Return of the Living Dead III
1993 1h 37m movie Film Japan

Return of the Living Dead III

“She's to die for.”

Synopsis

“She's to die for.”

Having recently witnessed the horrific results of a top secret project to bring the dead back to life, a distraught teenager performs the operation on his girlfriend after she's killed in a motorcycle accident.

The 1992–1994 Japan Window

112 Japan films released in this three-year window, ranked here by audience rating. Return of the Living Dead III sits at position #69.

  1. Furuhata Ninzaburo
    #1

    Furuhata Ninzaburo

    ★ 8.8 · 1994

  2. Slam Dunk
    #2

    Slam Dunk

    ★ 8.6 · 1993

  3. Yu Yu Hakusho
    #3

    Yu Yu Hakusho

    ★ 8.6 · 1992

  4. Magic Knight Rayearth
    #4

    Magic Knight Rayearth

    ★ 8.5 · 1994

  5. Sailor Moon
    #5

    Sailor Moon

    ★ 8.4 · 1992

  6. Legend of the Galactic Heroes: Overture to a New War
    #6

    Legend of the Galactic Heroes: Overture to a New War

    ★ 8.3 · 1993

  7. Ranma ½: The Movie 2 — The Battle of Togenkyo: Rescue the Brides!
    #7

    Ranma ½: The Movie 2 — The Battle of Togenkyo: Rescue the Brides!

    ★ 8.1 · 1992

  8. Sailor Moon R: The Movie
    #8

    Sailor Moon R: The Movie

    ★ 7.9 · 1993

Titles With Overlapping Themes

Films and series that share thematic tags with Return of the Living Dead III. Number on each card indicates how many keywords overlap.

The 1990s Japan Landscape

Catalog density by release year in the 1990s. Highlighted year (yellow) is when Return of the Living Dead III premiered. 447 total titles in this decade from Japan.

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Budget & Box Office Efficiency

$2.0M
Budget
$54K
Revenue
Net Profit
0.0×
Return Ratio

At a 1h 37m runtime, production spent $21K per minute on screen and earned $558 per minute back.

Reception Benchmarks

6.6
TMDB Rating
767
Audience Reviews
Well Received
Critical Tier

Ranked #2,897 of 4,579 Japan films indexed here (37th percentile by TMDB audience score).

Rating is -0.3 points below the Japan average of 6.9/10.

Among Japan Horror productions specifically: #89 of 391 (top 23%).

Production Details

Primary Country Japan
All Production Countries United States of America, Japan
Original Language En
Production Companies Ozla Productions, Bandai Visual
Runtime 1h 37m
Release Date October 1, 1993
IMDb tt0107953

Themes & Motifs

  • military base
  • undead
  • addiction
  • motorcycle crash
  • sequel
  • gang
  • zombie
  • cannibal
  • body mutilation
  • self mutilation
  • carnage
  • cannibalism

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