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Return of the Living Dead III is an American horror film released in 1993. It was directed by Brian Yuzna and was written by John Penney. The film stars Melinda Clarke as Julie Walker, J. Trevor Edmond as Curt Reynolds, Kent McCord as Col. John Reynolds, and Basil Wallace as Riverman.

Return of the Living Dead III is the second sequel to Return of the Living Dead
(1985), but bears little resemblance to its predecessors. It drops the comedy that had defined the series prior and replaces it with a serious romantic theme. It is followed by Return of the Living Dead 4: Necropolis (2005).

Plot

When Curt Reynolds (J. Trevor Edmond) steals his father's security key card, he and his girlfriend, Julie Walker (Melinda Clarke), decide to explore the military base where his father works. Using the card, they sneak into hanger G-17 and observe Curt's father, Col. John Reynolds (Kent McCord), Col. Peck (James T. Callahan) and Lt. Col. Sinclair (Sarah Douglas) overseeing an experiment with a corpse.

The corpse is exposed to 2-4-5 Trioxin gas. Trioxin, developed in the late 1960s and the inspiration for the movie Night of the Living Dead
, re-animates the corpse into a zombie. The military's intention is to use zombies in warfare as expendable soldiers. However, once re-animated, the zombies are difficult to control. While this is fine in a chaotic battle, it makes them difficult to ship and store.

To solve this problem, Sinclair would like to attach the zombies to exoskeletons, which could be locked down when the zombie were not in battle. Reynolds, as the head of the project, takes a different approach. His scientists developed a method of "paretic infusion" to paralyze the zombie until it is needed. To do this, they fire a chemical bullet into the forehead of the zombie which creates a localized endothermic reaction that freezes the creature's brain.

At first, the paretic infusion test looks successful. Then, the effect wears off much quicker than they expect and the zombie attacks and kills one of the technicians in the sealed experimentation room. The gas, still lingering in the room, re-animates the slain tech, who attacks the other technicians in the room. Both zombies are paralyzed with bullets and everyone in the room is quarantined. The magnitude of this failure causes Reynolds to be re-assigned to Oklahoma City and Sinclair to be promoted to head of the project.

When Reynolds informs Curt that they'll be moving again -- something they've done a dozen times in Curt's life already -- Curt refuses. Angrily, he storms out of the house with Julie and rides off on his motorcycle. While speeding down the road, Julie grabs Curt's crotch, causing Curt to veer into the path of an oncoming truck. Curt swerves and slams into a guardrail. Julie flies off the bike and, slamming into a telephone pole, is instantly killed when she breaks her neck.

Distraught, Curt brings Julie's body back to the military base. Using the keycard again, he sneaks her into G-17 and uses the Trioxin gas to re-animate her. There, the story truly begins to pick up. Julie begins killing, and Curt becomes continually more alarmed. At the very end of the movie, Curt takes Julie, and dives into an incinerator.

Cast

Kent McCord
as Col. John Reynolds
James T. Callahan as Col. Peck
Sarah Douglas
as Lt. Col. Sinclair
Melinda Clarke
as Julie Walker
Abigail Lenz as Mindy
J. Trevor Edmond as Curt Reynolds
Jill Andre as Dr. Beers (Chief Scientist)
Michael Decker as Science technician
Billy Kane as Waters (Sentry)
Mike Moroff as Santos
Julian Scott Urena as Mogo (as Fabio Urena)
Pía Reyes as Alicia
Sal Lopez as Felipe
Dana Lee as Store owner
Michael Deak as Cop #1
Michael Northern as Squad soldier
Basil Wallace as Riverman
Joe Sikorra as Squad leader
David Wells as Laboratory technician
Clarence Epperson as Cadaver
Anthony Hickox as Dr. Hickox
Brian Peck as Ballistics technician
Shane Walsh as cop #2

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