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One of the most compelling and entertaining zombie films ever, Dawn of the Dead perfectly blends pure horror and gore with social commentary on bourgeois society.
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One of the most compelling and entertaining zombie films ever, Dawn of the Dead perfectly blends pure horror and gore with social commentary on bourgeois society.
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Director George A. Romero's epic sequel to his legendary Night of the Living Dead has firmly established itself as the equal of its ground-breaking predecessor. Though shot in 1978 -- ten years after the first films' release -- Dawn's story begins as if the events in Night had happened only a few months before: after shambling armies of the recently-dead take over every major city -- seeking warm human flesh for food -- the U.S. government imposes a state of martial law, sending in special
R, 2 hr. 6 min.
May 24, 1979 Wide
Sep 7, 2004
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Romero's script is banal when not incoherent.
Romero's sensibility approaches the Swiftian in its wit, accuracy, excess, and profound misanthropy.
Dawn of the Dead is one of the best horror films ever made -- and, as an inescapable result, one of the most horrifying. It is gruesome, sickening, disgusting, violent, brutal and appalling.
Perhaps horror-movie buffs will consider this an improvement.
This sequel to Night of the Living Dead (1968) abandoned the shadowy black-and-white creepiness of its progenitor in favor of a brightly lit color canvas that was bigger, broader, and bloodier.
Romero's framing of social ills via his rotting, walking metaphors is ingenious but it's the more subtle, unspoken statements that register with the greatest force.
This is both a fine straight-up horror and an archly sly comment on consumer society.
Romero, who was his own editor this time out, keeps the scenes clipped and purposeful.
In a rare league of ingenious horror films that are utterly timeless...
Dawn of the Dead abandons easy scare tactics in favor of a darkly satirical assault on bourgeois culture, traditional notions of masculinity, and rampant consumerism.
It is the zombie movie to end all zombie movies.
Undoubtedly the zombie movie to end 'em all.
I still get queasy thinking about the biker and the blood pressure machine!
Romero's apocalyptic vision looks more like prophecy than fiction.
Grim, gruelling but beautifully shot, this is intelligent, sophisticated horror.
Classic zombie comedy-drama
The fourth time on home video is the charm, thanks to the inclusion of a European version edited by Dario Argento and a pair of snappy documentaries.
A phenomenally versatile, heavily influential zombie-apocalypse film from the master of the subject, George A. Romero, who tells the story of four random people who group together in a shopping mall in order to try to survive the onslaught of chaos after zombies start taking over the earth. What separates this from
October 20, 2007Super Reviewer
Dawn of the not-so-scary-looking zombies. I realise it was made in 1978 and everything, but it looks like they've just splashed some cheap theatre make-up on a bunch of underpaid extras. What it lacks in the make-up department, however, it makes up for with superb action, engaging characters and a nice dose of humor.
April 10, 2007Super Reviewer
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