Return of the Living Dead 5: Rave to the Grave

Director: Ellory Elkayem

Overview

In this sequel to 1985's Return of the Living Dead, a bunch of horny teens discover that their new designer drug is actually a chemical that turns humans into flesh-eating zombies. Unfortunately, they don't make this discovery until they're in the middle of an enormous outdoor dance party, where the wild costumes and chemically induced shenanigans make it difficult to tell who's a zombie and who's simply having a good time. Although it shares plot points, characters, actors, and crew with Return of the Living Dead 4: Necropolis, Return of the Living Dead 5: Rave to the Grave features only a cameo from Peter Coyote, the sole bold-faced name from the previous film. Both movies were co-written by William Butler, who previously acted in 1990's Night of the Living Dead remake, among other horror films.

Product Details

Release Date:	09/09/2008
UPC:	0031398204558
Original Release:	2005
Rating:	R
Source:	LIONS GATE
Region Code:	1
Presentation:	[Wide Screen]
Language:	English
Time:	1:26:00
Sales rank:	20,001

Special Features

16x9 widescreen version; 2.0 Dolby Surround audio; English closed captions; English and Spanish subtitles; Trailers

Cast & Crew

Performance Credits

Aimee-Lynn Chadwick	Becky
Cory Hardrict	Cody
John Keefe	Julian Garrison
Jenny Mollen	Jenny
Peter Coyote	Uncle Charles
Claudiu Bleont	Aldo Serra
Cain Mihnea Manoliu	Jeremy
Sorin Cocis	Gino
George Dumitrescu	Artie
Catalin Paraschiv	Skeet
Radu Romaniuc	Brett
Sebastian Marina	Dartagnan
Violeta Aldea	Rainbow
Ricky Dandel	Coach Savini
Sandu Mihai Gruia	The Mortician
Aurelian Surulescu	The Guitarist
Dan Bordeianu	Frat Boy 1
Eduard Opaski	Fat Gouged-Eye Zombie
Diana Vladu	Roommate
Maria Roman	Serenity
Florian Ghimpu	Tyler
Nicholas Marino	Mr. Jones
Robert Duncan	Composer
Ralph Rieckermann	Composer

Technical Credits

William Butler

Aaron Strongoni

William Butler	Screenwriter
Aaron Strongoni	Screenwriter
Anatoly Fradis	Producer
Steve Scarduzio	Producer

Scene Index

Disc #1 -- Return of the Living Dead 5: Rave to the Grave
1. Intro [3:40]
2. Bye Bye [2:38]
3. More Trouble [5:41]
4. Pool Party [4:08]
5. Jackpot [3:57]
6. Bad Feeling [3:50]
7. Little Pleasures [4:03]
8. Brains [2:49]
9. Help Me [4:02]
10. Questions [4:58]
11. Setting Up [3:05]
12. Back Off [4:35]
13. Infected [2:21]
14. Bulls Eye [4:43]
15. Something's Wrong [3:56]
16. My Bad [3:26]
17. The Rave [4:45]
18. Costumes [3:17]
19. Find Her [4:00]
20. Too Dangerous [3:48]
21. Go [3:12]
22. Back Up [4:25]
23. Come On [4:04]
24. End Credits [4:10]

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Editorial Reviews

Return of the Living Dead and its first sequel were enjoyably goofy attempts to graft punk trappings onto the basic George A. Romero zombie concept. The teen fashions may have been as secondhand as the horror setup, but the low-budget execution was right-on. After the darker Return of the Living Dead III and the just-plain-awful Return of the Living Dead 4: Necropolis, this fifth installment returns the series to its original zombies-and-subcultures scenario. The rave scene replaces the punk milieu, but in other respects Rave to the Grave stays true to the franchise's roots. The script, by returning scribes William Butler and Aaron Strongoni, is almost as dull as that of the previous outing. But the whole ecstasy-users-equals-zombies concept is worth a chuckle or two, and the climactic dance party provides plenty of opportunities for colorful gore and pop-cultural riffing. Tobe Hooper's name was once thrown around as a possible director for both this installment and Necropolis -- a fact that underscores Ellory Elkayem's shortcomings as a director. But Return of the Living Dead 5: Rave to the Grave is a perfectly adequate time-filler for both the SciFi Channel's schedule and horror fans' Saturday afternoons.