qmtv Cheap, Amateur Acting, Story and Makeup, Joke Zombies. Night was Great, Day was Good, Dawn is Sad. I first saw Dawn at a midnight showing at a local theater in the 80s, and was knocked out by the guts and shock.I've seen it a few times after, last viewing in 2016. I've seen the remake a couple of times and it's better. Nothing beats the first, Night of the Living Dead, low budget but tons of atmosphere and fright.The best part of Dawn is the beginning, with the TV station and the SWAT team raid. TV station, confusion, SWAT team best part is when the zombie husband bites the non zombie wife. There was also some guts at the end with the motorcycle gang. There was a few other moments here and there, but that's it.Here's the problem: The acting is garbage, these people cannot act, and had no business in front of the camera. The zombie effects, which were blue/gray paint here and there, full on garbage. The script, started out great with the TV station and the SWAT team raid, then we get a tour of zombie comedy with the rednecks killing zombies in the field, and the mall. The MALL. Pie in the zombie face. This was not good.Is this a comedy or a horror? Make up your mind. Night was a horror, we got it. Day was horror, and some comedy which hurt it immensely. Dawn was a comedy horror, which sucked.Here's the worst part of the movie: When the black guy decides he does not want to escape with the white chick (makes no sense), he proceeds to barricade himself in a room and wait for the zombies to break in so he can commit suicide, then at the last minute he changes his mind (I guess I'll go with the white chick) and escapes from the zombies and makes it to the helicopter to escape with the chick. Now this is full on garbage. I don't care what came before. The intro, Night. I don't care if this guy George Romero solved world peace. Judge this by the movie he's made. If you want atmosphere and gore, here's a hint, Fulci! Messiah of Evil, White Zombie. This is a student production with a budget. My rating is a C, for a B movie, 3 or 4 stars. Given it now has 8 rating, I must compensate with a 1. Better luck next time.

Realrockerhalloween Dawn of the dead is a phenomenal film that follows the continuing events of the zombie apocalypse starting out in a news station as echoes are reported off the streets and a mad rush is ongoing to give those watching tips to stay safe.A group of survivors make a break by helicopter to find an isolated zone to wait out the devastating plague.George Romero always took his stories as a social commentary on the events around him with racial injustice, social upheaval and a felling economy as society collapses from under us. Here the economy has crashed, police have saved minority neighborhoods last knocking down doors and brother has turned against brother.They settle upon a mall where the dead have returned out of a distant memory visiting the establishment and quickly set up shop. Showing that humans will revert back to their natural instincts to survive by huddling together in big herds, working and taking care of the downtrodden.It really takes a crises to bring out the best in yourself and taking risks you never dared.As it progresses it loses a little of the steam it had during the first half, becoming montages, until the neighbors next door catch wind wanting to take goods for themselves. In the world of the dead you think money is worthless?While it ends on a ambiguously depressing note I have to say this was a classic needing to be preserved for all time.

jacobjohntaylor1 This a very scary movie. It is a sequel to Night of the living dead (1968). It is scarier then Night of the living dead (1968). Night of the living dead (1990) is scarier. Still this is a great movie. It has a great story line. It also has great acting. It also has great special effects. This is one of the scariest movies from the 70's. This movie is a must see. It is one of the best horror movies from the 70's. It got an 8. But this is such a great movie 8 is underrating it. A group of people are trapped in a mall in a zombie invasion. This is a very scary movie. Ken Foree is a great actor. Gaylen Ross is a great actress. George A Romero is a great writer.

Giallo Fanatic Seriously, is it? I mean, it is hard to find another movie like 'Dawn of the Dead'. Whether it is or not I can't tell but it is definitely one of the most influential movies ever made. Many living dead movies have copied George A. Romero's Living Dead Trilogy and among the three I find it hard to decide which is best, 'Night of the Living Dead' or 'Dawn of the Dead'. But anyway I found myself liking this movie more and more as time passes and it keeps getting better and better with each viewing. With 'The Walking Dead' being one of the most popular series in our modern times, I can't help but think 'Dawn of the Dead' was far ahead of its time. Many of the gimmicks in 'The Walking Dead' have surely been inspired by this movie. The relationship between characters, the way tension is built, the way the living dead behaves, people's tendency to murder each other even at the face of extinction. I can mention more similarities but let us concentrate on the movie, genre: horror, themes: society, culture, extinction, survival, year of release: 1978, director/writer: George A. Romero, main characters: Stephen, Peter, Roger and Francine.Plot: Four survivors trying to survive in a shopping mall amidst a living dead apocalypse. Summary: Peter and Roger escapes in a helicopter with pilot Stephen and journalist(?) Francine. After some time of flying around they inhabit a shopping mall which they clear out of the living dead and starts living a life isolated from the rest of the world. Now the strength of the movie is the relationship between the characters. Without it the demise of the characters would have had less impact. What happens to the characters gives me goosebumps and fills me with dread at the end. One of the other things that gives the movie strength is atmosphere. Usually movies in this genre tend to be more driven by gore and violence with little to no atmosphere with characters you do not care about. The atmosphere in this movie is full of dread and full of a sense of imminent doom. But it also has sense of humor, comic book style. Almost like a parody, "What are they doing? Why do they come here? ", "Some kind of instinct. Memory of what they used to do. This was an important place in their lives" was part of the dialogue on top of the mall between Francine and Stephen.At that point the director was comparing shoppers at shopping malls to zombies. Although not originally natural to us it had become so common within society shopping malls became an important part of society's life. It is a social commentary, where shoppers go to shopping malls without wondering why and never seem to question why they go there in the first place. Like mindless zombies, controlled by black magic or what we usually call Voodoo. So although the movie on the surface seems like just another horror movie, it really isn't. It appears to be more like a study and questioning of society's modern culture. Anyway, the movie is magnificently directed by George A. Romero and the cast acts amazingly too. So amazing I find it to get better and better after each viewing. It also has a big influence on modern culture, from the first Resident Evil game to The Walking Dead. I am 25 years old and I find it a little sad people from my generation doesn't recognize the importance of this movie, simply because it is old, because the blood looks fake, because the acting isn't like today and it is not a fast paced movie full of explosions and gunfights with zombies. Like the okay-at-best remake of Dawn of the Dead from 2004. I am tempted to say society's standards have degenerated like the living dead in this movie, but that is just my opinion.P.S. I once watched the German version DVD and it took away all the gory violence, which is sad since the violence is part of the movie's charm. A small plus to the atmosphere and relationship between the characters. Awesome movie.