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This year for Halloween we've decided to do another commentary! It's of the 1980s Zombie movie “Return of the Living Dead”. It's extremely 1980s in style. There are zombies, punks, yuppies, electronic music, toxic waste… It's quite an entertaining, quite comedic, nihilistic cold war zombie film with very good effects for the time that really hold up today. Even the gore is tasteful. I am NOT a fan of horror in any way, Banes and Pit lobbied hard for this movie… but even so it was not a bad film. The zombies are animated by a man made chemical contaminant, which is quite an 80s theme in of itself. They're not contagious like modern zombies, there's no infection or outbreak to contain. The problem here is that they're virtually indestructible because of the chemical that animates their flesh, they're also fully intelligent and fast moving, this makes the zombies far more menacing and scary than any modern shambling brainless decaying infected version.
If you can find the movie online (it's pretty easy) you can watch along with us as we do our commentary on the film!
Have you seen Return of the Living Dead? What did you think of it? How does it stack up today?
This week Gunwallace wasn't able to give us a theme so I'm replaying Scarred Eden: A million futuristic laser violins play a symphony of light and sound, weaving the landscapes of our dreams against the awesomely huge backdrop of a swirling, purple, star filled nebula. It's a very Jean-Michel Jare sounding piece of 80s style electronica so pairs well with this movie.
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QUACKCAST 554 - Return of the Living Dead Halloween Special
Ozoneocean at 12:00AM, Oct. 26, 2021
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KDog at 7:55AM, Oct. 29, 2021
"Return of the Living Dead" shocked me when I first saw it unedited. Due to the very actor pictured above. LOL
Ozoneocean at 12:49AM, Oct. 28, 2021
LOL then our commentary will be perfect for you XD
plymayer at 9:20PM, Oct. 27, 2021
Rented this movie on laserdisc back in the late 80s when I lived in Japan. Have it on DVD now. And the sequels. Love this movie.
Ozoneocean at 9:45PM, Oct. 26, 2021
That's amazing Hushicho! HAHA! Yeah, it would have been better if Suicide got nude too. It was so funny have her run around nude.
hushicho at 8:56PM, Oct. 26, 2021
Wonderful! I had such a nice time with Don Calfa at a show years ago, and Linnea Quigley was there and a pleasure as well. It's a shame that they didn't go for it in making the film, because they said later that they had intended to have Mark Venturini -- Trash's punk boyfriend -- get naked too, but were too afraid to commit. They found out later that it would've been welcome! But it's a whirlwind of a film. And the very best situation to use this line: "Send more cops."
Ozoneocean at 6:10PM, Oct. 26, 2021
@dpat- almost right haha! But yeah, you're remembering this movie.
damehelsing at 2:42PM, Oct. 26, 2021
Gunwallace, your work is amazing as always! Thank you!
Banes at 2:14PM, Oct. 26, 2021
@dpat- spoiler alert: that’s the one!
dpat57 at 6:58AM, Oct. 26, 2021
Spoilers, kind of. I've no idea if this is even the same movie, but I have vague/distant memories of a cute punk girl who tells her buddies she wants to die a really interesting death, and promptly gets her head bitten by a zombie. And another of an artillery piece buried deep in the woods whose lone operator gets a call telling him to open fire on a town. I used to watch these films with my early teen nieces and nephew. Fun times!