O’Bannon distances himself from Romero while also paying homage to him, directly referencing Night of the Living Dead in the film. The film would be O’Bannon’s feature film directorial debut. He accomplished this by adding humor and dramatically changing the rules.
Dan O’Bannon, who had penned the story for Alien (1979), had been hired to rework the script and when Hooper left he was offered the job, which he accepted on the condition that he could significantly alter the script so as to make it distinct from the world which Romero had created. Looking to adapt the story to the screen, Tobe Hooper ( The Texas Chain Saw Massacre) was originally brought on to direct before aborting to make another project. Romero and entered a legal battle over who retained the rights to the phrase “living dead.” Russo won the rights and in 1978 he published a novel entitled The Return of the Living Dead, which takes place directly after the 1968 film.
After co-writing Night of the Living Dead, John Russo parted ways with George A. The film’s birth stems from interesting circumstances. Most of them would be surprised to learn, however, that this element did not originate with 1968’s Night of the Living Dead or any of the zombie films which followed in the 1970s, but was actually not introduced until 1985’s horror-comedy The Return of the Living Dead. “Braaiins!” That one line is practically synonymous with cinematic zombies, and the idea that the undead are out to consume gray mater has inextricably entered the general public’s accepted mythos surrounding the creatures. Movie Review – The Return of the Living Dead (1985)
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