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An entertaining horror movie comes from the compelling narrative and strong main characters, and adding a touch of comedy can elevate the terror beyond their initial potential. Entertaining horror-comedy movies need standout characters, good gags, and solid scares. Audiences love a good story, even if the same plot has been made before. While the Scary Movie premises are all based on other horror movies, this franchise's numerous entries are considered cult classic movies because they're entertaining and funny.

Some of the best horror comedy movies came out of the early 2000's, and there's a continued demand for horror comedies because the lighter moments in them make audiences realize the dark, twisted horror movie they just watched might actually be comical if presented differently. The jump scare, car won't start, possessed doll tropes of something frightening like Annabelle can become hilarious put in a dark comedy like M3gan. While the horror-comedy genre might be oversaturated, there are some entertaining horror-comedies that will always be enjoyable.

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The 'Burbs (1989)
Directed by Joe Dante

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The 'Burbs is a dark comedy directed by Joe Dante, starring Tom Hanks as Ray Peterson, a suburbanite who grows suspicious of his eccentric new neighbors. As strange events unfold, Peterson and his friends become increasingly convinced that something sinister is happening next door. The film explores themes of paranoia and suburban life with a humorous twist.

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The 'Burbs is a terrific horror-comedy (and one of Tom Hanks' earlier movies). Hanks plays Ray Peterson, a family man who fears the family next door is involved in a Satanic cult. The 'Burbs is an entertaining movie filled with organ music and a goofy family who come across as the typical, next-door, nosey neighbors anyone would have in the suburbs. Similar to other adventurous horror-comedies movies from the 80s, the characters put themselves in front of danger and decide to scope out their suspicious neighbors by any means necessary, including breaking and entering into their house.

The film was perfect for the 80's because it showcases a time where people cared about their neighbors and were heavily involved in their community, which makes the movie an entertaining horror-comedy.

The Burbs is filled with comedic elements that are different from other horror-comedies, including haunting dreams, explosions, and quirky lines like, "Ray, do you want them to take your family, kidnap them, tear their livers out, and make some kind of satanic pate?" Good horror-comedies feature elements that represent that time period. The film was perfect for the 80's because it showcases a where people cared about their neighbors and were heavily involved in their community, which makes the movie an entertaining horror-comedy.

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Shaun Of The Dead (2004)
Directed by Edgar Wright

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From director Edgar Wright, Shaun of the Dead stars Simon Pegg as Shaun, an ambitionless slacker who one day finds his world overrun by zombies. From a script by Wright and Pegg, Shaun of the Dead injects comedy into a typically horror-focused subgenre as Shaun and his lazy friend Ed (Nick Frost) attempt to rescue Shaun's estranged girlfriend and make it through the apocalypse unscathed.

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Shaun of the Dead is a cult classic movie among the horror community. This British film has dry humor and memorable zombies that make the perfect blend for a horror-comedy, zombie movie. Shaun, played by Simon Pegg, is a great protagonist because of his laid-back demeanor. His best friend and roommate, Ed, played by Nick Frost, tackle the zombies together. The duo fight together as any normal pair of best friends would try and defend themselves — with just as much internal bickering as bloodshed.

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Shaun of the Dead has amusing B-stories throughout the movie that add to the themes of going through something extraordinary while being ordinary. Shaun's priorities include getting to a safe location where they can grab a beer after their long, zombie-fighting ordeal. The movie has witty lines, clever montages, and entertaining theatrical bits like where the survivors have to acts like zombies in order to get through a horde. Shaun of the Dead even has the perfect movie ending to a buddy horror-comedy, subverting expectations about the genre fusion.

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Return Of The Living Dead (1985)
Directed by Dan O'Bannon
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In The Return of the Living Dead, a mishap at a Louisville warehouse releases a gas that resurrects corpses as zombies. As the outbreak engulfs the town, Frank and Freddy, along with their boss and a mysterious mortician, struggle to survive amid the chaos and ravenous undead.

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Return of the Living Dead is an entertaining zombie movie that revolves around a simple, fun premise — zombies strictly eat brains. The zombies in this movie are fearless, fast-paced, and unique to the horror canon. Return of the Living Dead features headless zombies, gooey zombies, half-severed zombies, and talking zombies. These undead killers are very smart and tell their own jokes, with one of the zombies even memorably screaming, "More brains!" The zombies in the film go through their own existential crisis, expressing how the pain doesn't go away and they can feel themselves rot.

A Return of the Living Dead follow-up directed by Steve Wolsh (Muck, Kill Her Goats) is currently in the works and set to be released Christmas 2025.

Return of the Living Dead zombies has the most expressive zombies out of any horror-comedy movie, making it very entertaining. On top of the smart zombies, the characters in the movie are very engaging and add their own funny, dark humor in moments that probably weren't meant to be comedic. If it weren't for the engaging characters in the movie, some of the moments wouldn't have come across as humorous, like when a zombie's severed arm attacks people or one of the naked zombies tackles a man. Return of the Living Dead ​​​​​​leans into the absurd for a solid horror-comedy.

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The Final Girls (2015)
Directed by Todd Strauss-Schulson
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Three years after the death of her actress sister, Amanda, Max Cartwright and her friends find themselves trapped in a bizarre time loop after attending a screening of Amanda's cult classic film. Transported into the movie world, they must navigate the slasher flick's deadly tropes to survive and find a way back home.

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The Final Girls is an engaging horror-comedy movie that tugs at the audiences' heartstrings. The film follows Taissa Farmiga's Max as she and her friends are sucked into an in-universe horror movie where she runs into a character played by her now deceased mom, Nancy. Max and Nancy make the perfect mother-daughter duo who bring a fun light-hearted energy to the subversive slasher through their relationship and fight against the camp killer, Billy.

The Final Girls features typical horror movie tropes and turns them into comedic moments, like when Nancy does a seductive dance number in order to lure the killer away from her daughter. There's even a thematically powerful element of self-sacrifice, with the girls in the movie realize there can only be one Final Girl, adding self-aware existentialism to the genre riff. With the typical horror tropes and the chemistry between all the characters, The Final Girls has one of the best endings to a horror-comedy movie, that will leave audiences satisfied and slightly heartbroken.

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The Menu (2022)
Directed by Mark Mylod
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A darkly comedic horror-thriller, The Menu focuses on a group of diners invited to a high-end restaurant on a private island by one of the world's greatest chefs. Shortly after arriving on the island, Margot Mills begins to realize something is strange beyond the perceived pompous nature of the menu. Her suspicions are confirmed when the night turns deadly as the restaurant staff begins to descend into a cult-like madness.

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The Menu is a whole new type of horror-comedy movie with the unique restaurant setting and dark humor. It perfectly represents the pretentious type of restaurant foodies that people would want to avoid and adds an entertaining villain, Chef Slowik, played by Ralph Fiennes. It's a compelling and entertaining film because of the controlled chaos of the story, with the overly serious restaurant workers puincutating all of Slowik's questions with a resounding "Yes, Chef!" after every comment. The entire movie feels as if Gordan Ramsay created his own scripted horror-comedy movie.

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Margot, played by Ana Taylor-Joy, brings her own sardonic and humorous layer to the movie by being less than impressed by the Chef's food and his antics. Without the dry wit, The Menu would still be an amazing stand-alone horror movie. By adding the unintentional humor, and intriguing and inherently political premise that everyone in the restaurant should die because of their rich, snobby outlook on life, it makes for one the most subtley deep horror-comedies ever released.

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Little Nicky (2000)
Directed by Steven Brill
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Little Nicky is a comedy starring Adam Sandler as Nicky, the least likely son of Satan who is sent to Earth to prevent his brothers from creating their version of hell. As he struggles with his mission, he must learn how to control his demonic powers to save the world.

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Little Nicky is one of the more underrated and purely entertaining horror-comedies of the early 2000's. It's also one of Adam Sandler's best roles, because of his accent and dramatic flair. Sandler plays Nicky, one of the potential heirs to Satan. When Nicky's father decides to remain as the ruler of Hell, Nicky's brothers rebel by causing trouble on Earth, which leaves the surprisingly kind Nicky tasked with dragging his more devious brothers back to the underworld.

Aside from the suggestive humor, the premise and characters make this an entertaining movie with a lot of originality.

Little Nicky also features Patricia Arquette, Reese Witherspoon, and Harvey Keitel in main character roles. The humor is crude, inappropriate, and sometimes over-the-top. The movie doesn't stray away from being racy, as many other 2000s horror-comedies used to embrace. Aside from the suggestive humor, the premise and characters make this an entertaining movie with a lot of originality. Even the soundtrack adds another comedic layer to the film, with songs like AC/DC's "Highway to Hell" scoring important scenes. Other horror movies about hell are usually strictly horror and don't incorporate comedy and Little Nicky embraces both.

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Mayhem (2017)
Directed by Joe Lynch
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Mayhem, directed by Joe Lynch, follows an office complex where a virus outbreak leads employees to act on their worst impulses. This 2017 film centers on a recently fired attorney and his quest for justice amidst ensuing chaos and violence.

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Mayhem is the perfect horror-comedy movie that showcases a very niche, entertaining subgenre — corporate horror. The movie stars Steven Yeun, Joe Lynch, and Samara Weaving as workers are trapped in their office as a virus breaks out that causes the victims to act impulsively. Mayhem is an exciting horror-comedy because of the violence, gore, and commentary about corporate America. The fight for survival goes past the 9-5 in Mayhem as the office workers get sick and start fighting each other to death.

The fight for survival goes past the 9-5 in Mayhem as the office workers get sick and start fighting each other to death.

Steven Yeun's character, Derek, is very engaging as he delivers a comedic voice-over and epic kills. His unique demeanor, plus Samara Weaving's performance as the cool Melanie, are the most epic, killing-corporate duo in cinematic history. As the two set out to kill other workers, their mundane corporate lives still catch up with them as they speak in typical corporate lingo on the phone and fight with office supplies. Mayhem is clever and an entertaining and contained, horror-comedy that office workers can relate to.

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Trap (2024)
Directed by M. Night Shyamalan
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Trap is a film by writer-director M. Night Shyamalan under his Blinding Edge Pictures label. The film is part of a deal struck with Warner Bros for him to direct and produce several films under their banner.

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Trap is an indirectly funny and very entertaining horror-comedy movie. Josh Hartnett plays Cooper, a serial killer who attends a concert with his daughter. Unbeknownst to him, the entire concert is a trap to capture Cooper, who must find a way out of the concert before he's caught. M. Night Shyamalan's movies are usually darker and more menacing, while Trap ​​​​​​is more grounded and campy. ​​​​​​All of Cooper's interactions and mannerisms are over-the-top for a serial killer who is trying to escape a pop star's concert, making his character come across as comedic.

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Cooper's interactions with his daughter are bizarre, as he leaves his daughter alone for long periods of time and roams the halls of the concert. While trying to find a way to escape, he suggests the two of them two jump into a hole in the ground, leading to an exit. The whole movie is filled with dialogue that seems abnormal for a father to say to his daughter. It works really well for his serial killer character since he's supposed to be an offbeat type of person, making the movie strangely funny in a seemingly self-aware way.

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Eight Legged Freaks (2002)
Directed by Ellory Elkayem
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Eight Legged Freaks is a horror-comedy film that takes place in the Arizona town of Prosperity, where toxic waste dumping has caused spiders to grow to enormous size and become aggressive. The spiders begin to attack the town's residents, and a group of survivors, including a spider expert and the local sheriff, must band together to stop the eight-legged menace.

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Eight Legged Freaks is a campy, horror-comedy movie about giant spiders taking over a small town after a chemical spill caused them to grow rapidly. It's tonally the same as other goofy creature movies like Gremlins, where a bunch of creatures terrorize people, and the main characters must find a way to defeat them. The creatures in Eight Legged Freaks ​​​​​​stand out because of their exaggerated features, clumsy movements, and off-putting noises.

"It has a nice balance of self-aware laughs, poking fun at its own ridiculousness, and genuine thrills, wringing every possible fright out of the premise of giant spiders attacking people."

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Even though Eight Legged Freaks is an early 2000s film, the giant spiders are still effective. The spiders flip over cars, play hide-and-seek, and even outsmart the humans they are trying to kill. The movie features David Arquette as Chris, trying to save the town from the killer arachnids, and his character brings his own funny flair to the plot. It's a subversively smart horror-comedy that's very humorous, and if it weren't for the comedic tones, it could work as a horror movie on its own because of the concept and special effects.

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Willy’s Wonderland (2021)
Directed by Kevin Lewis
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Willy's Wonderland is a 2021 horror film starring Nicolas Cage. Cage plays The Janitor, who is tasked with cleaning up Willy's Wonderland. What seems like a relatively easy job becomes a nightmare when the animatronic animals become possessed and attack the Janitor. Kevin Lewis directed the film, which got mixed reviews upon release.

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Willy's Wonderland is about life-sized anamatronics who are out for blood. This campy horror-comedy movie stars Nicolas Cage, playing the role of a Janitor who is caught in a fight for survival after taking a job in an abandoned family center. Nicolas Cage delivers an amazing performance without delivering any dialogue, relying on purely physical acting. His actions and character are very engaging as he navigates around and fights the animatronics. He's a whole new type of horror movie hero, and a particularly compelling one.

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The mayhem caused by the animatronics is uniquely different than any other doll-coming-to-life type of horror-comedy movie. They aren't the typical visually pleasing characters as they are dirty, vile, and make disturbing movements. They even deliver surprising lines like "I'm going to feast on your face!", which becomes hilarious when belted out by a ostrich animatronic. Willy's Wonderland is a violently hilarious horror-comedy and should be regarded as one of Nicolas Cage's best movie roles.

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Return of the Living Dead is a zombie comedy film series that consists of five films beginning with the 1985 film The Return of the Living Dead.[1]

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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.[citation needed] Thus, each man was able to do what he pleased with the series, while still having one another's work distinct and be considered canon. Following this decision, Russo wrote a horror novel, Return of the Living Dead, which he planned on adapting into a film script.[citation needed] Although the film rights were initially sold in 1979, they were passed along by several different studios and directors before finally being obtained by Tobe Hooper, for whom Russo wrote a script. Hooper dropped out of the project, though, and the script never came to fruition.[citation needed]

Following Hooper's departure from the project, Russo, along with his new partner, Dan O'Bannon, wrote a new script (with Russo adapting it into an accompanying novel), also titled The Return of the Living Dead. This project alleviated confusion by including a scene in which a character acknowledges the George Romero films and explains that while they are based on true events, the events of the Return series are the "true story".[citation needed] In addition to this separation of the storylines, the films in the Return series are markedly more comedic than Romero's films, with slapstick humor.

Although Russo and O'Bannon were only directly involved with the first film in the series, the rest of the films, to varying degrees, stick to their outline and "rules" established in the first film.

The fourth and fifth films in the series were filmed simultaneously near the Chernobyl nuclear power plant station in Ukraine.[citation needed] Despite being intended for a theatrical release,[citation needed] edited versions of both films made their debut on the SciFi Channel on October 15, 2005, and were later released on DVD.

The Return of the Living Dead (1985)
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Medical supply warehouse foreman Frank (James Karen) informs his new protege, Freddy (Thom Mathews) that Night of the Living Dead was a true story, based on events that occurred when a gas (2-4-5 Trioxin) was released into the morgue in the basement of a VA hospital. The warehouse was the inadvertent recipient of several canisters, one of them containing a corpse – dubbed "Tarman" (Allan Trautman) due to his rotten appearance in thick black tar – sealed inside. Due to the canister's less than stellar durability, a light tap causes it to burst open, releasing Trioxin. The gas leaks out of control, which poisons Frank and Freddy and releases "Tarman" from his imprisonment but he goes into hiding, and remains unseen until halfway through the movie. Frank and Freddy awaken to discover that various body parts (and bodies) in the warehouse are now alive, as well as the cadaver locked in the freezer and even a split dissected dog. Unaware that they are slowly turning into zombies due to the effects of the gas, Frank and Freddy enlist the help of the warehouse owner, Burt (Clu Gulager), and his mortician friend, Ernie (Don Calfa), to cremate the cadaver's body parts (they had tried to chop it up to kill it). Unfortunately, the resulting smoke carries the evaporated Trioxin with it, which then mixes with an overhead raincloud. It rains on a nearby cemetery, resulting in the reanimation of the buried corpses.

The zombies differ in this movie, in that they are as fast, strong and intelligent as they were in their previous lives, and can form words even when they are merely very degraded bodies. Instead of hunting humans for their flesh, they hunt for the humans' brains, stating that brains can ease the pain of their decomposition. It appears that injuries to their brains do not have any effect, and the only way to fully destroy them is to cremate their bodies, although the ensuing smoke also spreads the contagious gas. It also seems that their bites are not infectious, as Suicide, who was killed by Tarman, never reanimated while Trash, killed by several zombies in the graveyard later, did reanimate, probably due to the contaminated rain falling on her corpse.

Return of the Living Dead Part II (1988)
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The second film was written and directed by Ken Wiederhorn. The plot follows seven people as they attempt to escape their town after a mass of undead are awoken due to a barrel full of Trioxin gas that was left over from the first film. In this film, it is revealed that powerful electric discharges are the only secure way of destroying the zombies without the risk of reanimating more corpses (it seems the electric energy completely annihilates the re-animative effect of the Trioxin).

The film was released on January 15, 1988, and made $9m at the box office in the U.S.

Return of the Living Dead 3 (1993)
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The third film was produced and directed by Brian Yuzna, who produced the Re-Animator film series. This film switches gears from the first two films' comedy/horror formula, instead being a romantic drama/teen romance/horror film. The story involves Curt, whose father, a Colonel in the US Army, is overseeing experiments being performed with Trioxin. After Curt's girlfriend, Julie, is killed in a motorcycle accident, he exposes her corpse to the gas, bringing her back to life as a zombie. Throughout the film, Julie, now one of the living dead, grows hungrier and hungrier for human brains. She discovers, though, that by causing herself pain via a series of more and more extreme body piercings with springs, nails, glass, basically whatever sharp objects she can find, that she can stave off, although only temporarily, the ghastly hunger growing within her. The two begin a trek to escape the US Army that ends in the city sewers when Curt, after witnessing Julie kill and eat Riverman, a friendly homeless man who gives them shelter, steps aside to let his father finally put Julie down. The film ends with Curt rescuing Julie from a fate worse than living death as a biomechanical killer for the military. In the end, after himself being bitten by a zombie, Curt and Julie step into an incinerator and embrace in a final kiss as the flames engulf them.

This film is currently available in its unedited form on Blu-ray in the U.S. and on the U.K. Region 2 DVD.

The film received a limited theatrical release on October 29, 1993, where it was a financial failure, making back only $54,000 of its $2,000,000 budget at the box office in the U.S.

Return of the Living Dead: Necropolis (2005)
Main article: Return of the Living Dead: Necropolis
Return of the Living Dead: Necropolis, the fourth film in the series, was filmed in Romania and Ukraine. The film stars Peter Coyote and Aimee Lynn Chadwick. The plot revolves around a group of teenagers attempting to rescue their friend from an evil corporation. In doing so, they wind up releasing a horde of bloodthirsty zombies. An edited version of the film aired on the SciFi Channel on October 15, 2005. The R-rated version of the film was released on DVD on April 18, 2006. The film was originally advertised as Return of the Living Dead 4: Necropolis but once it was finally released, the number 4 was removed from the title.

Return of the Living Dead: Rave to the Grave (2005)
Main article: Return of the Living Dead: Rave to the Grave
Return of the Living Dead: Rave to the Grave was filmed immediately after Necropolis using the same locations of Romania and Ukraine. Cory Hardrict, John Keefe, Peter Coyote and Aimee Lynn Chadwick returned from the previous installment. The film takes place one year after Necropolis and the returning teenage characters, from the previous film, are now college freshmen. They discover that Trioxin-5 can be used as a recreational drug named 'Z', but the drug will eventually turn the user into a zombie. The speed of "zombification" depends on the dose of Trioxin consumed. An edited version of the film aired along with Return of the Living Dead: Necropolis on the SciFi Channel on October 15, 2005. As was the case with Return of the Living Dead 4: Necropolis switching to Return of the Living Dead: Necropolis, Return of the Living Dead: Rave to the Grave was advertised as Return of the Living Dead 5: Rave to the Grave before removing the number 5 from the title. The R-rated version of the film was released on DVD on March 20, 2007, by Lionsgate.

The film also features a humorous cameo appearance by Tarman from the original movie and its first sequel. However, as opposed to being a major threat like he initially was, the character is mostly used for comedy, though when he first appears in the film, he tries to attack the protagonists, but later gives up and desperately tries to hitchhike a ride to the party, but to no avail. After scaring away a woman who almost gave him a ride, he has no choice but to walk to the party, yelling his trademark "Brains!" as he goes.

Return of the Living Dead (2025)
In July 2023, a reboot of the franchise was announced.[2] On December 13, 2024, WithAnO Productions and Living Dead Media LLC debuted a teaser trailer for Return of the Living Dead promising to be set in the winter of 1985, eighteen months after events in the original film. Written and directed by Steve Wolsh, the film is planned for a December 2025 release.[3][4]

Documentary film
A documentary titled More Brains! A Return to the Living Dead,[5] was released in 2011. The film is an account of the tongue-in-cheek, stylish and apocalyptic zombie movie, and features contributions from all the main cast as well as clips, photographs, storyboards, conceptual art, publicity materials, archival documents and behind-the-scenes footage.[5]

The documentary includes interviews with over 30 cast and crew members from the first three Return of the Living Dead films, including Thom Mathews, Beverly Randolph, Jewel Shepard, John Philbin, Brian Peck, Linnea Quigley, Miguel A. Nunez, Jr., James Karen, Clu Gulager, Don Calfa, Allan Trautman, Stacey Q, William Stout, Suzanne Snyder, Michael Kenworthy, J. Trevor Edmond, Brian Yuzna and more.[6]

The documentary is directed by Bill Philputt, written by the authors of The Complete History of The Return of the Living Dead, Christian Sellers and Gary Smart, produced by Thommy Hutson and executive produced by Beverly Randolph and Michael Perez for Michael Perez Entertainment and was released on October 18, 2011.[7][8] The documentary is included on the UK special edition DVD and Blu-ray Disc of Return of the Living Dead, which was released on 4 June 2012.

Box office
Film U.S. release date Budget Box office revenue Ref.
United States Other territories Worldwide
The Return of the Living Dead August 16, 1985 $3,000,000–$4,000,000 $14,237,880 $932,000 $14,241,577 [9]
Return of the Living Dead Part II January 15, 1988 $6,000,000 $9,205,924 N/A $9,205,924 [10]
Return of the Living Dead 3 October 29, 1993 $2,000,000 $54,207 N/A $54,207 [11]
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Burt Wilson Clu Gulager
Frank Johnson James Karen
Ernie Kaltenbrunner Don Calfa
Freddy Hanscom Thom Mathews
Tina Beverly Randolph
Chuck John Philbin
Casey Jewel Shepard
Spider Miguel Núñez
Scuz Brian Peck
Trash Linnea Quigley
Suicide Mark Venturini
Tarman Allan Trautman Allan TrautmanC
Colonel Glover Jonathan Terry
Ed Mathews James Karen
Joey Hazel Thom Mathews
Lucy Wilson Marsha Dietlein
Tom Essex Dana Ashbrook
Brenda Herzog Suzanne Snyder
Jesse Wilson Michael Kenworthy
Doc Mandel Philip Bruns
Billy Crowley Thor Van Lingen
Pussface' Zombie
'Thriller' Zombie
'Jaw' Zombie
'Eye-Pop' Zombie
Zombie on Car Roof Brian Peck
Julie Walker Melinda Clarke
Curt Reynolds J. Trevor Edmond
Col. John Reynolds Kent McCord
Becky Carlton Aimee Lynn Chadwick
Cody Cory Hardrict
Julian Garrison John Keefe
Uncle Charles Peter Coyote
Zeke Borden Elvin Dandel
Jake Garrison Alexandru Geoana
Jenny Jenny Mollen
References
J.C. Maçek III (2012-06-15). "The Zombification Family Tree: Legacy of the Living Dead". PopMatters.
"'Return of the Living Dead' Reboot in the Works; "Will Expand the Existing World"". July 14, 2023.
"'Return of the Living Dead' – Two Exclusive Images from Franchise's Return Tease Christmas Theme". December 13, 2024.
Squires, John (2024-12-13). "'Return of the Living Dead' – Tarman Returns in Teaser Trailer for Christmas Horror Sequel". Bloody Disgusting!. Retrieved 2024-12-13.
"Official website of More Brains! A Return to the Living Dead". getmorebrains.com. September 23, 2011. Retrieved 2011-09-23.
"Cast of More Brains! A Return to the Living Dead". getmorebrains.com. September 23, 2011. Retrieved 2011-09-23.
"Crew of More Brains! A Return to the Living Dead". getmorebrains.com. September 23, 2011. Retrieved 2011-09-23.
"Buy More Brains! A Return to the Living Dead". getmorebrains.com. September 23, 2011. Retrieved 2011-09-23.
"The Return of the Living Dead (1985)". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved October 3, 2024.
"Return of the Living Dead II (1988)". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved October 3, 2024.
"Return of the Living Dead III (1993)". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved October 3, 2024.
External links
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Return of the Living Dead: Necropolis at IMDb
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More Brains! A Return to the Living Dead Retrospective at IMDb
Return of the Living Dead on Facebook
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More Brains! A Return to the Living Dead official website
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The Return of the Living Dead

Theatrical release poster
Directed by Dan O'Bannon
Screenplay by Dan O'Bannon
Story by
Rudy Ricci
John Russo
Russell Streiner
Produced by Tom Fox
Starring
Clu Gulager
James Karen
Don Calfa
Cinematography Jules Brenner[1]
Edited by Robert Gordon[1]
Music by Matt Clifford[1]
Production
companies
Hemdale Film Corporation
Fox Films, Ltd.
Cinema '84
Distributed by Orion Pictures
Release date
August 16, 1985
Running time 91 minutes[2]
Country United States
Language English
Budget $3-4 million
Box office $14.2 million
The Return of the Living Dead is a 1985 American comedy horror film written and directed by Dan O'Bannon (in his directorial debut) from a story by Rudy Ricci, John Russo, and Russell Streiner, and starring Clu Gulager, James Karen, Thom Mathews, 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.[1][3][4]

The film, described as a "mordant punk comedy,"[1] 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.[5] Additionally, the film's soundtrack was noteworthy, as it featured several Los Angeles-based deathrock and punk rock bands of the era.

The Return of the Living Dead released in the United States on August 16, 1985, by Orion Pictures. The film received critical acclaim and performed moderately well at the box office. It spawned four sequels.

Plot
On July 3, 1984, at the Uneeda Medical Supply Warehouse in Louisville, Kentucky, foreman Frank tries to impress new employee Freddy by showing him military drums of a toxic gas called Trioxin. The drums wound up in the basement of the building, due to a delivery error years before. While hitting the side of a drum to prove it is secure, Frank accidentally unleashes the toxic gas, which seemingly melts the cadaver inside and reanimates another cadaver stored in a meat locker. Joined by their boss Burt, the three try to kill the reanimated corpse by puncturing the brain (which does not work), then dismembering the body. They discover that every part of the zombie's body can survive independently. Burt has the zombie incinerated at a nearby mortuary by his friend Ernie, but this inadvertently causes the deadly gas to contaminate the air, creating a toxic rainfall that reanimates the corpses in the nearby cemetery.

Meanwhile, Freddy's girlfriend Tina and his friends Spider, Trash, Chuck, Casey, Scuz and Suicide arrive at the cemetery to wait for Freddy to finish work. While Trash starts stripping and dancing on a gravestone, Tina goes to the warehouse and wanders into the basement, where she encounters the reanimated but horribly disfigured cadaver from the barrel that was assumed to have dissolved. The rest of the group arrives shortly after and saves her in the nick of time, although Suicide is killed. After Casey realizes she saw Freddy entering the mortuary, the group attempts to reach him through the cemetery, where they are attacked by the re-emerging zombies. Trash is killed and Chuck and Casey flee back to the warehouse, but Spider, Tina, and Scuz reach the mortuary. The three discover Frank and Freddy growing ill from their exposure to the gas and call for paramedics, who say their tests indicate the men are no longer alive even though they are conscious. Trash, her body submerged in the chemical-laden mud, rises from it transformed into a zombie and begins to hunt and feed. When Burt and Ernie learn of the dead rising from their graves, they barricade the mortuary. Scuz is killed while protecting the barricade and the zombies eat the paramedics and police who arrive on the scene. The group manages to grab the upper half of one of the zombies and restrain her on the mortuary table. She explains that the reanimated corpses can feel themselves rotting, and eating the brains of the living helps relieve the pain of being dead.

With Frank and Freddy showing signs of becoming zombies themselves, Burt has them locked in the chapel, accompanied by Tina when she refuses to abandon Freddy. Freddy soon attempts to eat Tina, prompting Burt, Ernie, and Spider to rescue her by reopening the chapel and blinding Freddy with a strong acid. Frank manages to escape during the chaos and, still having control over his mind, commits suicide by climbing into the cremator. Burt and Spider flee the mortuary in a police car, but the large number of zombie forces, now led by Trash, force Burt to leave Ernie and Tina behind. Ernie and Tina hide in the mortuary's attic, while a blinded Freddy attempts to break in.

Burt and Spider manage to get back inside the warehouse where they find Casey and Chuck. After incapacitating the basement zombie, whom Spider names "Tarman," Burt attempts to contact the police but learns they are massacred by the zombies after being overrun. Burt then decides to call the number on the military drums, which reaches military officer Colonel Glover. Notified that the zombies have taken over the area, Glover has the town destroyed by nuclear artillery on the morning of July 4, effectively killing Burt and the other survivors.

In the wake of the nuclear strike on Louisville, Colonel Glover is heard telling his commanding officer that everything went as planned and that the results could not be more positive. Only a small area was destroyed, he says, and casualties are limited. As he speaks, the toxic rain falls once more, and zombies are heard screaming in their graves, indicating that the invasion is about to begin again.

Cast
Clu Gulager as Burt Wilson[6]
James Karen[2] as Frank Johnson
Don Calfa[2] as Ernie Kaltenbrunner
Thom Mathews[2][1] as Freddy Hanscom
Beverly Randolph[2] as Tina
Miguel A. Núñez Jr. as "Spider"[6]
John Philbin[2] as Chuck
Jewel Shepard as Casey
Brian Peck as "Scuz"[6]
Linnea Quigley as "Trash"[6]
Mark Venturini as "Suicide"
Jonathan Terry as Colonel Glover
Cathleen Cordell as Ethel Glover, Colonel's Wife
Drew Deighan as Jerry, The Paramedic
James Dalesandro as Tom, The Paramedic
Robert Libman as Tac Squad Captain
Derrick Brice as Gunnery Sergeant Jefferson
Allan Trautman as Tarman Zombie
Terrence Houlihan as Yellow Cadaver Zombie
Jerome Coleman as Legless Corpse Zombie
Cherry Davis as The Voice of The Female Torso Zombie
John Durbin and David Bond as The Zombies Who Intercept Radio Transmissions
Production
Concept
The Return of the Living Dead has its roots in a novel by John Russo, simply titled Return of the Living Dead, which served as a follow-up to Night of the Living Dead (1968) which Russo co-scribed with George A. Romero.[7] When Russo and Romero parted ways after Night of the Living Dead, Russo retained the rights to any titles featuring Living Dead while Romero was free to create his own series of sequels, beginning with Dawn of the Dead (1978).[7] Russo and producer Tom Fox planned to bring Return of the Living Dead to the screen in 3D and directed by Tobe Hooper.[7]

"I spent 37 years of my life not even being alive. Now I'm fulfilled."

Dan O'Bannon, on marking his directorial-debut.[6]
When Hemdale Film Corporation experienced difficulty raising funds for the movie and delayed the start of production, Hooper backed out to make Lifeforce (1985).[8] Lifeforce co-screenwriter Dan O'Bannon was then brought in to give the early script a polish and was offered the director's seat, becoming his "first big film".[7][6] He accepted on the condition he could rewrite the film radically so as to differentiate it from Romero's films.[7][8] The film was the first production design credit for William Stout.[6] The appearance of the zombies in the film was inspired by the mummies of Guanajuato, Mexico and the Bog People of Wales, as well as artwork from EC Comics.[6]

The story's featured "2-4-5 Trioxin" chemical developed by the "Darrow Chemical Company" for the military was a play on the real-life Dow Chemical Company and its involvement in the 1960s with the manufacture of Agent Orange, scientifically known by the name "2,4,5-T Dioxin" and used in the US Military's Operation Ranch Hand and on Canada's CFB Gagetown Canadian Forces Base in rural New Brunswick during the Vietnam War as a powerful defoliant. Return of the Living Dead makes up a lighter purpose for the chemical's usage, with character Frank suggesting that it was being sprayed on cannabis crops in the 1960s.[9]

Filming
Although the movie is set in Louisville, Kentucky, it was filmed in Burbank, Sylmar, and Downtown Los Angeles in California.[6] The "Tarman" zombie is performed by actor and puppeteer Allan Trautman.[7]

Release
The Return of the Living Dead was initially set to open in Los Angeles and New York in September 1985 before gradually expanding through October, but following positive test screenings, Orion Pictures became confident enough to give it a wide release on August 16.[8]

Reception
The Return of the Living Dead was a critical and a moderate box office success, grossing approximately $14,237,000 domestically on an estimated budget of about $4 million.[6][8][10]

The film holds a 91% approval rating on the review aggregate website Rotten Tomatoes, with a rating average of 7.3/10 based on 46 reviews. Its consensus reads: "A punk take on the zombie genre, Return of the Living Dead injects a healthy dose of '80s silliness to the flesh consuming."[11] It was also nominated for four Saturn Awards, including Best Horror Film, Best Actor for James Karen, Best Director and Best Make-up, by the Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy and Horror Films.[citation needed]

Roger Ebert gave the film three out of four stars, writing that the film is "kind of a sensation-machine, made out of the usual ingredients, and the real question is whether it's done with style. It is."[12] Stephen Holden of The New York Times called the film a "mordant punk comedy," and stated that it "is by no means the ultimate horror movie it aspires to be."[13]

Colin Greenland reviewed The Return of the Living Dead for White Dwarf, and stated that "The movie sprawls shapelessly but comfortably, with plenty of gruesome jokes."[14]

Soundtrack
Main article: The Return of The Living Dead (soundtrack)
"Surfin' Dead" by The Cramps
"Partytime (Zombie Version)" by 45 Grave
"Nothin' for You" by T.S.O.L.
"Eyes Without a Face" by The Flesh Eaters
"Burn the Flames" by Roky Erickson
"Dead Beat Dance" by The Damned
"Take a Walk" by Tall Boys
"Love Under Will" by Jet Black Berries
"Tonight (We'll Make Love Until We Die)" by SSQ
"Trash's Theme" by SSQ
"Young, Fast Iranians" by The F.U.’s: 1991 Hemdale version and subsequent DVD and Blu-ray Releases, though not on official soundtrack album.
"Partytime (Single Version)" by 45 Grave: Version actually used in the film, though not on official soundtrack album.
"Panzer Rollen in Afrika vor" by Norbert Schultze: Song playing on Ernie's walkman, though not on official soundtrack album.
Home video
The Return of the Living Dead was first released on Betamax and VHS by Thorn EMI HBO Video in 1986.

The Return of the Living Dead was originally released on DVD in the U.K. by Tartan Home Video in 2001.[13] Up until 2012, this was the only time it had been issued in its original form. In early 2002, a fan-led online campaign was started, which attracted the attention of the director and many of the cast and crew. Several of them commented online that the popular and robust efforts of campaign organizer, Michael Allred, were the direct result of not only the DVD release but that MGM created new supplements due to overwhelming fan support.

In 2002, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, the owner of Orion Pictures, released a Special Edition DVD in the U.S. with a new cut of the movie (with music alterations due to copyright issues) with a commentary by O'Bannon and a documentary on the making of the film. The cover of the DVD case for the 2002 release glows in the dark. In 2007, a Collector's Edition of the film was released with additional extra features involving the cast. The different home video releases have featured different soundtracks, often changing the songs used. Also, the basement zombie's ("Tar-Man") voice was altered. Originally, the zombie had a higher, raspier voice that can still be heard in theatrical trailers and releases that contain the original audio.

A 25th anniversary edition was released in 2010, exclusively for Blu-ray Disc. The Blu-ray Disc version is a 2-disc combo pack with both a Blu-ray Disc and DVD. This release was very similar to the MGM/Fox print from three years earlier.

In 2012, Second Sight Films in the UK released DVD and Blu-ray Disc versions of the film where the original audio and soundtrack in its original form can be selected, the first time since 2001 a release has had this option. The release had its first insight into the movie with the inclusion on a booklet (claimed to be based on Ernie's notes from the events of the film) which was edited from Gary Smart and Christian Seller's publication The Complete History of The Return of the Living Dead.[15]

Scream Factory released a 30th anniversary Collector's Edition Blu-Ray in 2016.[16] It contains a new 2K scan of the interpositive, along with including the original mono audio. Though note while everything else was restored (the original "Tar-Man" voice and the other songs), the song "Dead Beat Dance" by The Damned could not be restored.[17] MGM also released another edition with hand-drawn cover art.

In 2022, Scream Factory released a 4K Ultra HD Blu-ray release featuring a "2022 4K scan of the original camera negative" and all the content from the previous 2016 Blu-ray release.[18]

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"6 Horror Movies That Are Unexpectedly Perfect for 4th of July Viewing". July 2, 2018. Archived from the original on October 10, 2020. Retrieved October 6, 2020.
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Strauss, Bob (December 1984). "On-the-Set Report: Return of the Living Dead". Fangoria. No. 40. New York City: O'Quinn Studios. pp. 34–37, 64 – via Internet Archive.
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Greenland, Colin (March 1986). "2020 Vision". White Dwarf (75). Games Workshop: 7.
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Roth, Dany (April 5, 2016). "More brains! Return of the Living Dead is finally getting the special edition it deserves". Syfy. Archived from the original on November 15, 2019. Retrieved October 23, 2017.
"The Return of the Living Dead: Collector's Edition Blu-ray Review | High Def Digest". bluray.highdefdigest.com. Archived from the original on December 13, 2019. Retrieved December 13, 2019.
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Tires Workplace comedy May 23, 2024 1 season, 6 episodes 18–22 min Renewed[51]
Nobody Wants This Comedy September 26, 2024 1 season, 10 episodes 21–31 min Renewed[52]
A Man on the Inside Crime comedy November 21, 2024 1 season, 8 episodes 27–34 min Renewed[53]
No Good Deed Dark comedy December 12, 2024 1 season, 8 episodes 30–39 min Pending
Kids & family
Title Genre Premiere Seasons Runtime Status
Heartstopper Teen drama April 22, 2022 3 seasons, 24 episodes 26–40 min Pending
One Piece Action-adventure August 31, 2023 1 season, 8 episodes 49–64 min Season 2 due to premiere in 2025[54]
Avatar: The Last Airbender Fantasy February 22, 2024 1 season, 8 episodes 47–63 min Renewed for seasons 2–3 (final)[55]
Geek Girl Teen drama May 30, 2024 1 season, 10 episodes 28–37 min Pending
Animation
Adult animation
Title Genre Premiere Seasons Runtime Language Status
Big Mouth Coming-of-age comedy Septembe