“Back from the Grave” Double Feature
MEMBERS $18/ PUBLIC $22
Retro
Picture Show proudly presents two of the biggest zombie films of the 80s. It's
GEORGE A. ROMERO'S DAY OF THE DEAD (1985) and THE RETURN OF THE LIVING DEAD
(1985). Both screening in 35mm.
GEORGE A. ROMERO'S DAY OF THE DEAD
A
nightmarish, flesh-eating army of walking corpses rule the Earth. For the last
living humans, a fate worse than death is a terrifying reality in this horror
cult classic from George A. Romero (NIGHT OF THE LIVING DEAD, DAWN OF THE
DEAD).
Fortified
in a vast underground bunker, a small band of scientists conducts grotesque
experiments on captured ghouls in a desperate attempt to “domesticate” the
creatures. But the brutal military men who share the scientists’ refuge don’t
want the zombies controlled, they want them destroyed. When the soldiers
discover that their own officers have been used in the grisly experiments, they
overpower the scientists, and throw them into the cages housing the ravenous
living dead. Will anyone make it out alive? It’s a special effects
tour-de-force as the beleaguered remnants of the human race face the Day of the
Dead! (US, 1985, 101 min, R, 35mm, Dir.
George A. Romero)
THE RETURN OF THE LIVING DEAD
The
story that begins where the classic horror movie “Night of the Living Dead”
left off.
When
Frank and Freddy, employees of the Uneeda Medical Supply company, decide to
check out the rumors surrounding the metal cylinders stored in the basement –
cylinders reportedly containing the bodies of captured zombies – they’ve no
idea of the horror awaiting them. Frank confidently slaps the side of the
cylinder, and to both their horror, a putrid green vapor spurts out. The men
are overcome by the fumes. Inside the cases bodies begin to stir. Their hunger
for human brains is as urgent as ever. But this time it’s not a movie. This
time it’s for real!
The
living dead start chanting for “live brains”. And they get them, in one horror
scene after another. (US, 1985, 91
min, R, 35mm, Dir. Dan O’Bannon)