A punk take on the zombie genre, The Return of the Living Dead injects a healthy dose of '80s silliness to the flesh-consuming.
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Movie Info
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Director -
Dan O'Bannon -
Producer -
Tom Fox -
Screenwriter -
Dan O'Bannon -
Distributor -
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer -
Production Co -
Cinema 84 , Hemdale , Greenberg Brothers Partnership , Fox Films Ltd. -
Rating -
R -
Genre -
Horror , Comedy -
Original Language -
English -
Release Date (Theaters) -
Aug 16, 1985, Original -
Release Date (Streaming) -
Sep 16, 2008 -
Runtime -
1h 31m