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Day Of The Dead [DVD] [1986]
 
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Day Of The Dead [DVD] [1986]

DVD ~ Lori Cardille
4.2 out of 5 stars See all reviews (44 customer reviews)

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  • Actors: Lori Cardille, Terry Alexander, Joseph Pilato, Jarlath Conroy, Anthony Dileo Jr.
  • Directors: George A. Romero
  • Writers: George A. Romero
  • Producers: David Ball, Ed Lammi, Richard P. Rubinstein, Salah M. Hassanein
  • Format: PAL, Widescreen
  • Language English
  • Subtitles: Danish, Dutch, English, Finnish, Norwegian, Swedish
  • Region: Region 2 (This DVD may not be viewable outside Europe. Read more about DVD formats.)
  • Number of discs: 1
  • Classification: 18
  • Studio: Arrow Films
  • DVD Release Date: 9 April 2001
  • Run Time: 101 minutes
  • Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars See all reviews (44 customer reviews)
  • ASIN: B000056BY1
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 27,337 in DVD (See Bestsellers in DVD)

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Day of the Dead, chapter three of George Romero's mighty zombie trilogy, has big footsteps to follow. Night of the Living Dead was a classic that revitalised a certain corner of the cinema, and Dawn of the Dead was nothing short of epic. Day of the Dead, however, has always been regarded as a comedown compared to those twin peaks--and perhaps it is. But on its own terms, this is an awfully effective horror movie, made with Romero's customary social satire and cinematic vigour--when a "retrained" zombie responds to the "Ode to Joy", the film is in genuinely haunting territory. The story is set inside a sunken military complex, where Army and medical staff, supposedly working on a solution to the zombie problem, are going crazy (strongly foreshadowing the final act of 28 Days Later). Tom Savini's make-up effects could make even hardcore gore fans tear off their own heads in amazement. --Robert Horton

Special Features
Wide Screen
English
Region 2
Chapter Selection
Behind The Scenes Footage
Horror Trailers
Biographies And Filmographies
Photo Gallery
Danish\Dutch\English\Finnish\Norwegian\Swedish


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13 of 13 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Apocalyptic horror from the grand master of horror directors, 2 Mar 2001
Despite being dismissed by many critics as a mere excercise in splatter, Day Of The Dead is, put simply, the best zombie film ever made; in some ways surpassing even Romero's own achievements on the other classic films in the series, Night Of the Living Dead and Dawn Of the Dead. It is a much more mature and intelligent film than the others in the series, and has loftier goals.

When the film opens, humanity is effectively lost, it's few representatives outnumbered as they are by several hundred thousand to one in favour of the walking dead. Only a few scientists and their military protectors survive, huddled into a missile silo in Florida, where they work to find some sort of defense against the marauding threat. It is of course hopeless, but there may be a glimmer of hope left, if they can find a way to domesticate the zombies.

How many horror films have the guts to start the film by saying, 'It's all over. There ain't no going back'? This one sure does.

Exceptional writing and directing from George A. Romero, gruesome effects from the maestro, Tom Savini and wonderful acting from Lori Cardille, Joe Pilato, Gary Klar and the late Richard Liberty this is the horror DVD that no self-respecting fan of the genre can afford to be without.

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10 of 10 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Day of the Dead, 8 Dec 2004
What a film!!!!! The first scene where we get the first taste of the claustrophobic atmosphere that surrounds the film is brilliant. The scene makes you jump out of your seat and you know you're in for a movie that'll be full of surprises.
The film has plenty of clever dialogue and, of course, plenty of gore (thanks to the brilliant special effects and the make-up skills of Tom Savini) . It might not be as long or have as many gore scenes compared to the classic Dawn of the Dead but is still enjoyable and terrifying at the same time.
There is dialogue that will make you laugh or get you thinking philosophically and dialogue that will keep you guessing as to what might happen to the survivors in the film. The characters are cleverly drawn together and the zombies are scary looking, bar a few who look like they having a day out in the studio!
You'll be reaching for the sick bag when you see the gory scenes like the one where one of the characters gets his "chest-flesh" bitten off by a zombie; the flesh, as it is bitten off, looks like the stretchy cheese you see on a pizza that hangs on the side of your mouth! You'll see plenty of body parts torn apart and eaten and plenty of zombies that look like they seriously need to see their dentist, as well as their dermatologist!
Romero keeps you guessing as to who are the real bad guys (only one woman not a zombie in the film and she's a goodie!) and you only find out in the last few scenes.
If you've seen the previous two Dead films and not Day then you'll love this film (If your're a real fan you'll realise that the actor who plays the Army Boss is the guy who was in Dawn of the Dead as one of the "cops" that escapes in a boat before the main characters fly off in the helicoptor)
Top marks for everything then to Romero for this third installment of the Dead Trilogy.
Buy the film! It's a true classic!
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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars the goriest dead film, 6 Oct 2007
Anchor bay have always been a good label but now the foray into the world of HD for them on blu ray. Day of the dead is one of the first releases on the labels initial hd output and its a welcome treat.

Don't be expecting a transfer akin to the blockbusters of the last couple of years as this is a 20 yr old low budget horror but this is a nice upgrade ove r the standard dvd.

As you would expect the daytime scenes look the best,depth to the image is noticably better as are the colours. The bunker scenes come off the worse but still lokk better than dvd. The tunnel sequence near the end looked alot better..blacks were rock solid..my old dvd had a washed out black look but here looks fab.

Great film and decent if not mindblowing hd transfer make this a good package.
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4.0 out of 5 stars A GREAT ENDING TO THE ORIGINAL TRILOGY
Finding the cities of the world abandoned, survivors Sarah, (Lori Cardille) John, (Terry Alexander) and William McDermott, (Jarlath Conroy) are stuck underground with Capt... Read more
Published 23 months ago by stuart

4.0 out of 5 stars An excellent third in the series
Day Of The Dead follows on nicely from the other two in the trilogy and introduces new characters that show newer emotion from the previous films. Read more
Published on 25 Dec 2006 by reefersalad

2.0 out of 5 stars What time is it?
What a major disapointment this film was having seen the best zombie movie ever the original "dawn of the dead". Read more
Published on 15 Jun 2006 by Mr. G. J. Purves

4.0 out of 5 stars Could have been better, but still well worth watching...
I had never seen any of Romeros zombie movies, and so decided to purchase them all, watching them back to back for the first time last night. Read more
Published on 30 Jan 2006 by Shkandrij

5.0 out of 5 stars Zombies you say...come this way
simply and purely, this is a great zombie film, filled with skin wripping horror aswel as a real plot. it has everything and more a zombie film should have. Read more
Published on 5 Jan 2006 by Ewan Hukku

4.0 out of 5 stars A GOOD, GORY FILM!
I love George A Romero's Zombie films and Dawn of the Dead has to be the best zombie film ever made! Read more
Published on 13 Nov 2005 by M. Western

1.0 out of 5 stars absolute rubbish
what a waste of 1.5hrs of my life. i love zombie movies (new and old dawn of the dead - great) but this was aweful. Read more
Published on 7 Nov 2005 by Wally Wonker

5.0 out of 5 stars Quit whining about this movie and others like it please
The version I saw of this was obviously cut because they were showing it on tv and it was only an hour ten minutes and when it was just about to get really gory it cut away upon... Read more
Published on 17 Jul 2005

2.0 out of 5 stars Better than Dawn - but still not very good...
This is better than "Dawn of the Dead" (1978) which is terrible! The zombies and special effects are very much improved here, almost acceptable by todays standards. Read more
Published on 7 Feb 2005

5.0 out of 5 stars The best zombie Film ever!
This in my option is the best of the bunch even though it's been criticized as the weakest one. The gore effects still stands up today and even though the acting lets it down... Read more
Published on 6 Feb 2005 by Christopher Colley

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