In the fall of 1977 Director George Romero returned to the genre that gave him his start but the luxury of experience and an unflinching mirror to the trappings of consumerism set the stage for a film that is arguably recognized as the greatest zombie film ever made on April 20th 1979 George A. Romero's DAWN OF THE DEAD is released. Warning audiences When there's no more room in hell, the dead will walk the earth