Friday, July 23, 2010

Return of the Living Dead Girls (1987)

aka La revanche des mortes vivantes

A misguided environmentalist poisons the local milk supply which kills three girls. They rise from the grave, but I'm not sure if it is from the milk or from the toxic chemicals the company is disposing of in the graveyard. But whatever the reason, the dead girls seek revenge.

These are not your typical dead. They ring the door bell and wait to be told to come in. They drive off in a car. They carefully climb into a pool or hide behind rocks. These girls are stealthy.

There is a ridculous blackmail plot which involves a prostitute and a video tape. There is also a pregnant lady whose belly dissolves and her husband, whose hand turns into gooey roast beef because he had sex with a corpse and didn't notice.

There is crazy nonsensical dialogue. I couldn't tell if it was just bad writing or bad translation since the movie was originally in French. Overall it is awesomely confusing, ridiculous, and the only living dead movie I can think of where the dead hitchhike, someone actually stops to give them a ride, and then they get chased by the police. Awesome! It was bad but I enjoyed it.

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