Synopsis
A group of kids discover one of the drums containing a rotting corpse and release the 2-4-5 Trioxin gas into the air, causing the dead to once again rise from the grave and seek out brains.
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Cast
- James KarenEd
- Thom MathewsJoey
- Suzanne SnyderBrenda
- Michael KenworthyJesse Wilson
- Marsha DietleinLucy Wilson
- Dana AshbrookTom Essex
- Philip BrunsDoc Mandel
- Jonathan TerryCol. Glover
- Thor Van LingenBilly Crowley
- Sally SmytheMildred Crowley
Recommendations
- 60
IGN
Despite this flaw, fans of the first film will still find things to like in the sequel. - 50
TV Guide Magazine
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. - 50
Washington Post
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. - 50
Chicago Tribune
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] - 40
Variety
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. - 40
Time Out
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.
