# The Return of the Living Dead (1985)

**Genres:** Comedy, Sci-Fi, Horror

**Duration:** 91 min

**Age rating:** FSK 16

**IMDb:** [7.3](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0089907/)

**Letterboxd:** [3.8](https://letterboxd.com/film/the-return-of-the-living-dead/)

**Rotten Tomatoes:** [Tomatometer: 71%, Popcornmeter: 80%](https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/return_of_the_living_dead)

## Description

Two employees at a medical supply warehouse accidentally release a toxic gas from a misplaced top-secret U.S. Army shipment, causing the dead to rise from a nearby cemetery with an insatiable hunger for human brains.

## Details

**Premiere:** 31 Oct 2026 (in 7 days)

**Director:** Dan O'Bannon

**Cast:** Clu Gulager, James Karen, Don Calfa, Thom Mathews, Beverly Randolph, John Philbin, Jewel Shepard, Miguel A. Núñez Jr., Brian Peck, Linnea Quigley, Mark Venturini, Jonathan Terry

**Countries:** United States

**Languages:** English

**Available versions:** OV

**Open-air showtimes:** No

**Trailer:** [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sf8Lenwa984)

## Showtimes in Cologne in original language (OV, OmU, OmeU)

### 2026-10-31 (Saturday)

- **[Lichtspiele Kalk](https://cologne.ov-berlin.info/cinemas/323-lichtspiele-kalk.md) (Kalk):** [2026-10-31 21:30](https://www.kinoheld.de/kino/koeln/lichtspiele-koeln-kalk/vorstellung/3688231058)  (OV)