A character in The Return of the Living Dead (1985)

Frank quotes from The Return of the Living Dead (1985)

James Karen

Tied for 3rd most-quoted character in The Return of the Living Dead (1985): in 3 of its 12 quotes
Most scenes with: Burt Wilson (2), Freddy (2)

Scenes with Frank

3 scenes

What's the weirdest thing you ever saw in here?

Frank

Oh, kid, I have seen weird things come and I have seen weird things go. But the weirdest thing I ever saw just had to cap it all.

Oh, yeah? What's that?

Frank

Let me ask you a question, kid. Did you see that movie, Night of the Living Dead?

Yeah, yeah, yeah, that's the one where the corpses start eating the people, right? Sure. Wh-what about it?

Frank

Did you know that movie was based on a true case?

Come on, you're shitting me, right?

Frank

I've never been more serious in my life.

That's not possible. I mean, they showed zombies taking over the world.

Frank

They changed it all around. What really happened was back in 1969, in Pittsburgh, at the V.A. hospital, there was a chemical spill and all that stuff kinda leaked down into the morgue and it made all the dead bodies kinda jump around as though it was alive.

What chemical?

Frank

2-4-5 Trioxin, it's called. It was to kinda spray on marijuana or something. And the Darrow Chemical Company was trying to develop it for the Army. And they told the guy who made the movie that if he told the true story, they'd just sue his ass off. So he changed all the facts around.

So what really happened?

Frank

Well, they closed it all down, see, and the Army shipped all that contaminated dirt and all those dead bodies out. And they kept it a secret.

So how come you know about it?

Frank

A typical Army **** up. The Transportation Department got the orders crossed, and they shipped those bodies here instead of to the Darrow Chemical Company.

You did what? You opened it? You stupid moron! You idiot! What's the matter with you Frank? Haven't I already told you never to even go near those goddamn tanks?

Frank

What are we gonna do, Burt?

I'll tell you what I'm going to do. I'm going to be sued by the Darrow Chemical Company. I might even be investigated by the government. I might become very famous. I might even lose my business. I might even go to jail, goddamn it! That's what I'm going to do!

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