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Top Ten Best Unexplained (or Badly Explained) Returns in Movie History
By an Amazon.com customer
The Man With The Golden GunThe Man With The Golden Gun
Buy new: $13.49 / Used from: $5.48
1.) Sheriff J.W. Pepper (Clifton James) in The Man with the Golden Gun. On vacation in Thailand? Really?
Halloween 4 - The Return of Michael Myers (Divimax Edition)Halloween 4 - The Return of Michael Myers (Divimax Edition)
Buy new: $14.98 / Used from: $5.30
2.) Dr. Loomis (Donald Pleasance) in Halloween IV. Blown to bits, no, only a little facial scar!
Darkman Trilogy (Darkman / Darkman II: The Return Of Durant / Darkman III: Die Darkman Die)Darkman Trilogy (Darkman / Darkman II: The Return Of Durant / Darkman III: Die Darkman Die)
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3.) Durant (Larry Drake) in Darkman II: The Return of Durant. Blown to bits, not even a little facial scar!
The Return of Swamp ThingThe Return of Swamp Thing
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4.) Arcane (Louis Jourdan) in The Return of Swamp Thing. Turned to monster, impaled on sword. No, I'm fine!
Godzilla Raids AgainGodzilla Raids Again
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5.) Godzilla in Gigantis the Fire Monster (aka Godzilla Raids Again). Reduced to skeleton. No, I'm fine!
The Mummy - The Legacy Collection (The Mummy/Mummy's Hand/Mummy's Tomb/Mummy's Ghost/Mummy's Curse)The Mummy - The Legacy Collection (The Mummy/Mummy's Hand/Mummy's Tomb/Mummy's Ghost/Mummy's Curse)
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6.) Kharis the mummy in The Mummy's Curse. Went down in a New England bog, rose up in a Louisiana swamp (?)
King Kong LivesKing Kong Lives
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7.) King Kong in King Kong Lives! The ape who died in 1976 was only "in a coma" in 1986.
HighlanderHighlander
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8.) Every other Immortal except MacLeod in everything after the first Highlander movie. There can be only one!
The Abominable Dr. Phibes/Dr. Phibes Rises Again!The Abominable Dr. Phibes/Dr. Phibes Rises Again!
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9.) Dr. Phibes in Dr. Phibes Rises Again. Drain blood, add formaldehyde. Some time later, get back up, start killing again.
The Pink Panther Film Collection (The Pink Panther / A Shot in the Dark / Strikes Again / Revenge of / Trail of)The Pink Panther Film Collection (The Pink Panther / A Shot in the Dark / Strikes Again / Revenge of / Trail of)
Buy new: $42.49 / Used from: $25.24
10.) Former Chief Inspector Dreyfus in Revenge of the Pink Panther. Disintegrated by laser? No, I'm fine!