The Return of the Living Dead (Collector's Edition)

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Just when you thought it was safe to go back to the cemetery'those brain-eating zombies are back and hungry for more tasty mortals. A fiendish mix of outrageous humor and heart-stopping terror, The Return of the Living Dead is a veritable smorgasbord of fun (LA Herald-Examiner) filled with skin-crawling jolts, eye-popping visuals and relentless surprise! On his first day on the job at an army surplus store, poor Freddy unwittingly releases nerve gas from a secret U.S. military canister, unleashing an unbelievable terror. The gas re-animates a corps of corpses, who arise from their graves with a ravenous hunger for human brains! And luckily for those carnivorous cadavers, there is a group of partying teens nearby, just waiting to be eaten!

Customer Reviews:

Old School Zombie Goodness...Buy This..........2007-09-16

I've alway's enjoyed this movie. In fact I put it into the catagory of my "cable classics" as I was too young to see it when it hit the theaters. The combination of carnage, boobies, and gore based humor was awsome at the time and still stands up to this day although the wardrobe and some of the slang dates it.

I'll preface this by saying that I've got the DVD version that came out in 2002, and that was great. I was very happy at it's special features at the time. This edition is great in it's own right. I won't expound on the features carried over from the first DVD offering, so if you want to hear about that go to one of the other reviews.

New Special Features include:

1. The first new feature is a great retrospective with a good many of the cast and crew. Great fun seening what they look like now and how they view the film in retrospect. I'd liked to have seen more, but it was well done.

2. The second new feature is a really cool documentery about the status of horror in the 1980's which interviews quite a few prominent film directors about thier experiences of making horror films in the '80s. Almost worth the price of the DVD by itself.

3. Commentary by some of the cast and crew. Loads of fun until someone decides to impersonate a zombie. That gets old really fast, but thankfully the commentaters cut it short (although not early enough for my taste, as I feel we've missed out on some info, but we'll never know). Otherwise it's very fun hearing the various cast members relate their experiences from the filming and reactions from the public even years later.

To address a few things I've seen online about this version:

1. Yes, the cover artwork isn't great, but that's just the cardboard slipcover; which is forgivable given the rest. The actual DVD wrap art is sweet and worthy. Additionally, the cardboard slipcover is glow in the dark, which I've submitted a photo of to Amazon, although I don't know if they will publish it.

2. I can't speak to earlier comments about the soundtrack and over dubbing. I've never watched the movie on VHS, and only have vague, but fond memories of seeing it on cable as a young lad. You'll have to make up your own mind as to whether this affects the viewing experience for yourself.

3. The Zombie audio track. I didn't bother listening to this, and feel a bit bad about writing a review of the DVD without doing so, but if it's anything like the zombie intrusion on the cast track I can live with that.

All in all this is the superior of the DVD releases for this film. If you have not seen this Zombie movie, then you really owe it to yourself to add it to your collction, and if you own the original release and love the film, then it will enlighten you to a few more aspects and broaden the experience which will be worth the double dip.

My only real disappointment is that they did not include the full interviews with the cast and crew used for the retrospective feature as a bonus feature. That would have been a boon and I suspect a lot of fun. Otherwise it's a great package.

Either way, if you are a zombie movie lover you should definately own this film.

P.S. Send more paramedics, send more cops!

My favorite zombie film, with one minor complaint..........2007-09-14

I'll get the complaint out of the way first... THE EDITED SOUNDTRACK! I know it seems minor, and compared to what Warner Bros. did to Part II, it's miniscule, but I'm still kind of irked that MGM can't seem to correct the soundtrack from their original DVD release. This IS, after all, one of my favorite movie soundtracks ever. It only happens in three scenes, and two of them are just shortened. The only one that's actually replaced is 'The Damned' - 'Dead Beat Dance', that originally played in the scene when the group is going to pick up Freddy... Why they edited and replaced some songs, I have no idea. Possibly something to do with the rights. So I'm glad 'Return of the Living Dead' was one of the few VHS's I didn't sell... Wish I could say the same about Part II. Although the sequel is nowhere NEAR as clever or horrifying...

SPOILERS

Still, the movie remains the classic it was in '84. I'll give a brief plot synopsis. Freddy is being given the rundown on life in the MEDICAL SUPPLY WAREHOUSE business (the back of the package says it's an Army surplus store) by his boss, Frank. The two unwittingly unleash a toxic chemical developed by the Army that causes the dead to become reanimated. On their way to pick up Freddy from his first day on the job, his punk-rock friends decide to stop off in the loacal cemetary and the horror ensues, especially when our would-be victims discover that these zombies are a little harder to kill then the ones George Romero cooked up in his classic 'Night of the Living Dead', of which this might be considered a very loose spin-off... Along with some GREAT tombstone action from Linnea Quigley, there's also a fair deal of humor along the way, but I gotta admit... This movie still gives me chills. Far more so than any other zombie movies, with the exception of Romero's films. The zombie interrogation scene, where the zombie explains that it hurts to be dead, and you can feel yourself rot... I mean, just the IDEA of that STILL creeps me out. Although the reaction to this from Spider always gets a laugh out of me. Also, the ending is pretty chilling. The Army's "plan" is classic, and in a way, coldly realistic.

The cast and characters are excellent. Everybody in the film hands in a memorable performance. I really love Clu Gulager in this. I mean, his portrayal of the average middle-aged joe, with that old members-only jacket and everything (Did anyone else's dad used to wear that? Besides Al Bundy, I mean...), suddenly cast into this incredible situation is a sight to behold. I think the rest of the cast is just as great, but he makes this working-class guy so memorable.

The picture and audio of the DVD and all that stuff is perfect. I already had the other DVD, but I got this one hoping the soundtrack would be corrected, but I gotta say the two featurettes more than justified it. I'm glad they were able to get interviews with so many of the cast members. Anyway, I first saw the film probably about fifteen years ago, I've seen it numerous times since then, and it's still one of the funnest horror flicks I've ever seen. Definately in my top 5.

Save your money!.......2007-09-12

If you never seen Return of the Living Dead in your whole life, then get this. Most likely your going to enjoy it. I'll give a brief summary to those who haven't seen this. It combines the zombie thriller with some mild comedy. Its very serious but has its comedic side. Two workers tamper with a canister that contains a chemical which brings the dead to life. The dead then begin to feast on the living, by eating their brains. A group of teenagers have their night of partying in a cemetary turned into a nightmare. They spend most of the night trying to survive with the help of a couple of others. Its a very good movie with a pretty good soundtrack. Like I said, if you never seen it before then you'll most likely enjoy it.

Now the part I really want to hit. I'm sick to death of amazon allowing people to review and rate an item, whether its high or low before it even comes out. It can be so misleading. This has gotten way out of hand. And getting worse as of late. These first three reviews couldn't be anymore off. The same alterations on the first movie, still exist here! Such as shortened songs(Franks cremation), songs playing late(when they escape the tar zombie), and the zombie who orders to send more cops. Still does not have the original voice!

The extras are a waste of time to me. They consist of commentary, trailers, to this movie and for some dumb reason jeepers creepers 1&2. And hidden in the special features. There is an icon the shape of a red brain. If you scroll up you will hit this. This is the "zombies thought" option. This option allows you to read the zombies thoughts in a green text located in the bottom of the screen. Basically when the zombies are not talking, this subtitle will pop in every single zombie scene. Literally expressing their thoughts. This could have been cool and added a new sense of creepiness. But they kill it by adding lines such as, "brains are good, but could use more ketchup though". The scene with the paramedics heading to the van, "I got dibs on the one on the left","lets party", "being a cadaver sucks". Or something stupid to that effect. It even went so far to give the split dog some dialogue. The chopped up body inside the bags was still dishin' out ridiculous thoughts. Some funny but then eventually I was thinking. Who's dumb idea was this? It just got to the point I had to shut it off because it really didn't add nothing to the movie. I mean, I just don't believe zombies would say s*** like that.

If you already have this movie, then I recommend not wasting your money. Your buying the same thing twice. But then again its your cash, if you really need this widescreen or your just curious then pick it up. Personally, I feel like I wasted my money.

Edit; 9-13-07
I don't want to confuse any potential buyers in the slighest. It appears by the comments that were left. Some things were left out. So I'll address these questions openly.

If you seen ROTLD and liked or loved it but don't own it. Either on DVD or VHS then of course you should get it, if you don't have it. Especially if you loved it. I love the movie in its original form. Not this right here, thus my 2 star rating! No there is no extended version. Its the exact same movie from the original DVD format. If you never seen this on vhs then you won't exactly understand the differences. Fans of the original will know what I'm talking about. Some may feel its nitpicking but I don't care. And many others don't care if its nitpicking. Thats the way the movie is suppose to be.

A MAJOR MOMENT in MODERN HORROR CINEMA!!!!.......2007-09-02

Although it is overlooked by many horror fans, RETURN OF THE LIVING DEAD is a very important film for it updates the "zombie movie" into a fully mature sub-genre inside horror cinema. We all know Romero's great trilogy NIGHT OF THE LIVING DEAD, DAWN OF THE DEAD and DAY OF THE DEAD. These were great films for they were the true beginning of the "zombie movie". But in the 80's, the zombies lost terrain to the slasher movies (in the FRIDAY THE 13th tradition) and more compeling villains (in the Fred Krueger tradition).

Being a zombie fan, O'Bannon knew that the zombies needed an updating. This is why RETURN OF THE LIVING DEAD is so important: it brought the zombies into the 80's character/action oriented horror films. With this thought, he wrote a great screenplay that rewrote the "zombie genesis". So, in this film, the zombies of George A. Romero are refered as a mild version of something that was really true: a chemical accident in India that ended as an Army cover-up operation; and the Romero's zombies just a way of putting it into films without being bothered by the U.S. Army.

Having established that point, O'Bannon introduces us to the REAL zombies: living dead that talk and move (they run!) just as living people do. They are extremely dangerous because they are not those dumb slow-moving zombies people used to walk through (like in the Romero's films). They are also intelligent as they devise ways of getting what they want - brains. And this is where O'Bannon makes a new wonderful twist: the zombies do not die by destroying their brains (for they are already dead and the brain has nothing to do with it). Instead it is the zombies who try to eat living brains!

Having said that, it is also important to point that the screenplay is a beautiful piece of cinematic storytelling for two reasons. FIRST because the whole story works flawlessly in the sense that the inicial incident, the characters' actions and the consequences are very well constructed. SECOND because the story weaves a sense of loneliness and confinement (I am talking about the way they treat the narrative space in relation to the story) that works wonders with the characters and what happens with them (this treatment of space echoes Romero's masterpiece DAWN OF THE DEAD).
The ending is great (so great that the sequels didn't touch it)and the soundtrack is very good. The actors are well cast and the film boasts a lot of dry humour.

The extras in this DVD special edition are fine and they show that a good edition of a film who's by now more that 20 years old is a matter of wanting it. Congratulations to MGM! RETURN OF THE LIVING DEAD is not the best horror movie ever, but inside the zombie sub-genre it is one of the best things ever made. Scarry and fun!

The only flaw (for me) in this movie is a female zombie who speaks without lips. I never found it credible.
But who cares!?!?!?

Finally a collectors edition, but whats included?.......2007-08-24

Return of the Living Dead finally gets a Collectors Edition release on September 11th 2007 but whats included?

Here is what you will get with the special collector's edition: (Yes WIDESCREEN is included)

- Cast, crew and undead commentary
- "Remembering The Dead: Cast Recollections" featurette
- "From The Underground: The Rise of Horror in the 80s" featurette
- Zombie subtitle stream

Also:

- Run Time: 114 minutes (Could this contain the previously unreleased workprint material?)
- Rating: R
- Audio: Dolby Stereo 2.0 / Spanish Mono / French Stereo
- Screen Format: Widescreen
- Subtitles: English / Spanish
- CC: Yes

Braaaaaaaaaaaaaaaains!

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gore/comedy
I like it Spooky!
BRAAAAIIIIINS!!!!!!
Classic funny scary movie
Great

The Return of the Living Dead
Starring: David Bond , Don Calfa , Cathleen Cordell , James Dalesandro , and Drew Deighan
Director: Dan O'Bannon
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Release Date: 2002-08-27

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"Do ya wanna party?" challenges the soundtrack to this freaky and funny reworking of George Romero's Night of the Living Dead. Paced to the beat of a pounding rock score, this comic flesh feast delivers both laughs and outlandish gore. No longer lumbering, moaning creatures, these lithe, feral, and cunning undead claw their way out of the cemetery and into the skulls of a human smorgasbord. They even master the art of home delivery: "Send more cops," croaks a corpse into a patrol car radio. Director Dan O'Bannon even takes pains to explain their motivation between the tributes to the granddaddy of zombie horrors ("Well, it worked in the movie!" screams James Karen when a pickax to the skull hardly phases a lively cadaver). Not that it really matters amid the gore and gallows humor, but it does add a kick to the cynically sinister climax. --Sean Axmaker

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Customer Reviews:

gore/comedy.......2007-08-06

Awesome movie for any fan of horror/comedy. Just don't fool your self into thinking that 2, 3, 4 or 5 are ANY better than the 1st and original.

I like it Spooky!.......2007-07-22

this soundtrack is just as awesome as the movie. i especially love "make love til we die". if you love the movie, you'll love the soundtrack!

BRAAAAIIIIINS!!!!!!.......2007-07-03

Oh my lord, I watch this movie once a week. It's so bad!!!!! I am so in love though. I love the cheese factor, it is by far my favorite 80's horror movie. The make-up is so weak, but there's 3 awesome looking zombies in it. You'll laugh a lot, I promise. The acting is just as horrible as the zombie make-up. The special effects will make your bladder bust from laughing so hard. Yay, I think I'll go watch it now.

Classic funny scary movie.......2007-06-27

You can nearly anticipate everything happening in this movie, but its still a good one to see. The makeup and effects are no where near as good as they are today, but still this is one worth watching.

Great.......2007-06-17

This is definitely among the best five horror films made in the 80's. It isn't really the best at anything: there are certainly movies with more gore, more scares, more comedy, even more nudity. But this film pulls everything together very well, has ample gore, scares, etc., and most importantly produces a very good atmosphere for everything to happen in. From beginning to end, the atmosphere and sets of this movie are great for the horror genre, and the tension keeps building throughout the movie. (though Tarman--played by Allan Trautman--was certainly a very high point in the middle).

I never really bought Matthews and Randolph (Freddy and Tina) as people that would hang out with punk-loving... well... punks. But apart from that small issue, the characters are great. Gulager, Calfa, and Karen, (Burt, Ernie, Frank) all give mature, straight performances, which provides a great foundation for the horror elements to be built on. The other actors also fill their rules well--not that there are deep character explorations here, but the characters are certainly good for a horror flick. Quigley and Venturini (Trash and Suicide) in particular come across well, though I think the whole cast holds it own well enough. Maybe two exceptions would be Terry (the Colonel) and his wife, whose performances I thought were lacking, though they were both very short.

This film had a lot of memorable lines, and a lot of memorable gags, as well. The split dog, the pickaxe to the back of the head, the captured female zombie, the request for more paramedics... lots of stuff here that is not just good, but also memorable. O'Bannon also enjoyed cramming scenes with all sorts of stuff in the background, to make the scenes at once more believable and more interesting. Some of the jokes in the film are also sort of comical, like having two friends named Burt and Ernie in a horror film (and one is a mortician).

Definitely a movie that any horror fan should see. And even if you don't really like horror films, you still might want to give it a shot.

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BRAINS!!!!!!!! FRESH BRAINS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
ONE OF THE WORST ZOMBIE MOVIES
A MUST SEE!!!!
GET THE DAMN SCREWDRIVER, OUT OF MY HEAD!
A great, silly zombie journey...

Return of the Living Dead Part II
Starring: Michael Kenworthy , Thor Van Lingen , Jason Hogan , James Karen , and Thom Mathews
Director: Ken Wiederhorn
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Release Date: 2004-10-05

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Curious kids open a barrel of green gas linked to a mysterious military experiment, and soon a tenebrous green cloud of fog is making its way through the creepy town cemetery. Knowing exactly where this is headed is, of course, part of the fun in this tongue-in-cheek zombie sequel. Maybe it's not as fresh as its successful predecessor, but all of the key zombie ingredients are still well preserved in this second installment: ravenous "undead" in search of human brains, severed limbs with a life of their own, and lots and lots of shrieking! Taking a hackneyed premise that is a close retelling of part I, director Ken Wiederhorn (Freddy's Nightmares, Shock Waves) rejuvenates the genre with sporadic genuine scares, lots of plain old silliness, and some literally eye-popping special effects. Followed up a few years later with the equally enjoyable Return of the Living Dead Part III, this is a fun franchise that reminds you of what '80s horror was all about: bad synth music, and perms. --Matt Wold

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Inquisitive kids release deadly gas from a misplaced military canister, causing corpses from a nearby cemetary to rise and wreak havoc.

DVD Features:
Audio Commentary:Commentary by Director Ken Wiederhorn and co-star Thor Van Lingen
Theatrical Trailer

Customer Reviews:

BRAINS!!!!!!!! FRESH BRAINS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!.......2007-09-10

funny funny movie, i must say with some horror at times, great make for the zombies. atmosphere is wonderful for the plot. if you like zombie movies this is a must to own. I LOVE THE MICHAEL JACKSON ZOMBIE SO FREAKEN FUNNY.

ONE OF THE WORST ZOMBIE MOVIES.......2007-08-17

If Dawn of the Dead is the pinnacle for zombie movies, Return of the Living Dead II is definitely the nadir.
The original Return of the Living Dead centered on a chemical that resurrected the dead, forcing them to feed off the brains of the living. It was good, campy, scary fun.
The hope of this lame sequel to live up to its predecessor falls way short, leaving it dead in the morgue needing a quick autopsy.
The army is trying to get rid of that pesky chemical that brings back the dead. One of the tanks falls out and it is discovered by a few boys. One kicks the canister and the chemical is released--and to no surprise there is a nearby graveyard.
At the same time, two repulsive grave robbers, James Karen and Thom Matthews, are infected by the chemical. If you are wondering why you have heard those names before, it is because they played the two medical equipment managers who were exposed to the chemical in the first movie. Just like in the first movie, they slowly become zombies.
Director Ken Weiderhorn does not cover this up. In fact, one of them says, "I feel like I've gone through this before."
No you didn't.
True, the first one did not take itself too seriously and went for the laugh just as much as the scare. However, in Part II, it's no scare and all laughs, but they are just as dead as the scares.
Return of the Living Dead II is dead ... and no emergency surgery could possibly resituate it. It belongs in a body bag that needs to be delivered to the coroner's office--fast. I have just given the last rites, and you have read my autopsy report. Just bury it, or even better just put it in the crematorium.

A MUST SEE!!!!.......2007-07-24

I really love this movie. I was so happy when it came on television. Since I love watching movies on my own time I decided to buy this movie. The zombies in the movie are scary to me, but overall there is some comedy in the movie. All of the Return of the Living Dead movies are really good and I am really looking forward to buying the rest. If there are any zombie lovers out there this movie is a must buy.

GET THE DAMN SCREWDRIVER, OUT OF MY HEAD!.......2007-07-22

This entire trilogy rocks! All the Return of the living dead movies are keepers in my collection. Can throw them in anytime and enjoy zombies feasting on the still breathing. And their damn funny at parts too!

A great, silly zombie journey..........2007-05-25

I actually like "Return of the Living Dead: Part II" better than the first. Though that could be considered blasphemous, this movie appealed more to me in my youth over the first, which I have finally come to accept as an outstanding zombie movie...

This edition features two of the same actors from the first in very similar buddy roles. The cast is pretty good, and the young boy lead is a strong performer for his age.

The movie is filled with zombie style laughs, including a cemetary rising scene that is super cool, but filled with cheesy laughs...

A must see in my opinion...

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Wes Craven's Second Best Horror Movie
Finally !!
The number one reason Wes Craven shouldn't be allowed to make movies.
SUSPENSEFUL HORROR
kristy

Deadly Friend
Starring: Matthew Laborteaux , Kristy Swanson , Michael Sharrett , Anne Twomey , and Anne Ramsey
Director: Wes Craven
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ASIN: B000TUDBFM
Release Date: 2007-09-25

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A terrifying tale about a lonely teenage genius whose overwhelming love for a young girl compels him to use all of his scientific knowledge to keep her with him.

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Wes Craven's Second Best Horror Movie.......2007-09-12

I First Saw Deadly Friend Back In 1987 Or 88 at My Parents Friends House!
I Recently Saw I About 5 Months Ago First Time In A Good 18 Years.
What An Amazing Movie And Creative!And Its Got An Awesome Head Exploding Seen In The Movie!Its Worth Buying This Dvd For That Alone!
Besides A Nightmare On Elm Street This Is Wes Cravens Best Movie To Date!
The Only Down Fall For This Dvd Is The Artwork They Should Have The Orginal Cover!

Finally !!.......2007-09-10

I have this movie on vhs and saw in it the theaters, I am glad that this little sleeper of a film is finally getting release on dvd :) great acting by the full cast, good placement of horror, slapstick comedy, love story , being an actor and writer myself I like the way this was assembled. Thank you again for finally releasing this classic.

The number one reason Wes Craven shouldn't be allowed to make movies........2007-09-06

This movie is a laughable piece of tripe. The story is ridiculous and to the best of my memory, the acting, effects and style of the movie over all are pretty horrendous.

When this popped up on my recommendations and I saw that they were actually releasing this film, I felt like I'd been slapped. So many better movies are languishing with no official DVD releases, but Deadly Friend gets one?

Surely, there is no justice in the universe.

On the plus side, it does feature the always fabulous Anne Ramsey.

SUSPENSEFUL HORROR.......2007-08-28

I LOVED THIS MOVIE. I'VE BEEN WAITING FOR IT TO COME OUT FOR A LONG TIME. KRISTY SWANSON IS GREAT AND SO IS MATTHEW LABORTEAUX. IT SHOWS HOW MUCH YOU LOVE SOMEONE AND WILL DO ANYTHING TO HAVE HER BACK EVEN THOUGH IT HAS VERY SERIOUS CONSEQUENCES.

kristy .......2007-08-13

I am so happy that deadly driend
is commeing out on
dvd krist swanson
is so gorgeous
thanks

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Not As Bad As I Thought It Would Be
Loved It
part 1 and 2 way better !!
Among the Best of the Best!!
The army shouldn't play with dead things...but plucky teens should!

Return of the Living Dead 3
Starring: Kent McCord , James T. Callahan , Sarah Douglas , Melinda Clarke , and Abigail Lenz
Director: Brian Yuzna
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Release Date: 2001-08-28

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Not As Bad As I Thought It Would Be.......2007-03-27

I expected a movie of abominable quality when sitting down to watch it, but was a bit surprised at some of it's good points. I won't go into too many specifics here, but some thought was put into character interaction in this film and plot resolution. Some of the acting wasn't that good and there were some holes in the story, but this certainly wasn't as bad as a ROTLD sequel could have been -- it makes for a good Sci-Fi channel movie.

Loved It.......2007-01-29

It was hard for me to find this film, so when I ordered it on Amazon I wasn't disappointed. The product came exactly as described, the film was excellent for being a third chapter in the series. I recommend this film to every horror fan out there.

part 1 and 2 way better !!.......2007-01-17

1st, acting is not that good and affex arent that good either.Buy part
one and two but dont bother bying part 3.

Among the Best of the Best!!.......2007-01-17

Return of the Liveing Dead 3 I must say is among the best of zombie movies. It takes a total different direction then the first 2 Return movies but pretty much same story line. It not az ombie movie with comedy. It actually take a serious approach to it. The just of the movie is, at this point the military is useing the zombies to make some sort of super soldier for warfare. There trying to make it were the can some how control the zombies as much as they can. The director of the products son steals his keycard to get into the military base. The son and his hot girlfriend goes onto the base and catches a glimpse of the experiment. They leave though before they can see the experiment go terribly wrong. Okay then the son and his girlfriend get in a wreck were this red headed beauty is killed by a broken neck when she is thrown from the bike into a pole. The son brings her back to the miltary base were he brings her back to life. This starts the whole mess, and probably the birth of the best zombie I have ever seen. She is hott, dead and she pierce's her self and cuts her self to take the pain of the hunger away. Anyway my skills of telling ya the just of this movie sucks. All I can say is I came out knowing I watched a good horror flick, and I was sporting a giant rod. I give this move two rods up for its good direction that kept me watching and the hott dead chick. Go head give a try you won't be dissapointed.

The army shouldn't play with dead things...but plucky teens should!.......2007-01-02

If gore and comedy are your preferred combo, this seemed a passable treat. I caught it on cable, so I'm sure I missed plenty of the former. The first attack in the army base was actually pretty nasty and tense, well-filmed with the contrast between the stark white and the hideous blue/grey of the zombie. But once they're running around and the kid tries to keep his undead girlfriend under control, it was pretty laugh out loud funny.

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Great tale of madness
I think the kid may be mistaken
I loved this movie! Not very violent- but good!
watch it!
A twisted tale in the tradition of 'Twilight Zone'

Brain Dead
Starring: Bill Pullman , Bill Paxton , Nicholas Pryor , Patricia Charbonneau , and George Kennedy
Director: Adam Simon
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Release Date: 2005-12-26

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Adam Simon (Carnosaur) made his directoral debut with this mind game of a movie. Based on a decades-old screenplay by former Twilight Zone contributor Charles Beaumont, Simon dusted off and updated the script about an experimental brain researcher (Bill Pullman) who agrees to dig into the gray matter of a schizophrenic scientist (Bud Cort), only to fall prey to his patient's psychosis. Or maybe he's just plain nuts. Spiced with a bizarre sense of humor (Pullman wrestles over a brain specimen in a jar with a homeless man who tries to grab it: "That's my brain!"), Pullman's ordeal takes one hairpin turn after another as he becomes lost in a maze of alternate realities, no longer able to sort fantasy from reality or paranoia from persecution. This clever puzzle of a film overcomes low-budget restrictions with a deviously inventive story that echoes Brazil and quotes from The Manchurian Candidate and North by Northwest. Bill Paxton costars as a smarmy corporate manipulator with slicked back hair and a get-rich-quick scheme for a chain of brain surgery boutiques ("The New You, by Eunice!"), and George Kennedy is his bottom-line boss. Director Simon may be most famous for playing himself in a jokey cameo in Robert Altman's The Player. --Sean Axmaker

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"A brilliant puzzle-film with a chillingly good story that offers the same kind of pleasure as THE SIXTH SENSE, which it predated. Riveting intense performances by Bill Pullman and Bill Paxton pull you into a harrowing and haunting world." -- Roger Corman ~~The Eunice Corporation is on the ground floor of an exciting growth industry, utilizing a memory resculpting technique bioneered by eccentric neurosurgeon Rex Martin. It envisions nationwide clinics where anyone can lose their hang-ups of an unhappy childhood, a failed romance, or a botched career. At Eunice's "New You" outlets, a simple operation will give customers peace of mind. Or it might leave them brain dead. But when Martin refuses to cooperate, he soon finds himself plunged into a surreal existence that intertwines dreams and reality. Has Martin slipped over the edge into madness? Or have corporate profit mongers given him a push, making him the guinea pig in his own experiment? To know the answer is to know the terror!~

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Great tale of madness.......2006-08-06

4-1/2 Stars. I love this movie. Found myself so wrapped up in it, trying to figure out what is real and what is fantasy. This movie keeps you guessing and is full of surprises.

I think the kid may be mistaken.......2005-11-25

I beleive this "Braindead" is actually Peter Jackson's "Dead-Alive," and not the Pullman/Paxton picture. It was rumored for a possible re-release years ago (and has remained in several gorehounds' minds and discussion boards since), and I believe this may be it. Afterall, who really cares about that other movie? I myself have written a few letters and signed a few petitions to get an un-cut Region 1 version of this film. I checked around a few other places, and there aren't any online stores other than amazon that I could find that have this title listed. And until we get a box art image or a plot/cast overview, I guess we'll just have to wait to see what this item really is. The only other site that has this listed is a forum, and it is under the "rumor" category--that site being [...].

That being said, if it is the case that this is Jackson's film, my rating is a 4. If it is Jackson's film and un-cut, or at least with special features including deleted scenes, I stand by my original five star rating. If it is anything other than those two options, I give it a one star rating. Yeah that's right. Thank you.

I loved this movie! Not very violent- but good!.......2005-11-06

It is a great movie! You'll love it!
Note: Amazon Marked it wrong it's rated "PG-13"
They also messed up on "Pearl Harbor" too. That's "PG-13"

watch it!.......2004-09-15

This has been a favorite of mine for years. It stars Bill Pullman and Bud Cort. I can not even go into deatail explaining this because it is a very hard to explain movie.

It's roughly about a scientist who studied brains for a living and soon becomes the brain that is being studied. Without knowing this the movie goes into super-twist mode. It is definitely a movie that will take a few watches to fully understand. A must see.

A twisted tale in the tradition of 'Twilight Zone'.......2003-02-18

Charles Beaumont wrote for the original "The Twilight Zone" TV series, and this is more than worthy for people with similar expectations. Starring Bill Pullman as scientist Rex Martin. Martin studies brains for a living, but soon finds himself in a bizarre and twisted excursion in his own brain. Is he working for the Eunice Corporation, or is the Eunice corporation working on him? The story is hard to explain, and the twists are non-stop. I had an e-mail conversation with the director, Adam Simon, who reported that Roger Corman called this film his 'art film'. Similar to the ideas of 'Vanilla Sky', a 'Clockwork Orange', 'Lost Highway' and 'Brazil', this film will not disappoint those looking for a wild ride through the ether of thought.

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Great tale of madness.......2006-08-06

4-1/2 Stars. I love this movie. Found myself so wrapped up in it, trying to figure out what is real and what is fantasy. This movie keeps you guessing and is full of surprises.

I think the kid may be mistaken.......2005-11-25

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It is a great movie! You'll love it!
Note: Amazon Marked it wrong it's rated "PG-13"
They also messed up on "Pearl Harbor" too. That's "PG-13"

watch it!.......2004-09-15

A twisted tale in the tradition of 'Twilight Zone'.......2003-02-18

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