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Film / 1985
The Return of the Living Dead
Directed by
Dan O'Bannon
Two employees at a medical supply warehouse accidentally release a toxic gas from a misplaced top-secret U.S. Army shipment, causing the dead to rise from a nearby cemetery with an insatiable hunger for human brains.
The story
Two employees at a medical supply warehouse accidentally release a toxic gas from a misplaced top-secret U.S. Army shipment, causing the dead to rise from a nearby cemetery with an insatiable hunger for human brains.
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Return of the Living Dead Collection
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Return of the Living Dead Part II
Return of the Living Dead III
Return of the Living Dead: Rave to the Grave
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Cast
Clu GulagerBurt
James KarenFrank
Don CalfaErnie
Thom MathewsFreddy
Miguel A. Núñez Jr.Spider
Brian PeckScuz
John PhilbinChuck
Linnea QuigleyTrash
Beverly RandolphTina
Jewel ShepardCasey
Mark VenturiniSuicide
Jonathan TerryColonel Glover
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Cathleen CordellColonel's Wife
David BondRadio Corpse #2
Derrick BriceGunnery Sergeant
Paul CloudCop #2
Michael CrabtreeRiot Cop #2
Robert CraigheadCop #1
James DalesandroParamedic #2
Drew DeighanParamedic #1
Leigh DrakeDispatcher
John DurbinRadio Corpse #1
Ed KriegerRiot Cop #3
Bob LibmanTac Squad Captain
Allan TrautmanTarman
John Stuart WestRiot Cop #1
Terry HoulihanYellow Cadaver
Robert J. BennettHeadless Tarman
Jerome ColemanLegless Corpse
Cherry Davis½ Lady Corpse (voice)
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