Ho, ho, ho, the living dead rise again!

We’ve had quite a few Zombie franchises In the past decade, but what we haven’t seen in a while is… Return of the living dead films. The last film was released in 2005, but it looks like things are about to change when a new film was announced for 2023. Fortunately for fans, the series is officially returning next year, just in time for the first film’s 40th anniversary.

After a bunch of Teaser pictures On Friday, the studio released a teaser for the upcoming film, also titled Return of the living dead. Rather than being a reboot as initially thought, it is actually a continuation of the original film: taking place approximately two years later in the winter of 1985, Zombie Tarman is back in action and looking to cause some chaos in the unnamed town in Pennsylvania where the action takes place. The new movie. Living Dead said it doesn’t expect any characters from the first film to return, given their “horrific fate,” but that excited fans will be “welcomed back to the dark, thrilling, gritty world of horror first fueled by Trioxen.”

the first Return of the living dead It focuses on a zombie-infested town that suddenly appears after a toxic gas accidentally revives all of its corpses. In a press release, director and writer Steve Walsh built up the teaser by revealing that it was made entirely with practical effects and on location, and that the cemetery Tharman passes through was built to replicate the Resurrection Cemetery in the first film. “Using our anamorphic widescreen lenses, we captured the practical effects of snow swirling in the night sky giving it a stunning look and feel,” he said. “People will be amazed to see an entire movie made like this.”

Return of the living dead Chaos returns to theaters Christmas 2025.

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