Revenge of the Living Dead Girls

1987 French film
  • 16 September 1987 (1987-09-16) (France)
Running time
95 minutesCountryFranceLanguageFrench

Revenge of the Living Dead Girls (French: La revanche des mortes vivantes) is a 1987 French splatter film directed by Pierre B. Reinhard, written by Jean-Claude Roy, and starring Véronique Catanzaro, Kathryn Charly, Sylvie Novak, Anthea Wyler, Laurence Mercier, Patrick Guillemin, Gabor Rassov, Christina Schmidt, and Cornélia Wilms. Toxic waste causes a zombie outbreak in France.

Plot

In France, the CEO of a chemical company looks to cheaply dispose of their plant's chemical waste. He and his secretary come up with the idea to dump it illegally. When the secretary contaminates a milk tanker, it causes several deaths in the town. The toxic waste, illegally dumped in a nearby graveyard, then causes the recently dead townspeople to rise as ravenous zombies, who seek revenge on the unscrupulous company and its employees.

Cast

  • Véronique Catanzaro
  • Kathryn Charly
  • Sylvie Novak
  • Anthea Wyler
  • Laurence Mercier
  • Patrick Guillemin
  • Gabor Rassov
  • Christina Schmidt
  • Cornélia Wilms

Release

Revenge of the Living Dead Girls premiered in France on 16 September 1987.[1] It was released on DVD on 8 August 2006.[2]

Reception

Dave Bow of The Portland Mercury rated it 2/4 stars and wrote that story is confused and the ending makes no sense.[3] Peter Schorn of IGN rated it 2/10 and called it a weak ripoff of The Return of the Living Dead.[4] Ian Jane of DVD Talk rated it 3/5 stars and called it "an entertaining slice of European sleaze".[5]

References

  1. ^ DVD jacket information
  2. ^ Condit, Jon (2006-08-07). "DVD Release List: Hell Comes to Earth". Dread Central. Retrieved 2014-06-09.
  3. ^ Bow, Dave (2011-04-11). "VHS Nightmares: Revenge of the Living Dead Girls". The Portland Mercury. Retrieved 2014-06-09.
  4. ^ Schorn, Peter (2006-10-25). "Revenge of the Living Dead Girls". IGN. Retrieved 2014-06-09.
  5. ^ Jane, Ian (2006-08-01). "Revenge of the Living Dead Girls". DVD Talk. Retrieved 2014-06-09.

External links

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