Friday, September 19, 2014

#43 Dawn of the Dead (1978)

The king of the Zombie movies. There isn't much to be said that hasn't been said already. This movie is groundbreaking, socially relevant, horrific and also a little bit boring. It is also the template that all other epic zombie movies use.

Most of the flick is about how to fortify a mall. We watch the entire arch of our group of characters as they escape from society, overcome their differences, work together to insure their own safety and eventually have all of their plans torn apart not by the flesh eating monsters but by entirely different monsters. The killing and the blood effects are just thrown in there so that we don't stop paying attention.

Also, Tom Savini is king.

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