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DVD Day of the Dead (Divimax Special Edition)
Chapter three of George Romero's mighty zombie trilogy has big footsteps to follow. Night of the Living Dead was a classic that revitalized a certain corner of the cinema, and Dawn of the Dead was nothing short of epic. Day of the Dead, however, has always been regarded as a comedown compared to those twin peaks--and perhaps it is. But on its own terms, this is an awfully effective horror movie, made with Romero's customary social satire and cinematic vigor--when a "retrained" zombie responds to the "Ode to Joy," the film is in genuinely haunting territory. The story is set inside a sunken military complex, where Army and medical staff, supposedly working on a solution to the zombie problem, are going crazy (strongly foreshadowing the final act of 28 Days Later). Tom Savini's makeup effects could make even hardcore gore fans tear off their own heads in amazement. --Robert Horton
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Every Zombie Has Their Day
To me, Day Of The Dead should've been the last of Romero's Dead Saga. Day Of The Dead was the perfect way to end the series. A lot of people say that this film was too talky, it's about the dead taking over the world, the living would have nothing to do but talk and try to live their lives with the dead running a muck on earth.
This film really shows how the living are falling apart, because their living in a bunker, thinking that there's no hope or that they're the only ones left. And what's worse, they have to deal with Captian Rhodes {Pilato} and his corrupt soldiers. However, Dr. Logan {Liberty} is doing his best to make the dead behave, and to do that, he has to make them remember things when they were alive and reward them. One zombie is learning well from Dr. Logan's teaching, a zombie he names Bub {Sherman}.
Sarah {Cardelle} is trying her best for everyone to just get along. John {Alexander} and Billy {Conroy} are just dealing with the dead running a muck and just living their lives. Miguel {Dileo Jr.} is falling apart. Fisher {Amplas} hangs out with Sarah. And Steel {Klar} and his other loud-mouth friends are just kissing up to Rhodes.
This is indeed the best zombie film of all time, with a lot of cool characters and story. This is definitley Romero at his best. I do like the film Land Of The Dead, but Day Of The Dead should've been the final part.
After 20 years, Day Of The Dead is still is the darkest day the world has ever known.
A underrated zombie classic on a great 2-Disc Set!
After the events of "Dawn of the Dead" ( 1978), a group of researchers and soldiers hide out underground in a large cavern mine where they have shelter and round up some zombies so they can do experiments on them on how they can control them to make them domesticated. They are studying on how they can be controlled even on a semi-intelligent zombie with a trace of humanity in him named "Bub" ( Howard Sherman) is trained by Dr. Logan ( Richard Liberty) but then the mean spirited military captain "Rhodes" ( Joe Pilato) gets preety nosey on finding out who is a trator as it may unleash the dead to be in their to create the darkest day for them.
Highly underrated entry of the Romero saga that was originally a big flop at the box-office and had mixed reviews but gained a following thanks to tape, DVD and laserdisc! it's just as good as "Dawn of the Dead" but even more gorier and more violent than "Dawn" but still has the same social issues about man vs. the undead like director George A. Romero intends for his undead movies. The acting maybe off at times but there is a good music score (even though it's not Goblin from "Dawn") especially great zombie make-up ( the zombies look realistic this time instead of blue faced ones) and realistic looking gore that might make people throw up courtsey of Tom Savini! not for the faint hearted but more for those who can handle gore and have a ironcast stomach, it's a must see if you enjoy horror, gore and zombie movies especially "Dawn of the Dead", "Land of the Dead" and "Night of the Living Dead".
This 2-Disc DVD has great picture & Sound quality thanks to Anchor Bay's Divamax remastering process! great goodies include a documentary, featurette on the make-up effects, audio commentaries, George Romero bio, a promo for the "Wampa mine" that was used for this movie, Trailers & TV Spots, DVD-Rom feature of the original script that Romero intended, audio interview with the late Richard Liberty and Still-and-poster galleries, it's a recommended DVD for the zombie lover.
Also recommended: "Dawn of the Dead ( 1978 and 2004)", "Night of the living Dead ( 1968 and 1990)", "Land of the Dead", "Nightmare City ( a.k.a. City of the Walking Dead)", " The Return of the Living Dead Trilogy", "Lifeforce", " Re-Animator", "Evil Dead 1 & 2", " Demons", " From Dusk Till Dawn", "Blood Diner", "Texas Chainsaw Massacre part 2", " Cannibal Ferox", " Zombie ( a.k.a. Zombi 2)", "House of 1000 Corpses", " The Stuff", " Phenomena", " Akira", " Scanners", " Battle Royale", "Riki-Oh: The Story of Ricky", "28 Days Later", "Black Hawk Down", " Cannibal Holocaust", " Night of the Comet", "The Toxic Avenger", " Street Trash", " Dead Alive ( a.k.a. Braindead)", " Zombi 3", " The Thing ( 1982)", " Total Recall", " Saving Private Ryan", " Versus", " Men Behind The Sun", " Burial Ground", "Cemetery Man", " Predator", "City of the Living Dead ( a.k.a. Gates of Hell)", "House By The Cemetery", " Shaun of the Dead", "Driller Killer", " Junk", "Hell of the Living Dead ( a.k.a. Night of the Zombies)", " Bride Of & Beyond Re-Animator", " Resident Evil & Resident Evil Apocalypse", "Cannibal Apocalypse", " Let Sleeping Corpses Lie", "Pet Semetery", " American Werewolf in London", " The Dead Next Door", " Tetsuo The Iron Man", " Dead Heat ( 1988)", "Returner", "Serpent and The Rainbow", "Battlefield Baseball", " Event Horizon", "Ghosts of Mars", " Doom", "Dog Soldiers", " Death Race 2000", " Dead & Breakfast", " CHUD", "Stacy", and "The Beyond".
OK, it's not that bad after all
Alright, I hate to admit it, but after years of saying how disapointed I was in this film, calling it boring, stupid, a letdown and just flat out not good...it's actually grown on me. There, I said it.
It's really not a bad flick. Still my least favorite of Romoero's zombie films, but worth checking out. Hell, must be worth owning in my eyes since I now own it (and am proud to have it in my collection). The movie has a bit more of a build up than Night and Dawn, I think that's why I never gave it much of a chance. If like myself, you watched this movie years ago and thought it was a waste of time, give it a second chance, the second time isn't quite as painful.
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