18
3hrs 37mins

We are thrilled to welcome back The Evolution of Horror podcast to The Tyneside for an undead double bill of two classics of zombie terror celebrating their 40th anniversary in 2025: Dan O'Bannon's riotous punk comedy horror The Return of the Living Dead, screening alongside George A. Romero's bunker survival favourite Day of the Dead.


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Dan O'Bannon/ George A. Romero
18
Horror
Contains strong language, comic horror and nudity/ Strong bloody violence, gore
English

Rising once again for the Halloween season at Tyneside, after last year’s sensational Wes Craven double bill, The Evolution of Horror present two classics of undead terror, with a panel discussion unearthing the history of Romero’s seminal zombie series!


The Return of the Living Dead

Two employees of a medical supply company accidentally release a toxic gas that raises up the dead. Soon the town is overrun with flesh-eating residents of the local cemetery who are hungry. For brains…

Day of the Dead

Below ground in a fortified installation, scientists conduct experiments to understand the virus that has turned humanity into flesh-hungry zombies. Isolated and deprived of natural light, the researchers begin clashing with their military protectors and it soon becomes apparent that their co-dwellers are just as dangerous and unpredictable as the zombies gathering to enter their safe haven…

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Sat 4 Oct