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Summary: Attention Shoppers! (aka: Apocalypse Chow)...
Review: The dead are still rising! It's been ten years since "Night Of The Living Dead", when things seemed to be under control. Nope, the dead have continued their rampage, killing and eating us normal folks like so many zombie-treats! Our major cities are under marshall law. The military is fighting a losing battle against the flesh-eating hordes, while the media debates the issue. Meanwhile, two cops and two media personel pile into a helicopter to escape to... where?? They have no real idea. Flying over the countryside, they witness the great "hillbilly zombie hunt" below, as bands of good ol' boys drink beer, shoot zombies, drink more beer, shoot more zombies, etc. Later, our heroes land to gas up the helicopter, where they encounter a handful of shambling dead. The dead are of course, easily dispatched by blows / shots to the noggin, but they prove to be dangerous nonetheless! Even two kid-zombies are relentless in their pursuit of warm human flesh! Our four survivors get fueled up and take off again. Then, in the distance, like an oasis of safety, is a gigantic shopping mall! The helicopter lands on the roof, and our small group enters through a sky-light. Upon checking things out, they find the mall to be a veritable fortress, even though slow-moving zombies roam around both inside and out. The four soon create their own home-away-from-home, killing as many dead-heads as possible along the way. They get pretty comfy in their newfound kingdom of the living. Along comes a caravan of bikers to spice things up! They break into the mall, shooting and smacking zombies with sledgehammers, and basically causing mayhem. Our four heroes must lay low until the bikers get tired of playing around. Oh no! One of the four, named Steve, can't take it, and simply must defend "his" mall! He shoots at the marauding bikers, and things get ugly from there! See, no one's noticed that the zombies have been flooding in and now out-number the bikers by about ten to one. In their subtle, creeping way, they sneek right up and take over. ATTENTION SHOPPERS! IT'S BIKER-GANG GUTS DAY AT THE MALL! Can our four heroes endure to the end? I won't give away the climax. DOTD belongs on every horror shelf! A bloody, entrail-filled masterpiece...
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Summary: BEST of the dead
Review: After recently buying a Korean copy of DOTD on eBay, and having it lock up in my DVD player, I was i complete anticipation of this new one. It may not be the director's cut, but it certainly is the best version of the film I've ever seen. Transfer is crystal clear, audio is Dolby enhanced w/surround sound if enabled, sountrack errors (like when it slices short after they shoot Wooley) are corrected...All in all, one great DVD for the die hard collector or even the first time viewer. This is the way to watch this film. When the two-disc director's cut comes out, I'll buy that too. This was a sweet movie. Not necissarily the scariest movie ever made (as they advertise), but still one you watch over and over again because you like the characters.
Night of the living dead was dry, and Day of the Dead sucked. This was the one to see. Enjoy it
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Summary: The 'Dawn' of the Zombie Film
Review: Probably 'the' most copied, and in most cases badly, zombie film of all-time. George Romero's masterpiece is as much a social commentary as it is a horror film. Not to worry though, horror fans, plenty of gore in this one to satisfy even the most rabid of gore fans. The stunning Divimax transfer presents the clearest copy of 'Dawn' that I've ever seen. The sound is much improved, though in parts the dialogue is still low, but overall a huge improvement on former versions. In parts some scenes have been fully restored, because although I've seen this film many times, I caught myself noticing bits I hadn't seen before. For those few who have never seen this film, beware, remove impressionable children from the room. Tom Savini's gore effects are even more disturbing in this crystal-clear transfer. I venture to say the things that they got away with then, probably wouldn't pass censors today. A definite must own for horror enthusiasts, even if some aspects of it seem dated, filmed in the late 70's, it's still relevant today, and the effects hold up to today's horror standards. I say, order this version quickly before it vanishes!
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Summary: Great movie, horrible packaging
Review: I haven't even watched this DVD yet, but the packaging already made a bad impression. The seal you have to remove to open the DVD was glued on so well that I pretty much destroyed the DVD case trying to peal it off. Pretty soon I will stop buying DVDs if it is going to be this much of a hassle just to open them.
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Summary: The theatrical version is the best version
Review: This version of "Dawn" is the original theatrical cut...as opposed to the directors cut. It's a nice DVD, not a whole lot to it but it's a good transfer in my opinion with the DTS sound.
I agree that this is just a rushed out DVD to take advantage of the remake of Dawn that is about to be released in the theatres. I however don't agree that anyone should wait for the longer director's cut. I've seen the director's cut and thought it just moved too slowly and was a bit redundant. The theatrical cut is tighter and flows better and has more of Goblin's score. In fact, I had read that the so-called director's cut is actually just a version that Romero rushed through the editing process to be in time for the Cannes film festival. The theatrical cut is actually the version that he approves of.
But if you really want that 3 disc set with all the extras then you'll just have to wait till later this year.
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Summary: To buy or not to buy? That is the question.
Review: It's sickening that a truly great horror movie like Dawn of the Dead has to be subjected to the kind of lame-brained marketing, distribution, re-releasing and general all-around money-grubbing tampering that have unfortunately characterized this film's history on home video. First, Rubenstein pawned off on us his so-called "director's cut" on videocassette in 1996 and then a no-longer extant DVD in 1997 that you had to take out and flip over halfway during playback. This was no director's cut: it was a version that Rubenstein had thrown together, and Goblin's soundtrack wasn't even in stereo! Sure, it had extra gore, but the momentum of the film was slowed down, taking away from its impact. It wasn't even shown in the proper aspect ratio.
To add insult to injury, in early 1999 Romero's superior theatrical cut was finally released, re-mastered, and letter-boxed properly. Did they release the videocassette and DVD simultaneously to give you a choice? Of course not: the DVD came out a month or two after the videocassette, so some fans like myself bought the VHS like suckers and then the DVD soon after, when all we wanted was the DVD to begin with. And the extras on this DVD were insultingly sparse.Now they're throwing together a new DVD version of DOTD in order to capitalize off the remake, which in turn was obviously done for the almighty $$$$$$$$. Sure, this DVD is the version I want, the theatrical version, Divimax to boot and almost certainly in stereo, but the extras are still somewhat skimpy. It's not over. Later in the year, they're going to release a DVD with the proper extras, but it seems that it's going to be the so-called "director's cut." If this is the cut that Rubenstein tried to hawk, then this is not what should be released. And will it ever cross the mind of a distributor to release a DVD that contains Argento's re-edited European version as an extra? Or will they save that for yet another DVD release a year or two from now? Further disgracing Romero's classic is the "remake" crafted by yet another ex-rock video director. The same sacrilege was inflicted on Chainsaw. When will these no-talent hacks quit trying to make films and just stick with videos? It's bad enough we're burdened with the superficial gloss of talentless nitwits like David Fincher. Do we need more of them? Do we need yet another classic of gritty 70s horror turned into a visual imitation of Fincher's stupidly over-rated Seven? Sure, I'll buy this DVD. And like a jackass I'll probably see the remake just so I can be justified in saying I hate it. And more $$$$$$$$$$ will overfloweth from my pockets and into the wallets of the shysters responsible for all this nonsense.
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Summary: Dawn of the Dead
Review: Truly one of the greatest horror movies let alone zombie movies ever made. The second installment in George Romero's Trilogy is a masterpiece in every way. Great character development, incredible effects by the master of horror Tom Savini, and a wonderful storyline. Anyone who knows anything about real horror movies should not take the idiots who rate this movie one star seriously. Any real fan of horror will surely tell you that Dawn of the Dead ranks up there with the best zombie movies ever made. Do yourself a favor and avoid watching the remake, stick with the original. Also look into Night and Day of the dead.
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Summary: Taking a Bite out of Life!!
Review: I was relatively interested and mildly entertained by this movie. There was a re-make, but this one was much better. It could be viewed as dark comedy, what with the good old boys shooting up some zombies, or the scene in the mall, where those who haven't been "bitten" have escaped, only to see the myriads of Dead trying to get into the Mall. What, to do some last minute shopping? Quite a testimony to our times. Then there was the scene where the bikers stormed into the mall and end up being eaten like spaghetti. You gotta have a strong stomach or a good sense of humor. The only down side to this movie is that it doesn't leave you with a great deal of hope in the human condition. It depressed me. But then again, I had to keep saying, "It's only a movie."
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Summary: YAWN! BORING! NOT SCARRY! LAME! CRAP! CRAP!
Review: WOW! This is the worst film you will ever see,which is a shame because the premise is cool. The Makeup is amatuer and phony looking! The horror movies from the 1930's had better make up for crying out loud! 28 Days later was lousy but is a masterpiece compared to this crap! For the first hour of the film you will laugh if you havent fallen asleep by then. The only great Zombie film is "White Zombie" with Bela Lugosi!
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Summary: I must agree with evildead01
Review: This is a great movie on its own merit; why create a remake which, while it will surely have superior special effects, is almost certain to be infoerior without the creative genius of Romero behind it? This disturbing trend of remaking horror movies, and updating them with a bunch of lame hip characters and cheesy soundtracks a la the new Texas Chainsaw Massacre with teenybopper Jessica Biehl, is very annoying. Remaster and re-release this classic to the theatres instead. But since they are not going to do that, be sure and check out this DVD, the movie is one of the great pieces of horror of all time.
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