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Dawn of the Dead (1979)
description written by member Tim:
Dawn of the Dead is a sequel to the cult classic Night of the Living Dead. It starts off as the dead have taken over the majority of the world and four people find an abandoned shopping mall which they decide to lock up and take residence. The four use all of the malls amenities to occupy there time such as the ice skating rink, the arcade, and of course they shop till they drop in all of the stores. Everything goes great until other people find the mall and then it is a battle against zombies and greedy looters.
| Release Date: | April 29th, 1979 |
| Running Time: | 126 minutes |
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$55,000,000 (US)
$0 (World) |
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Dawn of the Dead Movie Review by Tim  (3/4/2007) |
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Dawn of the Dead should only be remembered one way.......As the ORIGINAL 1979 version! Don't get me wrong the remake was a good horror film but it did not do the 1979 version any justice. If you are not familiar with the trilogy then know that Dawn of the Dead is a sequel to the cult classic "Night of the Living Dead." ...
(complete Dawn of the Dead review by Tim)
| Dawn of the Dead Movie Review by Jarrod (5/29/2008) |
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Perhaps I simply cannot appreciate a good zombie flick when I see one, but George A Romero's 'Dawn of the Dead' does not impress me that much, even though I believe Night of the Living Dead is a horror masterpiece, and enjoyed Day of the Dead, which finished off his original zombie trilogy in 1985. 'Dawn of the Dead' is...
(complete Dawn of the Dead review by Jarrod)
| Dawn of the Dead Movie Review by Zombie Boy (12/12/2007) |
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I'm afraid I'm going to have to be blasphemous once again: I don't really care for DAWN OF THE DEAD. Sure, it is an entry in an overall series that I admire greatly, but for me it is just a grand misfire.
DAWN picks up where NIGHT OF THE LIVING DEAD leaves off, that being a world overrun by the walking dead, creatures...
(complete Dawn of the Dead review by Zombie Boy)
| Dawn of the Dead Movie Review by Richard (6/7/2007) |
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George A. Romero is a master. I was 7 when I first saw this movie, and all I could think of is, OMFG!
I finally found a DVD copy a year or so ago and said exactly the same thing. This movie tells not only the tale of Zombies trying to take over a shopping mall, but it completely tears apart a genre that Romero made. It...
(complete Dawn of the Dead review by Richard)
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