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.
The Return of the Living Dead has generally received positive reviews.
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The Return of the Living Dead was released in 1985 and has generally received positive reviews.
Online reviewers have written 633 reviews, giving The Return of the Living Dead (1985) an average rating of 73%.
Overall, cinema-goers and film critics broadly agree on the merits of the movie, with critics giving it an average score of 83% and users giving an average score of 83%.
With a score of 73%, The Return of the Living Dead is above the average Cinafilm score for movies made in 1985, which stands at 59%.
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