# The Return of The Living Dead (1985 Dave's Pick)

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Published: 2026-05-06T05:00:00+00:00
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The twelfth episode of our season on the awesome movie year of 1985 features our producer David Rosen’s pick, Dan O’Bannon’s The Return of the Living Dead . Written and directed by Dan O’Bannon and starring Clu Gulager, James Karen, Thom Mathews and Don Calfa, The Return of the Living Dead is the first installment in a long-running horror franchise. The contemporary reviews quoted in this episode come from Roger Ebert ( https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/return-of-the-living-dead-1985 ), Stephen Holden in The New York Times ( https://www.nytimes.com/1985/08/16/movies/screen-return-of-the-living-dead.html ) and Tom Shales in The Washington Post ( https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/lifestyle/1985/08/19/movies/48cdf3ac-70b0-4435-87ee-e0cd35e5b817/ ). Check out more info and the entire archive of past episodes at https://www.awesomemovieyear.com and visit us on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/awesomemovieyear You can find Jason on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/JHarrisComedy/ , on Instagram at https://www.instagram.com/jasonharriscomedy/ and on Letterboxd at https://letterboxd.com/goforjason/ You can find Josh online at http://joshbellhateseverything.com/ , on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/joshbellhateseverything/ , on Bluesky at signalbleed.bsky.social and on Letterboxd at https://letterboxd.com/signalbleed/ If you’re a Letterboxd user and you watch any of the movies we talk about on the show, tag your review “Awesome Movie Year” to share your thoughts. You can find our producer David Rosen and his Piecing It Together Podcast at https://www.piecingpod.com , on Twitter at @piecingpod , on Bluesky at piecingpod.bsky.social and on Letterboxd at https://letterboxd.com/bydavidrosen/ Join the Popcorn & Puzzle Pieces Facebook group at https://www.faceboo…

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