Storyline
During an ever-growing epidemic of zombies that have risen from the dead, two Philadelphia SWAT team members, a traffic reporter, and his television-executive girlfriend seek refuge in a secluded shopping mall.
Directors
Cast
Joseph Pilato, George A. Romero, Ken Foree, Scott H. Reiniger, Tom Savini, Pasquale Buba, Randy Kovitz, Taso N. Stavrakis, David Early, Rik Billock, David Crawford, David Emge, Gaylen Ross, Richard France, Howard Smith, Daniel Dietrich, Fred Baker, James A. Baffico, Rod Stouffer, Jese Del Gre, Clayton McKinnon, John Rice, Ted Bank, Patrick McCloskey, Marty Schiff, Sharon Ceccatti, Mike Christopher, Clayton Hill, Christine Forrest, John Amplas, Greg Besnak, Roy Frumkes, Debra Gordon, Michael Gornick, Donald Rubinstein, Warner Shook, Sara Venable
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Reviews
100
Dawn of the Dead is one of the best horror films ever made -- and, as an inescapable result, one of the most horrifying. It is gruesome, sickening, disgusting, violent, brutal and appalling. It is also (excuse me for a second while I find my other list) brilliantly crafted, funny, droll, and savagely merciless in its satiric view of the American consumer society. Nobody ever said art had to be in good taste.
100
IGN
Where Night of the Living Dead was a straight up horror film (with some minor social commentary buried beneath the ever-present threat of the shambling undead), Dawn is something a bit more intriguing. Sure, much of Dawn's first thirty minutes or so has the same unrelenting feel of the earlier film, but once our heroes arrive at their final destination, the tone changes.
100
Undoubtedly the zombie movie to end 'em all... The horror/suspense content is brilliant enough to satisfy the most demanding fan, and the film uses superb locations like a huge shopping mall to further its Bosch-like vision of a society consumed by its own appetites. But take no munchies.
100
Grim, gruelling but beautifully shot, this is intelligent, sophisticated horror.
100
Slant Magazine
Romero’s distinctly Pittsburghian sensibilities can’t be underestimated when explaining Dawn’s appeal; the Monroeville Mall perfectly evokes the feel of a hollow monument standing at the center of a community that couldn’t be bothered to define itself any more distinctively than could be represented by their choice between Florsheim or Kinney’s shoes. The mall, in essence, shoulders the burden of their identity.
