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.
Revenge of the Living Dead Girls | |
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La revanche des mortes vivantes | |
Directed by | Pierre B. Reinhard |
Written by | Jean-Claude Roy |
Produced by | Jean-Claude Roy |
Starring | Véronique Catanzaro Kathryn Charly Sylvie Novak Anthea Wyler Laurence Mercier Patrick Guillemin Gabor Rassov Christina Schmidt Cornélia Wilms |
Cinematography | Henry Frogers |
Music by | Christopher Reid |
Release date |
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Running time | 95 minutes |
Country | France |
Language | French |
Plot
editIn 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
edit- Véronique Catanzaro
- Kathryn Charly
- Sylvie Novak
- Anthea Wyler
- Laurence Mercier
- Patrick Guillemin
- Gabor Rassov
- Christina Schmidt
- Cornélia Wilms
Release
editRevenge of the Living Dead Girls premiered in France on 16 September 1987.[1] It was released on DVD on 8 August 2006.[2]
Reception
editDave 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
edit- ^ DVD jacket information
- ^ Condit, Jon (2006-08-07). "DVD Release List: Hell Comes to Earth". Dread Central. Retrieved 2014-06-09.
- ^ Bow, Dave (2011-04-11). "VHS Nightmares: Revenge of the Living Dead Girls". The Portland Mercury. Retrieved 2014-06-09.
- ^ Schorn, Peter (2006-10-25). "Revenge of the Living Dead Girls". IGN. Retrieved 2014-06-09.
- ^ Jane, Ian (2006-08-01). "Revenge of the Living Dead Girls". DVD Talk. Retrieved 2014-06-09.