Return of the Living Dead

Mere words cannot express the emotions that flow while enjoying this gem. It begins with a young man, Freddy, beginning a new job, a new venture in his life if you will. He works for a company that provides human bodies to colleges for educational purposes. Freddy's boss is non other than Frank, the tough yet lovable and loyal supervisor who believes that hard work and a fun environment makes good productive employees. Frank show Freddy around and finally takes him to the office where he show Freddy how to fill out some paperwork. "What is the weirdest thing you've seen come through here?" Freddy inquires. "The thing that caps it all," Frank begins, is a government screw up. Frank tells Freddy that years ago there was a chemical that the government wanted to produce for war-time purposes that somehow spilled into a morgue making the dead bodies spring to life, they were re-animated dead bodies. The government, not wanting this to get to the press, sent the captured bodies to a company that would dispose of the corpses, however due to a shipping mix-up, some of the bodies were shipped to Freddy's new employer. The owner, Burt, and Frank decided to keep the bodies and put them in basement where they wouldn't be disturbed and virtually out of the way of their everyday practices. Freddy, shocked, disbelieves the story. Frank takes Freddy downstairs and shows him; the story was true, it's all true. Frank smacks the side of the barrel and the potent chemical spills out and engulfs Frank and Freddy; eventually they to turn into the living dead. The chemical makes it's way to a local cemetery and pandemonium ensues. "It hurts to be dead," says one of the characters, and the only out of the pain for the poor living impaired is to eat live brains. This film is well crafted and well acted, while it unfortunately didn't win awards, it remains one the quintessential films of this century. So hunker down with some popcorn and soda, pop in the movie and watch as movie magic at it's finest ensues.