Dawn Of The Dead

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Aka 'Zombies...Dawn Of The Dead' and sequel to 'Night Of The Living Dead'. A bunch of zombies take over a shopping mall and terrorise four people who are forced into taking refuge there. One of the key movies of the seventies in its examination of the breakdown of family and the social order, and also a quite spectacularly, even hilariously, gruesome satire on middle American consumerism. You are what you eat.

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Review by Ian Maddix on 9th October 2000

This horror classic is the second in the series of George Romero's zombie trilogy. It is set at the time when the outbreak of zombies first becomes apparent, with panic and confussion spreading amongst the population.
Amid this confussion 2 US Marines a Helicopter pilot and his wife manage to find sancturary in a large shopping mall where all their worldly consumer needs are taken care of.
Initially biding their time in the shopping complex the small group decide to remain there for as long as possible until they can make some kind of contact with the outside world once the crisis has blown over. The crisis does not blow over, indeed it worsens and once the shopping mall becomes somewhat over run with the unwelcome walking dead, the group make plans for their escape. Essentially a fast paced action movie with rotting co-stars, the film also operates on many other levels. Romero is making a serious comment on the futility of mass consumerism and capitalism typified by the imagery of braindead 'rotters' beating out a worthless existence in and amongst the endless rows of useless consumer goods (a normal day at the shops).
Although not as ground-breaking as Night of the Living Dead nor as sophisticated as the later film Day of the Dead, Dawn of the Dead is a lot of fun and a highly respected film in the Zombie horror genre.
8/10

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Review by anonymous on 4th March 2000

It's an awesome movie! Great video, awesome sound and a great transfer to tape. It looks better than the Anchor Bay DVD transfer!

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