Return of the Living Dead III
Return of the Living Dead III
5.958%40%
Having recently witnessed the horrific results of a top secret project to bring the dead back to life, a distraught youth performs the operation on his girlfriend after she's killed in a motorcycle accident.
RichyE reviewedOctober 12, 2025
This isn’t your typical zombie flick, it’s Romeo & Juliet with brain cravings and body piercings. Brian Yuzna ditches the campy tone of the first two Return films and dives headfirst into something darker, more intimate and surprisingly emotional.
The love story between Curt and Julie gives the film its soul. It’s messy, tragic and weirdly tender.
You feel for them, even as things spiral into gore soaked chaos.
The military subplot is standard fare, but it’s the emotional core and Julie’s descent that make this one stand out.
It’s not perfect some sets look like they were borrowed from a haunted laser tag arena, but it’s got heart, guts (literally) and a unique take on the zombie genre that’s still talked about in horror circles.
If you like your horror with a side of doomed romance and a splash of S&M aesthetics, this one’s a cult gem.