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The Return of the Living Dead

7.21985 · 1h 31m · EN

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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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Clu Gulager

Burt

James Karen

Frank

Don Calfa

Ernie

Thom Mathews

Freddy

Miguel A. Núñez Jr.

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Brian Peck

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John Philbin

Chuck

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Director: Dan O'Bannon
Status: Released
Audience votes: 2,354

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