I loved this movie so much more than I could've ever anticipated! The comedy in this had me rolling too many times to count and I especially loved the zombies....BRAINSSSSSS!!!! I hope you enjoy my reaction weeeee🥰
That's some great planning right there: "Resurrection Cemetery" right next to the medical supply company that stores a secret military resurrection formula...
I love this movie. It's one of two directed by Dan O'Bannon, who's best known as the co-writer of Alien and Total Recall. His other film is The Resurrected aka Shatterbrain. It's based on a H P Lovecraft story and it's well worth seeing. Unfortunately, O'Bannon suffered from Crohn's disease and it limited his directorial output. He died from complications of the disease at age 63. Here's something you might enjoy. It's a zombie themed song from Jonathan Coulton called RE: Your Brains. ua-cam.com/video/S6vnM9I7HIo/v-deo.html
This was the first zombie movie to introduce the concept that zombies eat brains And if you pay attention to the eye exam chart on the wall in Frank's office the letters read "BURT IS A SLAVE DRIVER AND A CHEAP SON OF A BITCH" 🤣 And the 2 leads (the supply warehouse owner and the embalmers names are Burt and Ernie And the first 2 paramedics that show up at the funeral home are credited as Tom and Jerry 🤣
Cool little detail: when the cadaver zombie busts out of the fridge after they remove the padlock, he goes straight for Burt because Burt was technically the only LIVING person in the room; he totally disregards Frank and Freddy.
Tar Man is probably the single best practical zombie of all time. The performer was a dancer, and gave such an insanely impressive performance here. Great reaction, this movie has been criminally overlooked by reaction channels.
I think he also stayed hidden away from the actress who played Freddie's GF. The scream was real in that scene and she got badly hurt during the steps breaking scene.
Years after first watching _Return of the Living Dead,_ I had a bad case of food poisoning that left me so badly dehydrated that the ER staff initially couldn't measure my blood pressure or pulse. They finally got a reading once I stood up (at which point I went blind for a couple of minutes, my condition was so rough), but you can imagine which scene from this movie was going through my head all the while.
Seriously I feel bad that you experienced that whole ordeal. The worst pain that I've ever experienced was passing a kidney stone. Trust me that really hurts like a knife twisting in your gut. I didn't know what it was at first. I became deeply worried after seeing blood in my urine. Then went to the hospital and they ran an x-ray and told what was causing the pain. I was very relieved, cause I initially thought that I had stomach cancer after seeing the blood.
The thing. Killer klowns from outer space, cujo, chucky, creepshow, american werewolf in london, the shining, ightmare on elm st.. halloween 3 jeezus lol
Sometime around 1987, I went on vacation with my mother to London. Punks were everywhere there. It looked like everyone was trying to outdo each other in how crazy they could dress.
The slapstick dialogue between Bert, Frank and Freddy were a riot, and Frank’s deliveries with his hammy eye-rolls and tongue wags always crack me up…especially when he was feeding Freddy all his tall tales in the beginning lol.🤪
That scene is priceless. Bert telling Frank to be brave while he hides in the skeletons as far from the door as possible, and then the damn zombie makes a bee line right to him.
@@PlasteredDragon there’s a dynamic to the 3 guys in the shop that goes down the line from Bert (boss) to Frank (manager) to Freddy (employee), and the way they play off each other through that chain of command is part of its comedic brilliance that reminds me of the show “Taxi” back in the days!
If I remember right, I think I read somewhere that when Frank and Freddie were exposed to the Tri-oxin at the beginning, it did actually kill them right there before re-animating them and they were actually undead throughout the entire movie. It's why the tar man zombie didn't attack them when it first crawled out of the canister. And why the cadaver went straight for Burt when they let it out of the freezer, because he was the only living thing in the room.
FUN FACT: George Romero and John Russo, the creators of Night of the Living Dead had something of a falling out over legal disputes regarding these films. As a result, each settled to title their zombie films in a specific way. Romero's work continued on as "of the Dead" and Russo was allowed "of the Living Dead". This film was released the same time as Romero's "Day of the Dead", so title distinctions had to be made, so as to avoid confusion and to separate the two franchises.
@@anthonybatissa1417 I love it. It's actually my favorite of Romero's zombie films. Controversial opinion, I know but I actually prefer the remake of Dawn over the original. :)
Day of the Dead was a gorefest with the best zombie make-up and affects at that time, but it had no humor and none of the characters in it were particularly like able, so I enjoyed ROTLD a lot more, and got to see it at a theater but didn’t for DOTD. Reanimator also came out that year and it had lotsa gore but laughs too😆
@@theshakyproject2971 my main issue with the remake is that a lot of the characters are very tropey and generic horror movie characters. it's not a bad movie but doesn't really stand out that much when compared to all the other zombie media made in recent years. the original might have zombies that don't look all that great, but just the way the movie was made, them having access to the mall at night and having to film and clean everything by morning, basically making things up as they went by just asking the special effects crew what else they can do and the social commentary make the original a more memorable movie to me.
from what i heard there were several things that made Romero and Russo fall out. the fact that they lost Night of the Living Dead to some shady distributors and they had creative differences about the sequel. Romero went on to do Dawn of the Dead and Russo went on to do the novel of Return of the Living Dead which isn't even the same story as the movie version. Although Russo would end up writing the novelization of the movie version too. If it hadn't been for DotD being a hit, RotLD would have never been made. Everyone wanted to cash in on the zombie movie craze. Especially in Europe.
One of my all time favorite horror comedies! So glad you liked it. This is the movie that introduced running zombies and the concept that all they really want is "BRAINS!!!!" Most people don't realize that this movie set those trends. "You mean the movie LIED?" lol. Plus, one of the best soundtracks EVER!
Not really the 1st to introduce running zombies, there was a low budget zombie film from the 1970's called Garden of the Dead and it had running zombies.
"Send more cops".... "Brains!"..... "How was work? The usual, crap". Endlessly quotable, love this one, great to see someone reacting to it. Subscribed. Great pick. EDIT: You might enjoy "RE-Animator".
I'm so glad that you enjoyed it! I think some reactors are hesitant to react to "cult classics" like this one but not me! lol I really enjoyed this movie😆BRAINSSSS!!! Thank you for subscribing😃
@@Drforrester31 Yep! I was only 15 and got to see this movie at a 2nd run theater that didn’t care about my age, but I wanted to see the other 2 even more because they were NC17. I ended up liking DOTD the least because it had no humor and the plot was rather dull, but it was helluva gorefest!
oh yes! this is such an underrated gem. i love recommending this movie to people and listening to them gush over it after having watched it. cant believe there are not more reactions to it.
There was a band in the 2000s inspired by this movie called Send More Paramedics. They performed on stage in zombie makeup and sang songs about eating people.
The brilliant thing about this is how it filps all of Romero's "zombie rules" around. They're fast, they talk, and they're basically unkillable. It also chages how the zombies are created and makes it a "meta" film with the Night of the Living Dead reference. Dan O'Bannon, cowriter of Alien, rewrote a script by Night of the Living Dead cocreator John Russo..and was given the chance to direct for the first time with this. He knew Romero had a zombie movie coming out the same time this was (Day of the Dead), so as not to step on his toes, made his a comedy and turned all the rules on their head. Also, seem like it had the OG sound mix in tact, which is great because it's been remixed poorly since the original release... this is by far my preferred version.
It's probably not the original sound mix the only way to get the original sound mix is vhs laser disc or the shout factory blu ray although it's missing the song dead beat dance by the damned otherwise it's 100% intact if she watched it on a streaming service I almost guarantee it's an altered sound mix
@@crimesforkibble6912 deleting my posts as i've done some digging there is still altered audio on that version. while the music is intact , tarman's voice is still altered.
The movie is set in my home town of Louisville, Kentucky, though no part of it was filmed here. In the nuke scene, a friend of mine who went to see the local premiere at the Vogue Theater said that someone in the audience yelled "I can see my house!" --- BOOM --- "Bummer!!!"
I had to do a double take because the actor that played Freddy looks a heck of a lot like Tommy Jarvis from Friday the 13th... Turns out it really is him lmao The practical effects in this movie are insane. Every time the zombies called for more cops, and every time the horde jumped people, I laughed my ass off lol P.S. Congrats on your Join button. The perks are awesome. The custom emotes are great, and the John Wick wallpaper you made is badass
I loved the effects everything looked so freaking good! The zombie horde constantly jumping people had me rolling😂 Thanks for becoming a member Awakeee I appreciate your endless support of me and my channel, it means the world to me
@@LoveLaurenn I also dig the half-torso zombie lady, who I pitied even though she was a rubber animatronic lol…and the goofiness of the undead dude they axed in the noggin and chopped up!😂
The actor who plays Spider was also in (ugh) _Friday the 13th: A New Beginning._ Miguel A. Nunez Jr's IMDb listing suggests he's busier than ever these days!
I like the theme of this movie. It's one crazy thing adding to another. When they think they've found the solution to killing the undead more problems happen lol
This movie has to be the biggest reason why zombies so frequently afterwards were saying "Braaaainsss!" But I like the clever idea that they aren't just hungry and eating the living, but actually have a severe craving for brains to stop the horrific pain. You kind of sympathise with them. If you never saw her in a movie before, this is probably the best introduction to Linnea Quigley who played Trash. This is the movie that made her famous, and she kept on being very "generous with herself" in many many movies through the 80s and 90s. As I turned 13 just as this came out, you can imagine me having fond memories of her...
Well, indirectly yes. It was probably more that a Simpsons writer saw this and then wrote that episode of the Treehouse of Horror with the zombies craving brains that the two became linked in popular culture.
Even tho it's mostly a comedy....the whole "they eat brains because it eases the pain of being dead and feeling themselves rotting" is REALLY freaking DARK
Hell yeah! I've been suggesting this movie for a long time. So happy you watched it. This one of my favorite cheesy 80s horror comedies. May I also recommend "Night of the Creeps."
weeeee glad I finally got around to watching it, I enjoyed it so much😄The cheesiness was honestly perfect they had just the right amount, it was *chefs kiss*
@@LoveLaurenn "The good news is your dates are here!" "Whats the bad news?" They're dead!" The fact that Tom Atkins was a con near me that I forgot about halloween weekend pisses me off!
So happy to see a reaction for Return! Absolutely hilarious and gory movie that I'm pretty sure is the origin for the idea of brain-eating zombies. The cast is pretty iconic too (in a way), a lot of them being in other famous horror franchises like Friday the 13th, Poltergeist and Nightmare on Elm Street!
This was the best choice ever, a forgotten classic and massively underrated movie, I loved it so much growing up and I still watch it to this day. Their dead, fast, smart and unkillable. Your reaction was right on point, the comedy in this was golden for a zombie flick and the horror and gore was there as well. The cadaver wen't straight for Burt cuz he was the only living person in the room. Then when u were saying burn it, I was like no no, lol, then when u said call the number on the tank, again I'm like oh hell no, of course I knew the outcome of those actions that u were gonna soon find out. Good job on picking up on them releasing fumes, a lil late but awesome. Great movie and great reaction, you are my absolute favorite and so gorgeous Laureen, keep it up, I'm taken by your witty comments, intelligence and facial expressions. And your smile and laugh just makes my day.
I stumbled across your channel and saw you were doing one of the greatest punk cult classic movies ever (as well as one of my favs) and had to stop in and watch with you. I had the soundtrack on cassette with bands like TSOL, SSQ, the Cramps, the Damned, .45 Grave to name a few. There was a part 2 that wasn’t as good but still had its moments but it was Return of the Living Dead 3 that I loved! It was a zombie Romeo & Juliet story, starring Melinda Clark. Anyways thanks for the reaction, I love when newer generations are introduced to the lessor known culture from the time…
Running zombies and the inclusion into zombie lure that Zombies eat brains come from this film. It's amazing! The documentary on the Blu-Ray about this (and the sequels) is also excellent and well worth watching.
As many times as I've seen this movie I barely snapped that the cadaver goes after Bert was because he was the only living person in the warehouse. That's why I love reaction videos, I only noticed that when Lauren mentioned it
Did you notice? The medical supply company owner and the mortuary owner who have been life long friends? They are "Bert and Ernie"! ;-D "Trash" was played by Lynnea Quigley -- she's most famous for that role but has been a queen of B-horror movies ever since. She's still starring in schlock horror films today.
My favorite Zombie Comedy flick ever! I watched this at a bargain matinee when I was 15…and I got Happy watching Trash (the redhead punk chick) in the graveyard.😜
*FUN FACTS* When you realize 2 of the main characters names are Burt and Ernie 😂 Pay attention to the eye exam chart in the background in the managers office It reads "Burt is a slave driver and a cheap son of a b!tch" 😄 and the first 2 paramedics who show up at the mortuary are credited as Tom and Jerry 😂
This is one of my favorite favorite horror movies of all time. U made my day by reacting to it. Thank u. This is basically a curse. No matter what u do, it will never stop. The only thing u can do is burn them, but that just makes things worse. It will never end.
So glad to see you react to this movie, return of the living dead movies are my favourite, well at least the first three. Incredible video as, always Laurenn. Keep being amazing
One of my favorite movies it’s both cool and hilarious at the same time I love the acting from the guy who plays Frank he really looks like he’s in full panic mode and the noises he makes are funny as hell
I love this move so much like you and it never gets old no matter how old it gets. Your reaction truly reinforces my love for it. Awesome reactions to some of the key moments that my family and I die of laughter to.
Right? And the only way they actually kill them is burning them, and the fumes are like instant death/zombification for anyone nearby. It’s seriously like impossible to contain/control
Even after three decades when I saw this movie on release, this remains my favorite horror-comedy of all time; the acting, the script, the madness, it was a masterpiece for its genre.
I remember back in the 90's my friend and i rented this, he hadn't seen it in years and i had never seen it, after it was over we were like "TARMAN RULES", great movie.
It was fun watching you react to this 80's horror classic. One of my faves, along with The Re-Animator. There is a documentary retrospective that was released in 2011 called More Brains! A Return to the Living Dead that is a fun watch..
Hey just wanted to say that I think you're a really cool UA-cam Creator I spent my night watching that return of the living Dead one of my favorite movies with you reacting to it you made the movie even more hilarious with your reactions and also I really like your beanie
Another sweet horror movie reaction! The great part about this movie is underneath all the humor and cheesy camp, there is a legitimate horror. There are some truly horrific things in this movie when you think about it! Like when they can hear all the screaming corpses underground, or that super menacing intro theme.
I loved the campiness of it mixed with the horror they did it so well! I was pretty impressed with this movie, the zombies looked so good🤩OMG yes the zombies banging around in their coffins underground, that would be horrific to experience😵
@@LoveLaurenn the campiness made this movie a gem and way more enjoyable than Day of the Dead, also released that year. DOTD was a gorefest with the best zombie effects back then, but it had a very dry plot with no humor.
The Return Of The Living Dead has some of my all-time favorite dialogue. There are so many lines that I quote to this day lol I can pretty much recite this film verbatim. R.I.P. Mark Venturini (Suicide), James Karen (Frank), Don Calfa (Ernie), & Clu Gulager (Bert)
Linnea Quigley from this movie , Apollonia from the Prince movie purple rain ( 1984 ) and Pheobe Cates from fast times at ridgemont high ( 1982 ) are all held in high regard from the the boys ( and probably some of the girls ) who grew up in the 80s
Only Linnea could’ve pulled off the role of Trash in this movie, and boy did she have an affect on me at 15 when I watched this flick, as Apollonia did in Purple Rain the year before!
@@nickchang5293 there's not a VHS on this planet that doesn't get a little scratchy when apollonia purifies herself in the waters of lake minnetonka because of it being paused or put on slomo often enough it caused damage to the tape
@@ronpaul1082 well, I first watched Purple Rain on VHS when I was 14 with an older brother so I had to keep my composure while I was feeling my adolescent fever rise during that scene. I watched this flick at a bargain matinee the next year and I was shivering with anticipation when Linnea was leaning against the gravestone and talking about getting violated, then I knew where she was going with it and my face was burning up! I now have both movies on Blu-ray, which I pop in here and there to enjoy while less affected hormonally, but those scenes are still quite the eye candy as they were back then.🤩
@@ronpaul1082 and the nice thing about DVD/Blu-rays this day and age is you get a nice, clear and jitter-free Image when you pause it. This reminds me of the days of cable box like ON or SelecTV where the images are scrambled on a UHF channel, but the 10yr old me still tries to watch the Playboy Channel through it!
@@nickchang5293 yeah I watched the squiggly lines too . imagine my surprise when I switched to it one night and it's clear ! Just for no reason it came in clear for like 3 days * mind blown *
Great reaction. You’re awesome 😎 Love this movie. The practical effects were amazing. The actors were fantastic. Wanted to be part the gang. Great video, keep it up 👍
It really was one of the best experiences that I've had in a theater. We had a multiplex and this and Day of the Dead were playing at the same time. It was quite a decade!
The writer of this movie, Dan O'Bannon, was also a co-writer of the first "Alien" movie directed by Ridley Scott. O'Bannon also wrote a very low budget and obscure movie called "Dark Star", where 4 men are on a long mission blowing up rogue planets where Pinback, (played by O'Bannon}, was accidentally mistaken for one of the astronauts of that mission and ended up in that space craft. John Carpenter helped O'Bannon produce that movie.
Subscribed! This is one of my favorite movies. I saw it really young and it terrified me but it turned me into the zombie nerd I am today lol! I'm excited to see more people discover this movie and your reactions were amazing
I am in love with that tattoo of yours, I wish I was brave enough to get one on my neck. Ur whole recording setup looks amazing too, just perfect for a horror film.
Best zombie movie of all-time, and Tar Man is the best zombie. Two things I love are Frank's panic noises and the fact they give subtle clues that Ernie is a Nazi for no reason whatsoever.
This movie scared me as hell when I was a kid. Today I can see all the dark humour and stuff. Its a great movie. Congratulations for the video 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼❤ Ps: my english is a work in progress. Hail from Brazil.
Thanks for the video!! See you later!! Stay safe. Also RIP Kevin Conroy, the voice of Batman from the BATMAN Animated Series passed away today at age 66.
This brought back memories of watching it over my friend's house back in the 80s after it was in the theater and moved to cable. Great campy horror comedy!
This and Repo Man are the 2 OG punk movies. The Devil bless you, Laurenn. This the greatest Scooby Doo ever, from the creator of Alien. Thank you, Laurenn, for this. Such joy.
I was 6 years old when this came out and I got freaked out waching it, but became my favorite movie genre as a kid you should watch Night of the Living Dead 1990 its my favorite zombie movie
I love this movie so much, I saw it at least a dozen times theatrically, it is just plain fun. “Hit it in the brain!!” “ I hit it in the fucking brain!!”😂😂😂
Much more enjoyable just watching you reacting. I'll check out some of your other recent videos, I hope those stay away from the baby talk like this one did.
I went to the theaters to see this movie, back in the 80s, with very low expectations but what a great little fun movie it was. I've been a fan ever since.
I think "send more paramedics" is my favorite part of this movie. Just because being able to plan makes the ghouls so much worse than any other zombie movie 😆
I remember that cadaver coming alive in that bag and jwrking around freaked me out as a kid lol. I kept seeing that off and on as a kid lol. Some creepy bits in this but very hi!arious lol
That was great wasn't it!!!!! I saw this in the theater when it came out in 1985. I had my hand over my mouth the whole time. One of my favorite movies. I've watched this about 15 times on DVD.
I loved this movie so much more than I could've ever anticipated! The comedy in this had me rolling too many times to count and I especially loved the zombies....BRAINSSSSSS!!!! I hope you enjoy my reaction weeeee🥰
Hey Lauren, the Blu-ray of this flick also has the subtitle in Zombiespeak and it’s hilarious!😂
That's some great planning right there: "Resurrection Cemetery" right next to the medical supply company that stores a secret military resurrection formula...
@@PsychedelicChameleon lol that was wild!
I love this movie. It's one of two directed by Dan O'Bannon, who's best known as the co-writer of Alien and Total Recall. His other film is The Resurrected aka Shatterbrain. It's based on a H P Lovecraft story and it's well worth seeing. Unfortunately, O'Bannon suffered from Crohn's disease and it limited his directorial output. He died from complications of the disease at age 63.
Here's something you might enjoy. It's a zombie themed song from Jonathan Coulton called RE: Your Brains.
ua-cam.com/video/S6vnM9I7HIo/v-deo.html
This was the first zombie movie to introduce the concept that zombies eat brains
And if you pay attention to the eye exam chart on the wall in Frank's office the letters read "BURT IS A SLAVE DRIVER AND A CHEAP SON OF A BITCH" 🤣
And the 2 leads (the supply warehouse owner and the embalmers names are Burt and Ernie
And the first 2 paramedics that show up at the funeral home are credited as Tom and Jerry 🤣
'Send more paramedics'
and with that the zombies invented the first uber eats
Cool little detail: when the cadaver zombie busts out of the fridge after they remove the padlock, he goes straight for Burt because Burt was technically the only LIVING person in the room; he totally disregards Frank and Freddy.
tar man also escaped the barrel while they were unconscious and didn't ate them
Yeah but they still technically have brains...maybe they must be living conscious brains...
Wow I just commented that lol. Yea that is awesome
@@user-hk8yp7cw1v No, their brains are starting to rotten soo the zombies doesnt "smell" their brains, that's the difference
I knew that!
Tar Man is probably the single best practical zombie of all time. The performer was a dancer, and gave such an insanely impressive performance here. Great reaction, this movie has been criminally overlooked by reaction channels.
I think he also stayed hidden away from the actress who played Freddie's GF. The scream was real in that scene and she got badly hurt during the steps breaking scene.
He was also one of the breakdancing zombies in Michael Jackson’s Thriller vid.😎
Is that what they call him? Tar man is so appropriate 😂I thought that he looked incredible!
@@nickchang5293 OMG no kidding!?
@@LoveLaurenn yes he did the same pop-locking wave from his arms to shoulder joints down to his lower torso, which I mastered when I was 13😎
Love when the zombie gets on the ambulance radio and orders delivery.
Years after first watching _Return of the Living Dead,_ I had a bad case of food poisoning that left me so badly dehydrated that the ER staff initially couldn't measure my blood pressure or pulse. They finally got a reading once I stood up (at which point I went blind for a couple of minutes, my condition was so rough), but you can imagine which scene from this movie was going through my head all the while.
Seriously I feel bad that you experienced that whole ordeal. The worst pain that I've ever experienced was passing a kidney stone. Trust me that really hurts like a knife twisting in your gut. I didn't know what it was at first. I became deeply worried after seeing blood in my urine. Then went to the hospital and they ran an x-ray and told what was causing the pain. I was very relieved, cause I initially thought that I had stomach cancer after seeing the blood.
"What do you mean no blood pressure, no pulse?" 😂
This is why 80's horror movies hold up, like this and The Thing: The best practical effects EVER!!!
The 1980s. Not meant for the Politically Correct modern audiences. And that's actually a good thing.
The thing. Killer klowns from outer space, cujo, chucky, creepshow, american werewolf in london, the shining, ightmare on elm st.. halloween 3 jeezus lol
The Special effects blew everyone's mind in 1985. Especially tarman.
And the lady zombie with half torso😆
Seems the special effects still blow peoples mind when they see how good practical effects can be.
Tarman still looks good today. The movement sells it.
This was fun to watch in the theater. As a punk in the 80s it was good to see my people being represented.
This flick, Sid & Nancy and Repo Man!
@Cat Indigo what was the punk life style like is it similar to being a biker or completely different.
Seeing Trash dance naked was the best part 😉
Sometime around 1987, I went on vacation with my mother to London.
Punks were everywhere there. It looked like everyone was trying to outdo each other in how crazy they could dress.
As a Louisvillian, it was nice to be told Southern fucking California is Louisville KY.
The comedic value of Bert's line delivery cannot be overstated. "Be brave, Frank, Goddamn it!" Love this movie so much. The concept is fantastic.
The slapstick dialogue between Bert, Frank and Freddy were a riot, and Frank’s deliveries with his hammy eye-rolls and tongue wags always crack me up…especially when he was feeding Freddy all his tall tales in the beginning lol.🤪
That scene is priceless. Bert telling Frank to be brave while he hides in the skeletons as far from the door as possible, and then the damn zombie makes a bee line right to him.
@@PlasteredDragon there’s a dynamic to the 3 guys in the shop that goes down the line from Bert (boss) to Frank (manager) to Freddy (employee), and the way they play off each other through that chain of command is part of its comedic brilliance that reminds me of the show “Taxi” back in the days!
You watch your mouth if you like this job!🤣🤣🤣
If I remember right, I think I read somewhere that when Frank and Freddie were exposed to the Tri-oxin at the beginning, it did actually kill them right there before re-animating them and they were actually undead throughout the entire movie. It's why the tar man zombie didn't attack them when it first crawled out of the canister. And why the cadaver went straight for Burt when they let it out of the freezer, because he was the only living thing in the room.
Seeing someone discover this for the first time is so magical. It's probably the most terrifying and hilarious zombie movie ever made.
My all time favorite zombie film, first running zombies, first zombie suicide, and a cast of 80's punks. The balance of humor and horror are perfect.
FUN FACT: George Romero and John Russo, the creators of Night of the Living Dead had something of a falling out over legal disputes regarding these films. As a result, each settled to title their zombie films in a specific way. Romero's work continued on as "of the Dead" and Russo was allowed "of the Living Dead". This film was released the same time as Romero's "Day of the Dead", so title distinctions had to be made, so as to avoid confusion and to separate the two franchises.
It was funny and brilliant how Frank referenced Night of the Living Dead and the legal dispute fictitiously at the beginning of the movie.😆
@@anthonybatissa1417 I love it. It's actually my favorite of Romero's zombie films. Controversial opinion, I know but I actually prefer the remake of Dawn over the original. :)
Day of the Dead was a gorefest with the best zombie make-up and affects at that time, but it had no humor and none of the characters in it were particularly like able, so I enjoyed ROTLD a lot more, and got to see it at a theater but didn’t for DOTD. Reanimator also came out that year and it had lotsa gore but laughs too😆
@@theshakyproject2971 my main issue with the remake is that a lot of the characters are very tropey and generic horror movie characters. it's not a bad movie but doesn't really stand out that much when compared to all the other zombie media made in recent years. the original might have zombies that don't look all that great, but just the way the movie was made, them having access to the mall at night and having to film and clean everything by morning, basically making things up as they went by just asking the special effects crew what else they can do and the social commentary make the original a more memorable movie to me.
from what i heard there were several things that made Romero and Russo fall out. the fact that they lost Night of the Living Dead to some shady distributors and they had creative differences about the sequel. Romero went on to do Dawn of the Dead and Russo went on to do the novel of Return of the Living Dead which isn't even the same story as the movie version. Although Russo would end up writing the novelization of the movie version too. If it hadn't been for DotD being a hit, RotLD would have never been made. Everyone wanted to cash in on the zombie movie craze. Especially in Europe.
One of my all time favorite horror comedies! So glad you liked it. This is the movie that introduced running zombies and the concept that all they really want is "BRAINS!!!!" Most people don't realize that this movie set those trends. "You mean the movie LIED?" lol. Plus, one of the best soundtracks EVER!
I dunno, The Crow had a kickass soundtrack too, and The Highlander is next effing level for soundtracks.
@@jakubfabisiak9810 He said “ONE OF the best.”
Not really the 1st to introduce running zombies, there was a low budget zombie film from the 1970's called Garden of the Dead and it had running zombies.
Linnea Quigley played Trash, she's commonly known as one of the Scream Queens from the 80s. She's also great in NIGHT OF THE DEMONS (1988).
She's a babe
"Send more cops".... "Brains!"..... "How was work? The usual, crap". Endlessly quotable, love this one, great to see someone reacting to it. Subscribed. Great pick.
EDIT: You might enjoy "RE-Animator".
Re-animator, Day of the Dead and this flick were the best of 1985! I only got to watch this at a Theater because DOTD and Reanimator where both NC17!
I'm so glad that you enjoyed it! I think some reactors are hesitant to react to "cult classics" like this one but not me! lol I really enjoyed this movie😆BRAINSSSS!!! Thank you for subscribing😃
@@nickchang5293 What a year for zombies!
@@Drforrester31 Yep! I was only 15 and got to see this movie at a 2nd run theater that didn’t care about my age, but I wanted to see the other 2 even more because they were NC17. I ended up liking DOTD the least because it had no humor and the plot was rather dull, but it was helluva gorefest!
“Send more paramedics” or “send more cops” are quotes that me and my mom would always say consider it was so iconic!
5:50 There are many easter eggs in this movie, like the eye chart in the office. One of my favorite movies.
oh yes! this is such an underrated gem. i love recommending this movie to people and listening to them gush over it after having watched it. cant believe there are not more reactions to it.
There was a band in the 2000s inspired by this movie called Send More Paramedics. They performed on stage in zombie makeup and sang songs about eating people.
Yet, when I talk about doing that everyone finds it weird
The brilliant thing about this is how it filps all of Romero's "zombie rules" around. They're fast, they talk, and they're basically unkillable. It also chages how the zombies are created and makes it a "meta" film with the Night of the Living Dead reference. Dan O'Bannon, cowriter of Alien, rewrote a script by Night of the Living Dead cocreator John Russo..and was given the chance to direct for the first time with this. He knew Romero had a zombie movie coming out the same time this was (Day of the Dead), so as not to step on his toes, made his a comedy and turned all the rules on their head. Also, seem like it had the OG sound mix in tact, which is great because it's been remixed poorly since the original release... this is by far my preferred version.
It's probably not the original sound mix the only way to get the original sound mix is vhs laser disc or the shout factory blu ray although it's missing the song dead beat dance by the damned otherwise it's 100% intact if she watched it on a streaming service I almost guarantee it's an altered sound mix
@@DenverStarkeyI would love to get my hands on a theatrical print I love this movie that much
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deleting my posts as i've done some digging there is still altered audio on that version. while the music is intact , tarman's voice is still altered.
The movie is set in my home town of Louisville, Kentucky, though no part of it was filmed here. In the nuke scene, a friend of mine who went to see the local premiere at the Vogue Theater said that someone in the audience yelled "I can see my house!" --- BOOM --- "Bummer!!!"
The interactions between Frank and Freddy were just golden. This movie is funny and truly scary and creepy.
Awesome, fun reaction. Saw this back when I was a kid and became obsessed with it. This started my love of zombie films. So glad you reacted to it
I had to do a double take because the actor that played Freddy looks a heck of a lot like Tommy Jarvis from Friday the 13th... Turns out it really is him lmao The practical effects in this movie are insane. Every time the zombies called for more cops, and every time the horde jumped people, I laughed my ass off lol
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I loved the slapstick humor between Freddie and Frank arguing😂
@@nickchang5293 It was great lol
I loved the effects everything looked so freaking good! The zombie horde constantly jumping people had me rolling😂
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@@LoveLaurenn I also dig the half-torso zombie lady, who I pitied even though she was a rubber animatronic lol…and the goofiness of the undead dude they axed in the noggin and chopped up!😂
The actor who plays Spider was also in (ugh) _Friday the 13th: A New Beginning._ Miguel A. Nunez Jr's IMDb listing suggests he's busier than ever these days!
I like the theme of this movie. It's one crazy thing adding to another. When they think they've found the solution to killing the undead more problems happen lol
This movie has to be the biggest reason why zombies so frequently afterwards were saying "Braaaainsss!"
But I like the clever idea that they aren't just hungry and eating the living, but actually have a severe craving for brains to stop the horrific pain. You kind of sympathise with them.
If you never saw her in a movie before, this is probably the best introduction to Linnea Quigley who played Trash. This is the movie that made her famous, and she kept on being very "generous with herself" in many many movies through the 80s and 90s.
As I turned 13 just as this came out, you can imagine me having fond memories of her...
I first saw her in night of the demons but yes she is one of my fav old school horror actresses.
It would make sense that the zombies would eat brains, since the brain releases endorphins to block the nerve cells that receive the pain signals.
@@2apocalypse-X shit, i never realised that there was a good explanation for it👍👍
Well, indirectly yes. It was probably more that a Simpsons writer saw this and then wrote that episode of the Treehouse of Horror with the zombies craving brains that the two became linked in popular culture.
She's so damn hot
When the cadaver came out of the freezer and went right towards Bert and ignored frank that’s when u realize they were dead already
Even tho it's mostly a comedy....the whole "they eat brains because it eases the pain of being dead and feeling themselves rotting" is REALLY freaking DARK
Hell yeah! I've been suggesting this movie for a long time. So happy you watched it. This one of my favorite cheesy 80s horror comedies. May I also recommend "Night of the Creeps."
weeeee glad I finally got around to watching it, I enjoyed it so much😄The cheesiness was honestly perfect they had just the right amount, it was *chefs kiss*
@@LoveLaurenn "The good news is your dates are here!" "Whats the bad news?" They're dead!" The fact that Tom Atkins was a con near me that I forgot about halloween weekend pisses me off!
So happy to see a reaction for Return! Absolutely hilarious and gory movie that I'm pretty sure is the origin for the idea of brain-eating zombies. The cast is pretty iconic too (in a way), a lot of them being in other famous horror franchises like Friday the 13th, Poltergeist and Nightmare on Elm Street!
This was the best choice ever, a forgotten classic and massively underrated movie, I loved it so much growing up and I still watch it to this day. Their dead, fast, smart and unkillable. Your reaction was right on point, the comedy in this was golden for a zombie flick and the horror and gore was there as well. The cadaver wen't straight for Burt cuz he was the only living person in the room. Then when u were saying burn it, I was like no no, lol, then when u said call the number on the tank, again I'm like oh hell no, of course I knew the outcome of those actions that u were gonna soon find out. Good job on picking up on them releasing fumes, a lil late but awesome. Great movie and great reaction, you are my absolute favorite and so gorgeous Laureen, keep it up, I'm taken by your witty comments, intelligence and facial expressions. And your smile and laugh just makes my day.
Yes love this movie thank you for reviewing it...i loved your reactions i subscribed/joined 😁
I stumbled across your channel and saw you were doing one of the greatest punk cult classic movies ever (as well as one of my favs) and had to stop in and watch with you. I had the soundtrack on cassette with bands like TSOL, SSQ, the Cramps, the Damned, .45 Grave to name a few. There was a part 2 that wasn’t as good but still had its moments but it was Return of the Living Dead 3 that I loved! It was a zombie Romeo & Juliet story, starring Melinda Clark. Anyways thanks for the reaction, I love when newer generations are introduced to the lessor known culture from the time…
27:08 "...by pain to eat brains!"
in the rain 🌧
on the plains!
i think you've got it!
Running zombies and the inclusion into zombie lure that Zombies eat brains come from this film. It's amazing! The documentary on the Blu-Ray about this (and the sequels) is also excellent and well worth watching.
As many times as I've seen this movie I barely snapped that the cadaver goes after Bert was because he was the only living person in the warehouse. That's why I love reaction videos, I only noticed that when Lauren mentioned it
Did you notice? The medical supply company owner and the mortuary owner who have been life long friends? They are "Bert and Ernie"! ;-D
"Trash" was played by Lynnea Quigley -- she's most famous for that role but has been a queen of B-horror movies ever since. She's still starring in schlock horror films today.
My favorite Zombie Comedy flick ever! I watched this at a bargain matinee when I was 15…and I got Happy watching Trash (the redhead punk chick) in the graveyard.😜
*FUN FACTS*
When you realize 2 of the main characters names are Burt and Ernie 😂
Pay attention to the eye exam chart in the background in the managers office
It reads "Burt is a slave driver and a cheap son of a b!tch" 😄
and the first 2 paramedics who show up at the mortuary are credited as Tom and Jerry 😂
One of my favorite zombie movies. I actually stopped my video game marathon to see your reaction
This is one of my favorite favorite horror movies of all time. U made my day by reacting to it. Thank u. This is basically a curse. No matter what u do, it will never stop. The only thing u can do is burn them, but that just makes things worse. It will never end.
So glad to see you react to this movie, return of the living dead movies are my favourite, well at least the first three. Incredible video as, always Laurenn. Keep being amazing
bwehhh thank you cosmic!🥰
One of my favorite movies it’s both cool and hilarious at the same time I love the acting from the guy who plays Frank he really looks like he’s in full panic mode and the noises he makes are funny as hell
I love this move so much like you and it never gets old no matter how old it gets. Your reaction truly reinforces my love for it. Awesome reactions to some of the key moments that my family and I die of laughter to.
Probably the hardest zombies to fight against in any film or television.
Right? And the only way they actually kill them is burning them, and the fumes are like instant death/zombification for anyone nearby. It’s seriously like impossible to contain/control
Even after three decades when I saw this movie on release, this remains my favorite horror-comedy of all time; the acting, the script, the madness, it was a masterpiece for its genre.
I remember back in the 90's my friend and i rented this, he hadn't seen it in years and i had never seen it, after it was over we were like "TARMAN RULES", great movie.
It was fun watching you react to this 80's horror classic. One of my faves, along with The Re-Animator. There is a documentary retrospective that was released in 2011 called More Brains! A Return to the Living Dead that is a fun watch..
One of my favorites! I saw this in the theater. Great movie. I have a Return of the Living Dead tee shirt.
I'm a punk rocker from the 80s so I remember the awesome sound track to this flick.
And Repo Man, which had Circle Jerks, Black Flag, Suicidal and Fear😎
Hey just wanted to say that I think you're a really cool UA-cam Creator I spent my night watching that return of the living Dead one of my favorite movies with you reacting to it you made the movie even more hilarious with your reactions and also I really like your beanie
My "aunt" (in quotes she's like a sister to mym mom) her brother was the director of photography. He just passed away last year
Another sweet horror movie reaction! The great part about this movie is underneath all the humor and cheesy camp, there is a legitimate horror. There are some truly horrific things in this movie when you think about it! Like when they can hear all the screaming corpses underground, or that super menacing intro theme.
I loved the campiness of it mixed with the horror they did it so well! I was pretty impressed with this movie, the zombies looked so good🤩OMG yes the zombies banging around in their coffins underground, that would be horrific to experience😵
@@LoveLaurenn the campiness made this movie a gem and way more enjoyable than Day of the Dead, also released that year. DOTD was a gorefest with the best zombie effects back then, but it had a very dry plot with no humor.
My favorite movie of all time!! I don't know how many times I've watched it but it's over 100!!!
How beautiful a life-size Minion runs out to give him a welcoming hug🎉
Oh my you f ing legend. I love this movie so much. Been waiting for this perfect film to be reacted to. :)
The old guy is HILARIOUS when he freaks out.. HE MADE THIS MOVIE
YES!!
I remember watching this on Showtime back in 2005, and it's frickin hilarious! My sister and I couldn't stop laughing;
Definitely full of comedy I loved it😆
OH YEAH!!! One of my all time favrotie 80's 'B' movies! This movie is so much fun!
I was 10 years old when this came out and my parents took my sister and I to see it at the movie theatre 3 times. This movie is so great.
What a damn great movie. Glad you saw this. Such a great script. This film actually invented the "brains" zombie trope.
The Return Of The Living Dead has some of my all-time favorite dialogue. There are so many lines that I quote to this day lol I can pretty much recite this film verbatim.
R.I.P. Mark Venturini (Suicide), James Karen (Frank), Don Calfa (Ernie), & Clu Gulager (Bert)
Linnea Quigley from this movie , Apollonia from the Prince movie purple rain ( 1984 ) and Pheobe Cates from fast times at ridgemont high ( 1982 ) are all held in high regard from the the boys ( and probably some of the girls ) who grew up in the 80s
Only Linnea could’ve pulled off the role of Trash in this movie, and boy did she have an affect on me at 15 when I watched this flick, as Apollonia did in Purple Rain the year before!
@@nickchang5293 there's not a VHS on this planet that doesn't get a little scratchy when apollonia purifies herself in the waters of lake minnetonka because of it being paused or put on slomo often enough it caused damage to the tape
@@ronpaul1082 well, I first watched Purple Rain on VHS when I was 14 with an older brother so I had to keep my composure while I was feeling my adolescent fever rise during that scene. I watched this flick at a bargain matinee the next year and I was shivering with anticipation when Linnea was leaning against the gravestone and talking about getting violated, then I knew where she was going with it and my face was burning up! I now have both movies on Blu-ray, which I pop in here and there to enjoy while less affected hormonally, but those scenes are still quite the eye candy as they were back then.🤩
@@ronpaul1082 and the nice thing about DVD/Blu-rays this day and age is you get a nice, clear and jitter-free Image when you pause it. This reminds me of the days of cable box like ON or SelecTV where the images are scrambled on a UHF channel, but the 10yr old me still tries to watch the Playboy Channel through it!
@@nickchang5293 yeah I watched the squiggly lines too . imagine my surprise when I switched to it one night and it's clear ! Just for no reason it came in clear for like 3 days * mind blown *
Great reaction. You’re awesome 😎
Love this movie. The practical effects were amazing. The actors were fantastic. Wanted to be part the gang.
Great video, keep it up 👍
What really had me LOLing was when The Cramps started to play and they were frantically boarding up the place.
This has got to be the best reaction videos ever, and I've seen alot of em!
For a zombie film the acting was so spectacular here. Especially Frank and Freddie. James Karen and Thom Matthews were so excellent.
It really was one of the best experiences that I've had in a theater. We had a multiplex and this and Day of the Dead were playing at the same time. It was quite a decade!
Thanks!
The writer of this movie, Dan O'Bannon, was also a co-writer of the first "Alien" movie directed by Ridley Scott. O'Bannon also wrote a very low budget and obscure movie called "Dark Star", where 4 men are on a long mission blowing up rogue planets where Pinback, (played by O'Bannon}, was accidentally mistaken for one of the astronauts of that mission and ended up in that space craft. John Carpenter helped O'Bannon produce that movie.
Subscribed! This is one of my favorite movies. I saw it really young and it terrified me but it turned me into the zombie nerd I am today lol! I'm excited to see more people discover this movie and your reactions were amazing
LOL, this is a classic. Glad you enjoyed it.
This movie has one of the best soundtracks from the 80s.
This movie is one of my all time favourites,bawhahaha your reaction is priceless.This video is elegant prove why I love this channel 😱😱😱
Always look forward to your vids. Great for relaxing with with a nice cuppa tea.
bwehhh that makes me happy to read Darran! Thank you for watching🥺
@@LoveLaurenn I'll have some snacks and hot chocolate ready for your John Wick#3 reaction.🔫
My favorite zombie movie! And not really ever reacted to on this platform so stoked to see it!!
As a zombie lover I gotta say this is one of the best zombie outings ever. This is also one of my new favorite reaction videos ever. Excellent job.
Loved your reaction! I remember seeing this in theater with a bunch of friends when I was young. A great fun movie.
I am in love with that tattoo of yours, I wish I was brave enough to get one on my neck.
Ur whole recording setup looks amazing too, just perfect for a horror film.
"Watch your tongue boy if you like this job!"
"Like this job!?"
"YEA!"
Look up the song "Tina" by the Quincy Punx
Dan O'Bannon wrote this movie and Alien.
He directed this too👍🏻
Best zombie movie of all-time, and Tar Man is the best zombie. Two things I love are Frank's panic noises and the fact they give subtle clues that Ernie is a Nazi for no reason whatsoever.
This movie scared me as hell when I was a kid. Today I can see all the dark humour and stuff. Its a great movie. Congratulations for the video 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼❤
Ps: my english is a work in progress. Hail from Brazil.
Thanks for the video!! See you later!! Stay safe. Also RIP Kevin Conroy, the voice of Batman from the BATMAN Animated Series passed away today at age 66.
This brought back memories of watching it over my friend's house back in the 80s after it was in the theater and moved to cable. Great campy horror comedy!
This and Repo Man are the 2 OG punk movies.
The Devil bless you, Laurenn. This the greatest Scooby Doo ever, from the creator of Alien. Thank you, Laurenn, for this. Such joy.
Earned ya self a new sub mate. Love this movie & loved you're reaction, you have amazing taste in films btw. Much respect from Australia.
I was 6 years old when this came out and I got freaked out waching it, but became my favorite movie genre as a kid you should watch Night of the Living Dead 1990 its my favorite zombie movie
I love this movie so much, I saw it at least a dozen times theatrically, it is just plain fun. “Hit it in the brain!!” “ I hit it in the fucking brain!!”😂😂😂
Much more enjoyable just watching you reacting. I'll check out some of your other recent videos, I hope those stay away from the baby talk like this one did.
Tarman is still one of the most terrifying zombies I've ever seen
Hi, awesome show. My 1st wife was a makeup intern on the set. Only have 2 stories about it. L.A. is listening, (mostly).
I've said it before and I'll say it again: Horror peaked in the 80s. It was just so much more fun!
I went to the theaters to see this movie, back in the 80s, with very low expectations but what a great little fun movie it was. I've been a fan ever since.
The OG running zombies. sorry was not 28 days. i watched this when i was 12 and was a good time then and a good time now. happy u enjoyed it.
I think "send more paramedics" is my favorite part of this movie. Just because being able to plan makes the ghouls so much worse than any other zombie movie 😆
Even though I had a copy of this movie and watched it close to 50 times, I have not seen the movie in over 30 years..Good to see your reaction to it 😊
I remember that cadaver coming alive in that bag and jwrking around freaked me out as a kid lol. I kept seeing that off and on as a kid lol. Some creepy bits in this but very hi!arious lol
That was great wasn't it!!!!! I saw this in the theater when it came out in 1985. I had my hand over my mouth the whole time. One of my favorite movies. I've watched this about 15 times on DVD.