Now, before we get into the various whats and wheres of how you can watch 'The Return of the Living Dead' right now, here are some details about the Hemdale Film Corporation, Fox Films Ltd., Cinema 84 horror flick. The Return of the Living Dead starring Clu Gulager, James Karen, Don Calfa, Thom Mathews has a R rating, a runtime of about 1 hr 31 min. The release date of the movie is August 16th, 1985. The movie received a user score of 72/100 on TMDb, which was calculated from reviews from 2,225 platform users.
Looking for a quick synopsis? Here's the plot: "When two bumbling employees at a medical supply warehouse accidentally release a deadly gas into the air, the vapors cause the dead to rise again as zombies."
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'The Return of the Living Dead' Release Dates
Watch in Movie Theaters on August 16th, 1985
Watch on DVD or Blu-ray starting
August 27th, 2002
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Return of the Living Dead Movies
The series came about as a dispute between John A. Russo and George A. Romero over how to handle sequels to their 1968 film, Night of the Living Dead. The two reached a settlement wherein Romero's sequels would be referred to as the Dead movies, and Russo's sequels would bear the suffix Living Dead.
