Dawn Of The Dead (original)
 

I just bought this movie, and realized that it is not only an extremly well done horror film, but how controversial it is. It reflects the breakdown of society. How poeple stop caring, authority figures no longer mean anything, and people kill other poeple without a care. Poeple become territorial like animals, and kill others to keep their territory If you've never thought about this while watching this movie, watch it again, and pay attention.

You forgot to mention the zombies wandering around the mall and how those scenes were shot purposely to show that normal folks and mindless zombies arent that different.


It's also the first of the series to refer to them as "zombies" (Peter's grandfather was a voodoo preist)

I have it on DVD, love it.

I'm going to get shit on for this, but the slow moving zombies with terrible make-up jobs didn't contribute to the horror of this flick at all (atleast for me) Even in giant packs they couldn't manage to be scary, the new dawn of the dead did a much better job in the horror areas but didn't quite capture the breakdown of society in the original.

That zombie Hare Krishna always gave me the creeps. i dont know why...

Hari Krishna's are pretty creepy in general. Zombified or not.

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heh true.

You posted the only one that isn't though. :D

i think the slow - but unrelentless zombies has the same impact as Jason or any of the other deliberate but slow plodding bad-guys.
It's coming - and nothing can stop it .. you have to think about it - anticipate your death.
Also You feel you can relax bacause they are slow but they are always coming.

I always liked the makeup jobs though ....

The greyish blue painted faces? They only spent time on making two or three zombies look good.

Nothing like jason, those zombie fuckers are slow, weak and easy to kill. The scary thing is that the world is fucked and there is no hope.

I would rathetr be chased by one dead retard with a machette than a million dead people.

There weren't that many in the mall, and they just shoved them over like they were nothing all the time.

but they were ALWAYS there ... unrelentless.


like having your mother in law living with you ...


sure you can push her down ..... but she's always there and back for more

lol

lol. i agree the makeup was stupid, and the color of the blood was off, but they put enough in there to make it cool!:D

I think it was bright red paint and water or something. :D

sigh .... youngsters today - so spoiled

Would you prefer chocolate sauce?:p

If it were in black and white, yes I would. :D

i thought the only thing that looked goofy was the biker with the built up frankenstein head to got his top popped by the helecopter... but a great gag .. funny as hell...

ya that was hilarious. why do those kid zombies move so fukin fast?

I think originals are always better then sequels.

I always hated that dude.... "Flyboy" I think they called him. Fuck that guy, he's a bitch

Seriously, learn how to shoot. Everyone else in zombie movies can hit zombies in the head every shot, what's his problem? I like how Roger keeps knocking the gun out of the way in the beginning. :D

the make-up in day of the dead was way better, but how can anyone forget the star, zombie nurse, she is the most bitchin' zombie ever. you think the dawn zombies where stiff in the knees? they couldn't seem to make it up the stairs until the power was turned on. gotta love nuclear power. Hey come to think of it, how many nuclear power plants would actually stay in tip top shape in a post apocoliptic society? Granted they weren't blown up or anything, there is just noone alive to monoter them, I couldnt run a nuclear reactor.

But Homer would keep sector 7-G safely ticking over, so long as the zombies didn't eat his donuts.

Mmmm.

Donuts.

cause stupid kid actors dont listen when adults are tryin to tell them how to act like the living dead....except that little leager...

hahahaha, kids are stupid

do you mean "Louie" from the beggining? the guy who was like, "blow their potereican and n*gger asses rtight off!" ya he was a bitch, but he got what was coming to him.

check the hospital scene of Fulci's The Beyond if you really want to go nuts ..

they keep shooting them in the stomach ... and then finally the head .. and they go down.

and then they keep shooting them in the stomach, then finally the head ...


then the stomach, then the head ....

and so on

I always liked this movie for the messages it had but as a balls out horror movie it really sucks. The effects are bad and it starts dragging about a quarter of the way thru.
The zombies arent very intimidating most people could clean house on them with a louisville slugger.
Personally I felt the remake was a much better horror movie even if it lacked a clear message that the original had

^ geez I wonder why we tell noobs to fuck off?

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shit...the first time i saw dawn of the dead.....about three quarters through the movie i started getting ansy.....cause i knew it was gonna start wrapping up...i could've used another hour...most hands on exhilarating movie ever...

yes zombies should run faster than most living people because they were already dead why would they be stiff :rolleyes:



running zombies are gay

Funny!

The original film is one of the wildest things ever made.

The Hare Krishna zombie is a clever joke: When alive, Hare Krishnas are vegetarians.

FUCK YOU NOOB!!!!!

^Geez I wonder why this forum has a bunch of idiots with 9th grade educations

Fuck you dimwit. Have you ever heard of a dissenting opinion.

Nice comeback there.

i don't have a ninth grade education i'm still in 8th

yea i am 2 bitch so watch what you say around heer newbie!

At least you have something to shoot for in life.