Revenge of the Living Dead Girls

Revenge of the Living Dead Girls
La revanche des mortes vivantes
Directed by Pierre B. Reinhard
Produced by Jean-Claude Roy
Written by Jean-Claude Roy
Starring Véronique Catanzaro
Kathryn Charly
Sylvie Novak
Anthea Wyler
Laurence Mercier
Patrick Guillemin
Gabor Rassov
Christina Schmidt
Cornélia Wilms
Music by Christopher Reid
Cinematography Henry Frogers
Release dates
  • 16 September 1987 (1987-09-16) (France)
Running time
 95 minutes
Country France
Language French

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

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.


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