Well i was a fan of the first one at a very young age my teenage siblings would rent it on vhs and i was allowed to see it so long as i "turned my head" for the T and A parts.. but eating human brains oh thats fine for the little guy he'll love it.. but part 2 is even more special to me but in a melancholy way.. it came out in theaters unlike parts 3 and 4 and i recall my mom picking myself and my lil brother up after elementary school to see a flick at the mall. i picked this and at the tender age of 8 or 9 it did scare me somewhat but more than that.. it became a special memory to me and only because.. it was that late afternoon that year.. they just never did come up with anything else like this for me to see.. very derivative of the original but only as a sort of sideshow act.. i can only describe it at best..melancholy fun.. if you arent the type that loves a bad funeral dont watch it.

Three kids accidentally unleash the noxious gas that spawned the first film's zombies in this very tongue-in-cheek follow-up movie. Horror sequels are notorious for shamelessly copying the formula of their original, yet this is one that does just that but actively acknowledges it too with James Karen and Thomas Mathews delightfully recast as different characters who nevertheless have the same employer/employees dynamics going on between them. There is a lot of fun to be had in the pair recycling lines from the first film and at its most meta, Mathews comments "it's like we've been here before". The film also gets a lot of zest out of its creative range of zombies and zombie impaling on display. On the minus side though, the zombies talk a lot more in this entry, and sound too much like living human beings, which in turns makes them less freaky than the zombies of Part One. Michael Kenworthy is also rather unappealing as the wimpy young protagonist with the film as its most lively when focus is on Karen and Mathews instead. The film has received some negative criticism over the years for not being as funny or daring (there's no nudity here) as the first film, which may well be true. It is, however, still quite entertaining as an unabashed clone of the first film, which in turn was an unabashed spin-off of 'Night of the Living Dead'.

Return of the Living Dead Part II (1988)** (out of 4) Jesse Wilson (Michael Kenworthy) and a couple friends stumble across a container, which contains the infamous gas that causes the dead to return to life. Later that night the friends accidentally release the gas and the zombies come looking for brains.RETURN OF THE LIVING DEAD PART II was the first horror film I ever watched on the big screen back when I was eight years old. At the time I remember liking the film because I could relate to the Jesse character and it was fun pretending that I was him battling all these zombies. With that said, even at that time I knew this sequel was a major step back from the original film and as I've gotten older I've enjoyed this film less and less.The film tries really hard to capture the mood and spirit of the original and that includes paying homage to several of the characters in the original include Tar Man, Jr. showing up here. We've also got James Karen and Thom Matthews returning but this time playing grave robbers who wind up battling zombies again. The two actors have that chemistry that they did in the first picture but it just isn't as fresh or original here. Even the zombies here are pretty bland as there just aren't too many memorable ones.The film remains slightly entertaining because you do like the characters and there are a couple funny moments scattered throughout the picture. There's a lot more humor here than in the first movie but the problem is that a lot of it doesn't work. Another problem is that there isn't nearly enough zombie action and even the gore level is pretty low. I've always thought this here played like a cleaned up version of the original and it just doesn't have that dark tone that it needed.RETURN OF THE LIVING DEAD PART II has some minor entertainment scattered throughout but certainly not enough to keep it moving at a good pace.

The first time around I was confused with this sequel, as they had cast and characters from the first movie (and died in the first movie) return to the sequel, but you don't have to go long before realize this is a spoof on the first movie.The story is straight forward and very easy to follow. And it doesn't require much brains, pardon the pun, to enjoy.Hilarious and memorable characters fill "Return of the Living Dead: Part II". And there are some great zombies too. I especially love the Michael Jackson zombie; it just kills me every time.Part two is a comedy, unlike part one which was more of a serious movie, so keep that in mind as it might not appeal to you. But personally then I thought that it not taking itself serious and making fun of the first movie was just hilarious.I do believe that "Return of the Living Dead: Part II" has as much a place in the movie collection of zombie fans everywhere as the first movie does.