the air, creating a toxic rainfall that reanimates the corpses in a cemetery. This release is very similar to the MGM/Fox print from three years earlier. [7] Russo and producer Tom Fox planned to bring Return of the Living Dead to the screen in 3D and directed by Tobe Hooper.[7]. A zombie eats brains out of a dead guys head. I remember loving it then and being shocked by how graphic it was (specifically an actress spending most of the movie completely nude) though over time I only vividly recall three things, Linnea Quigley naked, the terrifying tar creature saying "Brains?" This was also the first production design credit for William Stout, who would go on to do production design for the Conan the Barbarian franchise among other films. Filming began on July 9, 1984, and finished several months later in October. [6] It currently holds a 91% approval rating on the review aggregate website Rotten Tomatoes, with a rating average of 7.2/10 based on 43 reviews. and the chilling final freeze frame. On June 4, 2012, Second Sight Films in the U.K. released DVD and Blu-ray Disc versions of the film where the original audio and soundtrack in its original form can be selected, the first time since 2001 a release has had this option. Reviewed in the United Kingdom on January 29, 2017. A funny couple of blundering dunderheads. -“The Origins Of The Living Dead:” An Interview With John A. Russo (16 minutes)-The Return Of The Living Dead – “The Dead Have Risen” – Interviews With Cast Members Clu Gulager, James Karen, Don Calfa, Brian Peck, Thom Mathews, Beverly Randolph, Linnea Quigley, and more (21 minutes) The Return of the Living Dead was a critical and a moderate box office success, grossing US$14,237,000 domestically on an estimated budget of US$4,000,000. On September 11, 2007, a Collector's Edition of the film was released with additional extra features involving the cast. Unable to add item to List. From $49.99. The release had its first insight into the movie with the inclusion on a booklet (claimed to be based on Ernie's notes from the events of the film) which was edited from Gary Smart and Christian Seller's publication The Complete History of The Return of the Living Dead.[13]. The gas re-animates an army of corpses, who arise from their graves with a ravenous hunger... for human brains! I seen this film in the theater as a kid and was FLOORED . [6] It's a common misconception that the gates of Eastern Cemetery in Louisville, Kentucky appeared in the film, but they did not. Forget walking dead! Burt then decides to call the number on the military drums, which reaches military officer Colonel Glover. 50+ uses of the word fuck along with some uses of other bad language (namely "bitch" or the S-word). The Return of the Living Dead. I'd like to thank Amazon for putting this on Prime! Prime members enjoy FREE Delivery and exclusive access to music, movies, TV shows, original audio series, and Kindle books. Cult Horror: A 6-Film Collection 2018. Suicide gets his skull bit by tarman and there is blood and brain matter, Trash gets surrounded by zombies and killed by zombies and she comes back as a zombie, Scuz get some bit on the head and blood goes everywhere, Freddy turns into a zombie and chases Tina then Burt hits him on the head with a pipe a few times the spider hits him twice with a sledgehammer then Freddy tries to attack spider but Ernie throws acid on his face he screams with pain then we see his face. [11] Up until 2012, this was the only time it had been issued in its original form. Return of the Living Dead invented the popularized notion in the public conscious of zombies eating specifically brains (as opposed to simply flesh) and that zombies groan "Braaiinnsss!" Showing all 22 items Jump to: Certification; Sex & Nudity (4) Violence & Gore (8) Profanity (2) Alcohol, Drugs & Smoking (1) Frightening & Intense Scenes (1) Spoilers (6) Certification. Frank manages to escape during the chaos and, still having control over his mind, commits suicide by immolating himself. The disbanded British horrorpunk/thrash quartet, Jason Heveran (aka J~Sin Trioxin) 6/11/79-12/14/18, of horrorpunk band, The film has been spoofed in several episodes of the animated sitcom, This page was last edited on 21 October 2020, at 01:58. | Perhaps the funniest, scariest, goriest, and sexiest zombie film ever made. Bundles containing this item. And that is what marks this film more than anything, how frantic the characters are to beat the zombies against seemingly impossible odds. O'Bannon agreed to the suggestion. Reviewed in the United States on January 3, 2018, Personally I like this one the best of all. You see her naked breasts and the rest of her body except her genitals as the actress wore a prosthetic device to obscure them. Plot Keywords. A raggedy, tar-dripping ghoul flailing around like an undead Scarecrow from the Wizard of Oz. The zombie actors include Allan Trautman as Tarman, Terrence Houlihan as the yellow cadaver in the warehouse, Jerome Coleman as a legless corpse, Cherry Davis as the voice of a female zombie missing half her body, and John Durbin and David Bond as corpses who intercept radio transmissions. He further added the backstory that Frank tells Freddy to honor and reference the source material, but at the same time, to set it apart on its own. Lots of scenes with decaying, skeletal and gross looking corpses both dead and reanimated. You also get featurettes on the second and third movies which was fun to see. I suspect that the director/writer, the great Dan O'Bannon, was taking out his frustrations, perhaps about his career or personal life or maybe Hollywood in general, in this story because it seethes with anger over the lazy stupidity of human beings. The Blu-ray Disc version is a 2-disc combo pack with both a Blu-ray Disc and DVD. When Burt and Ernie learn of the dead rising from their graves, they barricade the mortuary after. Rent $4.99. When they go down to take a look, Frank manages to break the seal on one of the canisters which releases a gas. It also analyzes reviews to verify trustworthiness. Synopsis Linnea Quigley strutting through a cemetery absolutely buck naked. It is. Joined by their boss Burt, the three discover that every part of the zombie can survive independently. On his first day on the job at an army surplus store, poor Freddy (Thom Mathews) unwittingly releases nerve gas from a secret U.S. military canister, unleashing an unbelievable terror. The cover of the DVD case for the 2002 release glows in the dark. There is full nudity of a male zombie that attacks a couple guys. Burt and Spider manage to get back inside the warehouse where they find Casey and Chuck. A few naked pin-ups are seen from a distance. Ernie and Tina hid in the mortuary's attic, while the blinded Freddy attempts to break in. [2][4] The film tells the story of how a warehouse owner, accompanied by his two employees, mortician friend, and a group of teenage punks, deal with the accidental release of a horde of brain-hungry zombies onto an unsuspecting town over the Fourth of July weekend. "George A. Romero: "Who Says Zombies Eat Brains? Certification: [citation needed]. The rest of the films, to varying degrees, stick to their outline and "rules" established in the first film. The film was a critical success and performed moderately well at the box office. The characters Burt Wilson and Ernie Kaltenbrunner are, contrary to popular belief, not named after the characters from Sesame Street; Dan O'Bannon had no idea he was using the names of those characters. Meanwhile, Freddy's girlfriend Tina and his friends Spider, Trash, Chuck, Casey, Scuz, and Suicide arrive at the cemetery to meet Freddy by his job. Now I'm fulfilled. It was also nominated for four Saturn Awards, including Best Horror Film, Best Actor for James Karen, Best Director and Best Make-up, by the Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy and Horror Films. Its mix of dark humor and horror was the main inspiration for my script Deathguard, currently in development. With Frank and Freddy showing signs of becoming zombies themselves, Burt has them locked in the chapel, accompanied by Tina when she refuses to abandon Freddy. There's a problem loading this menu right now. Return Of The Living Dead, Horror Print, Horror Print Poster, Zombies, Horror Movies, Films, Movie Art, pop culture GibsonGraphix. Available on. ", Reviewed in the United Kingdom on July 19, 2011. Linnea Quigley is fully naked for basically the whole movie, even when she becomes a zombie. Please try again. Quigley herself had no problem with the full frontal nudity, but the producers insisted upon it when they happened to visit the set the night her strip dance was filmed in the cemetery, while she was completely nude, apart from her leg-warmers. We were unable to submit your evaluation. Tina enters the warehouse first and wanders into the basement, where she is confronted by the disfigured zombie Frank accidentally freed. Linnea Quigley strips naked in a graveyard and dances naked. Though note while everything else was restored (the original "Tar-Man" voice and the other songs), the song "Dead Beat Dance" by The Damned could not be restored. Yet because the writing is so strong they are still three-dimensional characters with a strong will to live. The vapours that have been released causes the dead to re-animate, suddenly the adjacent graveyard becomes extremely lively. [16], I spent 37 years of my life not even being alive.

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