Return of the Living Dead and its first sequel were enjoyably goofy attempts to graft punk trappings onto the basic George A. Romero zombie concept. The teen fashions may have been as secondhand as the horror setup, but the low-budget execution was right-on. After the darker Return of the Living Dead III and the just-plain-awful Return of the Living Dead 4: Necropolis, this fifth installment returns the series to its original zombies-and-subcultures scenario. The rave scene replaces the punk milieu, but in other respects Rave to the Grave stays true to the franchise's roots. The script, by returning scribes William Butler and Aaron Strongoni, is almost as dull as that of the previous outing. But the whole ecstasy-users-equals-zombies concept is worth a chuckle or two, and the climactic dance party provides plenty of opportunities for colorful gore and pop-cultural riffing. Tobe Hooper's name was once thrown around as a possible director for both this installment and Necropolis -- a fact that underscores Ellory Elkayem's shortcomings as a director. But Return of the Living Dead 5: Rave to the Grave is a perfectly adequate time-filler for both the SciFi Channel's schedule and horror fans' Saturday afternoons.