We realized simply final week that the long-dormant Return of the Residing Lifeless franchise will return subsequent Christmas with a model new sequel from Residing Lifeless Media and director Steve Wolsh (Muck, Kill Her Goats). The Christmas-themed horror sequel is about in 1985, 18 months after the occasions of the unique movie, and you’ll watch the primary teaser right here.
Oddly sufficient, that’s not even the one Return of the Residing Lifeless film on the horizon. Keep in mind that authorized battle over the rights that we reported on this previous summer season? Properly, it seems to be like the opposite get together that had been competing with Residing Lifeless Media on the rights (ROTLD Originals LLC) has provide you with their very own sequel mission, titled Trash’s Revenge.
Whereas Residing Lifeless Media’s sequel is not going to characteristic any returning actors from the 1985 horror-comedy basic, Trash’s Revenge is about to star ROTLD actress Linnea Quigley. The long-lasting scream queen memorably performed the character Trash in Dan O’Bannon’s unique The Return of the Residing Lifeless, and she or he introduced the upcoming sequel in a video this week (under).
Quigley teases that Trash’s Revenge will even characteristic different unique ROTLD forged members, and it’s being crowd-funded with a marketing campaign that’s launching on January 20, 2025.
Billed as “a part of The Return of the Residing Lifeless Universe,” Quigley’s Trash’s Revenge is claimed to be “a tribute to the passionate followers who’ve stored the spirit of ROTLD alive.” It seems to be like Quigley can be joined by fellow unique ROTLD star Beverly Randolph within the new film.
Right here’s the plot synopsis from the mission’s pre-launch web page on CineBacker: “Because the saga continues many years after the horrific occasions of the 1985 cult basic, Trash, the infamous punk rocker performed by Linnea Quigley, finds herself trapped in a previous the place fame has light. As soon as a rebellious icon, Trash now embraces the persona of a grotesque Norma Desmond from Sundown Boulevard, attending conventions to signal autographs whereas her co-stars rise to higher heights.
“For Linnea, her legacy as a star of Return of the Residing Lifeless turns into each a curse and a twisted ticket to notoriety in an business obsessive about horror and scandal. However when a younger filmmaker approaches her to make a documentary with staged re-enactments from the unique movie to have a good time the movie’s fortieth Anniversary, Linnea sees a possibility to reclaim her place within the highlight regardless of the price.
“Because the documentary delves into her previous, a surprising fact emerges: Return of the Residing Lifeless wasn’t simply fiction, a part of it was actual. Linnea confesses that she nonetheless possesses three unique cannisters from the movie, hidden away in her basement. Cannisters that had been by no means revealed to the general public… till now.”
Be taught extra over on CineBacker.
One of many best horror-comedies of all time, Dan O’Bannon’s 1985 film The Return of the Residing Lifeless ended up launching a franchise that to this point consists of 5 whole motion pictures.
