Return Of The Living Dead, The (1985) [reclassified 2019]

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Synopsis

Horror/Comedy. After an accidental toxic leak, a group of punks (Thom Mathews, Beverly Randolph, John Philbin, Jewel Shepar, Miguel A. Núñez Jr., Brian Peck, Linnea Quig, Mark Venturini) find themselves fighting off the dead who have risen from their graves.

Content elements

• Frequent, sometimes aggressive use of the sexual expletive in a non-sexual context; frequent use of scatological slang, cursing, and profanity; infrequent use of vulgar expressions, developmental slurs, and sexual references and language
• Frequent portrayals of gun, weapons, and hand-to-hand violence – blood and some gory detail
• Frequent portrayals of frightening imagery and zombies – some blood and detail
• Frequent female frontal and buttock nudity in a non-sexual context
• Infrequent portrayals of tobacco use in a recreational context

Thematic elements

• Conventions of the zombie film
• Group dynamics under stress
• Survival

Classification rationale

Rated 14A for coarse language and genre violence

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