Dec 22, 2008

Movie Review: Dawn of the Dead (1978)

So I have watched this and I will say, Romero is king of zombie movies.

The movie starts out showing a broadcast station having some trouble reporting on a disease that is causing people to go crazy. Little do they suspect people are turning zombies.

They also show police clearing a building infested with zombies. This sets up the plot for the main characters. A helicopter pilot and his lover, and two cops, one who is a buddy of the pilot.

After fleeing the city in their chopper they land for refueling and get attacked by zombies and have to take them out.

Then they get to the main part of the movie where they land in the mall and decide to clear it of its infestation and live there. Malls have lots of goods one can use in a zombie invasion including food, clothing and tools. They are however very hard to secure depending on the number of people you have.

I wont give away the rest of the movie but it is a classic so expect the zombies to look really gray and not much blood and guts on them. Most of them look downright silly. I will say however that the bite effects do look cool and for the year it was made in they did some nice gore.

I give it a 8 out of 10. Its a good movie and even though its not super realistic its still a good story.

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