Dawn of the Dead (Unrated) [HD DVD]

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An absolutely STUNNING remake........2007-08-28

I really knew nothing of Dawn of the Dead 2004 until I saw the preview. No trailers, no TV spots, no hype. So I was quite surprised at how breathtaking it is, moving at a neck-breaking pace and not letting up on the gut-wrenching tension for the entire running time. The critics and majority of the audience agreed, something damn rare for a remake.

While many remakes are easy, pointless cash-ins on previous success and a quick way to mooch a few dollars off fans, DOTD 2004 is something quite different. Both Dawn of the Dead movies are great for their own reasons. And while most will judge this a remake only and do nothing but compare it with its 1978 counterpart, it's really best to watch them a two separate stories happening at the same time.

Young Nurse Ana (Sarah Polley) is living the suburban dream: perfect house, loving husband, well-manicured cul-de-sac. All that is about to change. As she drives home after a long shift dozens of clues surrounding the brewing trouble literally fall on deaf ears as Ana is too tired to notice. Overnight, her life is changed forever (as anyone's life can) when a lethal virus, that causes the dead to come back to life, spreads with alarming speed all over the world. Utterly, completely, hopelessly outnumbered, Ana flees her perfect life and hooks up with a bunch of other survivors who take refuge in a huge shopping mall.

I will not pretend that the satire of the original is something of my own discovery (as so many, many other reviewers have) and complain that it's pretty much absent in the remake because DOTD 2004 has so many other levels to it.

First of all, the zombies (the word is never mentioned in the film) can be seen as the perfect society. There is no conflict between them, no hate, no prejudice, and no grudges. They exist only to create more, as humans invariably do. The survivors barricaded in the shopping mall are rebels. They are refusing to conform and fight for their life, for their right to be different. And with this right to be different comes conflict and turmoil. The barricade between inside the mall and outside the mall is the line between the western world and the third world. Indulgent, ignorant and wasteful on one side and starving masses grabbing for whatever food they can on the other.

DOTD 2004 offers a wider range of characters (more zombie nosh!) boarded up in the mall: cop, nurse, hoodlum, survivalist old lady, pregnant woman, security guards, gay guy, arrogant playboy millionaire, pretty girl and average Joe. It could be argued that they're a far more PC assortment of characters than the original (DOTD 1978 had 2 SWAT cops and 2 reporters-the very people we rely on to protect and inform us in times of crises-chickening out of their utterly futile duties to fend for themselves) but it ends up with character arcs and a sense of sticking together to survive, despite differences, that the original didn't have.

The cast is well chosen and all act their parts brilliantly. Horror films have severely declined in recent years with most being turned into 20-something teen soap-opera trash. In DOTD 2004 you'll see a realistic group of people dealing enormous pressure with sense and reason. However, there is one particular moment in which a complete idiot character jeopardizes the security for everyone else for the dumbest and stupidest of reasons. It really bugs me that this device is in the film and it damages DOTD 2004 and prevents it from having any everlasting integrity.

There are a few references to the original (I'd hate to call them 'in-jokes' as that term would be kind of inappropriate for a film of this nature) that fans will have fun picking up on. But mostly the characters and situations featured in DOTD 2004 are completely new. The most interesting of which is the gun store owner across the street from the mall who communicates with Ving Rhames with his whiteboard and marker pen.

Writer James Gunn (Scooby Doo, Scooby Doo 2: Monsters Unleashed) unleashes an entirely new monster this time. Many people have strongly complained at the 'fast zombie' type seen in this movie and (the absolutely awful) 28 Days Later. But they are far, far, FAR more terrifying than the slow, sluggish, rigger-mortis stricken corpses in the original. They'd be on you, ripping you're throat out before you can say 'crikey!' Yes, the 'turning times' vary wildly in the movie, but it all depends on the bite and how bad it is.

I had never heard of Zack Snyder before seeing this movie, but for a debut feature he sure has impressed me. Every scene in this film is shot and lit from an identifiable point of view. This could be YOUR shopping mall in YOUR town. Not some fantasy happening far away. It's these kind of qualities that make DOTD 2004 stay with you longer than Darkness Falls or Scream 86. I'm glad that Hollywood can still make horror films as bloody and relentless as this, though there were several cuts made to the theatrical version.

This UNRATED HD DVD runs 110 minutes and features more gore, bridging scenes, more character development, more violence and the odd restored shot here and there. It really is the definitive cut of the film to have and I urge you to buy this version.

Filmed in Super-35 the HD DVD presents the film in 2.35:1 1080P widescreen with Dolby THD sound. The picture is flawless and Zack Snyder's high contrast, blown-out cinematography looks utterly perfect. A truckload of extras include Commentary by director Zack Snyder and Producer Eric Newman, The Lost Tape: Andy's Terrifying Last Days Revealed, Special Bulletin: We Interrupt This Program!-complete news coverage of the attacks, deleted scenes, Raising the Dead and Attack of the Living Dead featurettes and Splitting Headaches: Anatomy of Exploding Heads.

NOTE: This 'unrated' HD-DVD is NOT the Director's Cut. The DC lasts 110 minutes while this one barely makes it to 109. A few lines of dialogue are snipped here and there and the naked woman on the freeway has been 'covered up' with bloodstains. Why, I don't know.

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Dawn of the Dead---the original, the best.

Dawn of the Dead [Blu-ray]
Starring: Ted Bank , Tony Buba , Sharon Ceccatti , Pan Chatfield , and Jim Christopher
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Release Date: 2007-10-02

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Dawn of the Dead---the original, the best........2007-09-12

This movie is awesome. I have all the other dvd releases and will definately be buying this Blu-Ray version as well. Can never have enough copies of a classic.
Can't wait to see it on my 73" WideScreen HDTV.

SWEET!

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Evil Dead 2: Dead by Dawn [Blu-ray]
Starring: Sarah Berry , Denise Bixler , Bruce Campbell , Richard Domeier , and Lou Hancock
Director: Sam Raimi
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Release Date: 2007-10-02

Dawn of the Dead (Widescreen Unrated Director's Cut)

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THE WORLD IS TAKEN OVER BY ZOMBIES!!!
really great!!!
Great pre-credits sequence. Great credits. Too bad about the rest of the movie.
Could be better.
great gore, gruesomeness, and fun

Dawn of the Dead (Widescreen Unrated Director's Cut)
Starring: Boyd Banks , Michael Barry (VII) , Ermes Blarasin , Bruce Bohne , and Lindy Booth
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Release Date: 2004-10-26

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Are you ready to get down with the sickness? Movie logic dictates that you shouldn't remake a classic, but Zack Snyder's Dawn of the Dead defies that logic and comes up a winner. You could argue that George A. Romero's 1978 original was sacred ground for horror buffs, but it was a low-budget classic, and Snyder's action-packed upgrade benefits from the same manic pacing that energized Romero's continuing zombie saga. Romero's indictment of mega-mall commercialism is lost (it's arguably outmoded anyway), so Snyder and screenwriter James Gunn compensate with the same setting--in this case, a Milwaukee shopping mall under siege by cannibalistic zombies in the wake of a devastating viral outbreak--a well-chosen cast (led by Sarah Polley, Ving Rhames, Jake Weber, and Mekhi Phifer), some outrageously morbid humor, and a no-frills plot that keeps tension high and blood splattering by the bucketful. Horror buffs will catch plenty of tributes to Romero's film (including cameos by three of its cast members, including gore-makeup wizard Tom Savini), and shocking images are abundant enough to qualify this Dawn as an excellent zombie-flick double-feature with 28 Days Later, its de facto British counterpart. --Jeff Shannon

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THE WORLD IS TAKEN OVER BY ZOMBIES!!!.......2007-09-04

imagine that, i bet that'll give a scare. i love zombies, just about any horror flick with zombies will make my day. when this first came out, i had high expectations for it, and boy it sure didn't let me down. the first was great for being what it was, mad props. george romero is a wicked man, in a good sense. he does magic with all of his zombie movies. old and new. it's hard to do it like he does, no doubt. but this one, no doubt was up there as well. my kind of thing, the living dead, the blood, the chase, the victims, chaos everywhere! i applaude it as well. and the fact that the zombies were faster was a good idea. i mean it's creepier when they're slow, but when they're fast it's just excitement cause you don't know if they're going to get you or not. the remake was a good one i got to give it to them. the actors did a really good job, ving rhames is the man. great actor, much respect for him. the makeup was great too, overall it was very satisfying.

really great!!!.......2007-08-13

This is a really good movie. I give it 4 stars! I love horror films with zombies and what not.

Great pre-credits sequence. Great credits. Too bad about the rest of the movie........2007-08-04

It looks like they stopped bothering to storyboard after the first fifteen minutes, so after a boffo opening we get the kind of sloppily executed action sequences (spaced out with slack "character" oriented filler) that could only have come from a director of music videos. (Method: Shoot a lot of stuff and force some kind of sense on it in the editing - we're seeing a LOT of that nowadays, and there is a difference between effectively conveyed chaos, and the merely chaotic.) The characters aren't particularly engaging, and the zombie baby was ripped off from 'The Living Dead at Manchester Morgue' (a.k.a. 'Let Sleeping Corpses Lie') which is actually a somewhat more enjoyable rip-off of Romero's zombies than this rip-off, I think. Romero's vision, while considerably less slick, was more personal and more grandly apocalyptic - although not gnat-sized attention-span ready, which is okay because I don't actually care for movies that are like watching someone else play a video game. Anyway, after the terrific opening, the rest of the movie is a major let-down, and there's nothing much to look forward to until the end credits, which like the opening credits, are excellent.

I don't have any real interest in Snyder after seeing this. '300' looks awfully silly, artificial and cartoonish - but it may benefit from having a graphic novel source - which is just the sort of thing that can make a director (too lazy to plan his action scenes) look a lot better than he actually is. (See 'Sin City.') I am still undecided as to whether or not I want to bother, though, because I am getting sick of big budget movies that are too cheap to spring for actual exteriors.

DotD remake: mediocre. not a complete waste of time, but pretty close. Actually, it's a great metaphor for itself - the walking dead version of Romero's film. It moves around more quickly, but that is neither here nor there. The original material had a soul and this is just one of the legion of shambling brain dead, creatively necrotic stinkers that have been plaguing our multiplexes - things that were once movies. I'd sentence the director to repeated viewings of the films of Sam Peckinpah so he could learn how to stage effective action scenes (not to mention character building) - but I shudder to think that he might be inspired to give us his own version of 'The Wild Bunch,' so scratch that. Just shoot him in the head.

(The first 10-15 minutes or so ARE good, though.)

Could be better........2007-07-26

Let me start off this review by saying that I haven't seen the original Dawn of the Dead so if you're looking for a comparison between the original and the remake, this review isn't for you. I've seen a couple "of the Dead" movies (including the comedic version, Shaun of the Dead") and I am entertained by the movies in general. However, this particular movie has way too many flaws to simply forget.

So what's this movie about? Basically, as in most movies in the zombie genre, a woman named Sarah wakes up to find that the world has been overtaken by zombies. The rest of the movie has her, as well as a few others, finding a way to survive.

Let's go over the positives first. First, fans of zombie movies will be thrilled with the typical, yet entertaining storyline. Although some may find the plot to be unoriginal, I think the plot is one that never gets old. Furthermore, there's quite a few surprises and twists that improve the storyline. Generally, I found this movie to move along rather nicely with only a few dull moments here and there. Also, there were a couple of jokes here and there that I found amusing.

And now for the negatives. Acting-wise, this film is borderline awful. The only actor I recognize is Mekhi Phifer and even he isn't all that great in this movie. Maybe it's not the actors themselves rather than the writing that makes this film not that great. I'm assuming that the writers didn't want to take this film seriously considering the large amount of unreasonable reactions from the characters. For example, without giving too much away, I'll ask you if you were put in these characters' shoes, would you find it important to have sex knowing that zombies are directly outside the building you're having sex in (clearly this scene was thrown in to attract more people to watch the film, I found it rather pathetic), would you attempt to start a relationship with another person rather than come up with a way to survive, would you throw yourself in a crowd of zombies in order to save a dog that you just met? Rather than feeling fear and sympathy for these characters, I felt like screaming "Just kill them already!" at the TV. Or maybe this movie is NOT meant to be taken seriously. Either way, I found these flaws to be too overbearing to brush off.

Bottom line, if you're looking for a good zombie movie that'll instill a bit of fear in you, stay away from this one. It's filled with too many holes to be considered good by any means.

great gore, gruesomeness, and fun.......2007-07-23

Well, it's fun if you like end-of-the-world movies as I do. A terrific cast and taut direction help to make this by turns frightening, depressing, humorous and outrageous. The opening sequence, with the morning of first attacks and then the opening credits with the song "When the man comes around" by Johnny Cash, is one of the best things ever filmed. In fact, the soundtrack is one of the strengths of the film.
And just to let you know: zombies are much scarier when they run after you, as opposed to shuffling!

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Dawn of the Dead
Well Worth The Extra Few Dollars
best zombie movie ever
dated and pretentious. But it's a decent film

Dawn of the Dead (Ultimate Edition)
Starring: Ted Bank , Tony Buba , Sharon Ceccatti , Pan Chatfield , and Jim Christopher
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Release Date: 2004-09-07

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George Romero's 1978 follow-up to his classic Night of the Living Dead is quite terrifying and gory (those zombies do like the taste of living flesh). But in its own way, it is just as comically satiric as the first film in its take on contemporary values. This time, we follow the fortunes of four people who lock themselves inside a shopping mall to get away from the marauding dead and who then immerse themselves in unabashed consumerism, taking what they want from an array of clothing and jewelry shops, making gourmet meals, etc. It is Romero's take on Louis XVI in the modern world: keep the starving masses at bay and crank up the insulated indulgence. Still, this is a horror film when all is said and done, and even some of Romero's best visual jokes (a Hare Krishna turned blue-skinned zombie) can make you sweat. --Tom Keogh

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Not Free SF Reader.......2007-09-03

Something has breached the barrier between the dead and the living, and the dead are coming back to walk the earth, not to mention eat the living.

Slowly people begin to realise that is something wrong, but react too slowly, and the dead take over. Some small number of survivors try and hold out.

Dawn of the Dead.......2007-09-02

I liked this movie alot. It was entertaining. The best scene is in the parking garage.

Corey Cotta, Author of All of Yesterdays Tomorrows

Well Worth The Extra Few Dollars.......2007-07-30

Originally, I thought I might simply buy a regular copy of this film. However, I decided to purchase the ultimate edition instead and was not disappointed. Upon receiving and opening it you quickly realize you possess much more than just the different movie editions (which are great also). In addition, you have extras, trailers, and other features that make this the complete package deal.

My friends were big fans of the 2004 remake of Dawn of the Dead. When I told them they needed to see Romero's 1978 original version they were worried the time gap might affect the movie quality. Quite the contrary, we watched it on a digital projector and they enjoyed every minute of it.

If you are a true fan of the Dead Series then this is the edition you both want and need.

best zombie movie ever.......2007-07-21

This is without a doubt the best zombie movie ever made. My major complaint has always been that they edited out some scenes from most of the DVD releases. But that problem is solved with the Ultimate Edition. It contains the directors cut, argentos version, and the extended version. Now this movie can finally be seen the way it was meant to be seen. I was really impressed with the actors in this movie. They really did a good job, and got into their characters. Day of the Dead is pretty good too (never really did like Night much) but I don't think Day deserves to be called a masterpiece. Dawn of the Dead certainly deserves to be called one of the best horror movies ever made.

dated and pretentious. But it's a decent film.......2007-07-10

I am a huge fan. I like zombie movies of all types. I like Dead Alive. I like 28 days later. I like this version of Dawn of the Dead. But I really didn't find it steller. FOr one, the film is very dated, making it hard for us to take the zombies seriously. But that's alright. I understand it is 30 years old. What I don't tolerate is Romeros social satire. It might be because everybody talks about it, but it seems about as subtle as a zombie in a strip club. We get already. Zombies want to come to the mall. Zombies are mindless. Humans are like zombies. That means... wait for it... We are a mindless consumerist culture. Wow. Thanks for the insight. In spite of this the film is interesting and well made. It just seems like Geore sacrificed the brooding, oppresive tone for a more comical one. I understand that bad stuff goes on and there is some great, shocking gore, but, overall, it just seems like people give the move a bit too much credit. I personaly prefer the remake.

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Dawn of the Dead
Well Worth The Extra Few Dollars
best zombie movie ever
dated and pretentious. But it's a decent film

Dawn of the Dead (Divimax Edition)
Starring: James A. Baffico , Fred Baker (II) , Ted Bank , David Crawford , and Jesse Del Gre
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Release Date: 2004-03-09

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Not Free SF Reader.......2007-09-03

Dawn of the Dead.......2007-09-02

I liked this movie alot. It was entertaining. The best scene is in the parking garage.

Corey Cotta, Author of All of Yesterdays Tomorrows

Well Worth The Extra Few Dollars.......2007-07-30

best zombie movie ever.......2007-07-21

dated and pretentious. But it's a decent film.......2007-07-10

Rockin' at the Red Dog: The Dawn of Psychedelic Rock

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The Puzzle Comes Together
Amazing and Historical
Straight From the Horse's -- er -- Dog's Mouth
The only footage of the Charlatans are on this DVD
Psychedelic Music Backstory

Rockin' at the Red Dog: The Dawn of Psychedelic Rock
Starring: Big Brother & the Holding Company , The Grateful Dead , Howard Hesseman , Jefferson Airplane , and Quicksilver Messenger Service
Director: Mary Works
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Release Date: 2005-07-05

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With music by The Charlatans, Big Brother and the Holding Company, Lynne Hughes, Mark Unobsky, Dan Hicks, Alice Stuart, Ph Phactor Jug Band, Final Solution, Wildflower, Boston Wranglers, Jefferson Airplane, Grateful Dead, Quicksilver Messenger Service

Directed By: Mary Works

Their names and music became legendary: Big Brother & the Holding Company, Grateful Dead, Jefferson Airplane, Quicksilver Messenger Service, and the house band - The Charlatans. If the psychedelic sixties were born in the dancehalls of San Francisco, then they were conceived in a saloon in Virginia City, Nevada where the musicians carried Winchesters & the kitchen served French gourmet meals.

The psychedelic era fostered cultural growth and artistic expression. The Red Dog Saloon was the incubator for the lightshow and psychedelic poster art, an entire lifestyle that truly defined a remarkable era and defied classification as it weaved it's tapestry of free love and music, which the Grateful Dead would spread around the world.

Filmmaker Mary Works (assistant editor "Titanic", "Saving Private Ryan") was entrusted with access to the lives, antics and attics of this unique extended rock and roll family that grew out of these wild times.

DVD Features - A conversation with the filmmakers, Where are they now?, Jim Marshall Photo Gallery and Interview

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The Puzzle Comes Together.......2007-08-02

Thanks to these excellent dvd, the pieces missing from my puzzle of how the San Francisco sound and psychedelic music formed have been put into place, and the picture is clear to me now. The dvd was quite entertaining and engrossing, and it was nice to see that so many of those pioneers of that scene are still around today. I had never heard any music by the Charlatans until watching this dvd, and now i want to hear more! The question left for me now is, who influenced who? Were the Charlatans the main influence on the development of the Grateful Dead's, or Quicksilver Messenger's Service music, or did all have an influence on each other?
Rockin' At The Red Dog has , after one viewing, become an integral part of my music video collection.

Amazing and Historical.......2007-02-05

This DVD says it all--the history, the music of the era, the culture of the 60s San Franciso-Virginia City, NV scene that helped to create it..amazing Charlatans.

Straight From the Horse's -- er -- Dog's Mouth.......2007-01-30

I gave this DVD every star available. It is solidly produced and presents a robust explication of a Movement which is taken for granted now, but was, lest we forget, ephemeral and wildly improbable in the extreme. Yet it happened. Chaos theory spins a tale of the "butterfly effect" which can eventually power a hurricane on the other side of the Earth. How did the long hair of the Hippie's actually come about? Were Hippies "slobs", "bums", "idiots"? No, they were perfectionists, actually, as any Grateful Dead roadie could endlessly testify. The accessability of the story is perhaps too clear and immediate for viewers to credit on first viewing. This film will get under your skin. It is neglected, discounted anthropology. It is important.

The only footage of the Charlatans are on this DVD.......2007-01-21

I have to agree with some aspects of the negative reviews found here: Yes, if you're looking for stories revolving around the popular bands of the area, don't buy it. Actually, only buy this, if you heard or read of the Red Dog Saloon before. Because then it's safe to assume that you are really familiar with the development of the music scene in San Francisco in the 60s. Because then you don't have to rely on this DVD to learn who the Grateful Dead or Jefferson Airplane were.

If the Red Dog Saloon does ring a bell, buy this DVD. Buy it, because it contains the only known footage of the Charlatans, the real pioneers. True: If you listen to their sound you would never guess that they were the spearhead of the music scene back in 64 and 65. But that's not the point. This DVD basically explains why the Charlatans worked as a band, as an image and as a visual focus point that drew people because it was way cool.

Also to be seen on DVD: Excerpts of the Red Dog Reunion concert back in the early 90s with the Charlatans and Big Brother And The Holding Company. Lynne Hughes is there, too. The background of the Light Machine is explained. Interviews with people from the scene less famous than the typical names associated with it. Oh yes, and music. Music that is virtually forgotten by most of us today but still belongs and is easily identified as part of the dawn of psychedelic rock.

The bottom line: Great if not fantastic DVD for people interested in the background of the music scene. It concentrates on the Red Dog and leaves therefore little room for the more famous bands of the area. But that was not the intention. The DVD is a joy to watch. It is great to listen to the interviews. I will treasure this DVD.

Psychedelic Music Backstory .......2006-04-16

I consider this an essential documentary of the sixties music scene. It's a story that might well be lost without this film.

If you're expecting a Grateful Dead video, like all the other videos from this company, then don't bother buying this one.

I'm really quite shocked by the one star reviews of this fascinating video. I guess either you get it or you don't.

Rockin' at the Red Dog isn't boring - it's hip, man, you dig?

Dawn of the Dead (Full Screen Unrated Director's Cut)

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THE WORLD IS TAKEN OVER BY ZOMBIES!!!
really great!!!
Great pre-credits sequence. Great credits. Too bad about the rest of the movie.
Could be better.
great gore, gruesomeness, and fun

Dawn of the Dead (Full Screen Unrated Director's Cut)
Starring: Boyd Banks , Michael Barry (VII) , Ermes Blarasin , Bruce Bohne , and Lindy Booth
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THE WORLD IS TAKEN OVER BY ZOMBIES!!!.......2007-09-04

really great!!!.......2007-08-13

This is a really good movie. I give it 4 stars! I love horror films with zombies and what not.

Great pre-credits sequence. Great credits. Too bad about the rest of the movie........2007-08-04

Could be better........2007-07-26

great gore, gruesomeness, and fun.......2007-07-23

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Gory and Cheesy but Interesting too!
this night was so bad it was good!
These people wouldn't know a bad movie...
your all doomed to be eaten up!
Love the movie, but....

Hell of the Living Dead
Starring: Margit Evelyn Newton , Franco Garofalo , Selan Karay , José Gras , and Gaby Renom
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Release Date: 2002-02-19

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Gory and Cheesy but Interesting too!.......2007-09-03

A scientific experiment goes wrong at a lab in New Guinea resulting in the outbreak of a deadly virus with horrifying symptoms. The disease spreads quickly, and soon the island is overrun by flesh-eating zombies. When a commando squad shows up on the island without knowing the situation, they proceed on dead reckoning, picking up an attractive television reporter and her cameraman along the way. Those that survive make their way to the Hope Centre laboratory where the disease originated to discover it's dark purpose.

"Hell of the Living Dead," AKA "Virus," AKA "Zombi 4," AKA "Zombi 5: Ultimate Nightmare," AKA "Zombie Creeping Flesh" and a slew of other names, is, in many ways, your typical Italian "Dawn of the Dead" wannabe. There's plenty of cannibalistic gore, a swat team, lots of shooting, and they even borrow the music by Goblin. The film also uses stock footage to give the impression that it takes place in New Guinea when it was actually shot in Spain (it's not THAT badly done though). Nevertheless, "Hell of the Living Dead" is somehow more engaging than other films of its type. Perhaps it's the characters, badly dubbed as they are (hate that UN scene). Perhaps it's the breasts. For some, it's probably the butcher shop gore and crocodile gutting scene. There's also the origin of the disease that is revealed at the end, which I think definitely takes the film up a notch. I also love that the film includes a final scene, similar to what Fulci did in "Zombie" though not quite as grand, showing that the virus has moved out of the jungle and on to a highly populated area, as I personally prefer seeing zombie films set in more civilized locales to the jungle zombie films. It's just scarier when you see it happening in an area that looks more familiar to you. Overall, if you enjoy zombie films you should see this one, and especially if you're a fan of the Italian entries into the genre. The DVD from Anchor Bay (mine is the double feature version with "Rats") looks great in widescreen and includes a trailer, still and poster gallery, a text bio of director Bruno Mattei, and a pretty good interview with the director as well (entitled, "Hell Rats of the Living Dead").

this night was so bad it was good!.......2007-07-29

This film from spain was just a splatterfest.Sure its actors are terrible and the dubbing is bad....That's the point! Like the previous writers said its so bad its good.I only wished they would of focused more on the city area and not the natives.The birds diving and the other animals hunting their prey was not necessary.I found it distracting! Overall this one stays in a collection for a cheap laugh providing my mood.

These people wouldn't know a bad movie..........2007-06-19

I don't know if we're even talking about the same movie here -- this is definitely NOT the worst zombie movie ever made. A big problem on Amazon reviews is that reviewers just say a product is "good" or "bad," but give no actual description. So instead of doing that, I'll just describe a few things about it, then let you decide if it sounds good or not.

Is it boring? In order for something to be boring, I would say it needs to have pretty much nothing happen for a very, very long period of time. Thats not so in this film; there are several scenes of zombie attacks, a plethora of zombie shootings, and quite a few zombie bitings (all the makings of a good zombie movie). Also, there is some pointless (and culturally offensive) nudity. As far as the acting -- not great, but at least they show emotion (even if it is too much), which is better than a lot of the lifeless acting in most Euro-sleaze.

Is it a blatant rip-off of "Dawn of the Dead?" Yes and no; the costumes are clearly designed to look like the SWAT team blue uniforms in Dawn, and they even "borrowed" some of the Goblin soundtrack from Dawn (hey, at least they "borrowed good music). Other than that, its very different -- the group is constantly moving, not trapped in a single space, the cause of the zombies is explicitly stated to be intentional and man-made, and it is not a "zombie holocaust" like Dawn -- for almost the entirety of the movie, the zombies are confined to New Guinea, and several cut-away scenes reveal that the rest of the world is still operating normally (although panicy).

Is the story oscar-worthy? No, but then again, if you're considering buying a movie called "Hell of the Living Dead," you probably know what kind of story to expect. The plot is very simple -- nuclear plant-look-alikes are being used to create some sort of super secret project, which has accidentally (or was it?) been released into the Native population of New Guinea. A crack para-military unit is sent to the site of original infection for reasons explained in the film.

Are the special effects bad? For a 1980 Italian movie, no. In fact, there are several quite good head-shots. Of course, there are several scenes where the actors are clearly holding raw meat on the victim and chewing on that, and many of the zombies are simply painted blue -- then again, so are practically all the zombies in Dawn.

The worst part of the movie is the director's annoying habit of splicing in stock footage of wildlife, footage which is clearly of lower quality and not blended into the film well at all.

So, is this a terrible movie? No, certainly not. In my mind, terrible movies are movies that are technically inept or that have incomprehensible plots, like "Oasis of the Zombies" and "Children of the Living Dead." Other than that, its just a matter of opinion. If you like sleazy Italian horror, especially Italian zombie movies, you should find this entertaining. If you're looking for a well-crafted Romero-esque film with biting and deep social commentary, this isn't your film.

your all doomed to be eaten up!.......2006-11-20

perhaps one of cheesiest and most bizzare zombie films ever made, hell of the living dead is a very enjoyable undead gorefest. the story involves a team of swat commandos encountering zombies in the jungle of some foreign country. obviously inspired by dawn of the dead, hell of the living dead is a perfect example of the 70's and 80's cannibal and zombie craze. if it wasnt for the bloody gore effects and comical cheesiness of the film, it would be nearly unwatchable. the horrible overacting, riddiculouse dialouge and mind numbing use of stock footage are what keep this film from reaching 4 stars. overall hell of the living dead is an enjoyable, blood soaked zombie atrocity. only for hardcore zombie and euro sleaze fans, everyone else may want to avoid this one.

Love the movie, but...........2006-07-26

The big problem I have with this movie isn't the storyline. I love the storyline, it is a very Faustian, very grim, storyline about the desire to end world overpopulation by...well...as the chemicals show...creating zombies across the 1st and 2nd world countries. And things work out pretty darn well...no more overpopulation, everyone's a zombie, and everyone has a meal... the living... a great story, and while the actors and special effects aren't anything to write home about, I think the movie does a great job bringing the story from beginning to end. The big problem I have with the movie is the transfer of the movie onto DVD. Now, yes this is a fairly old movie, and it seems that the DVD company that's selling it isn't around (at least I couldn't find it on the net). Still, one would hope for this price we would see the transfer far clearer than when the movie was viewed on vhs. I really wish the film was cleaned up enough so that I can see what's going on. Still, if you like zombie movies, this is a great one, I give the movie itself thumbs up...you'll just be straining your eyes to see what's going on!

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The Making Of 300
Starring: Lena Headey , Rodrigo Santaro , David Wenham , and Dominic West
Director: Zack Snyder
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Exclusive Bonus DVD with over 30 minutes of Behind-The-Scenes footage. A SNEAK PEAK AT 300: Exclusive look inside 300 with behind-the-scenes footage. FIRST LOOK: Director Zack Snyder provides a glimpse into the amazing world of 300 and discusses the process and challenges of bringing the graphic novel to life. PRODUCTION DESIGN: A first glance at the set designs and the inspiration behind them. TRAINING: Inside look at the intensive and rigorous excercise program the actors went through prior to filming. WARDROBE: Learn about the creative process involved in creating a wardrobe insoired by the painterly pages of the graphic novel. STUNT WORK: An in-depth look at the amazing amount of stunt work that was required while making 300. CREATURES: The story brhind the make-up, latex, and creative blood that transformed Frank Miller's artwork to the screen. ADAPTING 300: Frank Miller and Zack Snyder give new insights into the process of translating Miller's vision of the tale into a motion picture. SPARTAN CULTURE: Learn about Spartan Society and training rituals. INTERVIEWS WITH THE CAST: Gerard Butler, Lena Headey and Rodrigo Santaro each describe his/her role in the film. 300 MARCH TO GLORY: Asneak peak of the new videogame. 300 MOBILE GAME TRAILER

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