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In 1968, director George A. Romero brought us Night of the Living Dead. It became the definitive horror film of its time. Eleven years later, he would unleash the most shocking motion picture experience for all times. As modern society is consumed by zombie carnage, four desperate survivors barricade themselves inside a shopping mall to battle the flesh-eating hordes of the undead. This is the ferocious horror classic, featuring landmark gore effects by Tom Savini, that remains one of the most important - and most controversial - horror films in history. When there's no more room in Hell, the dead will walk the earth: The original Dawn of the Dead is back!
"Devastatingly brutal..." Entertainment Weekly
"One of the best horror films ever made." Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times
Editor's Note
Picking up where NIGHT OF THE LIVING DEAD left off, and still offering no explanation of why the dead are walking the earth, DAWN OF THE DEAD plunges headlong into one of the most violent and original horror films ever made. After securing an apartment building overcome with flesh-eating zombies, two Philadelphia area SWAT team members, Peter (Ken Foree) and Roger (Scott Reiniger), flee to a television station, where they escape in the station's helicopter with Francine (Gaylen Ross) and Stephen (David Emge), two station employees. Seeking refuge from the zombies and the ensuing hysteria, they land on top of a Pittsburgh area shopping mall, despite the fact that the undead seem to be flocking there. What begins as a stop for supplies becomes a longer stay as the four become embroiled in a futile war within the mall to keep their flesh to themselves and remain alive. The film's relentlessly disturbing and innovative gore effects are one reason to see DAWN OF THE DEAD, but those who can stomach the endless barrage of blood and gnarled zombie faces will be rewarded--and possibly surprised--by what the film says about human nature and life within a consumer-based culture. Any aficionado of horror is likely to place the film high on their list of revered cinema.
Plot Summary
Director George Romero's tongue-in-cheek sequel to NIGHT OF THE LIVING DEAD is so grotesque that it achieves a kind of comic bliss. In the modern cathedral of materialism, a shopping mall, flesh-eating zombies browse for more victims. Four horrified survivors fend off the gruesome shoppers as the mall fills with the once-living.
| Features | Interactive Menus | | Scene Selection | | This Is A Blu-Ray DVD Made For Blue-Laser Format Players Which Produce Higher Quality Picture & Sound |
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Release Information
| | Studio: STARZ/SPHE |
| Release Date: 10/2/2007 |
| Running Time: 127 minutes |
| Original Release Date: 1978 | | Catalog ID: 3008 | | UPC: 00013138300881 | | Number of Discs: 1 |
Audio & Video
| | Original Language: English | | Available Audio Tracks: English | | Video: Color |
Aspect Ratio | | Widescreen 1.85:1 |
| Cast & Crew
| Memorable Quotes| "Some kind of instinct. Memory of what used to be. This was an important place in their lives."----Steve Andrews (David Emge) on why the zombies are flocking to the mall |
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| | Professional Reviews | Variety
"...DAWN pummels the viewer with a series of ever-more-grisly events....Romero's strong suit is pacing and technical fluidity. His film has a keen visual sense that tersely extracts the maximum from all the bloodletting..." 04/18/1979Entertainment Weekly
"Fundamentally satirical, DAWN also has an essential -- but rarely remarked upon -- sadness." 03/19/2004 p.52 Sight and Sound
"Romero himself is said to prefer this tauter version, which balances its low-budget gore with a sharp satire on consumer society..." 12/01/2004 p.75-6 Uncut
"[S]till highly effective, and as slyly funny as gory." 12/01/2004 p.186 Reel.com 10 of 10
"Dawn opens up in a Philadelphia TV station, where various gasbags blather on about what to do with the zombie problem and the station's crew and staff prepare to abandon ship (keep an eye out for Romero and wife Chris as producers behind a console). Segment producer Francine (Gaylen Ross) and chopper pilot Roger (Scott Reiniger) hijack the station's helicopter and team up with Stephen (David Emge) and Peter (Ken Foree), elite SWAT team members...It's a movie that has spawned countless imitations over the last 25 years (including some pretty blatant Italian knockoffs) and, like its '68 predecessor, has helped reinvent the zombie genre. Still, it's not lost much of its punch and has plenty of scenes that will make viewers flinch, giggle, or root for the desperate heroes. George Romero managed to find the perfect balance between humor and violence (it'd all be pretty grim and depressing if things weren't lightened up throughout), and wound up with one of the best horror movies of the '70s and beyond." - Jerry Renshaw
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