USA, 1987
89m
35mm film, Metrocolor
Ultra Stereo, English
An American horror film directed by Ken Wiederhorn.
Plot Summary
A group of teens stumble upon one of the lost canisters of the zombie creating 2-4-5 Trioxin gas and accidentally release it. Soon, they are up to their necks in brain-hungry zombies.
Credits
Crew
Director: Ken Wiederhorn
Lorimar, Greenfox
Executive Producer: Eugene C. Cashman
Producer: Tom Fox
Co-producer: William S. Gilmore
Script: Ken Wiederhorn
Director of Photography: Robert Elswit
Editor: Charles Bornstein
Music: J. Peter Robinson
Sound Mixer: Glenn Anderson
Make-up Supervisor: Del Armstrong
Hair: Lynn Del Kail
Special Make Up Created by: Kenny Myers
Special Physical Effects: Terry Frazee, Geno Crum, Gene Grigg
Effects Animation: Charles McDonald
Zombie Movements Created by: Derek Loughran
Art Director: Dale Allan Pelton
Cast
Michael Kenworthy (Jesse Wilson)
Thor Van Lingen (Billy)
Jason Hogan (Johnny)
James Karen (Ed)
Thom Mathews (Joey)
Suzanne Snyder (Brenda)
Marsha Dietlein (Lucy Wilson)
Suzan Stadner (aerobics instructor)
Jonathon Terry (Colonel)
Dana Ashbrook (Tom Essex)
Sally Smythe (Billy's mom)
Allan Trautman (Tarman)
Don Maxwell (Billy's dad)
Reynold Cindrich (soldier)
Philip Bruns (Doc Mandel)
Mitch Pileggi (Sarge)
Arturo Bonilla (Les)
Terence Riggins (Frank)
James McIntire (officer)
Larry Nicholas (Jesse's double)
Alternative Titles
Le retour des morts vivants II – French title
Il ritorno dei morti viventi – parte II – Italian title
Der Rückkehr der Höllenzombies – German title
Links
Sequel to
Return of the Living Dead (1985)
Sequel
Return of the Living Dead III (1993)
See also
Dirty Harry (1971)
Night of the Living Dead (1968)
Thriller (1983)
References
Periodicals
Cinefantastique March 1988 pp.6-7 – illustrated article
Photoplay March 1989 p.31 – review
Samhain no.12 p.30 – review
Books
Comedy-Horror Films: A Chronological History, 1914-2008 by Bruce G. Hallenbeck pp.224-225 – credits
Elliot's Guide to Films on Video p. 654 – credits, review
Horror Films of the 1990s by John Kenneth Muir pp.299-301
Science Fiction, Fantasy, and Horror Film Sequels, Series, and Remakes by Kim R. Holston and Tom Winchester p.353-354
Zombie by Allan Bryce (ed) pp.56-63 – illustrated article (Sometimes they come back… again: Return of the Living Dead trilogy by Maitland McDonagh)
