Poster for The Return of the Living Dead

The Return of the Living Dead

1985, comedy, horror

91 minutes

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...

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Cast

Clu Gulager

Clu Gulager

Burt Wilson

James Karen

James Karen

Frank

Don Calfa

Don Calfa

Ernie Kaltenbrunner

Thom Mathews

Thom Mathews

Freddy

Brian Peck

Scuz

Jonathan Terry

Colonel Glover

John Philbin

Chuck

Mark Venturini

Suicide

Cathleen Cordell

Cathleen Cordell

Colonel's Wife

Drew Deighan

Paramedic #1

James Dalesandro

Paramedic #2

John Durbin

Radio Corpse #1

David Bond

Radio Corpse #2

Bob Libman

Tac Squad Captain

John Stuart West

John Stuart West

Riot Cop #1

Michael Crabtree

Riot Cop #2

Ed Krieger

Riot Cop #3

Paul Cloud

Cop #2

Derrick Brice

Gunnery Sergeant

Leigh Drake

Dispatcher

Terrence Houlihan

Yellow Cadaver

Robert J. Bennett

Headless Tarman (as Robert Bennett)

Jerome 'Daniels' Coleman

Legless Corpse

Cherry Davis

½ Lady Corpse

Crew

Art

Robert Howland

Art direction

Clayton Hartley

Assistant art director

William Stout

William Stout

Production design

Barbara Benz

Property master

Robert Lucas

Set decoration

Ken Kaufman

Set decoration

Camera

Ed Nielsen

Camera operator

Rory Flynn

Still photographer

Costume and make-up

Yvette Bliss

Makeup artist

Crew

Gary Jensen

, stunt coordinator

Erik Cord

Erik Cord

, stunt coordinator

Directing

Dan O'Bannon

Dan O'Bannon

Director

David M. Robertson

First assistant director

Christena Alcorn

Script supervisor

Scott Javine

Second assistant director

Josh King

Josh King

Second assistant director

Editing

Robert Gordon

Editor

Lighting

Production

Grahame Jennings

Associate producer

Stanzi Stokes

Casting

Graham Henderson

Co-producer

John Daly

Executive producer

Derek Gibson

Executive producer

Alexander Hendrie

Location manager

Tom Fox

Producer

Karen Altman Morgenstern

Production coordinator

Sound

Robert Jackson

Boom operator

Emilie Robertson

Music editor

Matt Clifford

Original music composer

Ray West

Sound re-recording mixer

Bob Minkler

Sound re-recording mixer

Chris Carpenter

Sound re-recording mixer

Dale Johnston

Supervising sound editor

Writing

Visual effects

Bob McCarthy

Special effects supervisor

Gene Warren Jr.

Visual effects supervisor

Pete Kleinow

Visual effects supervisor

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