Return of the Living Dead

By: John Russo

Narrated by: Jeffrey Lynn Hutchins

Return of the living dead...

A decade after the first zombie outbreak, a bus crashes in a small American town, killing everyone on board. Local churchgoers rush to the scene to save the living and destroy the dead. But they're too late. A terrifying new plague of living dead has been unleashed. A new horde of victims has been infected. And this time, they are ravenous.

In 1968, the classic Night of the Living Dead changed the face of horror. The film was based on the screenplay by George A. Romero and John Russo. The original novel written by John Russo was followed by Return of the Living Dead in 1978, a very different sequel than 1985 film directed by Dan O'Bannon.

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MUCH more of a sequel to "Night..." than the film.

Much more grounded and based in the mythology of Night of the Living Dead, than the comedy that Dan O'Bannon ended up giving us.

Overall, I think it's better than many give it credit for. There are a few parts that sensitive readers might find distasteful; but I don't think the book puts distasteful focus on them...definitely no more graphic or exploitative than any OTHER zombie film that comes to mind, from this period.

The "Return" that we got in theaters is one of my very favorite movies of all time. But, if we'd gotten this movie as a legitimate sequel from Russo, I don't think anyone would have been disappointed.

simple but good

I dont know why but I expected a deeper character driven novel. it was for a lack of better word " simple". I enjoyed it though.

Enjoyed

This was a perfect true sequel to The Night of the Living Dead. Even though both film franchises split (which both are good), I think we would've enjoyed Russo's sequel in moving form.

Great book

The book overall is quite good, however it's not based on the movie.

It's more of an extension of the first movie.

The graphic details

Loved it. Thank you Mr. Russo!!! It's true horror that rocks!!! 🤘 Truely terrified me. Can't wait to read more .