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THEY’RE BACK FROM THE GRAVE... AND READY TO PARTY!
Taking the genre that George A Romero invented and turning it on its (severed) head, Alien screenwriter Dan O’Bannon made his directorial debut with one of the most beloved horror-comedies of the 1980s: the instant zombie classic The Return of the Living Dead. Freddy (Thom Mathews) is on his first day of work at the Uneeda Medical Supply Warehouse when his co-worker Frank (James Karen) decides to show off the airtight canisters filled with human remains in the basement, lost by the military long ago. One of the canisters unexpectedly leaks a poison gas and sets into motion a full-scale uprising of the undead, against which warehouse boss Burt (Clu Gulager), mortician Ernie (Don Calfa) and Freddy’s punker friends (including scream queen Linnea Quigley) may be the last defence. If the zombies don’t eat their brains first! Scored by an immortally cool punk/psychobilly soundtrack (featuring The Cramps, The Flesh Eaters and Tall Boys), The Return of the Living Dead has rib-tickling gags and gut-churning gore by the bucketload.
FEATURES:
Reversible sleeve featuring original and newly commissioned artwork by Orlando Arocena
Perfect bound collector’s booklet featuring new writing on the film by Gary Smart and a preview of the forthcoming sequel comic Revenge of the Living Dead
Double-sided fold-out poster featuring original and newly commissioned artwork by Orlando Arocena
DISC ONE – FEATURE (4K ULTRA HD)
4K restoration from the original negative
4K (2160p) UHD Blu-ray presentation in Dolby Vision (HDR10 compatible)
Original* lossless mono audio plus DTS-HD MA 5.1 surround audio
Optional English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing
Audio commentary by writer-director Dan O’Bannon and production designer William Stout
Audio commentary by Stout and actors Don Calfa, Brian Peck, Linnea Quigley, Beverly Randolph and Allan Trautman
Audio commentary by actors Thom Mathews and John Philbin and make-up effects artist Tony Gardner
Audio commentary by fans and filmmakers Gary Smart and Chris Griffiths
The Origins of the Living Dead, an archive interview with author John Russo
The FX of the Living Dead, an archive featurette on the special effects
Party Time: The Music of Return of the Living Dead, a featurette on the film’s soundtrack
Horror’s Hallowed Grounds, an archive tour of the locations by Sean Clark
The Dead Have Risen, an archive featurette with Calfa, Peck, Quigley, Randolph, Trautman, Clu Gulager and James Karen
Designing the Dead, an archive featurette with O’Bannon and Stout
The Decade of Darkness, an archive featurette about 1980s horror classics
Deleted scenes from a VHS workprint
Theatrical trailers and TV spots
DISC TWO – MORE BRAINS! (LIMITED EDITION EXCLUSIVE BLU-RAY)
High Definition (1080p) Blu-ray presentation of the 2017 feature-length documentary about the making of the film, featuring extensive interviews with cast and crew
A Conversation with Dan O’Bannon: The Final Interview
Deleted scenes from the documentary
Return of the Living Dead in 3 Minutes
Resurrected Settings: The Filming Locations Today
* The song “Dead Beat Dance” by The Damned has been replaced due to rights issues beyond our control.
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