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RETURN OF THE RETURN OF THE LIVING DEAD

By | August 2005

EVENT COVERAGE! It was a perfect choice to screen “Return”, on its 20th anniversary, at the American Cinematheque’s annual Fantasy, Horror and Science Fiction Festival. Eric Caiden of the Hollywood Book and Poster Company came to the prestigious art house theater with the idea and by August 13th, they had collected most of the cast and some of the crew…

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RETURN OF THE RETURN OF THE LIVING DEAD

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