This movie is one of my favourites. Its very unique blend of 80s punk culture and the zombie movie works so well. The acting is 1st class providing some unparalleled performances. To have such a magnificent selection of odd ball characters in the same movie is one in a Billion. The late Dan O'Bannon died far to early and this movie is testament to that. The music, characters, script, and some of the best use of traditional prosthetics and effects techniques ever, all help make this movie a cult classic. It definitely deserves to be up there on center stage next to George Romero's work, in fact its in a class of its own.

Clu Gulager kicks butt as Burt and Linnea Quiqley heats things up! This zombie film kind of fuses two eras of horror together for a very fun zombie film and the only zombie series that I know of that really has zombies chomping on brains, yet the film had to have made an impact because a lot of people will say that zombies eat brains, when in most zombie films they simply eat people. How is this a merger you ask? Mainly in the way it was cast. In the 70's, a lot of horror films would feature a notable actor or two in a prominent role. They may of not been an A list star, but it was someone a person would recognize. In the 80's the casts became young stars who were usually not very recognizable. This movie features both sets and they kind of do their own thing until the middle of the film where the two groups meet and clash for the remainder of the film. The film also was one of three zombie films released during 1985 and I will say that this one had the best cast, I would say Day of the Dead had the best zombie effects and action and I would say Reanimator had a bit better visuals than Return and a better cast than Day. This one and Reanimator would feature humor, while Day is the bleak film of the trio. All three I find good and I have a hard time picking which one I do enjoy more.The story has a couple of guys in a medical warehouse where one of them is showing the new guy the ropes. While doing some paper work, Freddie (the new guy) asks Frank what is the strangest thing he had ever seen. Frank tells him of a story about how Night of the Living Dead was based on true events and proceeds to show him some tanks in the basement of the building that contain dead corpses. Unfortunately, the young guy then asks if the canisters could leak, which the older gent then says, "No way" before hitting the canister and it proceeds to shoot out its contents. This fog envelopes the warehouse and revives some of the dead objects within including butterflies, split dogs and a cadaver! The two men lose consciousness before reviving and calling the owner of the warehouse and after a few humorous incidents, they take the reanimated objects to Ernie, the local mortician to burn the items which sends fumes into the air and revive the dead! Caught up in all this is Freddie's girlfriend and I am going to guess his friends as she sticks out like a sore thumb. Soon the two groups meet up and must try to work together to try and survive the zombie onslaught! The film starts out with a lot of comedy in it, but as it goes on it becomes a bit darker and soon nearly all the humor is gone. The sequel to this film would keep the humor all the way through it and it was pretty much less of a sequel and more of a spoof of this film. The cast in that one was not as good either as sure James Karen would return as would Thom Matthews in what is essentially same roles, but the one who made this one great was Clu Gulagar. Linnea was good too, but mainly for that one dance sequence in the cemetery and for still having a great bod even as a zombie. Though I still say the female zombie from Junk was the hottest zombie as she still had a cute face too.This is a favorite of mine and memorable as I actually saw this film at the theater when it came out. My parents and I actually saw a trailer for this one while watching the low budget, but still good, zombie film, Children Shouldn't Play With Dead Things. It almost looked like it had the same premise, but this one turned out vastly different. I still remember my mother attempting to cover my eyes during Linnea's dance. The tone is a bit uneven as it does start out in a more humorous way and it does get rather dark towards the end, but overall it was a very fun zombie film. The zombies looked good in this one at times with the tar man being the highlight as well as the blond one that they talked too, but a lot of the zombies in this one you could tell were just people smeared with mud. That is okay, as with this one it is not the zombies as much as the cast and their reactions that make this one.

I have to admit the first time I watched this movie I hated it. I guess I was looking at it a more of a horror movie than a comedy. I watched it again last night, and got a different perspective. I actually thought it was funny. To me it wasn't scary at all, yes a little creepy; but more humorous than anything. I loved Tarman and the zombies wanting more paramedics and cops- yum. I love George Romero classics, especially Day Of The Dead. This is more of a parody to his work. I thought one of the scenes with the punks could have been cut. The one were Miss takes it all off in the graveyard was tasteless; but other than that it was O.K.. To sum it all up it was funny, and creepy in spots. The ending was kind of predictable, but it is a great comedy.THX, Kris L. CocKayne

Working in a medical supply warehouse, the last ones left find the leftover government chemicals stored there have seeped free into a local cemetery during a party and forces them to team with the party survivors to stop the ravenous zombies on the loose.This here was quite the fun and extremely enjoyable zombie effort. Over of the most impressive aspects to this one is the really enjoyable time here due to the exciting pace on display, which comes there through the near-continuous action. As there's the gas-release here less than ten minutes into the film, there's already the rather fun action of the two trapped inside the warehouse with the reanimated props along the storage unites of the facility while also allowing for the big brawl with the nude cadaver running throughout where they're forced to dismember it in order to get him under control, which is all done in the first half hour here. Following the introduction of the chemical into the cemetery and their resurrection, it allows for the great chase in the mortuary with the reanimated tar-man, the graveyard chase where the graves spit out the dead to chase and swarm the group against the different of monuments and tombstones as well as the swarming scenes of the paramedics in the truck and forcing the really fun time here with the big assault on the church. From the barricading tactics against the grabbing hands attempting to break into the room, the attack in the storeroom where they're able to capture the live skeleton for questioning and the zombie attacks out in the graveyard and the adjacent streets, there's a ton of high-energy action in this section which features a ton to like with the violent antics, building suspense of the creatures getting in and the few nicely developed scenes of comedy here all make for a great time along with the great finale. This here is the film's highlight offering as the zombies running wild in the streets taking out the police reinforcements, holding traps for the police officers coming to check on the previous ventures into the cemetery and the ones breaking into the mortuary as they're trapped inside which has a lot more action, tons of zombies and fun all throughout here. Coupled with the outstanding gore, fantastic zombies and one of the genre's most iconic nude scenes, these here hold this off over a few minor flaws. The main issue here is the brief finale, which is quite sudden and doesn't really bring out all the great points of the story along the way. As well, there's the fact that this one goes along with some stupid ideas to make the story work, from staying in the room with the zombies despite all the evidence known that's proved to have them turn on her as well and the lame attempts at being stonewalled by the army, which are just pointless and goes nowhere here as the attempt to shoehorn them into the film the way it does here is pretty lame and not-well-thought-out. With the low-budget gore effects sometimes coming through obviously, these here are somewhat minor and insignificant problems against the positive points.Rated R: Extreme Graphic Violence, Extreme Graphic Language, Full Nudity and drug use.