Dawn of the Dead (1978)
A film by George A. Romero
Romero's sequel to his brilliant Night of the Living Dead is not as scary but is a lot of fun to watch. I first watched this film in 1979 on VHS video via a top-loading Ferguson Videostar VCR (what an era that was). The zombies are still everywhere and a group of two TV production workers and two SWAT soldiers escape in a helicopter to a giant shopping mall and reside there for a while, blocking themselves in from the hordes of zombies, and indulging themselves with its contents, until they are disturbed by an army of destructive bikers, which includes Tom Savini. The ghouls are diverse and the gore is lucid and garish. The film has a real humorous zest to it. The setting of the shopping mall is appropriate. Walking around a large shopping complex nowadays you will find that the people are not dissimilar to the zombies in this film - they wander around in a trance like them. The music is also good and adds to the film's low budget appeal and feel. A brilliant film, that is deeply entertaining and infinitely watchable.
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