A new Return of the Living Dead film, a direct sequel to the 1985 horror cult classic and directed by Steve Wolsh, is due in cinemas on 13 November 2026, with Devon Sawa in the cast.
Return of the Living Dead, a 2026 American horror film directed by Steve Wolsh, has a release date of 13 November 2026, according to Plex and Wikipedia. It is the sixth instalment in the Return of the Living Dead franchise and a direct sequel to the 1985 film The Return of the Living Dead.
The cast includes Devon Sawa, Casimere Jollette, Kynlee Heiman and Alexander Ward, according to the search summary of Plex, Letterboxd and Wikipedia. The roles they play are not given in the sources reviewed.
The story takes place 18 months after the events at the UNEEDA warehouse in Louisville, Kentucky, according to Wikipedia. A new leak of Trioxin 2-4-5, the chemical that reanimates the dead in the franchise, puts a small Pennsylvania town on the brink of a zombie outbreak at Christmas in 1985. The film is therefore a period piece set in the same year as the original.
The film is also a holiday horror release. It is set at Christmas and opens on 13 November, which gives it a window of about six weeks before Christmas, a figure that Delima News has counted from the dates. The sources reviewed do not say how many cinemas will show it, whether it will be released on streaming services or what rating it has.
The sources reviewed give few details of the production. They do not name the studio, the writers or the budget, and they do not say whether any members of the original cast appear, so none of those questions can be answered here.
The release date and the setting can be put side by side. The film opens on 13 November and is set at Christmas, so it arrives about six weeks before the holiday it depicts. The sources reviewed do not say whether this is a deliberate marketing choice. They also do not say whether the film will be released in cinemas or on a streaming service, so readers should check local listings.
The Wikipedia entry describes the film as an upcoming American horror film, which means it had not been released when the entry was last updated. The cast list is short, with four names, and the sources reviewed do not say whether there are other billed actors or which of the four plays the lead.
The film arrives 29 days from 15 October, a count by Delima News. The sources reviewed do not include a trailer, a certificate or a review, and the Plex page that gives the release date is a streaming-guide listing, so the date could change.
The Letterboxd and IMDb pages for the film list it under the director Steve Wolsh, according to the search results, but the pages were not opened, so no ratings or reviews are reported.
Delima News will report on reviews and the opening weekend when the film is released.
Image: A zombie walk (file photo; a stand-in image). Photo: GoToVan / Wikimedia Commons (CC BY 2.0)
