When I was younger I always put off seeing this film, not because I was scared or anything like that, but because I always thought there was a film just called Living Dead and that this was a sequel. Well the joke is on me of course because what I was missing out on was probably the best zombie film made to date.
Zombies
Night #22: Dawn Of The Dead
The zombie. If it’s possible that we reached saturation I’d say we reached it a long time ago, but they continue to endure anyway. Like the vampire we’re treated to story after story of the shuffling dead from such diverse fair as The Serpent And The Rainbow (Hi again Wes Craven) to Zombiez(I think it’s meant as like…a street thing).
Seen as the modern Godfather of zombies, George Romero released what’s considered his magnum opus in 1978 and is still seen as a high point in the genre.
But I still don’t like it that much. Continue reading