Aug. 16, 2025

This Day in Halloween: The fast, brain-eating zombie movie "The Return of the Living Dead" opens across the U.S. in 1985. / Illustration by Lee Ernest

The Return of the Living Dead opens across the U.S. in 1985. Written and directed by Dan O’Bannon, the cult favorite introduces the brain-eating, fast zombies with a soundtrack of L.A. punk and metal bands.

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