
Zombies rule the world, except for a small group of scientists and military personnel who reside in an underground bunker in Florida. The scientists are using the undead in gruesome experiments; much to the chagrin of the military. Finally the military finds that their men have been used in the scientists' experiments, and banish the scientists to the caves that house the Living Dead. Unfortunately, the zombies from above ground have made their way into the bunker.... (Full plot summary below)
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Zombies rule the world, except for a small group of scientists and military personnel who reside in an underground bunker in Florida. The scientists are using the undead in gruesome experiments; much to the chagrin of the military. Finally the military finds that their men have been used in the scientists' experiments, and banish the scientists to the caves that house the Living Dead. Unfortunately, the zombies from above ground have made their way into the bunker.
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| EmpireKim NewmanIt's an intelligent, well-written, excellently played movie, with top flight gore/horror effects, perverse humour and a provocatively bleak vision. Also, it has the world's first true zombie hero in Bub, who listens to Beethoven and eats people. |
| Slant MagazineEric HendersonHere, a pessimistic Romero dares to tackle the very essence of man’s inhumanity to man. And in the end, Day of the Dead is every bit as compelling and unsettling as its more lauded predecessors. |
| The New York TimesJanet MaslinDay of the Dead has a less startling setting, since most of it takes place underground. But it still affords Mr. Romero the opportunity for intermittent philosophy and satire, without compromising his reputation as the grisliest guy around. |
| Slant MagazineChuck BowenAny real zombie fan knows that political parable and decomposing cannibal corpse gore go together like peanut butter and jelly, but Day of the Dead found the subgenre’s reigning master and poet-in-residence mismanaging the proper ratios a bit. |
| The A.V. ClubNathan RabinDay Of The Dead is more like Romero's scorching 1973 satire The Crazies, in which anarchy reigns and the very concept of heroes dissolves. The action at the end is lurid, made giddily disgusting by Tom Savini's amazing gore effects, and made gripping by Romero's gift for the cold logic of systemic breakdown. Still, some audiences may give up early, fed up with the shrill claustrophobia. |
| The DissolveKeith PhippsThough it’s still a disappointment in relation to its two predecessors, it has much to recommend it. It begins and ends brilliantly. |
| Washington PostPaul AttanasioIn the earlier films, we really identified with the small cadre of surviving humans. They were seen as positive characters, and we cared about them. This time, the humans are mostly unpleasant, violent, insane or so noble that we can predict with utter certainty that they will survive. |
| User Reviewdaebu_charI honestly don't understand why this film receives so much flack when, in my opinion, it's the best one out of the three movies in the Living Dead series and certainly my personal favorite. From what I gathered, it wasn't as popular as the previous two films and more specifically "Dawn of the Dead" which seems to be the fan favorite. It seems to me like people at the time more or less wanted Romero to deliver Dawn of the Dead 2 and set themselves up for disappointment when they found out this isn't a direct sequel. Instead, the film follows different characters while further fleshing out the post-apocalyptic world overrun with zombies. One thing I personally find funny is the notion that the film has "bland" characters and "over-the-top acting" which I've noticed many people bring up... not sure about that because I thought the acting was incredible, and the protagonist--Sarah Bowman--one of the first 'strong female protagonists' in American film before that became a thing. What I loved about Sarah's character, in particular, was the fact that she was strong (arguably one of the most resilient characters for sure), but she was still a woman at heart, not some manly ""badass"" Mary Sue cliché devoid of vulnerabilities sadly so prevalent today. Over the course of the film, she faces sexism and death threats from an unhinged self-appointed leader of the military, and has to balance multiple things like her work as a scientist and taking care of her husband who's having a mental breakdown. The other characters were quite intriguing as well, and the subplot involving the domestication of the zombies creepy and macabre. I honestly wish I hadn't seen movies like 'Resident Evil: Extinction' that flat out copied certain plot elements from this film prior to watching Day of the Dead. As I said, I LOVED this chapter in the trilogy, and while it's different from the other two installments as far as the story and characters are concerned, the atmosphere is still distinctly Romero-esque and unique. Without a doubt 10/10. |
| User ReviewLancejThe characters even the dialogue scenes weren't expecting but they were great scenes this suffers from what alien3 did which was great it was much darker and not what was expected,this film was rich I character dark and gory,captain Rhoades too,such an underrated gem Expand |
| User ReviewAhkmanBetter than i expected. I was told that fans of the Romero zombie movies found this one disappointing but i’ve no idea why. For me this is the best of the first three (haven’t seen the later movies). Zombie effects are by far the best of the three - though of course they’re not up to modern standards. There’s great conflict between the characters and most of the acting is actually very good. The guy who plays the villain is terrific. Sure its a B-movie and the dialog is a bit clunky in places, but its a tense ride and you feel that things could tip over the edge at any moment. Love it. |