Revenge of the Living Dead Girls


Revenge of the Living Dead Girls is a 1987 French splatter film directed by Pierre B. Reinhard, written by Jean-Claude Roy, and starring Véronique Catanzaro, Kathryn Charly, Sylvie Novak, Anthea Wyler, Laurence Mercier, Patrick Guillemin, Gabor Rassov, Christina Schmidt, and Cornélia Wilms. Toxic waste causes a zombie outbreak in France.

Plot

In France, the CEO of a chemical company looks to cheaply dispose of their plant's chemical waste. He and his secretary come up with the idea to dump it illegally. When the secretary contaminates a milk tanker, it causes several deaths in the town. The toxic waste, illegally dumped in a nearby graveyard, then causes the recently dead townspeople to rise as ravenous zombies, who seek revenge on the unscrupulous company and its employees.

Cast

  • Véronique Catanzaro
  • Kathryn Charly
  • Sylvie Novak
  • Anthea Wyler
  • Laurence Mercier
  • Patrick Guillemin
  • Gabor Rassov
  • Christina Schmidt
  • Cornélia Wilms

Release

Revenge of the Living Dead Girls premiered in France on 16 September 1987. It was released on DVD on 8 August 2006.

Reception

Dave Bow of The Portland Mercury rated it 2/4 stars and wrote that story is confused and the ending makes no sense. Peter Schorn of IGN rated it 2/10 and called it a weak ripoff of The Return of the Living Dead. Ian Jane of DVD Talk rated it 3/5 stars and called it "an entertaining slice of European sleaze".