We saw Dawn

of the Dead for free on Youtube because it’s available for free on youtube.

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movie is the classic sequel to Night of the Living Dead by George A. Romero that really upped the ante on the zombie concept,

and shock factor of the time. 

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Dawn of the Dead Synopsis

Dawn of the Dead starts in

an emergency broadcast television station with lots of disarray and confusion

before it settles on some National Guard troops who have set upon some public

housing with an outbreak of zombies. 

Pretty soon the movie

settles in on the lives of four individuals - two National Guard members (Peter

played by Ken Foree and Roger played by Scott H. Reiniger), a traffic reporter (Stephen played by David Emge), and his TV Exec girlfriend (Francine played by Gaylen Ross). This group sets their sights on a Mall in the

rust belt and try their best to fortify the mall. Eventually, things calm down,

and life returns to ), pace before outside forces beyond their control throw

everything into disarray.

One of the most iconic movie posters ever, Dawn of the Dead

Dawn of the Dead Review

The time has passed for Dawn

of the Dead to be a shocking movie, while it was crucial to the horror

genre in upping the stakes of gore and satire, it’s just not that impressive

anymore. What Dawn is still good at is taking a hard look at the human

condition and posing the question of what would you do in the event of a zombie

apocalypse. 

There was a

period where I watched every single zombie movie I could get my hands on with

the intent of breaking down my own obsession with building a firm tactical plan

for some such zombie occasion. Goofy? Yes, but man was it satisfying building

“fool-proof” plans that my friends would tear apart with zombie-like fervor.

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Dawn of the

Dead is an important movie, and it’s has a historical place in the

vaults of horror, but it’s slow for today, and it’s not that shocking when you

compare it to any modern horror. Like I mentioned, it does do a great job of

exploring the human condition and posing fun and interesting questions about

all kinds of societal ailments. 

For anyone

who wants to check it out today who hasn’t seen it or hasn’t seen it for

several decades, remember to parse it through the lense of “this came out in 1978”.

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Score for Dawn of the Dead

8/10

Spoilers for Dawn of the Dead

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Dawn of the Dead is a pretty barebones movie and as

such, there isn’t much to spoil. People living in zombie hellscape, find mall,

settle down, are overrun by biker gang. “But David, there is so much more to

this movie than just that story structure!” I agree! Most of what Dawn of

the Dead brings to the table is conversation fodder and philosophical debates.

So let’s take a look at some of the more interesting talking points that are

found in Dawn.

We Are Already Zombies!

This is a theme that we are presented with a few times. Why

are these zombies here at the mall? Why are they picking up items and using

them in a vain attempt to act human? Because this is what they know, this is

what is familiar to them. When you boil that down, what these zombies knew

before death was just going to the mall and buying stuff, the real terror

starts to set-in. We are just slaves to commercialism!

Our very purpose is to consume what is put in front of us

until we die and have to eat brains! Ok,