When two bumbling employees at a medical supply warehouse accidentally release a deadly gas into the air, the vapors cause the dead to rise again as zombies.When two bumbling employees at a medical supply warehouse accidentally release a deadly gas into the air, the vapors cause the dead to rise again as zombies.When two bumbling employees at a medical supply warehouse accidentally release a deadly gas into the air, the vapors cause the dead to rise again as zombies.
- Awards
- 4 nominations
Miguel A. Núñez Jr.
- Spider
- (as Miguel Nunez)
Storyline
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- TriviaThe filmmakers had to get approval from Lysol to have Frank spray away the stench of death with their product. "They liked the idea that Lysol would kill any conceivable odor."
- GoofsWhen Frank is explaining how the original Night of the Living Dead is based on a true story, he states that the true story occurred in 1969. However Night of the Living Dead (1968) was released in 1968, a year before the incident happened. In the original script Frank said the event happened in 1966, but Dan O'Bannon changed the line because he felt it would be better if the character was unreliable.
- Crazy creditsThe following phony disclaimer precedes the movie: "The events portrayed in this film are all true. The names are real names of real people and real organizations."
- Alternate versionsThe MGM 2002 DVD releases (UK and US) has had some changes in the audio compared to the original version:
- The Damned song Dead Beat Dance has been replaced with another song
- The Tar Man's voice has been re-recorded. However, the original Tar Man voice can be heard briefly during the closing credit sequence.
- The line "send more cops" has also been re-recorded
- The song "Take a walk" has been removed, now you only hear it for a few seconds with no vocals.
- The song "Burn the flames" has also been shortened.
- ConnectionsEdited into Cent une tueries de zombies (2012)
- SoundtracksThe Trioxin Theme
(Main Title)
Performed by Francis Haines
Composed by Francis Haines
Produced by Simon Heyworth
Plays during the opening credits and at other points throughout the film.
Featured review
I love this film to living death ... Every actor got the right part, and they all got the part right. High camp, higher parody, positively hilarious scenes so well set up that a mere facial gesture delivers the punchline, sometimes only a few beats of music delivers. In the midst of all this ripping off of Romero's "Night of the Living Dead", it borders on worship of its inspiration. Pathos holds hands with hilarity, genuinely creepy scenes bleed into high gear humor. I haven't found a misstep. There is a high quotient of "Oh s**t" scenes and they all work. The undraped Quigley is neither gratuitous or prurient; just imagine the movie without her character; loses much. This is a delicious, feverish living dead romp that plays out to one crackerjack musical score. Everything meshes, everything works. How do you fault a film that gets it all right? This title will survive a long long time.
Details
- Release date
- Country of origin
- Language
- Also known as
- El regreso de los muertos vivientes
- Filming locations
- Louisville, Kentucky, USA(one exterior shot only)
- Production companies
- See more company credits at IMDbPro
Box office
- Budget
- $4,000,000 (estimated)
- Gross US & Canada
- $14,237,880
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $4,403,169
- Aug 18, 1985
- Gross worldwide
- $14,241,310
- Runtime1 hour 31 minutes
- Color
- Sound mix
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