Roger: "Well, we're in, but how the hell are we gonna get back?" .....Peter: "Who the hell cares! Let's go shopping!"

In the world of zombie films there are many greats. Night of the Living Dead, Day of the Dead, Dead Alive, Zombieland, Shaun of the Dead, Zombie!, Land of the Dead and the Resident Evil series are a good flicks, but nothing compares to Dawn of the Dead. It was George Romero's second zombie film and he hasn't made one better since. No zombie movie comes close to its gore, its thrills, its comedy, its acting and even its score.
The story is about four people, who go on the run together, during a zombie pandemic. Two of them are a couple, Stephen (David Emge) and Francine (Gaylen Ross). The other two are from a Philadelphia SWAT team, Peter (Ken Foree) and Roger (Scott Reiniger). Stephen and Francine are already friends with Roger and Roger brings Peter along. They all go on the run in a helicopter and fly around looking for somewhere that isn't full of zombies.
Once they begin to run out of fuel, they find a big indoor shopping mall. They decide to hide out in the mall, but they must deal with the hundreds of zombies that are inside. They kill all the ones inside the mall and then make a plan to barricade and lock the entrance doors. In the process of this, Roger gets bit and becomes really sick. Peter has to shot his friend, as he turns into the undead and things start to unravel between the three remaining friends.
After a while of living in the mall, they get a call on their CB-radio, from some people. They turn out to be a biker gang and they come to the mall to take what they want. Their leader is played by special effects master Tom Savini. As Stephen begins to get angry at the gang for taking things from their mall, a war begins and the zombies are caught in the middle. When everything is said it's up to the friends to get away from the biker gang and the zombies and to make it out of there alive.
This movie never stops with exciting moments and gracious gore. If your familiar with the film, the hotel room scene, the airport scene and the ending scene are all perfectly made zombie scenes. Tom Savini worked his magic when making the guts, blood and ripping flesh in this film. Only Zombie! and Day of the Dead come close to Dawn's zombie attack moments.
This movie has garnered a cult classic status, and even has certain zombies that have become popular among fans. Zombies like; The Jimi Hendrix look-a-like, the Nurse zombie, the sweater-vest zombie, the hari krishna zombie, the "i like this gun" zombie and even the zombie from the airport(who is the picture zombie of Dawn of the Dead). Probably the best Zombie ever, was acted by David Emge, when he turns it's amazing and there hasn't been one better yet.
My Dvd is the Special Divimax Series Edition and has the original airport zombie on the front. The Dvd also has 2 movie reviews on the front/back. "4 stars, Superb," says Roger Ebert and "Devastatingly Brutal....One of the Greatest Horror Movies Ever Made!," says Entertainment Weekly.
Dawn of the Dead was released in 1978 and was directed by George A. Romero. Released by Anchor Bay.

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Dawn of the Dead: #15