| | | When there's no more room in HELL, the dead will walk the EARTH!
Features: DVD
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!George A. Romero's immortal horror classic returns to DVD in this 4-Disc Ultimate Edition which contains three versions of the film, 3 Audio Commentary track, 2 Documentaries and tons more! Includes a Special Mini-Reproduction of the IDW Publishing Dawn of the Dead Comic Book Issue #1, as well as a special multi-page foldout with special feature details, version descriptions, and original mall directory layouts from the Monroeville Mall.
"Devastatingly Brutal..." Entertainment Weekly
"One of the best horror films ever made." Roger Ebert
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 | 4-Disc Set | | Audio Commentary With Writer-Director George A. Romero, Special Makeup Effects Artist Tom Savini, And Assistant Director Chris Romero. Moderated By Perry Martin. | | Audio: English Dolby Surround 5.1; DTS 5.1; Mono; Dolby Surround 2.0 | | Behind-The-Scenes Photos | | Comic Book Preview | | Contains U.S. Theatrical, Extended And European Versions | | George A. Romero Bio | | Interactive Menus | | Memorabilia Gallery | | Monroeville Mall Commercial | | Monroeville Mall Tour With Actor Ken Foree | | On-Set Home Movies With Audio Commentary From Zombie Extra Robert Langer | | Poster & Advertising Gallery | | Radio Spots | | Roy Frumkes' Document Of The Dead, The Original Documentary Shot On The Set Of Dawn Of The Dead | | Scene Selection | | The Dead Will Walk, Featuring Interviews With Dario Argento, Claudio Argento, Tony Buba, Pasquale Buba, Sharon Ceccatti-Hill, Zilla Clinton, David Crawford, David Early, David Emge, Ken Foree, Michael Gornick, John Harrison, Clayton Hill, Jim Krut, Leonard Lies, Scott H. Reiniger, George A. Romero, Chris Romero, Gaylen Ross, Tom Savini, And Claudio Simonetti | | Theatrical Trailers | | TV Spots | | Widescreen Presentation Enhanced For 16x9 TVs |
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Release Information
| | Studio: Foxvideo |
| Release Date: 9/7/2004 |
| Running Time: 127 minutes |
| Original Release Date: 1978 | | Catalog ID: 12167 | | UPC: 00013131216790 | | Number of Discs: 4 |
Audio & Video
| | Original Language: English | | Available Audio Tracks: English | | Video: Color |
Aspect Ratio | | Anamorphic 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 |
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