When a tank containing a zombie from a 60s government cover-up springs a chemical leak at a medical supply warehouse, the dead rise again while punkrockers are partying in the cemetery next door.
The film that made the word "Brains" a household word is one of the best of the 80s comic-horror films.
Panicky James Karen and inalterably nude Linnea Quigley are hilarious, while Randolph couldn't be more annoying as Mathews' conservative punker girlfriend.
Energetic direction and clever script are a plus, though William Munns' cheap gore effects may explain why O'Bannon "fired his ass" mid-production.
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