S15 Ep807: The Return of the Living Dead

We Hate Movies

WHM Entertainment

Tv & Film, Comedy

4.7 • 4.9K Ratings

🗓️ 24 June 2025

⏱️ 93 minutes

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Summary

“It’s the only zombie movie that’s appropriate to watch at a July 4th barbecue! - Andrew

On this week’s show, the Summer Blockbuster Extravaganza gets a little spooktacular as we chat about the super-fun, summer-set zombie flick, The Return of the Living Dead! Why does this Skeleton Warehouse have to be open until 10PM on a holiday weekend? How great is that half-dog puppet? Isn’t it great how Russo and Romero split up their zombie sequels so we could get both sides of their shared zombie vision? Why does Frank use that entire roll of paper towels like it’s a sponge? And word to the wise, never hang out in an eerie cemetery after dark! PLUS: James Karen welcomes all zombie punks to Pathmark!

The Return of the Living Dead stars Clu Gulager, James Karen, Don Calfa, Beverly Randolph, John Philbin, Jewel Shepard, Miguel A. Nuñez Jr., Brian Peck, Linnea Quigley, Mark Venturini, Jonathan Terry, and Thom Mathews as Freddy; directed by Dan O’Bannon.

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Be sure to catch the replay of our Superman II digital show (and After Party Q&A) available for replay now through July 4!

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Transcript

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0:00.0	Hey, y'all, before we get into today's episode talking about the totally gooptacular return of the living dead,
0:06.0	just wanted to make you hip to the fact that our digital show on Superman 2 from last week is still available for replay.
0:12.1	We had an absolute ball last Friday night between the out-of-this-world Superman 2 show and the raucous after-party Q&A,
0:18.5	and you can still get in on the fun, by the way, from now through July 4th.
0:22.6	That's right, the replay's available.
0:23.9	Just head to moment.com slash we hate movies and snag them replay ticks now.
0:28.0	Oh, and also, real quick, UK, Ireland, and other European listeners,
0:31.9	don't miss our three-night six-show residency at the Oxford Comedy Festival happening July 18th through the 20th.
0:38.5	Our shows on Quantum of Salas and Hellraiser have both sold out, but we've got four other shows
0:42.9	where we're chatting about an Oxford set episode of Ninja Turtles for animation damnation
0:47.2	on July 18th. That's show won that night. Darth Vader on the first ever live
0:52.1	Gleap Glossary on July 19th, that's show won as well that night.
0:56.5	And then we'll be talking about Dr. Crusher making sweet love to a ghost on the first ever live performance of our Star Trek show The Nexus at the early show on the 20th.
1:06.0	And then we're capping things off with a big fat we hate movies episode on the big
1:11.0	fat 90s comedy King Ralph. What better way to
1:14.6	close out our first run of shows in the UK
1:16.5	than with a conversation about an American pig
1:18.6	who comes to England and makes everyone uncomfortable.
1:20.9	All ticketing info for the Superman Digital
1:22.5	show and the Oxford Residency can be found on our
1:24.7	website, WHM Podcast.com.
1:27.6	That's it for me.
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