Zombie movies rule!!!!!!!!!! I can't get enough of the living dead, but unfortunately, there are so many exceptionally bad zombie movies out there.  Luckily for the fans, there are a few that have helped to fill the staple of our zombie diet and at the top of our nutrition chart is "Dawn of the Dead".

One of my favorites, and definitely one of my all-time top five horror films is George Romero's “Dawn of the Dead.”  I can remember seeing it for the first time as though it were yesterday. Unfortunately, when "Dawn" was released in theaters (1978), I was way too young to go see it , but it was the first video I rented when  I bought a VCR.  Earlier I had instantly fallen in loved with "Night of the Living Dead," having first seen it on MTV of all places. This was back when MTV was forced to come up with alternative programming, because they only had about 10 videos that they showed a million times a day. On the weekends, they used to run cult movies (Remember "Reefer Madness?" ¾made me want to inhale.) and always played NOTLD right around Halloween.  Once I’d saw it, I was hooked on zombies.

“Dawn of the Dead” is in my top two zombie movies. I loved Fulci's “Zombie,” but I just watched "Dawn" on laserdisc from Elite (awesome laserdisc, a must for any horror fan) and it blew me away. The jury is still out on which is number one in my book, but both movies are amazing in their own unique ways.

I loved so many things about this movie starting with  mall. If zombies walked the earth today, my local mall would definitely served as my home away from home.  It's a perfect place to hole-up in and everything you would ever need is at your finger tips.  Second, the zombies in "Dawn" were fabulous, but not as cool as the ones in “Zombie”. They were comical at times and terrifying at others, which added a unique and entertaining blend to the film. Third, Romero really did an outstanding job with character development. You really feel for these characters and the struggle they endure. Fourth and finally, the Goblin score¾let me just say is truly amazing.

Many people have inferred that "Dawn" is Romero's social commentary on the times, which he has flatly denied on numerous occasions.  Surely, a writer's work is always going to be influenced by his beliefs, but I believe that these movies are for horror fans and not the general public. Overall, "Dawn" was, is, and always will be, a horror classic. Rumors of a new "Living Dead" movie have been circulating for years and even on the Elite disc, Romero said he would love to  make another one. Please George, make it more like "Dawn of the Dead!"

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"When there's no more room in Hell, the dead will walk the EARTH."

These classic words ring out the sweet sound of man's ultimate demise in this new zombie world. We have pushed around the forces and spirits of this world, now it’s their time to strike back (always the theme of any good zombie movie). Can anyone remember the speculative cause for the dead coming back to life in the original "Night of the Living Dead?" As a space probe returned from its exploration of the planet Venus, it mysteriously exploded before entering the atmosphere. I rather liked Peter's (Ken Foree) explanation from above.

The story begins with a continuation of the theme from "Night of the Living Dead": the dead have arisen and are now stalking the living. Four strangers, fleeing in a helicopter, head north looking to escape this horror. Running low on fuel, they happen on one of America's social enigmas; the shopping mall. This is where you would find me during a zombie invasion. I'd either be in the Suncoast Video or at the sporting goods store. Boy, would I be in heaven. One problem , zombies seem to like the mall too. After cleaning out the deadbeat shoppers in their new home, our heroes are about to begin to live the life of luxury, right? . . .  WRONG! Unfortunately someone else has their eyes on this prize¾a gang of looters led by bad-boy, Tom Savini.

This movie is a basic requirement for the completion of your horror degree, without it your grade is ”I" as incomplete. Don't flunk out of Horror U. See "Dawn of the Dead" and receive your degree in zombie-ology.