1001 movies – Dawn of the Dead (1978)

Dawn of the dead is another zombie movie from the father of good zombie movies George A. Romero. It is disgusting, creepy and disgusting, so everything a good zombie movie requires is present. But we also find elements like love, action and drama, even some comedy. So there is a piece for every pie lover in this one.

Movie is about the world getting overrun by the walking dead again as our heroes (some guys and a useless and by gods testicles I mean USELESS chick – that is pregers on top of everything, god she pissed me off) find shelter in a big ass mall that is filled with food that is immune to expiration and every other thing anyone would ever want. They live in the mall for like 6 months or something before a gang of bikers come and fuck everything up.

What is good about this movie is what it represents. So what do we have here, it is a mall filled with brainless creatures that wander around (sound familiar?) – that happens to be wanting to consume your brains this time (well it is after all a horror movie).

What is the other main group of beings in the movie? Oh they are consumers too. They feast on all the items in their precious mall – not giving a fuck about the world outside where hell is lose. (sound familiaaaarr?)  So yes. That is what I love about the movie. I absolutely hate that all the characters are USELESS. As I mentioned, the chick specially. She will just sit down and watch as one of the guys get eaten in slow motion by a zombie that is still moving in slow motion. Yes the guy sucks too for allowing himself to get in that situation, how hard is it to just… gah I mean they are acting so freakishly stiff! It’s like telling a rich American 16 year old girl to tie a boat knot. They are so disoriented and … you will just have to see it to get what I mean. It is just annoying.

I guess that’s how they needed to act to make the slow motion zombie concept work. In newer zombie movies the zombies are faster, probably to avoid this akward kind of acting.

I give the movie 4 intestines out of 5.