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Dawn of the Dead
Dawn of the Dead

Dawn of the Dead

1978 127 min ★ 7.5 Horror, Science Fiction

During an ever-growing epidemic of zombies that have risen from the dead, two Philadelphia SWAT team members, a traffic reporter, and his television-executive girlfriend seek refuge in a secluded shopping mall.

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Cast

David Emge

David Emge

Stephen "Flyboy" Andrews

Ken Foree

Ken Foree

Peter Washington

Scott H. Reiniger

Scott H. Reiniger

Roger "Trooper" DeMarco

Gaylen Ross

Gaylen Ross

Francine "Fran" Parker

David Crawford

David Crawford

Dr. James Foster

David Early

David Early

Sidney Berman

Richard France

Richard France

Dr. Milliard Rausch

Howard Smith

Howard Smith

TV Commentator

Daniel Dietrich

Daniel Dietrich

Dan Givens

Fred Baker

Fred Baker

Police Commander

Details

Director

George A. Romero

Screenplay

George A. Romero

Tagline

"When there’s no more room in HELL, the dead will walk the EARTH!"

Status

Released

Original Language

EN

Budget

$640,000

Revenue

$55,000,000

Production

Dawn Associates, Laurel Entertainment

Reviews

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talisencrw

July 3, 2016

★ 9/10

This is one of the finest sequels ever, in that it's both of comparable quality with the original, yet is fundamentally different from it at the same time. Marvelous stuff, with aspects copied thousands of times over the past two generations, with no end in sight. This and 'Salo, or the 120 Days of Sodom', from about the same time frame, would make one of the best double-bills ever on the evils...

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Wuchak

August 22, 2018

★ 8/10

Romero’s imaginative and thrilling zombie sequel A decade after the excellent “Night of the Living Dead” (1968), writer/director George Romero offers up this exceptional sequel. The plague of reanimated corpses with a hunger for warm flesh is now global and society is increasingly breaking down. A television exec (Gaylen Ross), her helicopter-reporter beau (David Emge) and two SWAT officers (K...

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JPV852

December 16, 2020

★ 8/10

Been a while since I last watched this one, but with the new 4K UHD out, decided to give it another watch going with the Extended Cut. Still very well made with some great zombie effects and really liked the characters, Peter (Ken Foree), especially. I'm not a big fan of the zombie horror genre but this is one of the exceptions. **4.0/5**

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Filipe Manuel Neto

March 14, 2024

★ 1/10

**This must be some kind of joke, right?** Firstly, allow me to clarify: I am not a fan of “zombie” films, although I understand very well the interest that, in recent years, there has been for this material. I totally respect those who enjoy it. But let's be honest: a film has to have some aesthetic quality and some good taste to become “digestible”. And, well, I just finished watching this fi...

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