Rating:  Summary: When there's no room in hell the dead will walk the earth Review: This is definately the best installment of Romero's brilliant Zombie trilogy and probably the best zombie film full stop. It is well directed with a brilliant script. The film is actually fun as well in a bravado, childish sort of way. Who hasn't dreamt of having a shopping mall to themselves (with the exception of a few hundred zombies of course)? There's plenty of gore of course as is traditional with Romero films and the movie boasts excellent makeup effects which really make the zombies terrifying yet entertaining at the same time. I don't think you could really class this film as scary (unless gore freaks you out) as it lacks suspense. However, it is a movie every horror fan must see and one that even non-horror advocates will probably find amusing. Don't worry if you haven't seen Night of the Living Dead as the movies do not follow on. So you've got no excuse, watch it now!
Rating:  Summary: Best Zombie Flick Ever? Yup! Review: George Romero is a legend in the horror industry. Forget Wes Craven, forget Stephen King, George Romero knows how to make a truly great movie. The story take place, for the most part, in an abandoned mall where 4 survivors take refuge from a world overrun by the undead. The idea is cool, and the execution is even better. You can't help but feel hopeless during the film, because you feel what the characters are going through with them. It's that well made. Add in Tom Savini's great gory special effects, and you have the most gripping zombie film ever. A definite must buy, but try to get the unrated version for some extra juicy scenes.
Rating:  Summary: Best Movie Ever Made! Review: Dawn Of The Dead is one of those Horror Movies that you can watch over and over again,From the Begining, Until the end, It will keep you in your seat. Me and my Youngest son have watched this Movie Hundreds of times,and we cant wait til the next one. The DVD (Directors Cut) Verison is fantastic! It has the full Orginal verison of the Movie,The Sound Track is great and the Picture Quiality gets a Ten in my Book. If you havent seen it,I suggest you Buy it Here, and Now! Maybe the next installment of George A. Ramero's Living Dead will come soon? I Love the DVD verison of this Movie.
Rating:  Summary: "Perfect baby... Perfect." Review: Could a single scene in a movie be captured as terrificly as that one? Its hard to compete with Romero's brilliant Dead series, and on DVD its practically impossible to match this cornerstone of horror supremecy. Few Horror movies can outlive the Dead series, and even fewer will be remembered as Romero will always be. Not only does he relay his story in graphic detail, but he goes even further and develops his characters intricately and with a superb directorial eye. I think this DVD purchase is one of the best in my collections, and I find that I watch it at least once a week. Or rather, I watch certain memorable scenes that I doubt will ever disappear from my memory.
Rating:  Summary: The best zombie film masterpiece. Review: Writer and Director George A. Romero did a superb job making this apocalypse masterpiece. The cast are very good inculding Ken Foree as Peter, David Emge as Stephen, Gaylen Ross as Francine and Scott Reiniger as Roger. Cool old fashion make-up effects by Tom Savini, has a small role in this film and also does his stunts. This the best Romero film with among Night Of The Living Dead,Bizzare unusual vampire film Martin, His Underrated Zombie Film Day Of The Dead, Creepshow and The Dark Half. DVD`s has an good non-anamorphic Widescreen(1.66:1) format and Clear Dolby Digital 2.0 Mono. DVD`s included Two deleted scenes and a few more extras. Wait for the better edition of the film, will be re-relase in 2003, with Better picture quality and Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround EX remastered from THX and DTS Sound. Audio Commentary, a new documentary and more. An underrated classic. Grade:A-.
Rating:  Summary: An average horror film... Review: I can't help but feel there is too much hype over this N.O.T.L.D. sequel. The F/X were not all that great and the zombies just looked, well...blue. I stayed up late to watch the directors cut on BBC 2 and towards the end I was getting tired of it. I was going to buy DAWN OF THE DEAD in the shops but I won't bother now I've seen it and I found it boring. (Sorry to all the fans out there.) The follow up, DAY OF THE DEAD, was much better and had dark humour and better F/X and characters. Notice a cameo buy the actor who plays Rhodes in Day of the dead, appear briefly at the beginning of this film.
Rating:  Summary: ..still miss something Review: Picture is just great, sound is good. What I don't unstand, is the fact that there's now more of the scene with the false Policemen. But they appear suddenly, and nobody knows where they came from. Despite that it's still a good and scary deal!
Rating:  Summary: the dead trilogy Review: Okay Where can i begin ..oh i know the NIGHT OF LIVING DEAD .. I can honestly say that after watching the 1968 version and the 1990 version,that i prefer the latter due to its black humour and strong female lead.The cast do a great job,and the re-telling does the classic 68 version justice...poor Ben ! Okay can anyone tell me they never cringed when Barbara's brother hit that head stone .....?To my all time fav horror movie ..DAWN ..hmmm i own all 3 versons (126 mins us version/euro verson -(argentos vers),and the dir cut ..138 mins ...ive seen all 3 hundreds of times but the 138 min version is most exellent version ..i urge all fans to seek out this great zombie flick ..its slick ..and the film ahead never lets you go.(im still wondering about this so-called alternate ending ..where peter kills himself with his gun and frans head gets removed by the heli-blades..)i can never ever get bored of watching the dir cut and just may give it a whirl again tonight...cause "when theres no more room in hell,the dead will walk the earth.." Now Day of The Dead is a great gore filled explosive ending that shocks all..its a very closed in movie with enother strong female lead ...dont be fooled this movie is a real punch in the gut ...! very very gory...cool ! ive heard many ppl say that Dawn is a slow starter ,i can see there point (slightly) but as the first 20 mins skip to the first zombie bite...and that famous basement scene..its begins to run faster and you get a real picture of all the cast as they come together for a couple of months of living hell..the shopping mall was a great place to begin and end this movie ..the cast begin to wonder if there is any point in escaping because basically "where the hell to?" Never forget this movie was made in 78 and still can deleliver a huge impact on new viewers ,see it now see it soon ... come on George give us a 4th one ..please ? After all i can maybe offer a title for it ..how about "DAWN OF THE DEAD 2-HUMANS ON THE RUN
Rating:  Summary: Terrifying and Scary - - But a lot of fun! Review: "Dawn of the Dead" is the only movie that I have seen in recent years which genuinely frightened me. My brother and I rented it on a Friday and started it late at night. We decided to watch the rest of it the next day. But, I won't forget watching the first part: the fear that thousands of zombies are going to rush out of somewhere and outnumber the heroes. Or that a ton of zombies will leap out from around a corner. The story concerns two SWAT cops, a TV news producer, and her boyfriend -- the TV station's news helicopter pilot -- getting out of Philadelphia when dead bodies turn into zombies and start killing the living. This film is atmospheric and claustrophobic. And Romero's idea of using a shopping mall as the setting of the core of the story was a true stroke of genius -- where better to confront the human condition of materialism, selfishness, and a whole ton of nasty zombies? The film was made in the late 1970's for a slim $1.5 million. But, it was put to good use -- showing that Romero knew how to stretch a dollar, making it go a long way. My only complaint about the movie is the gore, which is actually what the film is most famous for. These scenes come at the beginning and end of the film. (The end is where the zombies feasting on live humans kicks into SERIOUS overload) These scenes show too much and go on far too long, but I guess Romero wanted to show just how threatening the zombies could really be. Too bad he's not doing that "Resident Evil" movie. But, that's okay. Stick with this film. It's the real thing (no pun intended).
Rating:  Summary: The film is a classic, but this isn't the edition to get. Review: Elite's reissue of Dawn of the Dead on VHS a couple of years ago is, to me, the definitive version of this movie -- tight, horrific, and organic, with a macabre rhythm all its own. On this DVD edition, the film lost nearly 10 minutes, resulting in a more jarring sense of editing and overall a less effective cut than the 138-minute one. This is one DVD that could have used more bonus material, for example from the George A. Romero documentary, behind-the-scenes footage (if such footage exists), outtakes, and so on. Comments have already been made about the Monroeville Mall commercial and they are more or less correct -- amusing, but too short. The "alternate scenes from Zombi" are even worse -- there are only two scenes, and that's pretty scant. Firstly they aren't as indicative of Dario Argento's hand in Zombi as they should be: Argento reputedly used more of the Goblin score, and neither of these scenes is heavily scored; Argento veers towards imagery, but these scenes are dramatic, shot in loose basic coverage; Argento crafted the Zombi cut for European audiences, and neither of the extra scenes shows any difference in the European sensibility. The biggest gripe is that they simply didn't include enough of the different scenes. There are no cast bios, no articles, no interviews, and there's only one theatrical trailer which, though well done, pales in comparison to the endlessly fascinating European trailers (some German, some English) included in the earlier VHS reissue from Elite. I'm disappointed in the release and hope to see a more complete one of the complete 138-minute cut in the future on DVD.
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