The Return of the Living Dead Review

Review of The Return of the Living Dead (1985) by screenqueeen: 👍 4.5/5

I was a late-comer to this as when I started really getting into horror it was mostly slashers because I was honestly really terrified of anything non-human and any unpredictability surrounding the inevitable demise of characters sounded like it would just give me nightmares.

But ironically (and thankfully) the series I dove into first, FRIDAY THE 13TH and EVIL DEAD, exposed me to a largely undead killers, technically a revenant, but honestly opened the floodgates to everything under the sun for expendable horror movie characters to get horrendously murdered to. Now I feel nothing but glee as I watch the carnage.

RETURN OF THE LIVING DEAD is nothing but gleeful to me, from the story James Karen tells to the multiple trash bags filled with body parts, to the paramedic killing grounds dominated by the newly risen dead. It was as I was rewatching this with friends I realized how eternal this film truly is. It'll be a long time before this gets old for me.