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.

Audience Engagement

767
Reviews
96th
Review-volume percentile
88th
Popularity percentile

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.

  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

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.

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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.

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.

Distinctive themes · rare across catalog
  • military base · 4
  • cannibalism · 3
  • addiction · 2
  • motorcycle crash · 2
  • body mutilation · 2
  • self mutilation · 2
  • carnage · 1
Recurring themes · common across catalog
  • gang · 26
  • cannibal · 12
  • undead · 7
Mainstream tags · widely used across catalog
  • sequel · 143
  • zombie · 42

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 CountryJapan
All Production CountriesUnited States of America, Japan
Original LanguageEn
Production CompaniesOzla Productions, Bandai Visual
Runtime1h 37m
Release DateOctober 1, 1993
IMDbtt0107953