The Return of the Living Dead

"When two bumbling employees at a medical supply warehouse accidentally release a deadly gas into the air, the vapors cause the dead to rise again as zombies."

Cast

Clu Gulager

as Burt

James Karen

as Frank

Don Calfa

as Ernie

Thom Mathews

as Freddy

Miguel A. Núñez Jr.

as Spider

Brian Peck

as Scuz

John Philbin

as Chuck

Linnea Quigley

as Trash

Beverly Randolph

as Tina

Jewel Shepard

as Casey

Mark Venturini

as Suicide

Jonathan Terry

as Colonel Glover

Cathleen Cordell

as Colonel's Wife

David Bond

as Radio Corpse #2

Derrick Brice

as Gunnery Sergeant

Paul Cloud

as Cop #2

Michael Crabtree

as Riot Cop #2

Robert Craighead

as Cop #1

James Dalesandro

as Paramedic #2

Drew Deighan

as Paramedic #1

Leigh Drake

as Dispatcher

John Durbin

as Radio Corpse #1

Ed Krieger

as Riot Cop #3

Bob Libman

as Tac Squad Captain

Allan Trautman

as Tarman

John Stuart West

as Riot Cop #1

Terry Houlihan

as Yellow Cadaver

Robert J. Bennett

as Headless Tarman

Jerome Coleman

as Legless Corpse

Cherry Davis

as ½ Lady Corpse (voice)

Crew

Tom Fox

Producer

John Daly

Executive Producer

Derek Gibson

Executive Producer

Dan O'Bannon

Director

Matt Clifford

Original Music Composer

Dan O'Bannon

Screenplay

Jules Brenner

Director of Photography

Frederick B. Van Brunt

Assistant Property Master

Bernie Pock

Stunts

David Zellitti

Stunts

John Gillespie

Stunts

Scott Javine

Second Assistant Director

Monty Cox

Stunts

Fernando Celis

Stunts

Kim Robert Koscki

Stunts

Sara Lee Wade

Set Dresser

Ed Nielsen

Camera Operator

Robert Jackson

Boom Operator

Hank Calia

Stunts

Michael Bennett

Production Manager

Julio Macat

Assistant Camera

Ron Judkins

Sound Mixer

Kenny Myers

Special Effects Makeup Artist

Alexander Hendrie

Location Manager

Erik Cord

Stunt Coordinator

Pattison Newberry

Set Medic

Wendy Hogan

Makeup & Hair

Tony Rupprecht

Special Effects Makeup Artist

Robert M. Amerian

Gaffer

Karen Altman Morgenstern

Production Coordinator

Clayton Hartley

Assistant Art Director

Robert Randles

Music Supervisor

Jesse Tango

Grip

John Penney

Assistant Editor

Douglas J. White

Special Effects Makeup Artist

Ronald J. Pure Jr.

Electrician

Belinda Vidaurri

Production Secretary

Erik Cord

Stunts

Mark Helfrich

Additional Editor

Bob McCarthy

Special Effects Supervisor

Blair Burrows

Stunts

Ethan Wayne

Stunts

Barbara Benz

Property Master

Michael Carr

Stunts

Bruce W. Morgan

Stunts

Brian J. Williams

Stunts

Ray West

Sound Re-Recording Mixer

Richard Lorenzana

Production Accountant

Dan Muscarella

Color Timer

Ralph Garrett

Stunts

Gene Hartline

Stunts

Paula Moody

Stunts

Richard Mall

Key Grip

Gary Jensen

Stunt Coordinator

Lucien Jervis

Casting Assistant

Pete Kleinow

Visual Effects Supervisor

Timothy 'Guido' Magaraci

Electrician

Gene Warren Jr.

Visual Effects Supervisor

Gardner Doolittle

Stunts

Spiro Razatos

Stunts

Ray Saniger

Stunts

Marty Carrillo

Best Boy Electric

Christena Alcorn

Script Supervisor

Richard Padgett

Transportation Coordinator

Robert L. Blatman

Assistant Camera

Yvette Bliss

Makeup Artist

Craig Caton

Special Effects Makeup Artist

Gary Jensen

Stunts

Barbara Pokras

Additional Editor

Byron Quisenberry

Stunts

Michael Gastaldo

Leadman

Rory Flynn

Still Photographer

Adam Johnston

Assistant Sound Editor

Chris Carpenter

Sound Re-Recording Mixer

Emilie Robertson

Music Editor

Andreas Crawford

Grip

Joel Kramer

Stunts

David M. Robertson

First Assistant Director

Josh King

Second Assistant Director

Larry Odien

Special Effects Makeup Artist

Lesley Levin

Assistant Costume Designer

Julie Feiner

Assistant Editor

Dale Johnston

Supervising Sound Editor

Bob Minkler

Sound Re-Recording Mixer

Vivian Hengsteler

Negative Cutter

Grahame Jennings

Associate Producer

Bob Stephens

Stunts

John A. Russo

Story

Ken Kaufman

Set Decoration

William Munns

Makeup Effects

Robert Lucas

Set Decoration

Robin L. Neal

Key Makeup Artist

Graham Henderson

Co-Producer

Russell Streiner

Story

Stanzi Stokes

Casting

Allan A. Apone

Makeup Effects

Rudy Ricci

Story

William Stout

Production Design

Robert Howland

Art Direction

Robert Gordon

Editor

Bob McCarthy

Special Effects

Kevin McCarthy

Special Effects