#GuiltyPleasureConfessional: ‘Return of the Living Dead’ All In My Brain

I really can’t remember when I became fascinated with horror. (yeah, I know this sounds like the beginning of a teen drama about some goth kid that learns they really aren’t that different from everyone else, but bear with me.) The horror genre has just been something that I enjoy watching. Now, I will admit that I have become less enamored with the horror movies of today, because they are overrun with remakes and jump scares. So that is why I constantly find myself going back to old horror movies from my childhood. Compared to the movies of today, my old favorites are definitely showing their age. However, though the effects are cheesy, corny, and just bad when viewed against today’s technology, the nostalgia of the old horror movies and their practical use of what they had at the time still makes them my go to, especially during this quarantine. And I’m here to tell you about my favorite cheesy, corny, bad effects movie that I still find myself watching constantly: Return of the Living Dead. L to R: Freddie and Frank Brains!!!!! Behind it All So this movie came out in 1985, 2 years before I was born (dating myself *sad face*), so it was probably out a few years before I actually saw the movie, because I don’t remember exactly when I first saw it. I just remember that I saw it when I was young. I do also remember that it didn’t scare me to watch it, but my own imagination did. I grew up in the country, and I would sometimes imagine that zombies would come out of the darkness…