Movies recommended or seen lately... les films a voir #110: The return of the living dead

Genre: Horror/Horreur

Annee/Year: 1985

Format: Blu Ray

The return of the living dead. NO this is not a George Romero zombie flick. Instead it is a competing zombie franchise (5 films to date). This film was directed by Dan O'bannon who has only two films to his credit but was invovled with other franchises such as Alien. This is one of the first horror movie to treat itself less seriously and to strongly incorporate comedy as a key ingredient.

The actors are interesting with key roles for Clu Gulager (played in most 50s,60s cowboy movies), James Karen and Don Calfa. A whole crew of young ones also play they first movie in this one. The movie is from 1985 and the Blu Ray treatment is clean although not spectacular. The special effets have definitely aged but this does not hurt the movie. The cars and dress of people really take you back to this period which is fun. The story: come on it's a zombioe movie... some stupid asses find drums filled with "army gas" which creates zombies. This animates some corpses which they get rid of by burning the body parts in a nearby crematorium. Turns out to be a bad idea cause the smoke mixes with some heavy rain and comes back in a local cemetary. I dont need to say anymore...
This contains it all: scares, gore, nudity, action, comedy, tension...everything a good zombie needs.
This makes it a classic.

The return of the living dead est un des premier film de zombies. Le film n'est pas de George Romero mais d'une franchise rivale dont ce film est le premier d'une série de 5 (a date). Définitivement un classique, car il introduit l'humour dans un style assez sérieux jusque-là. Le film est bien balancé et plaisant avec tous les éléments essentiels. À voir pour les amateurs.

Great quotes:

Burt Wilson: If that is a re-animated body, we're gonna have to kill it.
Freddy: How do you kill something that's already dead?
Burt Wilson: How do I know, Fred? Let me think!
Frank: It's not a bad question, Burt.
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Trash: Do you ever wonder about all the different ways of dying? You know, violently? And wonder, like, what would be the most horrible way to die?
Spider: I try not too think about dying too much.
Trash: Mm. Well for me, the worst way would be for a bunch of old men to get around me, and start biting and eating me alive.
Spider: I see.
Trash: First, they would tear off my clothes...
Chuck: Hey, somebody get some light over here, Trash is taking off her clothes again.
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Zombie: Send... more... paramedics.
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Paramedic #1: You have no pulse, your blood pressure's zero-over-zero, you have no pupillary response, no reflexes and your temperature is 70 degrees.
Freddy: Well, what does that mean?
Paramedic #1: Well, it's a puzzle because, technically, you're not alive. Except you're conscious, so we don't know what it means.
Freddy: Are you saying we're dead?
Paramedic #2: Well, let's not jump to conclusions.
Freddy: Are you saying we're dead?
Paramedic #2: No conclusions.
Paramedic #1: Obviously I didn't mean you were really dead. Dead people don't move around and talk.
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Freddy: [to Tina] See? You made me hurt myself again! I broke my hand off completely at the wrist this time, Tina! But that's okay, Darlin', because I love you, and that's why you have to let me EAT YOUR BRAAAAAAAAAAAIIIIIIIIIIIINS!

Link: http://www.myspace.com/thereturnofthelivingdead

Rating perso: 7.0/10