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The Return of the Living Dead
Cast
Clu Gulager, James Karen, Don Calfa, Thom Mathews View AllCrew
Dan O'Bannon (Screenplay), Dan O'Bannon (Director), John A. Russo (Story), Russell Streiner (Story) View All
Release: Apr. 25th, 1985
Runtime: 1 hour, 31 minutes
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The characters rely on their knowledge of other zombie films--Night of the Living Dead is repeatedly and explicitly referenced--to survive, and express annoyance when the zombies don't follow the "rules".

Though it's touted as a comedy, I find it decidedly lacking in worthwhile humour as it barely goes beyond explicitly riffing on other zombie movies or even in having its outlandish characters do everything from graveyard stripteases to theatrical displays of shock over the zombies.