The Return of the Living Dead (1985) – Filmsack Show Notes

The Return of the Living Dead (1985)

INTRO

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This week on Boobie-Sack, we strip down to our punk rock leg warmers and writhe around in pleasure and pain atop the decorative sarcophagus that is THE RETURN OF THE LIVING DEAD now demanding your brains on the only screaming service stupid enough to gas out this toxic 1985 Horror Comedy.  Wait that topless girl’s punk rock name is Trash?…  I wonder if that is short for Trashley? Well whatever, she has big  braaaaaains.

Anywho, we’re starting a gang. The theme is inner city punks in a small town just trying to figure it out. We got Suicide the only licensed driver and he is angry about it, Trashley the exhibitionist, Spider the smart one… and that ain’t saying much, Scuz I am assuming is somebody’s cousin, Freddy the gainfully employed, Tina the faithful girlfriend, Casey is just here for the style of it and that leaves… clueless New Wave lonely guy with a Jambox. Nobody likes you Chuck.

Randy, everybody is punk rock… until there are Zombies… then they are just punks.

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BRIEF

When a pair of warehouse workers accidentally release a deadly gas that reanimates the dead, chaos erupts in small-town Kentucky. As corpses crawl from graves and zombies demand “BRAINS!” a ragtag group of punks, morticians, and employees must fight to survive the night. Spoiler: nobody’s making it to Monday.

1985 | Rated R | Horror / Comedy | 1h 31m

LINKS

IMDB: The Return of the Living Dead (1985)

Wikipedia: Return of the Living Dead Wiki

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WHERE TO WATCH

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The Return of the Living Dead (1985) – Like seeing half a dead dog reanimated… part of you wants to look away… and the other part also wants to look away.  #“send more paramedics.”  

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SHOW NOTES

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  • The events portrayed in this film are all true. The names are real names of real people and real organizations.
  • Uneeda – Medical Supply – You Need It — We Got it – None Larger
  • July 3, 1984 5:30PM EDT
  • Listen Kid. No matter what happens. Don’t name it after me.
  •  All Skeletons come from India. 
  • We get a lot of orders for Split Dogs.
  • Pretty normal weirdo medical teaching supplies… and then there is the meat locker with real dead bodies.
  • We’re expecting a shipment on Monday after the 4th of July weekend.
  • Meanwhile on the mean street of punk kids walking and talking about parties… these are preppy punks. The worst of the punks.
  • Randy, are we gonna party? well yeah… but where are we gonna party? the graveyard? ok… here… hold my top.
  • Did you ever watch night of the living dead… based on a real story.
  • 2-4-5 Trioxin … They shipped us the dirt and the bodies from the original movie. Been here for 14 years. Stupid Army… supposed to send them to the company.
  • Randy, you want to see them.. The corpses.
  • Do these leak… hell no… Army Corpses of Engineers. 
  • Bang Bang Bam! Room full of gas.
  • Reconstituted Zombie.
  • Love this music after the gas leak.. Meant for Pot or something.
  • Freddy know where to party.
  • Station 3 – Meanwhile 4PM PDT at the Military Beach Side Resort?
  • How was your day. The Usual, Crap.
  • Christ Ethel. 
  • What kind of equipment… 
  • Meanwhile 7:30 PM in Suicide’s car… who apparently is one spooky motherfucker they only come around when they need a ride and Freddy don’t buy his shit no ways.
  • We got 2 hours to waste until Fred gets off… hey… is that a cemetery…  let’s go fool around in there .. yeah… let’s do that.
  • That is one ragged out 1960 Caddy Series 62
  • What do you want to do Scuz?
  • They call me the Big Boom Box Boy… I bring the music 
  • Christ, I never smelled anything like that before. I think I’m going to be sick. There are a lot of farts in this scene.
  • I guess we better not tell Bert.
  • Lysol the whole place.
  • Half dog… what are we going to do? We are going to kill it!!
  • The Cadaver… I don’t know… but it sounds sore!! 
  • The office has an eye chart that says “Burt is a slave driver and a cheap son of a bitch who’s…going bald too haha” 
  • Call the number on the side of the tank.
  • Call the cops.. no… the army… no… call the boss!!
  • Hi this is Frank.
  • Do you ever fantasize about being killed… about dying. The worst way for me would be for a bunch of old men to get around me and start eating me alive. first they would take off my clothes.
  • Her name Trash… is that short for Trashley? and somebody gets some light over here… she’s taking off her clothes again.
  • She is smooth like barbie down there.
  • One question Frank. 22 right 4 left 10 right
  • That Cadaver went straight for the Frank.
  • Both hilarious and horrifying… and exactly how I would probably react.
  • You mean the movies lied?
  • Burt and Ernie… the embalmer.
  • Everybody is punk rock… until there are zombies.
  • 9:16 POM Eastern.
  • I like it spooky.
  • Burt is a Member Only
  • Rigor starts in the brain.
  • What is in your bags. Rabid Weasels
  • Ernie is ready to shoot something.
  • Randy, it’s not weasels in the bags.
  •  In the punk rock club… I am Chuck
  • there are naked ladies dancing in the graveyard… I think we are beyond Oh Fudge Tina
  • They about to dust this stuff all over town… smart.
  • Zombie Acid Rain!
  • I don’t have any windows I busted them.
  • Cool dirt cut away.
  • Resurrection Funeral Home.
  • Do you hear something?
  • Man. I want me some white pants like she has. Tight roll that shit.
  • There are more cannisters… enough for like 6 sequels.
  • Watch out for that 3rd step.
  • Brains… Live Brains… wasn’t this the first instance of that? That Zombies eat brains. That is their motivation for killing.
  • Suicide took it to the brains…. looked like Cake… that Zombie is the best… holy shit.
  •  No blood pressure… no pulse.
  • 70 degrees… room temperature.
  • Do you wanna party? It’s Party Time!!
  • Let’s stick together.. nope… split up.
  • That cemetery flooded quickly.
  • Technically you are not alive… Dead people don’t move around and talk.
  • I can’t believe they left Trash to die.
  • Are you crazy… are you on PCP.
  • It’s dead people screaming.
  • Fast Zombies!
  • You get the stretchers…
  • I think I want to go as Chuck for Halloween.
  • Punks are always looking for a ride… you got a car?
  • The Surfing Dead.
  • Send more paramedics
  • You got some hammer and nails.
  • Burt is the last member.
  • Rigor… is setting in… good thing we got an explainer earlier.
  • I’ll bust it in the damn head.
  • Why do you eat people? Not people… Brains… The pain of being dead…  it hurts to be dead… I can feel myself rot. Eating brains makes the pain go away. 
  • What if you could reason with a zombie?
  • Trash became a pretty cool Zombie Boss
  • Great… not only do I have to die… I have to die with Chuck.
  • Let’s move the Rigor Brothers and listen to them scream.
  • Rigor Mortis
  • Freddy’s Back… Live Brains!!
  •  Brains Brains Brains… sing it.
  • Kitten in the Sink? That favor he owes him?
  • We gotta split man.
  • Find a phone and call the cops… you are in a cop car. Use the radio.
  • My man cremated himself.
  • I can smell your brains.
  • You got to let me eat your brains.
  • The Tar Man in the basement is the best.
  • 1800CallTheArmy
  • CLY Priority.
  • This guy has been waiting on this call…. 
  • Q2 Status. Louisville KY
  • The code sir? Archimedes. Hotdog. Rhubarb. Niner. Zero. Niner. AHRNZN
  • 5:01 AM EST  20 square blocks. 4000 dead… the rain is taking care of that now.
  • No sir. This hasn’t been pleasant for anyone.
  • DO YOU WANT TO PARTY!
  • I’m gonna kill it!!
  • It’s not a bad question Burt!

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The Return of the Living Dead (1985)

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