1985's "The Return of the Living Dead" is a horror classic, one of the very rare cases of a movie that is both scary and intentionally funny. And it even has a cool soundtrack, made up of many punk and metal tunes. From a historical perspective it was very innovative, too, as it's probably the first movie to have fast moving zombies. (I say "probably" because some could claim that 1980's "Nightmare City" (aka "The City of the Walking Dead") was first, but that one's ghouls are mostly still alive, and it clearly wasn't as successful and influential as "The Return of the Living Dead.") Anyway, this will be the usual format, with the questions being asked first, and the answers being provided below. And as always, these are incredibly detailed questions, so don't feel bad if you can't answer most or all of these. SPOILERS included, as you might expect. (Also, this is being posted on a Friday because of some weekend social plans. But next week's post, and the other upcoming ones, will all be on their regular Saturday posting dates.)
Questions:
1) The Uneeda Medical Supply sign includes two mottos written on it too. What are they?
2) Somewhat unusually, the film states the exact date and time at the beginning. What are these?
3) As Frank is showing Freddy the job, they fill a skeleton order from what university's medical school?
4) What country does Frank say all the medical skeletons come from?
5) According to Frank, aside from medical schools the Army buys fresh cadavers from Uneeda. For what purpose?
6) What is the chemical that revives the dead?
7) What company manufactured this chemical?
8) According to Frank, what was the original purpose of this chemical?
9) Which step on the basement stairs is weak, and later breaks?
10) On the tanks holding the zombies, there's an emergency telephone number. What is it?
11) What is Colonel Glover's Station number?
12) What comic book is Scuz reading in the car?
13) What is the make and model of Suicide's car?
14) Aside from his name, what else is spray painted on the hood of Suicide's car?
15) And what is written on his driver's side door?
16) What is the name of the cemetery that the teens visit?
17) How many zombie containers are in the Uneeda basement?
18) Aside from the human cadaver, two other kinds of dead creatures are seen to revive in the Uneeda warehouse. What are they?
19) There's a joke eye chart on the wall inside of the Uneeda office. What does it say?
20) During her dance on the grave stone, Trash is completely naked except for what?
21) What is the combination for the lock on the door of the Uneeda cadaver room?
22) About how long have Burt and Ernie known each other?
23) Initially, Burt lies to Ernie about what is in the moving garbage bags he wants Ernie to destroy. What does he say is in them?
24) What piece of military equipment is in the cemetery?
25) According to Ernie, what body part is the toughest to burn up in the crematorium?
26) What is the name of Ernie's establishment?
27) What is the number and street address?
28) What is the name of the first body seen reviving in the cemetery?
29) What is the name of the second one?
30) And what is the name of the third zombie?
31) Two headstones are visible near where Trash is attacked and dispatched. What are the names on them?
32) What does Ernie say is wrong with his vehicle?
33) What is the rescue number of the first ambulance that reaches the mortuary?
34) According to the dispatcher, the Uneeda warehouse and Ernie's establishment are located in what district?
35) What does the sign read above the door to the chapel at Ernie's place?
36) What is the name and number of the first police car to investigate the situation?
37) What substance does Ernie use to blind Freddy?
38) What is written over the door inside of the chapel?
39) What is written on the back of Freddy's jacket?
40) What is the Air number of the helicopter investigating the proceedings?
41) What is the Priority name and number reported to Colonel Glover?
42) What is Colonel Glover's first name?
43) Where does he live?
44) What kind of status is the Uneeda warehouse situation, according to Glover?
45) What was the Army code phrase name for the missing zombie containers?
46) What town and state is the zombie uprising taking place in?
47) Who launches the nuclear missile at the end of the movie?
48) What is the code phrase this person receives to launch said nuke?
49) What is the bearing this person uses to launch the missile, and what is the range, in miles?
50) What local time does the missile hit its target?
51) What band name is written on the front of Freddy's shirt?
52) What band name is written on the front of Suicide's shirt?
53) Why don't the corpses of Scuz and Suicide revive as zombies?
54) Is Ernie a Nazi, either former or neo?
Answers:
1) "You need it--we got it" and "None larger."
2) July 3rd, 1984, 5:30 pm. Eastern Daylight Time. (It's later revealed that the movie starts on a Friday, but in reality July 3, 1984 was on a Tuesday.)
3) St. Louis University Medical School, which is real.
4) India. Ironically, India banned this industry months after the movie came out in 1985. Coincidence?
5) Ballistics testing.
6) 2 4 5 Trioxin. Also sometimes rendered 2,4,5 Trioxin
7) The Darrow Chemical Company. (Which is fictitious, obviously, although the name is probably based on the real Dow company.)
8) It was designed as a defoliant, perhaps to spray on marijuana crops or something.
9) The third step.
10) 1-800-454-8000. According to the internet, this number in reality was a phone sex line for a while, but now might be for Medicare information.
11) 3.
12) Weird Trips--the Ed Gein issue. (Not random--the production designer for the movie did the cover drawing for this comic.)
13) It's a Cadillac Series 62 convertible. There's some disagreement about the year, but it appears to be a 1959 or 1960.
14) "Who Cares?"
15) "Die" and then "Why."
16) Resurrection Cemetery.
17) It's difficult to make out in most shots, but it's 6.
18) The split dogs, and the butterflies.
19) "Burt is a slave driver and a cheap son of a bitch who's going bald too haha."
20) Gray legwarmers. (Also, according to actress Linnea Quigley, she's not really totally nude--the studio forced her to wear a fake "Barbie patch" covering her genitals.)
21) 22 right, 4 left, 10 right.
22) About 25 years.
23) Rabid weasels.
24) A cannon. Perhaps Civil War era?
25) The heart.
26) The Resurrection Funeral Home. Or the same as its nearby cemetery.
27) 21702 East Central. (I checked, and while there's a Central and North Central in that town (see Answer #46), there's no real East Central, not surprisingly.)
28) William "Willy" Putname. It's written on his headstone, and this is the bare skeleton zombie.
29) Montague Davenport. Which is the name of a real historic British Navy guy.
30) Lillian Crabtree, who her stone notes was "Sweetness Itself."
31) Carey Hollister and Susan Thomas. (Maybe some folks with awesome hi-def televisions can make out more stones, but these are the only two I could read.)
32) The clutch is shot.
33) 7.
34) East Piedmont. (Again, a fictitious district in that town.)
35) "Wee Chapel of the Dawn."
36) Bravo 751.
37) Nitric acid.
38) "Beyond this fleeting day, the rest from which no man wakes."
39) "Fuck You." (Sorry about the profanity, but that's what it says.)
40) Air 3.
41) It's a CLY Priority on a 113.
42) Horace.
43) San Diego, California.
44) A Q-2 status.
45) The "lost consignment of Easter Eggs."
46) Louisville, Kentucky. Clearly a real city. Although sharp-eyed viewers can see from the buildings in the background of some shots that it was really filmed in Los Angeles, California.
47) Sergeant Jefferson.
48) Archimedes. Hotdog. Rhubarb. Niner. Zero. Niner.
49) Bearing Mark 220, with a range of 134 miles.
50) 5:01 am., again, Eastern Daylight Time, and on July 4th, 1984.
51) It says, "Domo Arigato" and then "Visage." There was a real band named Visage, and this seems to be a Japanese tour shirt, possibly made up.
52) Sniper. Which was a real band.
53) There's no definitive answer for this. Maybe they didn't because, unlike Trash, they were wearing more clothing during the rainstorm, so they didn't get as much 2 4 5 Trioxin on themselves. Maybe they would have revived if the nuke hadn't hit. Or maybe it was a mistake or oversight by the filmmakers!
54) Disturbingly, yes. His last name is Kaltenbrunner, so he has the same full name as a real Nazi. Ernie also speaks German while looking out at the rain, and is listening to "Panzer rollen in Afrika," the German Afrika Corps marching song in World War II on his headphones. He carries a German gun, a Walther P38. There is a picture of Hitler's girlfriend/wife, Eva Braun in his workroom. Finally, writer/director Dan O'Bannon confirmed this on a commentary track.
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