- Joey Hazel is a main protagonist in Return of the Living Dead Part II.
He is played by Thom Mathews
Joey was working for Ed Mathews at the time of the outbreak and was exposed to 245 Trioxin while he was in the cemetery. As the zombies were rising from their graves they encountered a reanimated corpse and Joey tried to kill it by ramming a crowbar in his head but it reacted like nothing happened. As they escape they realize that there is more than one of them and Joey defends himself and Ed by hitting the zombies with a tree branch. As Ed, himself and his girlfriend Brenda escape they run into Jesse Wilson's house and warn some of the civilians about the zombies. After they meet Jesse, Tom Essex, and Jesse's sister Lucy as they escape using Doc Mandel's car with him in it. But as time goes on Joey and Ed succumb to the effects of the gas and Ed turns into a zombie As Brenda leaves the other group behind she leaves Ed on the side of the road and is attacked by a reanimated Joey. After a quick run away Brenda lets Joey eat her brains and that's the last we see of Joey.
It is possible he was one of the zombies killed during the finale or he escaped the town and survived.
Trivia[]
- Thom Mathews played Freddy in the original and James Karen played Ed in this movie and Frank in the original
- Thom Mathews hated being in the second movie so much he said the only good thing about it was the craft services