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Dawn of the Dead
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Dawn Associates
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Laurel Entertainment
Living Dead Collection Living Dead Collection

Dawn of the Dead

When there’s no more room in HELL, the dead will walk the EARTH!

1978 127 min ★ 7.5 (2,375) Released
Horror Science Fiction

During an ever-growing epidemic of zombies that have risen from the dead, two Philadelphia SWAT team members, a traffic reporter, and his television-executive girlfriend seek refuge in a secluded shopping mall.

Original title
Dawn of the Dead
Language
EN
Country
IT,US
Budget
$640,000
Revenue
$55,000,000
Reviews & Ratings 4
Filipe Manuel Neto

Filipe Manuel Neto

Mar 14, 2024 · via TMDB

★ 1.0

**This must be some kind of joke, right?** Firstly, allow me to clarify: I am not a fan of “zombie” films, although I understand very well the interest that, in recent years, there has been for this material. I totally respect those who enjoy it. But let's be honest: a film has to have some aesthetic quality and some good taste to become “digestible”. And, well, I just finished watching this film, and I honestly can't understand how it has survived without ending up in the vault of oblivion. There are incredibly better films that have been forgotten as the years pass, but a certain type of crap, purely and simply because it's bad, lives on. The plot is essentially based on a moment of chaos in which the USA (the rest of the world does not exist) is taken over by zombies and no one knows what to do or where to go. Everyone thinks of themselves, saves their own skin and that's it. In the meantime, the usual opportunists take advantage of the situation as they see fit, and a small group of “surviving heroes” look for somewhere to take shelter. It's the plot of this film and a dozen other disaster films (zombies, volcanoes, wars, earthquakes, alien invasions, you name it). The level of originality is below zero, and the situations are all predictable and highly cliché. We know who is going to die and who is going to be saved by a whisker, and the fact that the film starts without any kind of introduction is just confusing and a little stupid. Directed by George A. Romero, a man who must have suffered from some bizarre sexual fetish with dead people and zombies (look at his filmography!), the film is absolutely trash and could compete in poor quality and bad taste with all of Ed's films Wood and with the historical rigor of Ridley Scott's period films. I lost count of the script problems, continuity errors and gross editing errors. The cinematography is ugly, there is a blatant exaggeration of the sets and the zombies' makeup is so obviously fake that they look like what we did at fifteen in school plays. And we'd better not even talk about the cast: I have doubts whether those people were actors.

JPV852

JPV852

Dec 16, 2020 · via TMDB

★ 8.0

Been a while since I last watched this one, but with the new 4K UHD out, decided to give it another watch going with the Extended Cut. Still very well made with some great zombie effects and really liked the characters, Peter (Ken Foree), especially. I'm not a big fan of the zombie horror genre but this is one of the exceptions. **4.0/5**

Wuchak

Wuchak

Aug 22, 2018 · via TMDB

★ 8.0

Romero’s imaginative and thrilling zombie sequel A decade after the excellent “Night of the Living Dead” (1968), writer/director George Romero offers up this exceptional sequel. The plague of reanimated corpses with a hunger for warm flesh is now global and society is increasingly breaking down. A television exec (Gaylen Ross), her helicopter-reporter beau (David Emge) and two SWAT officers (Ken Foree and Scott Reiniger) take refuge in a suburban mall. Unfortunately for them, a veritable army of biker-raiders wants the mall for their own. One of the main reasons this film is so iconic is because Romero seriously considered what it would be like after a ‘zombie apocalypse’ and came up with an inspired story. While the bleakness of the situation is addressed there’s also a sense of adventurous freedom; for instance, the protagonists having an entire mall to themselves. The movie’s disturbing, ghastly and gory, but also action-packed and sometimes humorous. The zombies make for good bullet fodder while, at the same time, satirizing consumer society. The creative score is varied and I’m sure it was cutting edge at the time, but it’s very dated today, although you’ll probably find yourself acclimating to it. The no-name cast is convincing with the towering Foree standing out while Emge comes across as a poor man’s Donald Sutherland. The movie runs 2 hours, 7 minutes with the longer version running 2 hours, 19 minutes (the one I watched). It was shot in Monroeville, Pennsylvania, and nearby Pittsburgh. GRADE: A-

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talisencrw

Jul 3, 2016 · via TMDB

★ 9.0

This is one of the finest sequels ever, in that it's both of comparable quality with the original, yet is fundamentally different from it at the same time. Marvelous stuff, with aspects copied thousands of times over the past two generations, with no end in sight. This and 'Salo, or the 120 Days of Sodom', from about the same time frame, would make one of the best double-bills ever on the evils of consumerism gone rampant...

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Cast 40
David Emge

David Emge

Stephen "Flyboy" Andrews

Ken Foree

Ken Foree

Peter Washington

Scott H. Reiniger

Scott H. Reiniger

Roger "Trooper" DeMarco

Gaylen Ross

Gaylen Ross

Francine "Fran" Parker

David Crawford

David Crawford

Dr. James Foster

David Early

David Early

Sidney Berman

Richard France

Richard France

Dr. Milliard Rausch

Howard Smith

Howard Smith

TV Commentator

Daniel Dietrich

Daniel Dietrich

Dan Givens

Fred Baker

Fred Baker

Police Commander

James A. Baffico

James A. Baffico

Wooley

Rod Stouffer

Rod Stouffer

Roy Tucker

Jese Del Gre

Jese Del Gre

Old Priest

Clayton McKinnon

Clayton McKinnon

Officer in Project Apt.

John Rice

John Rice

Officer in Project Apt.

Randy Kovitz

Randy Kovitz

Officer at Police Dock

Patrick McCloskey

Patrick McCloskey

Officer at Police Dock

Joseph Pilato

Joseph Pilato

Officer at Police Dock

Pasquale Buba

Pasquale Buba

Motorcycle Raider

Tony Buba

Tony Buba

Motorcycle Raider

Tom Savini

Tom Savini

Motorcycle Raider

Larry Vaira

Larry Vaira

Motorcycle Raider

Marty Schiff

Marty Schiff

Motorcycle Raider

Taso N. Stavrakis

Taso N. Stavrakis

Motorcycle Raider

Sharon Ceccatti

Sharon Ceccatti

Lead Zombie (Nurse)

Mike Christopher

Mike Christopher

Lead Zombie (Hare Krishna)

Clayton Hill

Clayton Hill

Lead Zombie

John Amplas

John Amplas

2nd Guy on Roof (uncredited)

Christine Forrest

Christine Forrest

TV Producer / Zombie / Mall Announcer (voice) (uncredited)

Debra Gordon

Debra Gordon

Red Turtleneck Sweater Zombie (uncredited)

George A. Romero

George A. Romero

TV Director / Biker (uncredited)

Warner Shook

Warner Shook

Security Guard Zombie (uncredited)

Sara Venable

Sara Venable

Leotard Zombie (uncredited)

Jeff Paul

Jeff Paul

Biker Who Shoots Flyboy

Tommy Lafitte

Tommy Lafitte

Miguel, The Zombie

'Wild Bill' Laczko

'Wild Bill' Laczko

Head Bandage Redneck

Jeannie Jefferies

Jeannie Jefferies

Blonde Zombie Who Attacks Roger in Truck

Jon Hayden

Jon Hayden

Featured Zombie

Adolph Caesar

Adolph Caesar

Narrator of Theatrical Trailer

Ben Barenholtz

Ben Barenholtz

Cowboy Hat Zombie Hit by Sledge

Crew 28
Clayton McKinnon

Clayton McKinnon

Grip

Jeannie Jefferies

Jeannie Jefferies

Assistant Makeup Artist

John Amplas

John Amplas

Assistant Makeup Artist

Joseph Pilato

Joseph Pilato

Assistant Makeup Artist

Randy Kovitz

Randy Kovitz

Assistant Makeup Artist

Tom Savini

Tom Savini

Makeup Artist

Tom Savini

Tom Savini

Special Effects Makeup Artist

Billy 'Silver Dollar' Baxter

Billy 'Silver Dollar' Baxter

Presenter

Taso N. Stavrakis

Taso N. Stavrakis

Stunt Double

Tom Savini

Tom Savini

Stunt Double

Marty Schiff

Marty Schiff

Stunts

Taso N. Stavrakis

Taso N. Stavrakis

Stunts

Christine Forrest

Christine Forrest

Assistant Director

John Rice

John Rice

Continuity

George A. Romero

George A. Romero

Director

George A. Romero

George A. Romero

Editor

John Amplas

John Amplas

Casting

Dario Argento

Dario Argento

Co-Producer

Claudio Argento

Claudio Argento

Producer

Richard P. Rubinstein

Richard P. Rubinstein

Producer

Dario Argento

Dario Argento

Music

Don Harper

Don Harper

Music

Agostino Marangolo

Agostino Marangolo

Original Music Composer

Claudio Simonetti

Claudio Simonetti

Original Music Composer

Tony Buba

Tony Buba

Sound

Tony Buba

Tony Buba

Sound Recordist

George A. Romero

George A. Romero

Screenplay

Dario Argento

Dario Argento

Script Consultant

Gallery 240
Videos 4
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US Release Dates 4

Apr 7, 1979

USA Film Festival

Premiere

Apr 13, 1979

Pittsburgh, PA

NR Theatrical (Limited)

Apr 20, 1979

New York City, NY

NR Theatrical (Limited)

May 11, 1979

Los Angeles, CA

NR Theatrical (Limited)

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