Return of the Living Dead 2

Released - 1988
Genre - Horror, Comedy
Director - Ken Wiederhorn
Starring - James Karen, Thom Matthews, Michael Kenworthy, Thor Van Lingen, Jason Hogan, Suzanne Snyder

This time around those careless army boys manage to lose a canister of zombie inducing gas and some stupid obnoxious kids unleash it provoking another zombie outbreak. It tries to catch the same mood as the original but the gags aren´t as good and the horror is gone. Even the re-appearance of James Karen and Thom Matthews playing similar but different characters can´t save this from being horribly cheesy. Like many sequels this is a real disappointment, it is completely derivative and some of the scenes almost feel like a bad remake of the original film. Devoid of tension or scares this isn´t a good horror, more likely to make you groan than chuckle it isn´t a good comedy either.

Gore - there is some slimy gore but it´s badly done and always accompanied by cheesy comedy

Zombies - slightly less vicious and fast than the zombies in the first film they still like to eat brains, there are also some terrible comedy zombies to contend with

Related Links - The Return of the Living Dead, Return of the Living Dead 3

© 2008 Eat Horror