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Return of the Living Dead: Necropolis
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| Return of the Living Dead: Necropolis | |
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 Early advertisement for Return of the Living Dead: Necropolis (at the time, titled Return of the Living Dead 4: Necropolis) |
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| Directed by | Ellory Elkayem |
| Produced by | Anatoly Fradis Steve Scarduzio |
| Written by | William Butler Aaron Strongoni |
| Starring | Peter Coyote Aimee Lynn Chadwick |
| Music by | Robert Duncan |
| Cinematography | Gabriel Kosuth |
| Editing by | James Coblentz |
| Distributed by | Denholm Trading Inc. |
| Release date(s) | October 5, 2005 (TV, Edited) April 18, 2006 (DVD, R-Rated) |
| Running time | 88 min. |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $6 Million USD |
| Preceded by | Return of the Living Dead 3 |
| Followed by | Return of the Living Dead: Rave from the Grave |
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Return of the Living Dead: Necropolis, the fourth film in the series, was filmed in Romania and Ukraine. The film stars Peter Coyote and Aimee Lynn Chadwick. The plot revolves around a group of teenagers attempting to rescue their friend from an evil corporation. In doing so, they wind up releasing a horde of blood thirsty zombies. An edited version of the film aired on the SciFi Channel on October 5, 2005. The R-rated version of the film was released on DVD on April 18, 2006. The film was originally advertised as Return of the Living Dead 4: Necropolis but once it was finally released, the number 4 was removed from the title. Both Necropolis and Rave are critizised for straying away from the series' rules.
Most notable of these changes is that Trioxin zombies are no longer the indestructible juggernauts of the first movie, but instead much weaker than even "Romero zombies." Several times throughout the movie they are seen to be dispatched with no more then a few body shots, sometimes as few as two hits will end their undead life. Prior to this film nothing short of incineration or electrocution with extreme high voltage would terminate a trioxin zombie.
Official Romero directed films: Night of the Living Dead • Dawn of the Dead • Day of the Dead • Land of the Dead • Diary of the Dead
Zombi series: Zombi 2 • Zombi 3 • Zombi 4 (aka Oltre la Morte or After Death)
Remakes: Night of the Living Dead (1990) • Dawn of the Dead (2004) • Night of the Living Dead 3-D • Day of the Dead (2007)
Russo's Living Dead films: The Return of the Living Dead • Return of the Living Dead Part II • Return of the Living Dead 3 •
Children of the Living Dead • Return of the Living Dead: Necropolis • Return of the Living Dead: Rave from the Grave
Notable spoofs/parodies: Night of the Living Bread • Shaun of the Dead
Other films: Day of the Dead 2: Contagium