Bede Vs. The Living Dead Episode 22 - The Return Of The Living Dead (1985)... The '80s Cult Classic In-Name Only Film Adaptation

Welcome to episode 22 of Bede Vs. The Living Dead. The podcast where your host Bede Jermyn explores the remakes, re-edits, reimaginings, homages, unofficial follow-ups and more to George A. Romero’s 1968 classic Night Of The Living Dead across all media. We're now officially in October, which means that the Halloween season has begun. As exciting as that is, this month has another important significance. On this very day 55 years ago, Night Of The Living Dead was unleashed onto unsuspecting audiences in cinemas. Not only was it a success despite its then negative reception, it would go on to create a brand new sub-genre of horror and changed the landscape of cinema as we know it. Today it's now considered one of the greatest films of all time horror or otherwise. To celebrate the 55th anniversary of the film, your host Bede Jermyn has will be going all out for this month of the show. Not only with this and the two other main episodes being released, there will be also bonus ones dropping each week as well. For this very first episode in honour of both NOTLD's anniversary and the beginning of the Halloween season, Bede will be looking at the cult classic 1985 in-name only film adaptation of John A. Russo's 1978 NOTLD sequel novel: The Return Of The Living Dead, which was the directorial debut of Dan O'Bannon (the screenwriter of Alien, Lifeforce and Total Recall). Joining Bede to discuss this beloved '80s horror classic are returning guests Steven T. Boltz (co-owner of⁠⁠⁠ ⁠The Knack Theatre⁠, co-host of ⁠The King Zone's Book Club Podcast, contributor to Forces Of Geek) and John Seavey (host of the podcast ⁠Half Price Horror⁠). Highlights in this one include the first time everyone saw The Return Of The Living Dead, how the zombies in the film are different from the ones in Night Of The Living Dead, the differences between both the film and the original novel, praising the performances of the cast, the film's social commentary, John sharing a interesting detail about the film that Bede & Steven didn't notice before and so much more. Plus, Bede & Steven share an exciting announcement of a new project that they are working on. Social Media Links: Show Twitter - ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@BedeVsTLD⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Host Twitter - ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@BedeJermyn⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Host on Letterboxd - ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@BedeJermyn⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Link Tree - ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://linktr.ee/bedevsthelivingdead⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Host's Other Podcasts: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://linktr.ee/TheSuperNetwork⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Email - ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠[email protected]⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Guest Links: Guest on Twitter - ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@HalfHorror Guest on Letterboxd - ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@fulcirama Credits: Art Work by Super Marcey Podcast Music Provided by DeNNo