Funny Facts
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James Karen and Thom Mathews had mutch in common with their roles from the original. In both movies they share the quotes, "Listen kid, if you like this job..." "Like this job? Like this job!"
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Thom Matthews and James Karen wasn't the only actors from the orginal that came back in the sequel, Jonathan Terry had a short role as Colonel Glover and Allan Trautman returned for the role as Tarman.
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Dana Ashbrook, who appears as Tom Essex the Cable installer, went on to star in the tv series "Twin Peaks", as Bob Briggs.
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Mitch Pileggi of X-files fame, plays a gruff Army Sergeant. He also went on to play Horace Pinker in Wes Craven's "Shocker".
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Throughout the film there are several funny zombies to look for such as a cheerleader zombie, a cowboy zombie and a Michael Jackson-like zombie.
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Clu Gulager was supossed to play Doc Mandell but they didn't get him for the role so they used Phillip Bruns instead.
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Director Ken Wiederhorn had earlier directed several episodes to the A Nightmare On Elm Street tv series; Freddy's Nightmares. This wasn't the first time he made a zombie film though, since he also directed "Shock Waves"
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The poster was perhaps ment as a reference to "Fright Night". Wich had a cloud in the sky resembeling a vampire, while the ROTLD II poster had a a cloud resembeling a zombie.
