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The Return of the Living Dead is a 1985 American comedy horror film written and directed by Dan O’Bannon in his directorial debut, and starring Clu Gulager, James Karen, Thom Matthews, and Don Calfa. The film tells the story of how a warehouse owner, accompanied by his two employees, mortician friend and a group of teenage punks, deal with the accidental release of a horde of unkillable, brain-hungry zombies onto an unsuspecting town. The film, described as a “mordant punk comedy,“ is known for introducing multiple popular concepts to the zombie genre: zombies eating specifically brains, as opposed to eating any form of human flesh; and zombies being invulnerable to a gunshot to the head. Casts: Clu Gulager, James Karen, Don Calfa, Thom Mathews, Beverly Randolph, Miguel A. Núñez Jr., John Philbin, Jewel Shepard, Brian Peck, Linnea Quigley, Mark Venturini, Jonathan Terry, Cathleen Cordell, Drew Deighan, James Dalesandro, Allan Trautman, Terrence Houlihan, Jerome Coleman, Cherry Davis, John Durbin. Directed: Dan O’Bannon. Screenplay: Dan O’Bannon. Story: Rudy Ricci, John A. Russo, Russell Streiner. Produced: Tom Fox, Graham Henderson. Edited: Robert Gordon. Cinematography: Jules Brenner. Music: Matt Clifford, Francis Haines. Release: August 16, 1985. Distributed: Orion Pictures. Production: Hemdale, Cinema ’84. Duration: 01:30:26.
