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"EDDY DEMAYO HIHGLY RECOMMENDS THIS FLICK!", TAKE IT FROM EDDY DEMAYO, KING OF THE ZOMBIE MOVIES, DAWN OF THE DEAD IS PERFECT! A GEORGE ROMERO CLASSIC! NOT TO BE MISSED! CLASSIC CULT FILM!

"Ode to Dawn of the Dead", George A. Romero discovered a universal truth: Zombies rock. What's not to love? Shambling, animated corpses with a taste for living flesh? Desperate survivors with trigger happy fingers decapitating said zombies with rusty machetes or well-aimed head shots? Zombies piling up like chords of wood? And the screaming!

It's like Christmas at the organ donor shop.

Romero's original "Dawn of the Dead" made in 1978 is a lot of things: horrifying, taboo-shattering, gory, and disturbing. It's also horror camp at its finest - skewering the mass consumer culture of the United States in our most shallow of decades: the 1970s.

Romero has a gleefully good time with his pack of survivors holed up in an indoor shopping mall. The slow-moving zombies that bang into the display cases or stumble up the escalators aren't so far removed from normal everyday mall shoppers - at least according to Romero.

Why do the zombies congregate at the mall? "Some kind of instinct. Memory, of what they used to do. This was an important place in their lives," one of the characters informs us.

Yeah, even dead we like buying stuff at the mall.

But one thing the Romero film is not? Scary.

That's one reason why we're also fans of the much maligned 2004 remake by director Zack Snyder. That's a sacrilege in many quarters, but for pure fright - Snyder tops Romero. That's the truth. Romero's low-budget wonder is a classic - no doubt. It can be uncomfortable to watch, but there is more dark humor than actual chills. Romero focused his film on his wicked wit: satire instead of terror.

Snyder isn't interested in delivering a sardonic message. He wants to scare you. And damn it if he doesn't. His zombies - like the times we live in - are fast. There's no shambling here - but straight out sprinting.

The gem of Snyder's movie is the opening 10 minutes. It may be the most frightening sequence of any horror movie made over the last 20 years. It has a disjointed, sour flavor as if the orange juice you drink every morning has been spiked with cyanide.

Sarah Polley plays a nurse named Ana. She's at the end of a difficult shift at the hospital. All she wants to do is go home. Traveling home over washed out streets in a bland suburban tract, she arrives home for "date night" with her husband. They make love in their messy, little bed in their messy, little house.

Then it all goes to hell.

The little girl next door wonders in and lo and behold the lower half of her face has been chewed off. She creeps into the bedroom and Ana's husband jumps up concerned. But before he can react, she takes a bite of flesh out of his neck.

Ana locks the little girl out of the bedroom and then has a grueling life and death struggle as her husband dies and then reanimates as a zombie. It's bone rattling violence and by the time Ana gets into her car - her neighborhood, her world is in chaos.

It's absolutely chilling.

While the overall Snyder's film doesn't quite live up to the original (and the characters make some ridiculous decisions - especially at the end), Snyder delivers a zombie movie that belongs on the list of greatest undead flicks ever made - with Romero's original and the superb "28 Days Later."

The two movies follow the same premise - but are very different movies. That's why you can enjoy them both: turn to Romero for the horrifying satire (you can often overlook the rather awkward acting) and then lean on Snyder for some in-your-face terror (and for using Johnny Cash's "Man Comes Around" as an opening number).

Either way -- it's a great two for one.

Like undead literate blather? Then plodded on over to the Dark Party Review.

"Dawn of the Dead", I recived this dvd in two days I am very happy with my purchase
John.....

"If you love Blu-Ray and Zombies...", ... you will love this movie! Come on... it is Dawn of the Dead! Need I say more... I think not.

"Dawn of the Dead", I doubt most of todays audience will appreciate this as much as those that saw it at the theater, but it still has a cult following for good reason. George A. Romero was the master at Zombie movies. Sure the makeup job on this could have been better but considering his budget for his B movies, he did remarkably well. This is one of my favorites with the shopping mall as their hideout from the dead. The remake is pretty good too, but you have to see this original to fully appreciate it. Good quality DVD with extras. If you enjoyed this catch "Day of the Dead".

CA Luster

Read this reviews before You buy...

"Finest Zombie Movie So Far, Ultimate Edition Indeed!!!", - Sure 'Night Of The Living Dead (1968)' Started It All, and its a close second to be the greatest.

- Sure 'Dawn Of The Dead (2004) Remake' is a good action-packed film, I can't deny that, probably the best (and only) good Horror Film remake of this time out there.

- Sure 'Shawn Of The Dead (2004)' is funny as hell, maybe the most clever horror comedy since "Return OF The Living Dead"

- But more than sure 'Dawn Of The Dead (1978)' Is the best zombie movie so far, as a fan of the outtathagravewalkingcorpes flicks, having seen most of them, and owning all the above mentioned, there's no argue George A. Romero was at is peak here: Clever setting, interesting characters, cool effects (for the time, of course), and what it's most pretentios but yet so awesome: intelligent and believable plot that works both as an slowpaced action gory film and a criticism on society consumist and violence nature set in the apocalypse.

PROS: Anchor Bay has done an excellent job giving the movie what it deserves: Excelent package, 2 full lenght documentaries (you won't need anything else), interesting commentary tracks, a printed comicbook preview, all the versions of the film with audio variations including original mono, and some other minor but good extras for completist such as posters, trailer, on-screens promo material & bios, etc.

CONS: The only flaw I can see here is the lack of subtitle tracks, not only in languages such as spanish, french among others, but even not an english track is a great miss.

VEREDICT: If you are or want to become a Zombie movie fan (or Horror fan) you shouldn't live without this set, it's the best version you'll ever get, and if they happen to release a new one, I don't know what the h-ell could it include not represented in this set.

"Great looking and sounding edition of a classic, with one caveat", Dawn of the Dead is one of my favorite horror films; in fact, I show it in my Horror Film class most semesters. This Blu-ray version looks and sounds great, with a casual but lively and informative audio commentary by Romero, Tom Savini, and Christine Romero (who I guess is George's ex-wife now, as he mentions his girlfriend on the commentary track for Diary of the Dead). This is all wonderful, and the only thing that keeps me from giving this edition 5 stars is the fact that only the U.S. theatrical version is included. I try to keep only one version of each movie I own, but I'm going to have to keep my regular DVD release of Dawn as well as the Blu-ray version because the regular DVD release includes the Cannes cut and the Argento cut along with the U.S. theatrical version. I realize that this is Romero's preferred version, but with such a landmark film, I want to own the alternative versions as well. If you're not interested in the variant versions, consider this a 5 star rating.

"A Comedy You Can Sink Your Teeth Into", The beauty of this movie is that it wraps a social commentary around a gruesome horror movie that was way ahead of it's time. This movie was made during a time when shopping malls weren't as widespread as they are today. Zombies showing up at shopping malls, trained consumers. This movie sets the standard for horror films and it is stunning in every way. The story is great, the acting above average for a horror flick and the special effects incredible. This is a movie that influenced a lot of people and has one of the largest cult followings of any movie. A timeless movie, important in what it has to say, the precedent it set for the horror genre and one of the best movies that intertwines comedy and horror effectively. 5 Stars for the second of George Romero's zombie films.

"Interesting little film", After watching Night of the Living Dead, I decided to give Dawn of the Dead a shot. Right from the get go, I was hooked on the film. The movie follows Stephen, Roger, Peter, and Francine, who are trying to escape to Canada, away from the zombie epidemic plaguing the cities. Along the way, the group finds a shopping mall, and decides to make a stand in the mall.

I personally think the mall idea is brilliant. Honestly though, whenever I think of zombie epidemic, I think of malls. Malls in America are one of the most well stocked facilities capable of sustaining a small group for months with food, clothing, and all sort of entertainment.

The next cool thing about the movie is the fact that the mall they filmed in is an actually mall that exists in America. If I remember right, Romero shot at Monroeville Mall which is interesting for many reasons. One is that you'll see a lot of brand name companies which wouldn't be used in modern times and the fact that nearly every store somehow contributed to the efforts of the movie. For example, the characters went into Penny's for supplies, or a gun store, and even more surprising a bank. I think the fact that Romero was able to pull off shooting at an actual mall is a feat all by itself and I liked the movie all the better because of it.

The thing that separates Dawn of the Dead from other zombie films is that you grow attached to the characters in a small way. Throughout the film, I was rooting for many of the folks and by the end, I was sadden by the fact that they had to give up their mall due to looters and zombies overrunning the mall.

While waiting for the film in the mail, I decided to read over various sites. I was a bit surprised by the amount of articles outlining the fact that Dawn of the Dead is some sort of satire about America's consumerism. After watching the film though, I believe that it is a good zombie film and nothing else. I mean I guess you could make the connection that zombies, malls, and people are somehow connected, but in my opinion, who would give up a mall if there is a zombie epidemic? And not only that, the characters were careful to note that looters would most likely come to mall and they made necessary precautions but failed in the end.

Overall the movie is good. Personally I recommend buying all the Divimax Dead series as they are all good in picture and sound quality. It comes with a short bio on Romero and some Trailers and photo shoot, but I don't think any other sort of bonuses exist on the dvd.


"Just about everything "Dawn" you'll need", I had been waiting for this set many a year. I remember it was said online (around 1999) that Anchor Bay was pulling together all known cuts of Dawn to form the most complete version ever. While that doesn't happen here, there's very darn little you won't get.
First off, the transfers. They look good, the colors are bright and vibrant.
Sound: It gets an "A" from me. I don't have a 5.1, so take that into consideration, but it still sounds good to me.
You get the theatrical version released earlier as a single disc, then the "director's cut" that had been released a few years back, the "Argento cut" AKA European edition AND Roy Frumkes' Document of the Dead. Special features abound, interviews, multiple commentaries (one per movie, just to clarify) and featurettes. The only thing I really found missing was Mr. Frumkes' commentary on Document, but that's pretty minor (and probably would have raised the price).
All in all, pretty much everything a Dawn fan would need or want.