Scream! Factory Blu-ray release

Calling The Return of the Living Dead the greatest zombie film of all times feels like an insult to George A. Romero, being that its existence directly stems from his 1968 classic Night of the Living Dead, but also because O’Bannon avoided doing a more serious-minded zombie film, as he felt it would tread too closely on Romero’s territory. However, where Romero was able to carry respectability through his zombie series up to and including Day of the Dead (which was released and subsequently pulverized at the box office the same year as O’Bannon’s film), multiple attempts to sequelize The Return of the Living Dead–either maintaining the humor or not–proved that it wasn’t so easy. Inspired by what came before, The Return of the Living Dead was still lightning in a bottle, made from a perfect combination of sensibilities, willing performers, and grisly special effects. The only future release of The Return of the Living Dead that could be more definitive than this would be a proper 4K scan, and, okay, a digitally remastered version of the workprint. Until then, this new edition from Shout! Factory will be the easiest decision of your movie collecting life: http://www.cutprintfilm.com/blu/rotld/