Review of The Return of the Living Dead (1985) by Stephen Holden for The New York Times — 05 Feb 2016
Though certainly not for the squeamish, the film is by no means the ultimate horror movie it aspires to be. The volume of stagy gore quickly reaches a point of diminishing returns. And rather than trying to sustain a mood of grim suspense, the writer-director Dan O'Bannon has conceived this cinematic cousin of Night of the Living Dead as a mordant punk comedy.
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This review of The Return of the Living Dead (1985) was written by Stephen Holden and published by The New York Times on 05 Feb 2016.
The Return of the Living Dead has generally received positive reviews.
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