Raiders of the Living Dead is a 1986 American horror film directed by Samuel M. Sherman from a script he co-wrote with Brett Piper.

Jonathan (Scott Schwartz), a teenager, creates a weapon from a LaserDisc player's laser and pursues the walking dead, aided by his girlfriend and grandfather.

This film originally started in New Hampshire in 1983 by co-writer Brett Piper under the title Graveyard.

[2] The film was not shown theatrically in the United States until May 28, 2017, at a special screening at the Mahoning Drive-In Theater in Lehighton, Pennsylvania, with producer/director Samuel M. Sherman in attendance.

[citation needed] The film was given a two-disc special edition DVD release in the United States by Image Entertainment in 2003.