Question 1

Is The Return of the Living Dead (1985) scary?

Accepted Answer

Not particularly — The Return of the Living Dead (1985)'s appeal is atmospheric or thematic rather than overtly scary. As a zombie film, it scored 1.0/10 for fear, 7.2/10 for atmosphere, and 7.5/10 overall on Watch Darkly's curator scale across 1 rating.

Question 2

Is The Return of the Living Dead (1985) streaming?

Accepted Answer

The Return of the Living Dead (1985)'s US theatrical release date is August 16, 1985. No digital rental, streaming or physical release date has been announced.

Question 3

How many jump scares are in The Return of the Living Dead (1985)?

Accepted Answer

The Return of the Living Dead (1985) has 1 jump scare, based on its logged jump-scare count.

Question 4

What age is The Return of the Living Dead (1985) appropriate for?

Accepted Answer

The Return of the Living Dead (1985) is rated R. Watch Darkly does not assign its own age rating, so here is what the film actually contains. On Watch Darkly's curator scale it scored 1.0/10 for fear, 6.0/10 for gore, and 4.0/10 for intensity, where 10 is the most extreme in the catalog. It has 1 jump scare. Content warnings on file: animal death, eye trauma, and self harm.

Question 5

Who is in the cast of The Return of the Living Dead (1985)?

Accepted Answer

Clu Gulager plays Burt, James Karen plays Frank, Don Calfa plays Ernie, Thom Mathews plays Freddy, Miguel A. Núñez Jr. plays Spider, Brian Peck plays Scuz, John Philbin plays Chuck, Linnea Quigley plays Trash.

Question 6

What are some films like The Return of the Living Dead (1985)?

Accepted Answer

Films similar to The Return of the Living Dead (1985) on Watch Darkly include Yummy (2019), Dawn of the Dead (1978), Re-Animator (1985), selected by shared themes and tags plus the curator scoring across fear, gore, atmosphere, intensity, and overall quality.

The Return of the Living Dead

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