Return of the Living Dead 2 4 5 Trioxin Pathophysiology Explored | What reanimation does to the Body

In return of the living dead, any person, up to a certain point of degradation that they are literally dust, can be brought back to the world of the living. The issue is however, when brought back the hunger for brains continues and burns in them no matter who they were or what the person is they were trying to eat. The question is though, what sort of nervous system impact does this have on the body and why? Well lets discuss that in todays episode!

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[RoanokeGaming]

Thanks for watching guys! this one was a blast to write about but it is lol hope yall enjoy this trilogy cover! have a good weekend!

[SFxTAGG]

I like how the Tar Man zombie is so incredibly decomposed that he's really just walking sludge (hence the name, obviously), but he has a decidedly alive-looking tongue lol

[Isometrix]

“If you know anything about government engineering, no, it’s not safe”

I live next to one of the original nuclear facilities made during WW2. Can confirm.

[valx]

There's something especially horrifying about zombies retaining parts of themselves, that family members could talk to you as they try to pry that brain case open

[Draconigeno]

My paternal grandfather was exposed to agent orange in 'nam and the family still is displaying a greater than average occurrence of genetic disease; Cancer, tendancy towards chemical imbalances and epilepsy. I have been a fan of the Return series since was a kid but I completely missed the link between Agent Orange and Trioxin.

[DrakidRekt]

Smart zombies are the scariest kinds of zombies

[DinsRune]

I think the slow realization of what a no-win scenario this is is the scariest part of the movie. Like, you just realize "oh, everybody's _fucked_ in this."

[lazarussolomon]

There was a town in the USA that had to be abandoned due to a company that housed some agent orange containers, was getting rid of them without much thought. Those containers found their way into the hands of a man who unknowingly used them the pave roads.
Maybe that was what inspired these films.

[nervmeister]

This infection legitimately scared me. The fact that the gas is basically indestructible or self-replicating (possibly extreme heat causes the reaction) made it all the more unnerving.

[CaptainSpork]

My grandfather was a Green Beret during Vietnam. Him and his entire unit were sent on a damage assessment mission of a bombing run when they were accidentally sprayed by Agent Orange. The government tacitly acknowledged their error and - upon the emergence of neurological impairment later in his life - gave him a monthly stipend until the end of his life. Everyone from his unit who survived the war and made it back home ended up dying from cancers or neurological deterioration associated with A.O. exposure.

[Steel_Prophet]

One of the most interesting routes they took with trioxin, and I haven't seen it done much anywhere else, is the idea that the undead are cognitively aware of their condition, and feel all the pain that comes with it.

(Imagine your body slowly withering away, and being functionaly immortal,
unable to expire. Even from decapitation, and feeling every single injury accrued, never healing. Pretty damn scary)

[PaladinOfNerds]

Fun fact, Dan O’bannon mentions on the commentary of the first film that the Indian Skeleton Treaty (true name unknown to me) which was a true agreement, was eliminated shortly after the films release, leading him to believe that he had inadvertently validated some kind of dark conspiracy in India regarding the perfect teethed skeletons.

[nightfire]

Even though this series is part comedy, it scared the crap out of me even as an adult because I had never seen smart, talking zombies, who couldnt be killed by a hit to the head. A terrifying idea for an apocalypse.

[BaderzOG]

"Horrified by flying", but wants to be an astronaut?
He's a little confused, but by God does he have guts.

[iamthecheese]

Man, movie magic really was magic during this time. The practical effects and makeup are so scary.

[cmderp]

Fun fact: They used a real life chemical outbreak to flesh out the movie . In missori, dioxin (a by product of 245 T aka Agent Orange) was being sprayed on dirt roads to keep the dust down . People and animals were starting to get sick and the CDC came in to investigate and even found barrels of dioxin buried throughout this area . As they were trying to remove the barrels a flood hit which led to the town being evacuated for good .

[hoovy]

My grandpa was one of the guys that cleared out the Foxholes in Vietnam. He died a few years ago after complications with that damn gas

[Whowhatsit]

"The 80's, a decade that feels like it was 20 years ago, but was in fact 40 years ago". Damn, that really be how it is.

[catteen]

I watched this with my dad and had a blast watching it. I love the part with the zombie coming out and saying "More brains" my dad used to be able to do the walk of that zombie.

[luispinzon]

this were the kind of zombies i feared the most, unlike the romero zombies, these were, rather tanky, shooting them in the head didn't work, decapitation didn't work, burning them or outright crushing the whole body seemed to be the only sure way to stop them dead in their tracks, electrocuting them seems to work because it messes their reanimated nervous system, so a taser was your best friend.

after seeing this, one would say that finding a highly secured place that only you can open, have enough food and water, and basically wait it out as they rot naturally, it might take too much time, but when fire makes it worse, electricity is something of an exotic weapon to use and crushing a body might require a jigsaw level trap, waiting might help, the more they rot, the more fragile they become, meaning it would be easier to fight them out if the need arise.