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Return of the Living Dead

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Return of the Living Dead is the franchise that was first conceived in 1985. Originally intended as a loose sequel to George A. Romero's seminal classic Night of the Living Dead, ROTLD was first published in 1979 by author John Russo, who had split from ex-writing partner Romero and had taken the 'Living Dead' monicker with the intention of making his own sequel to NOTLD. It would be another six years until the movie would finally see the light of day, written and directed by Alien's Dan O'Bannon.
After a 3D feature to have been directed by Tobe (Texas Chainsaw Massacre) Hooper was scrapped, O'Bannon developed a new concept, far removed from Russo's novel, which would see a group of punks and warehouse workers attacked by zombies (Russo would write another ROTLD novel to accompany the film). The movie was a great success, overshadowing the release of Romero's darker sequel Day of the Dead, and would become a firm favourite with zombie fans.
The movie would be followed by four sequels (1988's Return of the Living Dead Part II, 1993's Return of the Living Dead III, and 2005's double feature Return of the Living Dead: Necropolis and Rave to the Grave, both filmed at Chernobyl in Ukraine). Despite each sequel being less successful than the last, the ROTLD franchise has become a cult classic and loved by horror fans the world over.
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DON CALFA
LINNEA QUIGLEY
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CAIN MANOLI

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Read my RETURN OF THE LIVING DEAD article on Gorezone's MySpace page

Click on the image above to read my article on the making of RETURN OF THE LIVING DEAD at Gorezone's official MySpace page.  Enjoy!
Posted by on Tue, 24 Mar 2009 18:18:00 GMT

Exclusive Don Calfa RETURN OF THE LIVING DEAD interview

DON CALFA ('Ernie;' RETURN OF THE LIVING DEAD) .. --> @page { size: 21cm 29.7cm; margin: 2cm } P { margin-bottom: 0.21cm } --> After so many years in the industry what led you to becoming invo...
Posted by on Mon, 24 Nov 2008 17:42:00 GMT

Exclusive John Penney RETURN OF THE LIVING DEAD III interview!

JOHN PENNEY (writer; RETURN OF THE LIVING DEAD III) .. --> @page { size: 21cm 29.7cm; margin: 2cm } P { margin-bottom: 0.21cm } --> Having already made two features with Stephen Carpenter and...
Posted by on Mon, 24 Nov 2008 17:23:00 GMT

RETURN OF THE LIVING DEAD reviews in the brand new issue of GoreZone

Yours truly has submitted two reviews for the brand new issue of UK horror magazine GoreZone, released this week. These two are of the awesome upcoming comic sequel Revenge of the Living Dead, and the...
Posted by on Sat, 09 Aug 2008 07:42:00 GMT

Cain Manoli exclusive RETURN OF THE LIVING DEAD: RAVE TO THE GRAVE interview!

What led to your involvement with RETURN OF THE LIVING DEAD: RAVE TO THE GRAVE? Were you a working actor prior to being offered the role and what kind of audition process did you have to go through?"T...
Posted by on Mon, 28 Jul 2008 10:33:00 GMT

REVENGE OF THE LIVING DEAD exclusive review!

Over the years, the RETURN OF THE LIVING DEAD franchise has taken several turns, through both Romeo and Juliet (RETURN OF THE LIVING DEAD III) and TV movie (NECROPOLIS, RAVE TO THE GRAVE) territory, t...
Posted by on Thu, 24 Jul 2008 17:59:00 GMT

LINNEA QUIGLEY ’exclusive’ Return of the Living Dead interview

Throughout the 1980's Linnea Quigley became known as the ultimate 'scream queen,' thanks to appearances in the likes of SILENT NIGHT, DEADLY NIGHT, NIGHT OF THE DEMONS and, of course, RETURN OF THE L...
Posted by on Tue, 01 Jul 2008 09:47:00 GMT

RETURN OF THE LIVING DEAD... where are they now?

JAMES KAREN  'Frank; RETURN OF THE LIVING DEAD, 'Ed;' RETURN OF THE LIVING DEAD PART II)After almost forty years in the business, James Karen's performance in 1985's RETURN OF THE LIVING DEAD showed ...
Posted by on Thu, 12 Jun 2008 13:51:00 GMT

Don Calfas REVENGE OF THE LIVING DEAD exclusive

"EXCLUSIVE"Don Calfa's REVENGE OF THE LIVING DEADOver the years fans have had mixed opinions on 1988's RETURN OF THE LIVING DEAD PART II, Ken Wiederhorn's spoof that is only a sequel in name to Dan O'...
Posted by on Tue, 03 Jun 2008 15:38:00 GMT

RETURN OF THE LIVING DEAD - The Top 10 Moments from the Series

Five movies, a hundred great moments, but which stand out the most? here's out 'Top 10' of highlights of RETURN OF THE LIVING DEAD...10. RETURN OF THE LIVING DEAD PART II - The severed hand - the old...
Posted by on Mon, 02 Jun 2008 11:51:00 GMT