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Apart from some lame in-jokes (like the woeful "Michael Jackson" zombie), ROTLD Part 2, however hard it tried, wasn't so much a horror parody - and certainly not of the Romero films like the first instalment - as it was a daft "party" zombie movie.
More farce and comedy than cute tribute to the monumental Dead series like Part 1.
As far as the third instalment being "retardedly" serious... this was a masterstroke - Brian Yuzna turned Wiederhorn's tiresome effort on its head with a suprisingly straight approach to a doomed zombie love story... complete with some awesome spine-ripping, skin-puncturing gore to boot!
If this film doesn't sit well because the Return of the Living Dead series is supposed to be all about parody, then that's fair enough - but I find the evolution of Part 3 from the ashes of the second movie one of the best horror experiences of modern times.
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