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The first film in the series was written and directed by Dan O'Bannon, the screenwriter on Alien, and loosely based on a novel by John A. Russo, co-writer of Night of the Living Dead. In this film, it is established that Night of the Living Dead was based on a true story, and that a gas exists which re-animates corpses. The gas is first inadvertantly used to re-animate corpses at a warehouse, and after the re-animated corpses are destroyed the gas is washed into a graveyard and re-animates the people buried there.
The film was released on August 16th 1985, and in the USA made $14m, which was almost triple what was made by Day Of The Dead, made by Russo's former partner George A. Romero (though this isn't known for sure, since no accurate figures exist on Day Of The Dead's income).
The second film was written and directed by Ken Wiederhorn. In it, some kids discover a barrel full of the gas used in the first film, and they accidentally release it and cause more corpses to re-animate.
The film was released on January 15th 1988, and in the USA made $9m.Return of the Living Dead
Return of the Living Dead Part II