In the wake of Scream Factory’s 4K SteelBook, Dan O’Bannon’s horror-comedy classic The Return of the Living Dead shambles back to life with a new release from Arrow Video. Arrow Video brings the 1985 horror movie The Return of the Living Dead to Limited Edition 4K Ultra HD and Limited Edition Blu-ray in the United […]
In the wake of Scream Factory’s 4K SteelBook, Dan O’Bannon’s horror-comedy classic The Return of the Living Dead shambles back to life with a new release from Arrow Video.
Arrow Video brings the 1985 horror movie The Return of the Living Dead to Limited Edition 4K Ultra HD and Limited Edition Blu-ray in the United Kingdom on October 13, 2025.
4K Ultra HD Limited Edition contents include:
- Reversible sleeve featuring original and newly commissioned artwork by Orlando Arocena
- Perfect bound collector’s booklet featuring new writing on the film by Gary Smart and a preview of the forthcoming sequel comic Revenge of the Living Dead
- Double-sided fold-out poster featuring original and newly commissioned artwork by Orlando Arocena
Here’s the full lineup of included Special Features…
DISC ONE – FEATURE (4K ULTRA HD)
- 4K restoration from the original negative
- 4K (2160p) UHD Blu-ray presentation in Dolby Vision (HDR10 compatible)
- Original lossless mono audio plus DTS-HD MA 5.1 surround audio
- Optional English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing
- Audio commentary by writer-director Dan O’Bannon and production designer William Stout
- Audio commentary by Stout and actors Don Calfa, Brian Peck, Linnea Quigley, Beverly Randolph and Allan Trautman
- Audio commentary by actors Thom Mathews and John Philbin and make-up effects artist Tony Gardner
- Audio commentary by fans and filmmakers Gary Smart and Chris Griffiths
- The Origins of the Living Dead, an archive interview with author John Russo
- The FX of the Living Dead, an archive featurette on the special effects
- Party Time: The Music of Return of the Living Dead, a featurette on the film’s soundtrack
- Horror’s Hallowed Grounds, an archive tour of the locations by Sean Clark
- The Dead Have Risen, an archive featurette with Calfa, Peck, Quigley, Randolph, Trautman, Clu Gulager and James Karen
- Designing the Dead, an archive featurette with O’Bannon and Stout