Rate It
|
||||||||||||||||
Rating Averages
My Friends |
Not rated. () |
|
|
|---|---|---|---|
All Flixster |
(69989) |
20199 |
67262 |
Female |
(30256) |
8732 |
29077 |
Male |
(39733) |
11467 |
38185 |
More Like This
If you liked this, then you'll also probably like...
Got another recommendation for someone who liked this movie? Add it to the list!
Got an opinion? Use the buttons to vote on all the suggestions people have added.
If lots of people vote, the best suggestions will rise to the top.
| Land of the Dead (94%) |
|
|
|---|---|---|
| Night of the Living Dead (93%) |
|
|
| Night of the Living Dead (91%) |
|
|
| Contamination (0%) |
|
|
| City Of The Living Dead (The Gates of Hell) (100%) |
|
|
Plot:
Following the events of Night of the Living Dead (1968), we follow the exploits of four survivors of the expanding zombie apocalypse as they take refuge in an abandoned shopping mall following a horri...( read more 
)
Meet Other Fans
Recent Reviews
-
MCT:November 18, 2008Extremely cool to see a good fiction, good alegories, social matters and so on in a GORE genre movie. with COW GUTS! and BLUE LIONEL RICHIE ZOMBIES!!
-
MCT:November 14, 2008In a lot of ways better than the original. A group of four survivors hide in a mall from zombies and others. That is pretty much the plot. Unlike the original, this one has a lot of gore.
-
MCT:November 13, 2008
Zombie films have always been my guilty pleasure when it comes to movies, and this one happens to be the best zombie film of all. I know detractors still knock the film for not being as imaginative as it might have been with respect to the look of its zombies. However, this minor detail hardly diminishes the pervasive sense of paranoia and action sequences that Romero and Co. deliver. There are several observations which explain why this film, in particular, evidences what makes the best films in this genre work so well: 1) an escalating (apocalyptic?) crisis situation where solutions arrived at through rational consideration are not clear or especially helpful; 2) aggressors who cannot be reasoned with or deterred; 3) the various ways in which characters, most of which are strangers, respond to such an unexpected predicament; 4) the claustrophobic feeling as the on-screen characters attempt to find refuge from their pursuers. What especially separates George Romero's "Dawn" from the rest, however, are the satiric social elements found in the film. Foremost of those observations is the rampancy of a materialistic mind-set and its influence on the "American-way of life." Where is one of the chief places the recently un-dead would trek toward? Why, the nearest shopping mall, of course -- a place that must have been important to them when they were alive.
-
MCT:November 4, 2008
Dawn of the Dead. The highly-anticipated (semi) sequel to Romero's cult/horror classic Night of the Living Dead. A basic splatter film set in a a mall in Pittsburg Pa (somewhere I live close to, but never got to visit). Something this movie has that most other horror movie lack is character development. You either learn to love or hate the characters. It also tackles racism. Although I must say I loved the opening swat riot scene, it had alot to do with racism at the time. Racism is something Romero is not shy of, since Night was one of the first major movies to star a black man.
Flixster - Share Movies
The setting of this movie is great for a zombie movie. I know I'd rather be stuck in a shopping mall than any other place in a zombie outbreak. The characters make the best of this in montages of them going through stores and taking things. All while zombies are right outside waiting to get in.
The zombies themselves were kinda dissapointing. I don't know if they were ment to have a blueish hue or there was something wrong with the cameras. But it made them look cheesey & fake. The zombie shuffle (seen in many undead movies later) has originated in this film. I did however like the zombie flyboy (Steven) turns into near the end. I though he looked cool.
Flixster - Share Movies
There were a lot of cool things in this movie, but I wouldn't give it nearly as much praise a lot of people give it. In the end it's still a mediocre horror movie, better than some and worse than others. -
MCT:November 4, 2008
Nothing like a good zombie movie and here, romero delivers his follow-up to the classic Night of the Living Dead about a group of people holed up in a mall surrounded by them. It's fun to see the mindless walking dead window shopping, playing hockey, riding escalators and just generally running each other over as they head from one end of the mall to the other, going store-to-store without any real destination. And that there lies the central premise of the film: consumerism. It targets the basic consumer, wandering around from store to store with disregard to each other or even themselves. The film is a bit overlong, but it's fun to watch so you don't really mind that much.
-
MCT:November 2, 2008
This Has To Be One Of The Best Zombie Movies Ever Made.Yeah The Blood Dint Look Too Real And The Zombies Were Blue But What Do You Expect From The 70's. I Would Reccomend This To Anyone That Loves A REAL Good Zombie Film.
When Theres No More Room In Hell
The Dead Will Walk The Earth!! -
MCT:November 1, 2008
This was a shock treatment from Romero's showcase of Zombie horrors.
Not only is it suppose to be about basic zombie eating movie, it's also based on racism and among others simple logic things. Film was about a few people finding a local Mall to lock themselves up into to survive.
It was brilliant and beautifully directed the story played out exactly as expected and written perfectly.
Best Horror quote is from this movie.
Watch this, if you liked the remake of this and never seen this original Dawn of the Dead, I suggest it. -
MCT:November 1, 2008
Its taken me a couple of viewings to warm up to this. The fist time I saw it I couldn't get past the amateurish film making, acting, and low budget makeup. But after repeat viewings, I've grown to really like the story. It's much more about the people than the zombies. Romero is a hit and miss director, excelling at some scenes, like the opening in the studio and the rednecks having a beer party while shooting zombies for sport, but other times shows his limits. He's not a great action director. His action scenes sometimes cut together like a student film. But overall its one of the more enjoyable and most rewatchable old school horror films.
-
MCT:October 30, 2008
I'm giving it props for some very creative 1970s gore. But that's just the tip of the iceberg. This was the deepest and most original zombie movie I have ever seen. And that's saying a lot, considering I've seen a LOT of zombie movies before this one. Night of the Living Dead was good but in this one, the humor, action, gore, drama, and social satire are all amped up to the extreme. It's like Aliens compared to Alien. Two very good but very different movies. One a bit more intimate that the next, but the sequel makes up and even surpasses it. I'm so glad I've finally watched this movie. It completely suprised me and was worth it on so many levels. I really enjoyed the remake, but more in the way I would enjoy a good roller coaster. But this movie is a slice of fried gold.
-
MCT:October 28, 2008
Eleven years after Night of the Living Dead stormed onto drive in theater screens George Romero gave us the incredible Dawn of the Dead, which is the first epic horror film. The zombie epidemic is sweeping the nation as society slowly descends into chaos. Two SWAT team members and two employees of a television devise a plan where they'll steal a traffic helicopter and fly to "safety". Where they end up is a shopping mall that on the surface seems like a paradise: everything you could ever want. But it soon turns into a hell as they continually have to deal with the living and the living dead throughout their ordeal.
Romero's main comment with DotD is about commercialism. I've often walked through stores, usually at Christmas time and had the hokey tune from the end credits pop into my head. Even as zombies we wnat to go to the mall. It also examines what happens when you get what you want. Are material goods enought to make you happy? Romeros answer is a big, dead no.
DotD features some of the goriest effects of its time, delivered by effects guru Tom Savini. This film is not rated, so if you're easily gagged tread with caution as Romero goes balls out '70's style. It's a potent film. If David Lean had directed a horror movie this would have been it.
Dawn of the Dead is a legendary film that sealed Romero's legacy even more so than Night of the Living Dead. The tag line says it all: When there's no more room in hell, the dead will walk the earth. -
MCT:October 26, 2008I was expecting a masterpiece but I think that classic doesnīt mean quality, Dawn of the Dead was a little boring and pretencious, itīs an OK movie. I think that the remake is better than this. -
MCT:October 24, 2008
written & zombie-director george a. romero known work as "night of the living dead" who direct this film plot a zombie horror film. tom savini know as a make-up effect also starring role for "villian" biker(not one of zombie). oh my...what a gore/bloody.
so there remake in 2004(some of cameo from the original). -
MCT:October 21, 2008
Romero attacks consumerism in this metaphor heavy follow up to Night of the living dead. Now someone should attack him for making Diary of the Dead
-
MCT:October 17, 2008
My favorite zombie movie! Combines all kinds of elements into one great, great, great movie! Gore, action, scares, laughs, social commentary, an AWESOME soundtrack and blah, blah, blah. Did I mention a zombie gets the top of it's head whopped off with a helicopter blade...?
-
MCT:October 4, 2008
Great movie, I love it, an inspiration to a lot of other zombie movies to come, even though some of the zombies suck, it's still good
-
MCT:October 1, 2008
My very first gory horror flick seen. I thought it was easy to follow and it kept me on the edge of my seat.
-
MCT:September 30, 2008
oh my fucking god i love this movie with every thing in me romero is a fucking icon in my book and i love this movie the whole thought of every thing...the satire...it makes you wonder...fuck i want this to happen!!!!
-
MCT:September 19, 2008
Dawn of the Dead, this making of it, is the best of Romero's cycle, I think. Really a good and interesting film exploration of what this would be like.
-
MCT:August 24, 2008
Really funny and true, i liked the fact that the zombies continued to 'live' their lives like they were remembering how to and it is this that other zombie movies are lacking. A timeless classic in its own right
-
MCT:August 24, 2008Some people consider this one of the "best" zombie films ever made, but they're all probably undead by now. Anyway, the pace is slow and the film attempts to teach the audience about social issues or something. Maybe this is what it's like for people before they become undead. If so, I really don't care...
-
MCT:August 8, 2008
George Romero's vision of a zombie epidemic is everything you wish it would be, in a film of course.
These zombies are slower than their most recent incantations in recent films (not that's its a bad thing), it doesn't make them any less scary. If you love the remake then you have to give this one a look.
My Friends Said...
Dawn of the Dead Recent Reviews
Register or sign-in to see your friends' reviews !
Comments
-
yojimbo1961posted 234 days ago -
I love the line "When there is no more room in hell. The dead ..." I tend to think thon consumerism trait over hyped. I rate the movie as one of the finest within the genre. Rumours abound that Romero is now working upon the 5th installment.
posted 439 days ago -
Doesn't David Emge bear a striking resemblance to Hugh Laurie? I don't know, I always thought so... =)
posted 448 days ago -
-
