The Return Of The Living Dead -Collector’s Edition [Blu-ray]

DVD Wholesale Quick Overview:

When a bumbling pair of employees at a medical supply warehouse accidentally release a deadly gas into the air, the vapors cause the dead to re-animate as they go on a rampage through Louisville, Kentucky seeking their favorite food, brains. -Todd A. Bobenrieth

I am going to start this review by telling you all this has been my favorite horror film since it came out on VHS and Laserdisc. If you already aren’t aware, the music in the film originally released has been changed and altered since those releases, as well as zombie voices. Unfortunately, this release though going back to SOME of the original film elements, it did not complete the job. The films music stands altered, and sequences of music are missing. The zombie voices, you get “come in dispatch, send more paramedics” restored to original sound, but the “send more cops” stands altered. Tarman has been retored, all his original voices are there. There is a fanedit I obtained years back that has the sound from the HBO/Image laserdisc release dubbed over the first MGM DVD image. It remains my favorite way to watch the film. Now as far as EXTRA’S, this release is unmatched. The level of attention paid to the extra’s makes the release worth the purchase alone. There are TONS. Visually stunning of course, and seeing this 1984 made horror classic join the ranks of Hi-def 2k excellence is warranting of huge thanks to Scream Factory for doing this release. It’s really, really too bad no studio can imagine releasing the film unaltered, but who knows what the future holds.-James Russell

DVD Wholesale Main Features:

Actors: Thom Mathews, Clu Gulager, John Philbin
Directors: Dan O’Bannon
Format: Collector’s Edition, NTSC, Widescreen
Language: English
Region: Region A/1
Number of discs: 2
Rated: R-Restricted
Studio: Shout! Factory
DVD Release Date: July 19, 2016
Run Time: 91 minutes
ASIN: B01DX0NCQM