The Return of the Living Dead

Synopsis

Two employees at a medical supply warehouse accidentally release a toxic gas from a misplaced top-secret U.S. Army shipment, causing the dead to rise from a nearby cemetery with an insatiable hunger for human brains.

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Cast

Clu Gulager

Burt

James Karen

Frank

Don Calfa

Ernie

Thom Mathews

Freddy

Miguel A. Núñez Jr.

Spider

Brian Peck

Scuz

John Philbin

Chuck

Linnea Quigley

Trash

Beverly Randolph

Tina

Jewel Shepard

Casey

Mark Venturini

Suicide

Jonathan Terry

Colonel Glover

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Cathleen Cordell

Colonel's Wife

David Bond

Radio Corpse #2

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Derrick Brice

Gunnery Sergeant

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Paul Cloud

Cop #2

Michael Crabtree

Riot Cop #2

Robert Craighead

Cop #1

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James Dalesandro

Paramedic #2

Drew Deighan

Paramedic #1

Crew

Art

• Frederick B. Van Brunt Assistant Property Master
• Sara Lee Wade Set Dresser
• Clayton Hartley Assistant Art Director
• Barbara Benz Property Master
• Michael Gastaldo Leadman
• Ken Kaufman Set Decoration
• Robert Lucas Set Decoration
• William Stout Production Design
• Robert Howland Art Direction

Camera

• Jules Brenner Director of Photography
• Ed Nielsen Camera Operator
• Julio Macat Assistant Camera
• Jesse Tango Grip
• Richard Mall Key Grip
• Robert L. Blatman Assistant Camera
• Rory Flynn Still Photographer
• Andreas Crawford Grip

Costume & Make-Up

• Kenny Myers Special Effects Makeup Artist
• Wendy Hogan Makeup & Hair
• Tony Rupprecht Special Effects Makeup Artist
• Douglas J. White Special Effects Makeup Artist
• Yvette Bliss Makeup Artist
• Craig Caton Special Effects Makeup Artist
• Larry Odien Special Effects Makeup Artist
• Lesley Levin Assistant Costume Designer
• Robin L. Neal Key Makeup Artist
• Adam Jones Special Effects Makeup Artist

Crew

• Bernie Pock Stunts
• David Zellitti Stunts
• John Gillespie Stunts
• Monty Cox Stunts
• Fernando Celis Stunts
• Kim Robert Koscki Stunts
• Hank Calia Stunts
• Erik Cord Stunt Coordinator
• Pattison Newberry Set Medic
• Erik Cord Stunts
• Blair Burrows Stunts
• Ethan Wayne Stunts

Directing

• Dan O'Bannon Director
• Scott Javine Second Assistant Director
• Christena Alcorn Script Supervisor
• David M. Robertson First Assistant Director
• Josh King Second Assistant Director

Editing

• John Penney Assistant Editor
• Mark Helfrich Additional Editor
• Dan Muscarella Color Timer
• Barbara Pokras Additional Editor
• Julie Feiner Assistant Editor
• Vivian Hengsteler Negative Cutter
• Robert Gordon Editor

Lighting

• Robert M. Amerian Gaffer
• Ronald J. Pure Jr. Electrician
• Timothy 'Guido' Magaraci Electrician
• Marty Carrillo Best Boy Electric

Production

• Tom Fox Producer
• John Daly Executive Producer
• Derek Gibson Executive Producer
• Michael Bennett Production Manager
• Alexander Hendrie Location Manager
• Karen Altman Morgenstern Production Coordinator
• Belinda Vidaurri Production Secretary
• Richard Lorenzana Production Accountant
• Lucien Jervis Casting Assistant
• Grahame Jennings Associate Producer
• Graham Henderson Co-Producer
• Stanzi Stokes Casting

Sound

• Matt Clifford Original Music Composer
• Robert Jackson Boom Operator
• Ron Judkins Sound Mixer
• Robert Randles Music Supervisor
• Ray West Sound Re-Recording Mixer
• Adam Johnston Assistant Sound Editor
• Chris Carpenter Sound Re-Recording Mixer
• Emilie Robertson Music Editor
• Dale Johnston Supervising Sound Editor
• Bob Minkler Sound Re-Recording Mixer

Visual Effects

• Bob McCarthy Special Effects Supervisor
• Pete Kleinow Visual Effects Supervisor
• Gene Warren Jr. Visual Effects Supervisor

Writing

• Dan O'Bannon Screenplay
• John A. Russo Story
• Russell Streiner Story
• Rudy Ricci Story

Photos