Product Details

• Actors: James Karen, Thom Mathews, Michael Kenworthy, Thor Van Lingen, Jason Hogan
• Directors: Ken Wiederhorn
• Writers: Ken Wiederhorn
• Producers: Eugene C. Cashman, Tom Fox, William S. Gilmore
• Format: Closed-captioned, Color, NTSC
• Rated: R (Restricted)
• Number of tapes: 1
• Studio: Warner Home Video
• VHS Release Date: December 13, 1993
• Run Time: 89 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 3.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (133 customer reviews)
• ASIN: 6302814359
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #26,382 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

Editorial Reviews

Amazon.com

Curious kids open a barrel of green gas linked to a mysterious military experiment, and soon a tenebrous green cloud of fog is making its way through the creepy town cemetery. Knowing exactly where this is headed is, of course, part of the fun in this tongue-in-cheek zombie sequel. Maybe it's not as fresh as its successful predecessor, but all of the key zombie ingredients are still well preserved in this second installment: ravenous "undead" in search of human brains, severed limbs with a life of their own, and lots and lots of shrieking! Taking a hackneyed premise that is a close retelling of part I, director Ken Wiederhorn (Freddy’s Nightmares, Shock Waves) rejuvenates the genre with sporadic genuine scares, lots of plain old silliness, and some literally eye-popping special effects. Followed up a few years later with the equally enjoyable Return of the Living Dead Part III, this is a fun franchise that reminds you of what '80s horror was all about: bad synth music, and perms. --Matt Wold

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

27 of 29 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Movie gets 4, but the DVD gets 0, October 6, 2004

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Melkor "dark lord" (San Diego, CA USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Return of the Living Dead Part II (DVD)

The people who put out this DVD have totally messed up the soundtrack. It all has to do with noise. First off, there's different music in the movie. Next, there are all these new and odd sound effects that are out of place. Why bother releasing the DVD at all, if they're not going to do it correctly???

22 of 24 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars What's up with the Score?, October 6, 2004

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Mark Cruickshank "mark32570" (MI, USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Return of the Living Dead Part II (DVD)

I should have listened to Harry from Ain't It Cool News. He warned fans that the music was differant on the DVD. But I thought he meant the songs. Losing the rights to songs, and putting different songs in their place for home video is nothing new. But it is the entire score that is different. And the new score is mind numbingly horrible. It completely ruins the movie. There is also a voice over narration at the beggining of the film that I don't remember being there in the theatrical or VHS version. And even more strange, is that when you switch over to the French language track, it is still the original score. This makes no sense at all. Warner Bros. really messed up with this one. I hope they re release it with the proper score. In the meantime, since I know Circuit City won't refund mt money, I'm going to see if Warner Bros. will.

18 of 20 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars DO NOT BUY THIS DVD, July 18, 2005

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B. Bean "miserychastain2" (Orlando, Florida United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Return of the Living Dead Part II (DVD)

I made the mistake of not listening to other reviewers comments about the change in soundtrack and bought this DVD anyway because I really wanted to own this movie. The new soundtrack that they have added makes the film completely unwatchable. I will now be selling my DVD and looking for an original version with the original background soundtrack on VHS or laserdisc. The studio then had the audacity to give the viewers a real kick in the groin by adding the original soundtrack on to the film IF you watch it in the French Language track. THAT IS UNFAIR and the studio should fire everyone assosciated with the release of this DVD. If you needed more time to acquire whatever rights there are to acquire for a 20 year old horror movie's background soundtrack, then you should have done it before releasing this to DVD. The movie, as it is on this DVD, is unwatchable and the music is GARBAGE. If you are a fan of this movie, DO NOT BUY THIS DVD UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCES. If you do, I guarantee disappointment.