Japan 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.
Audience Engagement
767 audience reviews — more than 96% of Japan films in our index.
Popularity sits at the 88th percentile among Japan films.
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.
Horror + Comedy in Japan
46 Japan titles in our catalog blend the Horror and Comedy genres. Below: the top-rated of them (excluding Return of the Living Dead III itself).
The 1992–1994 Japan Window
Return of the Living Dead III holds position #69 of 112 Japan films in the 1992–1994 window, below highlighted by audience rating.
#1Furuhata Ninzaburo
★ 8.8 · 1994
#2Slam Dunk
★ 8.6 · 1993
#3Yu Yu Hakusho
★ 8.6 · 1992
#4Magic Knight Rayearth
★ 8.5 · 1994
#5Sailor Moon
★ 8.4 · 1992
#6Legend of the Galactic Heroes: Overture to a New War
★ 8.3 · 1993
#7Ranma ½: The Movie 2 — The Battle of Togenkyo: Rescue the Brides!
★ 8.1 · 1992
#8Sailor Moon R: The Movie
★ 7.9 · 1993
The 1990s Japan Landscape
Catalog density by release year across the 1990s in Japan, 447 titles in total. Highlighted year (yellow) is when Return of the Living Dead III premiered alongside 34 others.
Budget & Box Office Efficiency
At a 1h 37m runtime, production spent $21K per minute on screen and earned $558 per minute back.
Position in Catalog
Released alongside 34 other Japan films in 1993.
The 936th Japan title from Japan we index (earliest catalogued entry: 1899).
Our Japan catalog contains 4,579 titles in total (2,908 films).
Thematic Fingerprint
Tags on Return of the Living Dead III, grouped by how common each theme is across the full Asian catalog. Rare tags are more distinctive signals.
- military base · 4
- cannibalism · 3
- addiction · 2
- motorcycle crash · 2
- body mutilation · 2
- self mutilation · 2
- carnage · 1
- gang · 26
- cannibal · 12
- undead · 7
- sequel · 143
- zombie · 42
Reception Benchmarks
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 |