It looks a little cheap and the army base is unconvincing. The aspect ratio is ugly. The sound is fine. The practical effects are totally awesome. Technical ample would be my summary. This movie is insane. If you are into piercings then you would love this. The characters are nuts but fascinating. It matches the nutty gore. I love how insane this movie is. It is funny, gory, stupid and so entertaining. This is the craziest stuff ever. Up there with The Evil Dead (1981) and Braindead (1992).

Having recently witnessed the horrific results of a top secret project to bring the dead back to life, a distraught youth (J. Trevor Edmond) performs the operation on his girlfriend (Melinda Clarke) after she is killed in a motorcycle accident.Apparently when this film came out, it was something of a flop and received mixed reviews. I remember it differently, though by the time I was familiar with the movie it was already out on VHS, so I can't speak to the theater crowd. I felt this was a strong sequel, perhaps even better than part two. Sure, it goes off the track a bit, but that is part of its strength -- it dared to go in a new direction. And looking back now (2015), we see that it comes across even better compared to the awful things following it.Leading this project was Brian Yuzna, who is best known for his work on "Re-Animator", "Bride of Re-Animator" and "Society". Yuzna's work is hit and miss, but he is a horror master to his core and this film is lucky to have him. Writing and producing is John Penney, who is probably less well-known. Penney started his career as a film editor, with his first job being an assistant editor on "The Dorm That Dripped Blood" and also worked on the original "Return of the Living Dead". He ought to be better known, as he has worked in horror for over thirty years now...

The first Return of the Living Dead is by far the best of the series, being immensely entertaining and creepy with very little wrong. This second sequel, and the third in the series, is an improvement over the second, which relied on too much humour (most of which was very forced) and had very few scares, and certainly much better than the fourth and fifth films, both of which were horrendous, especially the latter.Return of the Living Dead Part III does have things wrong. It does start off poorly, with a lack of suspense, some cheesy and out of place comedy (though luckily the film is never too over-reliant on that, allowing the horror and scares to come out for much of the film) some of the worst of the limited budget and it felt like it had jumped to half-way through, and some of the story does feel and wear thin in a few places, doesn't quite sustain the running time, with a very clumsy final five minutes. The limited budget does sometimes show, in some cheap-looking sets and some shoddy effects. The zombies are also very underused.However, the film is very well shot and atmospherically lit, the zombie make-up is some of the best of the entire series and most of the special effects are good. The music is haunting and catchy, with a lovingly nostalgic 80s vibe that never felt dated or cheesily over the top. The scripting is not too bad, it is nowhere near as strained as the second film's and treats its Romeo and Juliet-like story to an enjoyably dark and moving effect if sometimes taking things a little too seriously. While the execution of the story is not perfect, it doesn't try too hard to be funny and it's nowhere near as dull or as incoherent as the succeeding two sequels.It is by far the darkest and most original of the series, it does offer some genuine scares and emotional impact, the gore is suitably harrowing and the last thirty minutes is mostly enjoyably over-the-top and poignantly tragic until the clumsy final five minutes. People will argue that it is nothing like the first two, and that is one of the main reasons why it is the most polarising of the five films and understandably, I for one didn't have a problem with it.The love story is handled with a good deal of emotion and doesn't get too sappy, saccharine or silly. The zombies are underused, but when they do appear they look great and have a real sense of fun and menace, while the characters are some of the more likable and less annoying of the series, Julie is a very interesting character and easy to root for. The direction is competent, and the acting is pretty good, Sarah Douglas chews the scenery is an enormously fun way (and this is coming from a person who is not a huge fan of that kind of acting) and Mindy Clarke is excellent as Julie.All in all, not perfect or great but pretty decent and by far the best of the sequels. 6/10 Bethany Cox

Zombies, gore, romance, humor, a hobo and a redhead -- "Return of the Living Dead 3" has got it all.Tweaking the formula a bit, this third entry in the series started by the late, great Dan O'Bannon plays almost like a zombie-fied Romeo and Juliet. Curt (J. Trevor Edmund) and Julie (Melinda Clarke) are two teenagers madly in love. Although Curt's father -- a prototypical over-bearing authority figure -- doesn't approve, the two seem to have a great life together ahead of them, that is, until tragedy strikes, and the experimental toxin from the previous two films is used to bring Julie back with mixed results. In short, this girl is hungry for love and lusting for blood.In many ways, this is an improvement over the tepid sequel that preceded it. You can chalk that up to director Brian Yuzna ("Bride of Re-Animator"), whose sci-fi and horror credentials suit the film perfectly. Rather than merely re-hash or dumb down what made the original work so well, Yuzna's film takes chances and has a feeling of freshness that still lingers even today. The characters are just credible enough to sell the romance angle, and the gore, while slightly restrained in the R-rated cut currently on DVD, is as wild as ever. Sure, it has a tendency to sag in its third act, but overall, "Return of the Living Dead 3" is an enjoyable if somewhat tragic thrill-ride that is unlike anything else you'll come across. Unfortunately, the series would continue in the form of two underwhelming made-for-TV movies that failed to live up to this superior sequel.