Directed by Dan O'Bannon Written by Rudy Ricci   John A. Russo   Russell Streiner   Dan O'Bannon   Cast Clu Gulager ... Burt James Karen ... Frank Don Calfa ... Ernie Thom Mathews ... Freddy Beverly Randolph ... Tina John Philbin ... Chuck Jewel Shepard ... Casey Miguel A. Núñez Jr. ... Spider (as Miguel Nunez) Brian Peck ... Scuz Linnea Quigley ... Trash Mark Venturini ... Suicide Jonathan Terry ... Colonel Glover Cathleen Cordell ... Colonel's Wife Drew Deighan ... Paramedic #1 James Dalesandro ... Paramedic #2 John Durbin ... Radio Corpse #1 David Bond ... Radio Corpse #2 Bob Libman ... Tac Squad Captain John Stuart West ... Riot Cop #1 Michael Crabtree ... Riot Cop #2 Ed Krieger ... Riot Cop #3 Robert Craighead ... Cop #1 Paul Cloud ... Cop #2 Derrick Brice ... Gunnery Sergeant Leigh Drake ... Dispatcher Terrence Houlihan ... Yellow Cadaver (as Terrence M. Houlihan) Allan Trautman ... Tarman Robert J. Bennett ... Headless Tarman (as Robert Bennett) Jerome Coleman ... Legless Corpse (as Jerome 'Daniels' Coleman) Cherry Davis ... ½ Lady Corpse Uncredited Cast Rick Askew ... Officer Terrence Beasor ... Narrator Leslee Bremmer   Jason Novak ... No Legged Zombie Dan O'Bannon ... Helicopter Loudspeaker Officer / Bum Outside Warehouse (voice) Larry Odien ... Yellow Zombie William Stout ... Bum with Shopping Cart Produced by John Daly   Tom Fox   Derek Gibson   Graham Henderson   Original Music by Matt Clifford

Additional Info Premiere: May 15, 1985 Theatrical Release: August 16, 1985 DVD Release: August 20, 2002 Blu-ray Release: September 14, 2010 Country: Distributor: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Websites: Production Companies Cinema '84 (copyright holder) Cinema 84 Fox Films Hemdale Distributors Orion Pictures   (1985) (USA) (theatrical) Home Box Office (HBO)   (1986) (USA) (TV) (pay television) Carolco Television   (1990) (USA) (TV) (syndication) HBO Video   (1990) (USA) (VHS) TNT   (1990) (USA) (TV) Hemdale Home Video   (1991) (USA) (VHS) 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment   (2010) (USA) (Blu-ray) (distributed by) 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment   (2011) (USA) (Blu-ray) (DVD) MGM Home Entertainment   (2002) (USA) (DVD) Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM)   (2010) (USA) (Blu-ray) Scream Factory   (2016) (USA) (Blu-ray) (collector's edition) Scream Factory   (2022) (USA) (Blu-ray) (Ultra HD Blu-ray) Warner Bros. Home Entertainment   (2020) (USA) (Blu-ray) (DVD) (reprint for MGM) Rating Stats Overall Rating 7.8 / 10 Our Rating 8.2 / 10 Your Friends -- / 10 Male Users 8.0 / 10 Female Users 7.1 / 10 Site Ranking #2,103 / 20,875 Ratings Breakdown Perfect 23 total ratings Almost Perfect 11 total ratings Average 4 total ratings Mediocre 1 total rating Site Ranking #2,099 American Pie Presents: Beta House (2007) #2,100 No Hard Feelings (2023) #2,101 Demon Slayer The Movie: Mugen Train (2020) #2,102 Freaky (2020) #2,103 The Return Of The Living Dead (1985) #2,104 Red State (2011) #2,105 Murder On The Orient Express (1974) #2,106 Blue Beetle (2023) #2,107 Half Baked (1998)