{"id":70915,"date":"2021-03-29T19:41:19","date_gmt":"2021-03-30T02:41:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=70915"},"modified":"2021-03-29T19:41:19","modified_gmt":"2021-03-30T02:41:19","slug":"dawn-of-the-dead-1978","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=70915","title":{"rendered":"Dawn of the Dead (1978)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>&#8220;When there&#8217;s no more room in hell, the dead will walk the Earth.&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<table>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Dawn-of-the-Dead-Poster.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Dawn-of-the-Dead-Poster-194x300.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"194\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-70916\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Dawn-of-the-Dead-Poster-194x300.png 194w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Dawn-of-the-Dead-Poster-662x1024.png 662w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Dawn-of-the-Dead-Poster-83x128.png 83w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Dawn-of-the-Dead-Poster-174x270.png 174w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Dawn-of-the-Dead-Poster.png 719w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 194px) 100vw, 194px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Synopsis:<\/strong><br \/>\nDuring a zombie apocalypse, a quartet of survivors &#8212; a helicopter pilot (David Emge) and his pregnant girlfriend (Gaylen Ross), as well as two SWAT team members (Ken Foree and Scott Reiniger) &#8212; hole up in a shopping mall.\n<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p>\n<strong>Genres, Themes, Actors, and Directors:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>George Romero Films<\/li>\n<li>Horror Films<\/li>\n<li>Survival<\/li>\n<li>Trapped<\/li>\n<li>Zombies<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Response to Peary\u2019s Review: <\/strong><br \/>\nPeary argues that this &#8220;long-awaited sequel&#8221; to George Romero&#8217;s <a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=13027\"><em>Night of the Living Dead<\/em> (1968)<\/a> &#8220;has a message&#8221; but it&#8217;s &#8220;drowned in buckets of blood&#8221;. He posits that the &#8220;film fails on all levels, but what&#8217;s most infuriating is its extreme violence,&#8221; noting that while &#8220;Romero claimed that no one would be bothered by the graphic killings because everyone would understand that the film is a pop <em>fantasy<\/em>,&#8221; he &#8220;has characters being shot in the head&#8230; right at the beginning, before we are aware that Romero is working on a comical-fantasy level&#8221; &#8212; and thus &#8220;viewers eventually become numbed by the violence rather than taking it lightly as Romero intended.&#8221; Peary concedes that &#8220;opinion on the film is divided,&#8221; but asserts that he personally finds it &#8220;a dreadful, embarrassing picture by a director who should know better.&#8221; <\/p>\n<p>I disagree completely with Peary on this film, which has become a cult classic in its own right. His description of Romero&#8217;s choice to set the film in a shopping mall &#8212; given that it represents &#8220;a gathering place, home-away-from-home, and self-contained community that, significantly, is minus only a church&#8221; &#8212; is, to be honest, over-thinking things. (Romero has said that his friend gave him a behind-the-scenes tour of <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Monroeville_Mall\">the mall used in the movie<\/a> and he simply thought it would be a good place to &#8220;hole up during an emergency.&#8221;) Meanwhile, the blood and violence throughout are so obviously fake (intentionally so) that it&#8217;s hard to get too upset about them. Instead, one simply roots for this motley group of protagonists as they face the truly freaky prospect of battling hundreds of undead creatures who move slowly but bite aggressively, causing near-certain transformation. All the leads do a fine job in their roles, and Tom Savini&#8217;s special effects are impressive given the budget and era. This one remains well worth a look. <\/p>\n<p><strong>Redeeming Qualities and Moments: <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Fine performances by the leads<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Dawn-of-the-Dead-Foree.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Dawn-of-the-Dead-Foree-1024x576.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-70919\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Dawn-of-the-Dead-Foree-1024x576.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Dawn-of-the-Dead-Foree-300x169.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Dawn-of-the-Dead-Foree-128x72.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Dawn-of-the-Dead-Foree-768x432.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Dawn-of-the-Dead-Foree-480x270.png 480w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Dawn-of-the-Dead-Foree.png 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Dawn-of-the-Dead-Emge.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Dawn-of-the-Dead-Emge-1024x576.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-70918\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Dawn-of-the-Dead-Emge-1024x576.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Dawn-of-the-Dead-Emge-300x169.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Dawn-of-the-Dead-Emge-128x72.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Dawn-of-the-Dead-Emge-768x432.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Dawn-of-the-Dead-Emge-480x270.png 480w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Dawn-of-the-Dead-Emge.png 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Dawn-of-the-Dead-Ross.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Dawn-of-the-Dead-Ross-1024x576.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-70920\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Dawn-of-the-Dead-Ross-1024x576.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Dawn-of-the-Dead-Ross-300x169.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Dawn-of-the-Dead-Ross-128x72.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Dawn-of-the-Dead-Ross-768x432.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Dawn-of-the-Dead-Ross-480x270.png 480w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Dawn-of-the-Dead-Ross.png 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Dawn-of-the-Dead-Reiniger.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Dawn-of-the-Dead-Reiniger-1024x576.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-70917\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Dawn-of-the-Dead-Reiniger-1024x576.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Dawn-of-the-Dead-Reiniger-300x169.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Dawn-of-the-Dead-Reiniger-128x72.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Dawn-of-the-Dead-Reiniger-768x432.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Dawn-of-the-Dead-Reiniger-480x270.png 480w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Dawn-of-the-Dead-Reiniger.png 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<li>Impressive special effects<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Dawn-of-the-Dead-Bite.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Dawn-of-the-Dead-Bite-1024x576.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-70921\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Dawn-of-the-Dead-Bite-1024x576.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Dawn-of-the-Dead-Bite-300x169.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Dawn-of-the-Dead-Bite-128x72.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Dawn-of-the-Dead-Bite-768x432.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Dawn-of-the-Dead-Bite-480x270.png 480w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Dawn-of-the-Dead-Bite.png 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<li>Masterful editing<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Must See? <\/strong><br \/>\nYes, as a cult favorite by a master director. <\/p>\n<p><strong>Categories<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Cult Movie<\/li>\n<li>Important Director<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p> (<span style=\"color:red;font-weight:bold;\">Listed in <a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-static\/1001Movies.htm\"><em>1001 Movies You Must See Before You Die<\/em><\/a><\/span>) <\/p>\n<p><strong>Links: <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0077402\/\">IMDb entry<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/thespinningimage.co.uk\/article\/displayarticle.asp?articleid=464\">Spinning Image Review<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.moriareviews.com\/horror\/dawn-of-the-dead-1978.htm\">Moria Review<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/EdTNuZWA4mY\">re.View Video Review<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;When there&#8217;s no more room in hell, the dead will walk the Earth.&#8221; Synopsis: During a zombie apocalypse, a quartet of survivors &#8212; a helicopter pilot (David Emge) and his pregnant girlfriend (Gaylen Ross), as well as two SWAT team members (Ken Foree and Scott Reiniger) &#8212; hole up in a shopping mall. Genres, Themes, Actors, and Directors: George Romero Films Horror Films Survival Trapped Zombies Response to Peary\u2019s Review: Peary argues that this &#8220;long-awaited sequel&#8221; to George Romero&#8217;s Night&#8230;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"><a class=\"btn btn-default\" href=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=70915\"> Read More<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">  Read More<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-70915","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-reviews"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/70915","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=70915"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/70915\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":70923,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/70915\/revisions\/70923"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=70915"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=70915"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=70915"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}