The Return of the Living Dead (1985) [R]

Release Date:
April 25, 1985

Original Title:
The Return of the Living Dead

Alternate Titles:
Battalion
El regreso de los muertos vivientes
El regreso de los muertos vivos
Návrat živé smrti
Powrót Żywych Trupów
Return of the Living Dead
Return of the Living Dead - Verdammt, die Zombies kommen!
Return of the Living Dead I
Ze Zijn Terug en Hebben Honger
Τα Ζόμπι δεν Είναι Χορτοφάγα
バタリアン

Genres:
Comedy | Horror | Science Fiction

Production Companies:
Cinema 84
Fox Films Ltd.
Hemdale Film Corporation
Orion Pictures

Production Countries:
United Kingdom | United States of America

Ratings / Certifications:
AU: M  BR: 16  CA: R  DE: 16  ES: 12  GB: 18|15  IT: VM18  MX: C  NL: 16  US: R 

Runtime: 91

They're Back From The Grave and Ready To Party!

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.

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Additional Editor:
Barbara Pokras
Mark Helfrich

Art Direction:
Robert Howland

Assistant Art Director:
Clayton Hartley

Assistant Camera:
Julio Macat
Robert L. Blatman

Assistant Costume Designer:
Lesley Levin

Assistant Editor:
John Penney
Julie Feiner

Assistant Property Master:
Frederick B. Van Brunt

Assistant Sound Editor:
Adam Johnston

Associate Producer:
Grahame Jennings

Best Boy Electric:
Marty Carrillo

Boom Operator:
Robert Jackson

Camera Operator:
Ed Nielsen

Casting:
Stanzi Stokes

Casting Assistant:
Lucien Jervis

Co-Producer:
Graham Henderson

Color Timer:
Dan Muscarella

Director:
Dan O'Bannon

Director of Photography:
Jules Brenner

Editor:
Robert Gordon

Electrician:
Timothy 'Guido' Magaraci
Ronald J. Pure Jr.

Executive Producer:
Derek Gibson
John Daly

First Assistant Director:
David M. Robertson

Gaffer:
Robert M. Amerian

Grip:
Andreas Crawford
Jesse Tango

Key Grip:
Richard Mall

Key Makeup Artist:
Robin L. Neal

Leadman:
Michael Gastaldo

Location Manager:
Alexander Hendrie

Makeup & Hair:
Wendy Hogan

Makeup Artist:
Yvette Bliss

Makeup Effects:
William Munns
Allan A. Apone

Music Editor:
Emilie Robertson

Music Supervisor:
Robert Randles

Negative Cutter:
Vivian Hengsteler

Original Music Composer:
Matt Clifford

Producer:
Tom Fox

Production Accountant:
Richard Lorenzana

Production Coordinator:
Karen Altman Morgenstern

Production Design:
William Stout

Production Manager:
Michael Bennett

Production Secretary:
Belinda Vidaurri

Property Master:
Barbara Benz

Screenplay:
Dan O'Bannon

Script Supervisor:
Christena Alcorn

Second Assistant Director:
Scott Javine
Josh King

Set Decoration:
Robert Lucas
Ken Kaufman

Set Dresser:
Sara Lee Wade

Set Medic:
Pattison Newberry

Sound Mixer:
Ron Judkins

Sound Re-Recording Mixer:
Bob Minkler
Ray West
Chris Carpenter

Special Effects:
Kevin McCarthy
Bob McCarthy

Special Effects Makeup Artist:
Kenny Myers
Larry Odien
Craig Caton
Douglas J. White
Tony Rupprecht

Special Effects Supervisor:
Bob McCarthy

Still Photographer:
Rory Flynn

Story:
John A. Russo
Rudy Ricci
Russell Streiner

Stunt Coordinator:
Gary Jensen
Erik Cord

Stunts:
Monty Cox
Blair Burrows
Spiro Razatos
Ethan Wayne
Fernando Celis
John Gillespie
Erik Cord
Hank Calia
Gardner Doolittle
Paula Moody
Ray Saniger
Bernie Pock
Brian J. Williams
Kim Robert Koscki
Michael Carr
Bruce W. Morgan
Joel Kramer
Gary Jensen
Byron Quisenberry
David Zellitti
Ralph Garrett
Gene Hartline
Bob Stephens

Supervising Sound Editor:
Dale Johnston

Transportation Coordinator:
Richard Padgett

Visual Effects Supervisor:
Pete Kleinow
Gene Warren Jr.

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