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Dawn of the Dead Movie Details

95.24% Score
by Horror Fans Based on 20 Reviews & 352 Quick Votes

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Dawn of the Dead
Rating: 7.5 / 10 (352 votes cast)

In Theatre : May 24, 1979
Director(s): George Romero

George Romero's 1978 follow-up to his classic Night of the Living Dead is quite terrifying and gory (those zombies do like the taste of living flesh). But in its own way, it is just as comically satiric as the first film in its take on contemporary values.

This time, we follow the fortunes of four people who lock themselves inside a shopping mall to get away from the marauding dead and who then immerse themselves in unabashed consumerism, taking what they want from an array of clothing and jewelry shops, making gourmet meals, etc.

It is Romero's take on Louis XVI in the modern world: keep the starving masses at bay and crank up the insulated indulgence. Still, this is a horror film when all is said and done, and even some of Romero's best visual jokes (a Hare Krishna turned blue-skinned zombie) can make you sweat.

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Dawn of the Dead Review by TERRORWATCH

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What can I say about this movie?It's an absolute MASTERPIECE! a true horror classic!The plot follow a group of people secluded, or better trapped, in a mall while outside all hell breaks loose as the earth is walked by t...
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The original Dawn of the Dead will forever have a place in my wormy heart. It is a socio-political film that examines a society based on consumption. It is the thinking fans zombie film. The zombies in it represent the c...
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Anyone who knows anything about Zombie movies knows or George Romero loves Dawn of the Dead. I'll start out by saying the original is gold . Not to put down the remake which I also enjoyed- but the original is untouchabl...
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My first gore film ever, i remember the night i rented it and watched it. I was astounded by what was pulled off in 1978. The movie is another one of George's metaphors (consumerisation or something like that) but it was...
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Dawn of the Dead (1978) Review by g0m4k

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