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- 1988
- R
- Lorimar Motion Pictures
- 1 h 29 m
- 1988
- R
- Lorimar Motion Pictures
- 1 h 29 m
Summary Curious kids unearth the barrels that helped revive the dead of the first film, which proves the second time's an undead charm.
Directed By: Ken Wiederhorn
Written By: Ken Wiederhorn
- 1988
- R
- Lorimar Motion Pictures
- 1 h 29 m
- 1988
- R
- Lorimar Motion Pictures
- 1 h 29 m
Return of the Living Dead II
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Summary Curious kids unearth the barrels that helped revive the dead of the first film, which proves the second time's an undead charm.
Directed By: Ken Wiederhorn
Written By: Ken Wiederhorn
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ROTLD II may be junk, but at least in the hands of director Ken Wiederhorn it's efficient, well-filmed junk. [18 Jan 1988, p.7C]
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Like too many genre directors these days, Ken Wiederhorn went for a mix of horror and comedy, and it's probably not his fault he succeeded mostly with the latter.
Director Ken Wiederhorn is a competent, if unremarkable, talent who handles the action scenes in a professional manner. His writing talent, however, is not equal to that of the first film's writer-director, Dan O'Bannon, and the sequel lacks its predecessor's snappy, biting dialog and O'Bannon's satiric edge.
Unlike O'Bannon's film, this is merely repetitive and dull, the tedium relieved only by the graphic brain-eating and Philip Bruns' deliciously OTT performance as the mad Doctor Mandel.
Billed as a comedy/horror flick, Return of the Living Dead Part II is neither scary nor funny and adds salt in the wound with an obnoxious soundtrack of grating rock music.
Production Company
Lorimar Motion Pictures,
Greenfox Productions
Release Date Jan 15, 1988
Duration 1 h 29 m
Rating R
Tagline Just when you thought it was safe to be dead.
Awards
Young Artist Awards
• 2 Nominations
Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Films, USA
• 1 Nomination
