The Return of the Living Dead

"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."

Cast

Clu Gulager

as Burt

James Karen

as Frank

Don Calfa

as Ernie

Thom Mathews

as Freddy

Miguel A. Núñez Jr.

as Spider

Brian Peck

as Scuz

John Philbin

as Chuck

Linnea Quigley

as Trash

Beverly Randolph

as Tina

Jewel Shepard

as Casey

Mark Venturini

as Suicide

Jonathan Terry

as Colonel Glover

Cathleen Cordell

as Colonel's Wife

David Bond

as Radio Corpse #2

Derrick Brice

as Gunnery Sergeant

Paul Cloud

as Cop #2

Michael Crabtree

as Riot Cop #2

Robert Craighead

as Cop #1

James Dalesandro

as Paramedic #2

Drew Deighan

as Paramedic #1

Leigh Drake

as Dispatcher

John Durbin

as Radio Corpse #1

Ed Krieger

as Riot Cop #3

Bob Libman

as Tac Squad Captain

Allan Trautman

as Tarman

John Stuart West

as Riot Cop #1

Terry Houlihan

as Yellow Cadaver

Robert J. Bennett

as Headless Tarman

Jerome Coleman

as Legless Corpse

Cherry Davis

as ½ Lady Corpse (voice)

Crew

Jules Brenner

Director of Photography

Dan O'Bannon

Screenplay

Matt Clifford

Original Music Composer

Derek Gibson

Executive Producer

Dan O'Bannon

Director

Tom Fox

Producer

John Daly

Executive Producer

Monty Cox

Stunts

Ed Nielsen

Camera Operator

Frederick B. Van Brunt

Assistant Property Master

Blair Burrows

Stunts

Spiro Razatos

Stunts

Ethan Wayne

Stunts

Fernando Celis

Stunts

John Gillespie

Stunts

Scott Javine

Second Assistant Director

Julio Macat

Assistant Camera

Barbara Pokras

Additional Editor

Mark Helfrich

Additional Editor

Robert Jackson

Boom Operator

Erik Cord

Stunts

Bob Minkler

Sound Re-Recording Mixer

Marty Carrillo

Best Boy Electric

Richard Mall

Key Grip

Lucien Jervis

Casting Assistant

Richard Padgett

Transportation Coordinator

Josh King

Second Assistant Director

Michael Gastaldo

Leadman

John Penney

Assistant Editor

Ray West

Sound Re-Recording Mixer

Emilie Robertson

Music Editor

Timothy 'Guido' Magaraci

Electrician

Hank Calia

Stunts

Gardner Doolittle

Stunts

Paula Moody

Stunts

Ray Saniger

Stunts

Julie Feiner

Assistant Editor

Yvette Bliss

Makeup Artist

Kenny Myers

Special Effects Makeup Artist

Pattison Newberry

Set Medic

Barbara Benz

Property Master

Larry Odien

Special Effects Makeup Artist

Lesley Levin

Assistant Costume Designer

Pete Kleinow

Visual Effects Supervisor

Bernie Pock

Stunts

Brian J. Williams

Stunts

Robert L. Blatman

Assistant Camera

Craig Caton

Special Effects Makeup Artist

Douglas J. White

Special Effects Makeup Artist

Richard Lorenzana

Production Accountant

Bob McCarthy

Special Effects Supervisor

Kim Robert Koscki

Stunts

David M. Robertson

First Assistant Director

Wendy Hogan

Makeup & Hair

Robert M. Amerian

Gaffer

Gene Warren Jr.

Visual Effects Supervisor

Michael Carr

Stunts

Bruce W. Morgan

Stunts

Clayton Hartley

Assistant Art Director

Dale Johnston

Supervising Sound Editor

Vivian Hengsteler

Negative Cutter

Robert Randles

Music Supervisor

Karen Altman Morgenstern

Production Coordinator

Chris Carpenter

Sound Re-Recording Mixer

Tony Rupprecht

Special Effects Makeup Artist

Dan Muscarella

Color Timer

Joel Kramer

Stunts

Sara Lee Wade

Set Dresser

Rory Flynn

Still Photographer

Adam Johnston

Assistant Sound Editor

Gary Jensen

Stunts

Michael Bennett

Production Manager

Belinda Vidaurri

Production Secretary

Gary Jensen

Stunt Coordinator

Erik Cord

Stunt Coordinator

Byron Quisenberry

Stunts

Andreas Crawford

Grip

Christena Alcorn

Script Supervisor

Alexander Hendrie

Location Manager

David Zellitti

Stunts

Ron Judkins

Sound Mixer

Ronald J. Pure Jr.

Electrician

Ralph Garrett

Stunts

Gene Hartline

Stunts

Jesse Tango

Grip

Grahame Jennings

Associate Producer

Bob Stephens

Stunts

Stanzi Stokes

Casting

John A. Russo

Story

William Stout

Production Design

Rudy Ricci

Story

Graham Henderson

Co-Producer

William Munns

Makeup Effects

Russell Streiner

Story

Allan A. Apone

Makeup Effects

Robert Howland

Art Direction

Robert Lucas

Set Decoration

Robin L. Neal

Key Makeup Artist

Ken Kaufman

Set Decoration

Robert Gordon

Editor

Kevin McCarthy

Special Effects

Bob McCarthy

Special Effects