Return of the Living Dead 3 Blu-ray | Lionsgate Home Entertainment | Horror Zombie Movie | Perfect for Halloween Movie Nights & Cult Film Collections

The Return of the Living Dead is a classic both for its reinvention of the zombie genre and because it's just an over the top good time. The second in the franchise delivers pretty much exactly what the first one did without breaking a lot of new ground. This third installment, though, manages to reinvent the franchise in some new and interesting ways.While the first two films are all about zany zombie violence, this film manages to provide a deeper and more introspective look at what it means to become a zombie while still retaining much of one's own mind. In that regard, it was well ahead of its time and arguably even more frightening than its predecessors. However, I think a lot of people were expecting the third installment to follow the same pattern as the first two, and so may have been somewhat disappointed by this one.Admittedly, some of its deep and artful content is undercut by its over the top visuals, but that somehow doesn't seem to lesson the quality of the film as a whole. It's definitely a divergence for the Living Dead franchise, but I don't think that's a bad thing, and I still highly recommend it.I absolutely adore this series and movie. Great transfer and enjoyable filmThis movie is probably the best 1990s B movie/low budget horror movie made in its time. Today it still holds its own as a stand alone film. It dosent matter if you havent seen the other 2. The other 2 films were horror comedies with some gore. This one however is strictly true horror. It deals with the questions of what would happen to your mind if you became a zombie. Its best to call these zombies government mutant bio weapons. One thing the film does is introduce the military exoskeleton sytem, which the military uses today. It also makes you think about what type of experiments the government is doing and how far they can push the boundaries before its considered too much. The film has love, passion, lust, depravity, decay, paranoiya, sickening gore, and spine chilling practicle effects. No CGI was used in this film. Probably the last horror movie that had only practicle effects.Special features:Directors commentaryCast commentaryTrailersThe reason I negated a star was for the fact that the movie was rated R and the unrated original release is still only on VHS. So if you have the VHS i would recommend that you hang onto it. The R rated version only cuts out some of the more political inncorect gore, and some of the more bloody and piercing scenes. No dialogue is missing as far as i know.About the cast:Mindy Clarke- she could have easily been a playboy centerfold for the 90s. Her acting is top notch and she sells the whole idea of the horror of being dead and brought back to please her boyfriend. some guys are Guilty of forcing their ideas on their girlfriends and the girls usually goes along. thats what her acting potrays very effectivly.J.Trevor Edmond- he portays the consequence of forcing your girlfriend into doing something your girlfriends dont want to do but do it anyway to please the boyfriend. His acting is pretty good and he sells the feeling of what its like to lose someone you love and dont want to let go but have to.Basil Wallace- now this guys acting is far better than any i have ever seen in horror films. He plays a poor homeless "riverman" that only wants to help people out and do good in life but is cought up in the horror of governmental weaponization subdermal mechanical bio human control and is being forced to do things that in his mind would be horror. Its like hes waking up to his worst nightmare and he totally sells it in his eyes. I mean what other actor can sell all those emotions with only their eyes.Hats off to the director and makeup effects artists as all story line and effects are top notch for a B movie. Hech the effects are good on an A list horror movie with monster budgets. This film is in my opinion the last great horror movie of the 90s. and because it still holds up alone today i would say its a classice B movie that should be ranked up there with dawn of the dead and the evil dead. I hope to see a fully restored unrated remastered bluray version of this film. I hope you found this review helpful and i would very highly recomend this movie to people that have paranoiya about government zombie experiments and zombie love story. Enjoy and remember "shes to die for"In a California town at a military chemical warfare base, a deadly experiment involving the Trioxen gas from "Return of the Living Dead 1 & 2" as it brings the dead back to ghastly life as they crave human brains and Col. Reynolds (Kent McCord) wants to keep them under control. His son Curt (J. Trevor Edmond) and girlfriend Julie (Melinda Clarke) sneek in the base to see what experiments they are conducting and are outstanded. Later when Col. Reynolds and his son goes through a disagreement, Curt runs away with his girlfriend but when a tragic accident on the motorcycle occurs thus leaving Curt alive while Julie dead, he is so grief-struck that he wants her to be alive again. He sneeks into the military base where he uses the gas to bring her back from the dead as it makes him happy, unfortunately what he doesn't realize that the Julie that has comes back isn't herself when she starts to act strange as they both deal with gang members and the army who wants them.A grisly and terrific sequel to the brilliant 1985 horror-comedy classic "Return of the Living Dead" that manages to improve over part 2 by making it a completely different entry. This one is directed by Brian Yuzna of "Re-Animator" fame and co-stars Sarah Douglas ("Superman 2") and playboy playmate Pia Reyes, the story is well-put and crafted that makes this a Romeo-and-Juliet love story, a dark comedy and a zombie movie into one movie. This film is loaded with graphic gore, brain-eating and also some S&M style imagery of self-mutilation with excellent make-up effects by Steve Johnson, the acting isn't too shabby and this movie is a spectacular splatter-fest that makes it a winner in my books.This DVD contains a great transfer on sound and picture but doesn't offer the uncut version with a few scenes of graphic gore cut out but that's ok and has two audio commentaries with trailers to this and other TriMark releases.Also recommended: "Dead Alive (a.k.a. Braindead)", "Return of the Living Dead", "Return of the Living Dead part II", "Re-Animator", "Pet Sematary 1 & 2", "Dead Heat (1988)", "Evil Dead 2", "Pumpkinhead", "Akira", "Resident Evil Trilogy", "Shaun of the Dead", "Nightmare City", "From Beyond", "Bride of Re-Animator", "Beyond Re-Animator", "Dawn of the Dead (1978 and 2004)", "Day of the Dead (1985)", "Grindhouse", "Ichi The Killer", "Cemetery Man", "The Toxic Avenger", "Poultreygeist: Night of the Chicken Dead", "Bio-Zombie", "Night of the Living Dead (1968 and 1990)", "Hell of the Living Dead", "Let Sleeping Corpses Lie (a.k.a. Living Dead at The Manchester Morgue)", "Saw Series", "Fido", "Evil Dead", "28 Days and 28 weeks Later", "Land of the Dead", "Diary of the Dead", "Phantasm", "Hostel 1 & 2", "Doomsday", "Night of the Creeps", "Demons", "Night of the Comet", and "The Beyond".PLOT...Having recently witnessed the horrific results of a top secret project to bring the dead back to life, a distraught youth performs the operation on his girlfriend after she's killed in a motorcycle accident.This is a top quality release of a cult classic horror, probably the coolest entry to the franchise, part 3 offers a simple storyline but plenty of blood and gore which is what we want! The movie plays out well with a decent cast, Melinda Clarke is an unexpected badass zombie lead, there is plenty of gore and bloody moments throughout, more now the UK finally has this Vestron video release which is fully uncut! The effects are classic old school practical of course, the music score is good too, this is one of the early best 90's zombie movies and a must have in the collection!The new Vestron Blu-ray has a great picture Digitally restored.There are tons of great features never previously released, 2 commentaries, lots of featurettes totalling up to approx 92-mins, all these feature early and new behind the scenes, making of and interviews etc, plus trailers, gallery.Region B only, 97-mins UNCUT, 1992, English language only, Subtitles English for HOH.First lot come with a slipcase1st of all THANK YOU very much for the quick and professional delivery :)Now .. to the movie :I know the majority of people don't like part 3 and seriously i don't get it at all.Yes this movie is far from part 1 and part 2 .. totally diferrent .. the tone is darker and not a horror comedy like the 2 previous movies but it still doesn't take it self way too seriously.They took a complete diferrent direction and it was the right thing to do and it did it very well !!For me .. part 3 is my favorite of the series next to the original of course .. much better than part 2 and part 4 and part 5.If you haven't seen this movie .. i guarantee you'll love it .. If you have seen it you propably know what i'm talking about.PS i am very happy this movie got a european blu-ray release cause for almost 15 years i had a US dvd version only.Ultra splattery straight to video retelling of Romeo and Juliet by way of Jean Rollins Living Dead Girl from director Brian Yuzna (Bride of Reanimator, Society).It's pretty well regarded by genre buffs, and although it aims for straight shocks compared to Yuznas other films (or entries in the series) ROTLD 3 retains the directors signature gleeful disregard for human anatomy and contains some memorably gross set pieces.Mindy Clarke (who would later star in the popular OC tv series) plays Julie, the punk rocker lass who, after being involved in a fatal motorcycle accident, is bought back from the dead via a vat of Trioxin gas by her heartbroken, bratty grunge boyfriend Kurt (J. Trevor Edmond).The undead Julie starts to mutilate herself in a bid to feel alive again and quench her seemingly insatiable appetite for human brains. In an interesting subplot, Kurts Dad is an army Colonel utilising Trioxin gas to create an army of zombie soldiers (with predictably hilarious and gruesome results).It took five special effects teams to bring the many zombies and bloody fireworks of ROTLD 3 to life (a record at the time). The quality of the gore FX vary wildly, ranging from wince inducingly effective to wince inducingly joke shop.These aesthetic inconsistencies coupled with a slightly cheap looking production design certainly dampen the impact of the visceral and emotionally wrought premise, although Yuzna helms the unfurling chaos with his usual enthusiastic/manic panache and energy.This handsome Lionsgate bluray release features a restored uncut print of the film, some excellent interviews with the cast and crew (which clock in at over an hour) a trailer and production stills. The film comes in a glossy slip case, although there's no reversible cover or liner notes which, for contemporary purveyors of cult horror film rereleases, has become de rigeuer.ROTLD 3 is certainly a country mile sized cut above the other straight to video horror dreck that was being excreted out during the early 90's.Zombie fans will definitely get a kick or three out of it. Check it out!This was so utterly disappointing, and totally misses the mark that the übercool original "Return of the Living Dead" had with its tongue-in-cheek humor and top notch production value!Bad script, bad acting with mediocre special effects make up!You're better off rewatching the original, as it sure has..."more BRAINS!" ?????Being a fan of this shlocky "series" helps of course...This is darker take on the "Return..." concept, taking the grim and gory humour of the first - and best - film but losing it's overt silliness, while basically ignoring the slapstick part two altogether. ( I have to admit I'm an unashamed fan of all three - they're flawed, sometimes terribly so, but I grew up with them and can't help treat them a little like first loves. )Melding the living dead concept with Romeo and Juliet, this is streamlined, simply and effectively directed by b-movie horror veteran Brian Yuzna with some strong and straight performances from it's cast, most notably Mindy Clarke - who is both gorgeous and outstanding as the infected Juliet-like main character, charting her transformation from punkish ( for the nineties at least ) rebel to tortured and constantly hungry zombie-in-waiting ( no spoiler alerts needed, the front cover sells the movie on this transformation entirely. )An emotional core runs through the flick, but this knows what it is and delivers in spades - a gory, shlocky living dead movie, black in tone and humour.Recommended.