Dawn of the Dead - re:View

When there's no more room in Hell, Mike and Jay will discuss the George A. Romero zombie classic Dawn of the Dead and manage to avoid using the phrase "social commentary" the entire time.

[@RoboHoundGames]

I see they're already in the halloween spirit. Jay is freddy and Mike is dressed as rich evans.

[@bcorr3274]

Woodsy Brilliant

[@CJtheRad]

Savage.

[@unqtious]

I always figured Mike and Rich are the same person. Notice how they're opposite each other in the shots. Double-action shots.

[@Aleph-Noll]

i laughed so hard im crying

[@RoboHoundGames]

Aleph Null I aim to please. Also thanks friendo.

[@videogamedunkey]

I love Goblin's score for Dawn of the Dead, it's such a weird choice for a horror movie but it works somehow. One of the most entertaining movies ever.

[@EldritchAugur]

Agreed. I love the track that plays when they are clearing out the mall, catchy as hell.

[@VenomousJoker9097]

videogamedunkey Yo Dunky, I'm glad to see one of favorite youtubes watching shit about Dawn of the Dead

[@hayestemple9165]

videogamedunkey I love this movie soooo much, such a great horror movie and it has a great message to go along with it. The soundtrack is also what adds to how great this movie is. Yet it's so sad how rare this is is to find and I think it would get to a wider audience today if only it would only get re released. 2004 remake suuuuuuuucks

[@HondaSquid]

I love how one of my favorite youtubers is commenting on a video by another one of my favorite channels. Knowing you're a fan of these guys kinda explains your recent foray into movie reviews, dunks.

[@vuksikimic1836]

Hey dunk

[@therico5377]

R.I.P David Emge. One of the best zombie performances I've ever seen.

[@colinsdrawings8523]

Watching zombies eating your lower torso and yelling "Choke on them!" is so bad ass

[@andrewkaanjr9505]

Wrong movie. But true statement

[@stephenpmurphy591]

Your voice should go really high then a gaggle of zombies removes your head. Yike's! Darn it all, cheese and crackers it's the end of world.

[@frazzleddoo5989]

You wouldn’t know good ass from Bad, Monster Squad virgin!! Get a German!! ..huh ? Ehhh? Fuck communism

[@meggo329]

Blood pressure cuff death was the best in this movie

[@mikej70]

That's day of the dead the next zombie movie he made

[@deecool47]

This nigga Jay looking like an elegant and polite Freddy Kruger.

[@TheJarritosman]

TheAbsurdist Don't you mean susan?

[@deecool47]

Rudy Davalos I said Jay fam.

[@deecool47]

Rudy Davalos WE FAM RATHER YA LIKE IT OR NOT!

[@travellingshoes5241]

I'm not your Susan... Susan?

[@dracomittensman1319]

The part in Day of the Dead they showed where the guy is getting torn apart by zombies, and he's just screaming, and one of the zombies rips his throat out and you can HEAR his fucking scream go higher pitched as his vocal chords are pulled out of him, because they're getting tighter as they're pulled until they just snap off. You can see his head still moving, still screaming, that fucking movie is goddamn spine chilling.

[@georgeboyd4619]

Best scene ever! I wish more movie studios use practical effects!

[@jashm3915]

That and the abrubtness of Steele's suicide with his pistol always got me

[@thedrewdog]

@@jashm3915 The actor sold that well, he still reacted as if he felt an instant of pain.

[@peenwienerstein2]

well, I mean, it is George Romero's best movie.

[@MFSeaMen]

Possibly my favourite practical effect ever, in terms of selling it as realistically as possible.

[@joycekoch5746]

My son and a few of his friends were in 7th grade at the time and were able to come in as extras to be made up into zombies. Each of them had their own zombie name and were to wear the same clothes for each shoot. Makeup was done in only about 10 minutes - a picture was taken, and they were remade like that each day. When the film came out they went to go see it together - because the film was rated R the manager at first would not let them in until he learned they were in the film. The manager then told the audience "We have a special treat tonight, we have three of the real zombies with us" the audience cheered and a few people stayed after to talk with them and get an autograph. It was one highlight of their youth.

[@maxwellkazemba2299]

Any idea which zombies they were?

[@joycekoch5746]

@@maxwellkazemba2299 Don't recall but the kids had many outfits from home such as scout, soccer and baseball players and even swimsuits. Not everyone was seen or got a clear part in the film which disappointed many.

[@TheTuttle99]

That's so awesome

[@TheScitadel]

George Romero's focus on editing rather than shot composition arguably gives the film more of a documentary feel, in contrast to the remake's very cinematic style.

[@cccvvvsss]

科技城堡: The Sci-tadel The same could be said about his earlier film "The Crazies" from '73. That one's pretty good too.

[@OfficialNWS]

Yeah. Just like Diary of the Dead. Man, what a great film maker!

[@brainrunnethout]

I honestly like that style more. You can make anything cinematic, but a good editor can make a movie SO much better.

[@kev3d]

Good observation.

[@aspeckinthegrandschemeofth3457]

Could you please clarify? I'm not very experienced in movie editing and camerawork so any help would be appreciated.

[@kevinbeelard6442]

The room with the stockpiles of spam was because the mall was a shelter in place building in case of a nuclear war. Which was common at the time because of the cold war. There's a throwaway line about it somewhere during that scene.

[@JettBlast]

Water too, the OD Green round containers...

[@pumkinbreath]

“ don’t knock it. It’s got it’s own key” “ attention shoppers , for those of you with a sweet tooth we have a special for you”

[@pavelmichalek7302]

Stoklasa back. Baumann back. Replacing comments back. These are things I know!

[@selekos]

I want that juicy Shaq meat

[@pavelmichalek7302]

I need some Diabetes medicine.

[@Scarfulhu]

Rich Evans dead?

[@pavelmichalek7302]

Who the fuck is Rich Evans?!

[@MonkeyspankO]

too much shaqmeat! nice sweater btw

[@kanakawase]

Joe Pilato's performance as Captain Rhodes is so gloriously over-the-top, Day of the Dead is worth watching for him alone.

[@KRobinson-ko1ne]

I loved how he and Richard Liberty worked off of each other, out-crazy one another I should say

[@mattp8523]

Fun fact: Tom Savini was a photographer in the Vietnam war and that was his inspiration to accurately depict gore and violence in movies Loving your channel guys

[@mattp8523]

Happy Halloween

[@cezar211091]

True

[@GeekWithClipOns]

tokyosmash no, he was a combat photographer. 2002 interview Savini did with the Pittsburgh post: "When I was in Vietnam I was a combat photographer. My job was to shoot images of damage to machines and to people. Through my lens, I saw some hideous [stuff]. To cope with it, I guess I tried to think of it as special effects. Now, as an artist, I just think of creating the effect within the limitations we have to deal with."

[@bojarckhoosemanschnarf5851]

Yep

[@jeffolsen7566]

Thats amazing. Not the violence he saw. But to take something like that and make it into an art. I guess that still might be somewhat terrible. But hey, the worlds a terrible place. Love savini

[@anshiman]

tfw dummy head is secretly robert downey JR's head in tropic thunder

[@d3nv1]

Freddy Krueger sure looks younger than I remember him....

[@NotAFakeName1]

petrallen Which video did the Susan thing start from anyway?

[@ryeis1]

I'm 16 minutes in, and so far there has been no mention of the fact that it was Dario Argento who set Mr. Romero up with a villa in Rome for the sole purpose of writing the "sequel to Night of the Living Dead." I think Argento wanted the European distribution rights as part of the deal. Once this information is known, it explains a lot of the bizarre aspects of this film since the Italian directors of the time really enjoyed pushing the envelope with regards to bizarre images and sound design.

[@bspeers76]

Keep watching.

[@sargonsblackgrandfather2072]

ryeis1 DOTD was called Zombi in Italy recut and rescored by Argento and Goblin. Zombie Flesh Eaters (a really good zombie movie) was its unofficial sequel called, unsurprisingly, Zombi 2 in Italy.

[@DistractedGlobeGuy]

... and then Fulci got it instead.

[@adanjobek1915]

The argento cut for this film was terrible

[@xcrimsonlegendx]

I have that box set, my girlfriend at the time got it for my birthday. She thought it was the 2004 version and was upset she got the wrong one, but I was infinitely happier with the one she got on accident.

[@QuintessentialWalrus]

Lucky! I want to like the remake more than I do but it just has the WORST characters. 1978 has four characters who are smart and relatable, 2004 has a dozen characters and almost all of them are annoying assholes with terrible dialogue. The script is the one thing bringing the remake down, turning it into a guilty pleasure when it could've been a genuine zombie classic.

[@KRobinson-ko1ne]

I had it It was such a great box set Then I left it at my ex’s😔

[@KironVB]

Mike do fucking Star Trek The Motion Picture! I want to know why you consider it one of the best Trek films.

[@jessica_jam4386]

I love Star Trek the motion picture. It's beautifully shot and I like that it's slower than modern movies. For me it's tied with The Journey Home and Wrath of Khan (I know, not many people would agree with me on that)

[@SuperiorityQomplex]

27:23, cockroach under the table...

[@BenEd2]

No, that's Rich in his real form.

[@tcdalton215]

*Rich Evans

[@savybones]

Jays fake halloween effects no one will ever notice but he knows it's in there :P

[@cris1735]

Roach Evans

[@ScottLahteine]

And yet you totally missed the guy in the gorilla costume.

[@deborahamos5401]

2016: 'My first priority is water' 2020: *Toilet paper shortage*

[@KRAFTWERK2K6]

Your first priority should STILL be water. You can drink it or wash your butt with it. Toilet paper… well you can only wipe your butt but not drink it.

[@magmavision2000]

@@KRAFTWERK2K6 anything is drinkable if you believe...

[@deborahamos5401]

I just thought it was funny idk

[@janeeyre1990]

Mike isn't stockpiling anything, he's continuing to leave his home to work with one to two colleagues/friends at a time. It's hard to tell with habitual satirists/smartasses, but I don't think he takes the current pandemic particularly seriously. So he might not get a chance to get to food or water during a zombie outbreak

[@deborahamos5401]

@@janeeyre1990 I was more making a joke about tp being in short supply everywhere, not necessarily calling anyone a hoarder. I think he made digs at it in newer episodes.

[@travismcdonald6576]

The original Dawn is one you can watch hundreds of times and it never gets old. The 2004 version is good the first couple of times and that’s about it.

[@gonzodelphiki2083]

Agree about the original, it's a fun watch over and over. But that said, the Snyder version is to this day one of my favorite fun time guilty pleasures. My friends and I saw it opening weekend, in the theater, an hour after eating 3-5 hits of blotter lsd, each. It was a fucking blast of a night and it's now one of those flicks that takes me back to my college days. Spiderman 2 (the Raimi trilogy), Kill Bill Vol 1 and 2, Tenacious D Pick of Destiny, Dawn of the Dead, and then later down the road Avatar and Guardians of the Galaxy were all movies I first saw in theaters on acid. Tripping in a theater, with the surround sound and darkness of the room letting you focus on the screen, is one of my favorite experiences of my younger days. Great memories... not that anyone gives a damn about my memories lol.

[@Whatchamawhozit]

A lot of Truth there Travis. I recently watched the remake for the 1st time in a long time. I was debating on whether to keep my HD-DVD collection and as I was going through it to find discs that still worked versus the rot lot, I popped it in and while I watched it from start to finish... I doubt I would watch it again... The original I have watched numerous times, here on KZbin as someone uploaded a supreme cut with every bit of deleted footage they could find... so it is just a click away

[@KRobinson-ko1ne]

I actually like the 2004 movie better now than I did when I was in high school I know the first one is character driven whereas the remake is more about the fast paced and the unrelenting dread and extreme lack of any kind of hope, not to mention main character immunity I get why people may not like it I struggled with running zombies for a while: I thought maybe they could just give a brief explanation on the dvd extra as to why they run. Perhaps there some kind of bio-weapon, resident evil type thing gone wrong. although recently I found out James Gunn said it was a supernatural curse

[@ghostapostle7225]

RE:VIEW THE THING

[@bk138gt6]

Duilio Murai and Event Horizon

[@adamfrisk956]

This movie is shit.

[@ydna]

does The Thing need a review? I mean everybody loves it, it's a masterpiece, and hasn't been rebooted to shit yet. (unless you really don't like that prequel from a few years ago, but it was only a prequel)

[@DeimosComaBlack]

Dawn of AAAAAAAAAAAIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIDS.

[@ghostapostle7225]

The prequel was fine, but it lacks originality and the CGI is dreadful compared to the 82 practical effects. Anyway, if they reviewed Tremors and Ghostbusters, why not The Thing?

[@selekos]

Watching Mr Stoklasa not being depressed and intoxicated is so unnatural.

[@onlineenglish7065]

selekos unnerving

[@JD_13]

Additionally, watching Mr Stoklasa not being depressed and unnatural is so intoxicating.

[@chadmyron2552]

The head explosion in “Maniac” is astounding.. Another Tom Savini master class.

[@joannechance1971]

RIP David Emge 😢

[@joannechance1971]

FLYBOY you can now fly with the angels!

[@LetsReadPodcast]

I like your Freddy Krueger sweater, Jay.

[@MikeyPozo]

When two great channels collide

[@MrDarneoc]

so now Jay is gonna turn up in my dreams?

[@jackalthereefer]

One man's Freddy Keueger sweater is another man's Calvin and Hobbes sweater

[@Timbofett28]

@@MrDarneoc he hasn't visited you yet?!

[@Timbofett28]

@@jackalthereefer one man's Calvin and Hobbes sweater is another man's excuse to make fun of your comment. He doesn't wear a sweater, Mr Reefer. Its a red shirt with black stripes. Sorry for correcting you. It's the only way I can feel good about myself

[@Joorum]

'78 Dawn Of The Dead is my favorite movie of all time. It's a rare beast because even it's quirks, oddities and short-comings can all be seen as enhancements from certain point of views. It captures what I love about movies and film-making.

[@maxmurray8950]

Badjoke Maker haha lmfao

[@ryanwhitaker4444]

Dawn of the Dick?

[@danielgrimes8312]

if you are gonna catch a satire and optimistic look abot zombie apocalypse you need espotaneity , the mall setting is just a great idea , this hole fantasy of having a mall just for you is dream of all human beign , now put then zombies, a catchy score , gore and likable characters and you have yourself a perfect movie!...

[@danielgrimes8312]

i like day of The dead so much but I prefer dawn of the dead.

[@Zamolxes77]

I seen it recently, during a "zombie marathon weekend" and I would have to agree, is a very good movie.

[@bodenlosedosenhose1590]

23:13 The sound of the guy's screams which turn into shrieking due to his vocal chords being torn apart will haunt me to my grave.

[@MyMagnificentOctopus]

The fake blood shade reminds me of the kung fu films I watched in the 70s on local UHF. They all had the same absurdly bright red blood.

[@GuildOfCalamity]

I love it when it's just Mike & Susan talking.

[@georgelucas8516]

Re:view of Ishtar?!

[@move_i_got_this5659]

lol Ishtar one of the worst movies ever

[@mortified0]

Three, two, three, four Four, two, three, AND!

[@thedarkestcorneroftheinternet]

Thank you. I laughed for at least five minutes at this.

[@chrishern8645]

These men are pawns.

[@Joyfk]

@@chrishern8645 next they'll be hailed as 2 messengers from god!

[@TheVastIndifferenceOfHeaven]

I just always assumed the zombies in Night and Dawn look the way they do because they are fresher, as the apocalypse just started, and that Day is some time down the line and they have rotted significantly more. The zombies in Dawn maintain a certain amount of humanity, which is one of the creepier elements of the film, whereas in Day they are almost pure monsters. Except Bub of course, but they spend a lot of time drawing out his humanity despite his outward appearance.

[@skullthrower8904]

So true

[@johnpatz8395]

My biggest complaint about World War Z is that it took an amazing property, threw away everything but a few names, and made a film that was nothing like the book. It’s bad enough they did that, but the fact that, in doing so, they’ve made it so we’ll never likely get a version that actually follows the narrative of the book. So Brad Pitt and his crew have likely eliminated any chance for us to see “The Battle of Yonkers,” and the drive to reclaim the world from the zombie hordes. I want to see most, if not all of the book, on film, but most importantly is Yonkers and the chapter where the describe a major battle, when retaking the US were lines of soldiers fired for hours on end as zombies piled up so high bulldozers were needed to open the wall of dead bodies after the fight, to allow the troops inside it to move on (sort of a battle if the bastards fight, but with millions of mindless enemies.) I always felt that WWZ would have made a great HBO type of series, which each chapter was one or two episodes long. It seems perfect for an episodic series, as that is how it’s written. The episodes would start with the interview, and then move into the flashback of the person’s experiences during the zombie war.

[@Simon-yp7rv]

The Thing from another world also kind of wasted the story its based on in the 1950s. But 30 years later it was adapted into John Carpenter's masterpiece The Thing, which does probably do it justice. So I wouldn't give up hope for that.

[@aXH00NXa]

Dude the battle of Yonkers was literally glossed over in place of Brad Pitt coddling his fake family and hearing the action on the radio... nothing shown... arguably best part of the fucking book.. nothing shown.

[@awereal]

This applies to so many properties that were mal-adapted, so many wasted opportunities.

[@shinomustdie]

I'd suck a dick for a single love, death, and robots adaptation

[@Whatchamawhozit]

@@aXH00NXa The battle of Yonkers was filmed, sort of, the stuff they reshot when Pitt goes to Russia had a scene that was nearly beat for beat with the BoY. But because they wanted to close the film up into one story 40 minutes was scrapped and reshot. But the Russia storyline was in time with the book to an extent. Rumor is it didn't test well, and when the named the director in pre-production I knew he would fuck it up. Quantum of Solace anyone... bueller

[@yadidimeanmaine]

I know the film was low-budget, but seriously, how much would it cost to rent an entire fucking mall to shoot in? They must have had some dirt on the property owner.

[@darkchia00]

ThatOneGuy If I remember correctly, they either knew the guy who owned the mall or 1 of their friends knew the owner. That's how they got access to it.

[@yadidimeanmaine]

gimpinmypants - It doesn't matter what the real estate is valued at or the rent for each store. It's about the insurance on all of the merchandise for every store there as well as not having them leave or refuse without a massive amount of coverage.

[@WaPow132]

George was friends with the property owners. In fact, George only had to pay $40,000 to rent the mall to shoot the film

[@nathanb5579]

@@yadidimeanmaine different times

[@cameronward9443]

Different times. They didn't get/need insurance for merchandise etc... The store managers were probably on hand for the stores where they shot in the interior. They were probably eating pizza and smoking weed or doing coke having a hell of a fun time. Indeed a different time.

[@JozeeWalz]

You have to remember this movie came Ten Years After Night of the Living Dead, and if you were a teenager around that time and loved the first movie, you have really anticipated this movie. It hit all the buttons for zombie fans at the time. It was nauseatingly awesome, a movie heavily anticipated by fans. Heck even Rodger Ebert loved it. It's not fair to look at it in the 2000s what is clearly a 70's attitude movie. The only fair way to critique it is to have lived it.

[@possiblycrazy442]

23:10 The stretching vocal chords gets me every time.

[@TETRADECAGONE]

Sketchy There's a video of a guy being beheaded by Cartel guys that's like that. His screams get all high pitched... pretty fucked up.

[@possiblycrazy442]

Somewhere on LiveLeak I assume? I _was_ actually considering the researching the validity of that Day of the Dead scene...

[@possiblycrazy442]

I'd suppose in theory it would be like tightening a guitar string to make the pitch higher.

[@TETRADECAGONE]

Marcelo Zuniga Sketchy You should be able to find it on Liveleak. It's three guys and Cartel dudes behind them and they behead two of the prisoners with tiny knives. I might be remembering it wrong though.

[@possiblycrazy442]

That's the same one I just came across. Looks like the chainsaw victim had it easy. The other guy... Well we sure did hear his lungs working for a while. Pretty sure after his lungs pushed enough blood out, he was basically screaming with no vocal chords. Just a loud weeze.

[@fede170493]

Fun fact: The screenplay for Dawn of the Dead (remake) was made by James Gunn.

[@redtexan7053]

Honestly, that’s a bit of a stretch. The original screenplay was headed by James Gunn, but Zach Snyder made *a lot* of changes, both in what actual events of the plot, and the tone of the film itself. The original script was a lot lighter, and more comical, as is pretty typical of most James Gunn pictures. Snyder didn’t like that, a fact that no longer surprises anybody, and he heavily edited the end product, producing a much darker, and overall much more mean spirited film.

[@alwindsor7299]

Re:view galaxy quest

[@Tamacat388]

Al Windsor Tool Man back. Ripley back. Monk back. Things I know! Alan Rickman back. Star Trek back when it was about exploration. Things that are dead.

[@thadbaxter]

Western PA is zombieville. I can get to the set of Dawn of the Dead (monroeville mall) in an hour. I can drive to the set of Day of the Dead in under ten minutes.

[@JettBlast]

That's pretty cool, I really would like to visit the sites there one day...

[@mmattson8947]

There are stories that “blood stains” could be seen in the mall for months after filming ended. Enough renovations have been made to the mall that it is harder to match up with the movie.

[@grumpyotter]

I did enjoy parts of the 2004 version--I thought the shooting game they played with the guy across the street was very much something Romero might have enjoyed.

[@chadbrick67]

Uncut version is best

[@grumpyotter]

@@chadbrick67 I'm not sure which I saw--I just think it was a bit better than the reviews suggested. But I'll check that out to see.

[@fredfredrickson5436]

While the original is a bulletproof classic Snieder's 2004 franchise is stuffed to the gills with great ideas; humour, strong characters and character development, a wry score, some great action set pieces and unconventional bookending of the narrative. For me it manages to balance all these elements and still delivers as both a worthy homage to Romero's original movie and a top drawer action/horror hybrid in its own right. Popcorntastic.

[@92brunod]

@@fredfredrickson5436 Why are you the way that you are?

[@fredfredrickson5436]

@@92brunod Long walks, cold showers and yoga, mostly. 😁

[@loganbabcock6179]

In terms of water, right before Mike brings it up, the two big green canisters are Civil Defense drinking water canisters. They have the circle with a triangle in it with the letters “CD”. Part of the Governments programs for Public safety during a nuclear war was the Civil Defense initiative. The room behind it is filled with more civil defense snacks, and that’s how Nabisco got its biggest funding was through the US government. Nabisco literally translated to National Biscuit Company. Most likely that was a fallout shelter they had sitting around. And they’re not crocodiles, they’re alligators. I’m that guy, I realize, but I just wanted to bring it to light.

[@qtfan1121]

I actually just rewatched this movie recently and yeah they totally do mention it, admittedly in an off-handed easy to miss line but they do. Mike is right though in that no matter how much drinking water you already have at your disposal your number one priority in a zombie apocalypse scenario (aside from dispatching any zombies that pose an immediate threat) should be to secure more of it before it becomes unavailable which it inevitably will.

[@BatOfTheDead]

One of my fave films of all time. Meeting George a few years ago was such a pleasure too.

[@BatOfTheDead]

Tom was wonderful too. Met him twice and he remembered me.

[@BatOfTheDead]

He's actually a real sweetheart. Both are super nice and I love that they're best friends.

[@BatOfTheDead]

yeah. maybe. I haven't watched AVGN in forever and I'm judging off personal experience, interviews, and the experience of others. and yeah he is really sarcastic so you may be right.

[@lilmilky]

bug on the floor at 27:25

[@jermeseff]

Were you the one who found Bin Laden?

[@lilmilky]

ak ak ak akak ak!

[@FearMonarch]

B I G S P O O K

[@MrFishman382]

One of my favorite aspects of this movie is the world it's set it, I appreciated that the movie doesn't go into apocalypse mode immediately. One of my favorite world establishing scenes is when the army is marching into a city and there's just civilians with guns the army had to recruit because they can't handle it, and the radio is a handy expository tool.

[@couchslouch13]

To answer Mikes question about drinking water - in the european cut of the film when they are looking at the pre-stockpiled survival rations Ken Foree says the line "civil defence water supply". He also earlier says something about the Shopping Mall being set up to run automatically on Nuclear power

[@xp8969]

I was exploring some abandoned buildings on an old air force base that was shut down and we found a room full of hundreds of 50 gallon barrels that were all full of rusty old cans that looked like they were all from WW2 and they were all marked civil defense emergency water

[@SanjuroSan]

The Re:View reminds me time and time again why I love you guys. This series really brings out what comes through in all your projects, love of film. It resonates with each one of you. Thanks for making some really quality productions.

[@xsStudios]

Being a graduate of DEC's Tom Savini Program, I can confirm: Colossal YES, Savini 'smoke the reefer', while applying the makeup

[@ericg1100]

Barry Elmstrand woah i always wanted to do that program how was it? Recently?

[@malloid]

Laughing out loud at this comment. :-D

[@ForwardSynthesis]

When there's no more room in hell, the dead will walk the Earth. Scariest tagline of all time, but the movie is much more light hearted than that. Maybe they should have used that tagline for Day instead of Dawn.

[@EliasTheHunter]

Forward Synthesis Oh damn, that’s an excellent point!

[@miskatonic_alumni]

Dawn is pretty dark. Only two characters survive, and their future is uncertain. They have guns, ammo, and some food/water, but low fuel in the tank. By that point, civilization is gone and the living dead are everywhere.

[@Cookieofdoom]

Imagine that tagline, and no one ever dies but the brain still works, no matter what. Pain is always felt. Eternal pain if you are unlucky enough.

[@chaplaincadet]

Balance my friend, balance.

[@robzilla730]

No. Scariest tagline is; In space, no one can hear you scream

[@Ringowasprettygood]

It took me so long to figure out the quote but it really is worth it: Joe Pilato is screaming “CHOKE ON EM, CHOKE ON EM” as in “choke on the pieces of my body” while being devoured by zombies. What an amazing deathrattle

[@dogshake]

I think he’s talking about the size of his stones lmao

[@gifgoldblum7940]

Every time I watch Day of the Dead and that one guy's head gets ripped off, I forget it's an animatronic and it catches me by surprise. I think it's a combination of great ADR, and the guy's guts coming out being the focus of the shot, which also looks amazing.

[@NealX]

Time to listen to "The Gonk" on endless loop for an hour or so.

[@MilkyChanCiel]

You are aware you can listen to music while doing other things, right?

[@Joobin345]

Gr8 b8 m8

[@DistractedGlobeGuy]

All while scrolling through a list of the most and least profitable _Star Trek_ movies.

[@johnmurdoch8534]

I always interpreted the bikers chucking pies in the face of zombies is just to show how flippant they are about the zombie apocalypse. They are used to it and just don't care anymore. They are having fun. It's a contrast to how the main characters and everyone in civilization treated the zombie apocalypse.

[@greenisnotacreativecolour]

This was the first horror movie I saw where the black guy makes it to the end!

[@greenisnotacreativecolour]

***** Dying at the end is definitely not the same thing, although being last to die was still pretty impressive. Either way, I personally saw Dawn first!

[@onlineenglish7065]

Spoiler!

[@MrHashshashin]

@@AwesometownUSA Have you ever seen Night of the living dead? Cause no one lives all the way through the end...

[@mariovazquez4436]

@@MrHashshashin that ending is depressing

[@EXMachina.]

I laughed out loud when that guy head exploded while watching the movie for the first time, the first few minutes of the movie is basically "Oh god what is happening".

[@KRAFTWERK2K6]

Zombie / Dawn really works amazing as a Standalone film outside of Romero's "Dead" series. Unlike "Day of the Dead" or "Land of the Dead" for example which really feels like getting thrown into a series where you missed a couple of episodes. But "Dawn of the Dead" can be really seen without having to bother with all the other movies.

[@brickfilms1954]

R.I.P George Romero :,(

[@caffeineadvocate]

Crazy. Fortuitous? I found Dawn of the Dead (anniversary edition) on VHS yesterday at the thrift. The box is all Technicolor and stuff... Thanks for the re:View, fellas!

[@LUCKO2022]

And no one cares.

[@caffeineadvocate]

Pixar The Great - Cool cat. Where did its hair go? I'm sad for your cat this coming winter. I care about your cat. Do you want to chat about your cat? Love, David.

[@LUCKO2022]

caffeineadvocate 1) He is a indoor cat and never leaves the apartment. 2) It's my girlfriends cat, not mine. I just hand out with him allot and he seems to love me more than my girlfriend because I spoil him rotten. 3) He has got fur. It's really fine fur. It feels like felt. He is a very good tempered cat.

[@MissingTextuure]

Oh my god shut the fuck up no one cares about your cat

[@LUCKO2022]

Boris The cat has got far more intelligence than most people on youtube including yourself.

[@Raycloud]

10:40 I don't really think the remake captures the apocalypse well. It is too fast and sudden. There is no break down of society... society is just gone when the main character wakes up in the morning. I think the opening to the original with the news casters arguing and screaming at each-other, abandoning their jobs, and in all the confusing sending out wrong and deadly information, conveys this much better. As do the scenes later on in the movie as the TV broadcasts the characters watch gradually become more haphazard and then stop all together.

[@roosterbooster6238]

Raycloud in the remake there are some newscasts but I think they also want to make a point about how quickly everything collapses

[@Raycloud]

@@roosterbooster6238 It's dumb.

[@GVirusInfectee]

This has always been a gripe I have with modern zombie media.

[@Sawta]

That's an interesting assessment. In more modern movies like the Dawn remake, I took it to be something like, "Society is on pause, but still exists". Basically that society hasn't broken _yet_ and people still have and remember the habits associated with a functioning society, but that everyone has independently chosen to ignore those boundaries because of the scale of the emergency. A real world example would be the amount of people walking on roads post-9/11. It's illegal, and socially abnormal to walk on the road, let alone the road on a highway or bridge, but people did it collectively all at the same time, because something completely unprecedented happened.

[@roosterbooster6238]

@@Raycloud not dumb, it is actually considered and in terms of this film was done as they wanted to maximise the post apocalyptic part of the film plus it is a comment on pandemics. In a way it compliments the zombies portrayal as they are also rapid. The idea that societal collapse will be either drawn out affair or overnight both have a basis in real life events such as civil wars as historically thousands of societal collapses. I don’t know if it is implicitly stated in this film but I had thought that it wasn’t overnight as there were things going on earlier that were being concealed like in fear the walking dead. That said I prefer the gradual breakdown of society and in fact is one thing I wished they had done in fear the walking dead is to slow down - make the season one last two seasons.. The one thing they all get wrong is that generally after a social collapse is that society re-emerges in another form and it isn’t a dog eat dog situation.. even in places with warlords or civil war things are more stabile than they are in the walking dead..

[@TeatroGrotesco]

That cannoli joke was perfect. Not just the timing but the timing of it's placement in the episode

[@baphy643]

Jay will defend his horror films till the end of time and it's so great my fav of the redlettermedia dudes

[@thebluespider8545]

The 4k boxed set is out now and I would very much recommend it. I've seen some dodgy 4k transfers but this one was beautiful.

[@myconiusmaximus1022]

this was one of the best, most introspective, well balanced reviews of one of my favorite movies. not just favorite Horror movie, or favorite Zombie, but all-time favorite movies! you both were very fair yet still respectful to the film. i greatly appreciate that. thank you for this review.

[@InfoTopCoatArmor]

George Romero in a cameo in his own movie at 11:20. Worth the DVD price alone.

[@wiilover07]

Dawn is a classic that captured my young imagination and made me even more of a horror and zombie movie fan. I just love the idea of these people surviving in a mall and gathering supplies and living there. Great gore and somewhat cartoons with the blue makeup on the zombies. The blood is very cartoony and "comic booky". A masterpiece 10/10.

[@georgeelmerdenbrough6906]

Part of the charm is that its not slickly polished . Its almost so raw that one can feel they could produce and direct a movie like this. Its inspiring in that way . You want in , too . Whereas hugely budgeted highly technical films seem so difficult to make that you do not get the sense that you too could make a film . You feel over whelmed , not inspired .

[@funeralforahorse]

Jay admitting he “wouldn’t have even thought of” securing drinking water in a survival situation 😂. Like buddy

[@Top10WizardReviews]

Carnival of Souls was directed by an industrial director and it's amazingly well done.

[@duke2go558]

Why didn't you guys ever do a Day of the Dead re-view? Now I wanna watch that movie...

[@juankenon]

@William Moore Definitely the best one of the whole series, and arguably of the genre as a whole.

[@DistractedGlobeGuy]

They did. They just disguised it as a BOTW Spotlight on the _Star Wars Holiday Special._

[@crobey01]

I really appreciate you two making videos

[@tubatk421]

We need a Re:View of "The Last Starfighter". Mike and Jay have mentioned it in some past videos. Fun movie.

[@Weaponsandstuff93]

Vincent's Price in the Last man on Earth based on the novel I am Legend predates Night of the Living dead and the "Vampires" in that are pretty much zombies, Romero said it influenced him in making Night of the Living Dead.

[@Weaponsandstuff93]

Well it's very underrated and you should check it out if you like zombie films.

[@douglasmontgomery2063]

I remember reading that 1959's Invisible Invaders with John Carradine and John Agar was an early influence, too. Hoards of white-faced, slow-moving undead in that film.

[@doublediamond9226]

They’re vampires in the I Am Legend book and films. You can still enjoy it though if you like these sort of zombie films. The vampires in The Last Man On Earth are zombies as much as the Rage infected in 28 Days Later are.

[@doublediamond9226]

ian giovanni I love the decapitation via shovel in that one

[@onlineenglish7065]

Good point cheers

[@Autocratical]

There is more tension in every single scene where the zombies grab someone in this movie than the entire ending sequence in the remake. Even though there are tons of times where they should be bitten but aren't, you're just agonizing over it.

[@Moonbeam143]

I have a copy of "Dawn of the Dead" on VHS still sealed in the plastic wrap.

[@SolidusScott87]

I'll trade you a Day of the Dead (2008) blu-ray for it. lol

[@elijahbrown9234]

"...Dead, wrapped in plastic."

[@nutlet1]

the owls are not what they seem

[@cooldrew11]

Sell it to me my dude

[@AnonURnot]

Moonbeam how much do you want for it?

[@2ndTooth]

My favorite of the trilogy was without a doubt Day of the Dead. The saddest part of that movie is that it should've been much longer. Romero wrote so much for that movie between screenplay, scripts, and even the plot had to be changed to fit the budget and time restraint. He wanted the compound to be only part of the movie not the entire thing. Could've had so many more memorable scenes inside the city and jungle. If you get a chance go read the original screenplay for Day of the Dead, so much missing in a movie that was still so well done that nobody even cared lol

[@ghostapostle7225]

Well, still a great movie anyway.

[@ImperfectWeapons]

Dawn of the Dead is one of those classics I can only have a distant respect for. Everything about it has been expanded on and improved so dramatically over the past few decades that a lot of it is hard to sit through. It feels like a trying peanut brittle after a lifetime of Butterfingers. I get it, but it's just not the same.

[@Kamapixel]

Sorta the same. I can't really go back and watch it regularly. I've seen Day of the Dead more because it holds up way better in comparison.

[@thesupergeek]

mmm peanut brittle.

[@ImperfectWeapons]

mitrooper Well, by comparison I also still really enjoy something like Nosferatu for its atmosphere and the way so many of its features have aged in an eerie, unnatural way. It has a lot to offer that is very particular to that era. DotD, however, mostly just feels obsolete to me. Hell, Halloween came out the same year and even it still carries value. Bear in mind, I'm also saying this as a guy who had a hard time not turning the movie off once the pies came out.

[@EldritchAugur]

Nothing else has really nailed the surviving in a mall fantasy quite as well as Dawn of the Dead. The movie is more about the situation and the setting than it is about plot and characters and that's what makes it unique.

[@fattykthehumaneclipse1215]

God damn it why did you mention peanut brittle... now I have to go to the store...

[@aicarpool]

You guys knock it out of the park... Love this movie, first zombie movie i saw when i was 13, back in 1995, since then have been hooked, like i am when i saw my first RLM video.

[@cloudyinpa777]

DAY OF THE DEAD was mostly shot just outside of my hometown in the underground storage minss of Wampum, PA.

[@Upsetkiller456]

Re:view of The Thing(1982) next? One of my all time favorite movies! Although I'd imagine in the spirit of Halloween slasher films would be good too.

[@Whatchamawhozit]

you guys didn't pay attention... the round barrels in the hiding spot were potable water, the boxes were spam. So they had the water covered and at least some non-perishable grub. Also it has been 5 years since George A. Romero passed (jul 16th 2017) It was a sad day for me but I will always remember the stuff he gave us, and I will never forget him because his date of death is the same day I celebrate another year on earth. I always felt a connection to ROmero, was one of the reason I did my own low budget zombie movies back in the early 2000's. He was an inspiration for sure.

[@B0ND0]

I love how in all your reviews, u play the films score so subtlety, I don't even notice it until I put on headphones

[@MetalGearMk2]

This is my all time favourite film. I can't quite put my finger on what I love most. Some viewings I enjoy the fun, some times the story, sometimes the set piece of hell on earth. I always get something new watching this movie and have seen it 30+ times now

[@thunderwarrior1759]

Easily the greatest Zombie movie of all time. The thing that makes that statement true for me is the fact there’s three cuts with the extended cut feeling like a movie from the time of Hollywood epics

[@Col-Heem]

Probably my favorite Zombie movie. I originally saw the (2004) one and my stepdad told me about this one. And I couldn’t believe how amazing it was/is

[@BenAndersonNebtheNarwhal]

I go to an acting conservatory in L.A, and my camera technique teacher is Scott Reiniger, the actor who plays Roger in this film. What an incredible man, he's experienced and kind and very passionate. Had to check this out though, since I haven't had time to see the film myself.

[@ChronoTango]

Well that explains why it’s so hard to find a copy of! I didn’t realize there hasn’t been a release for a while. Growing up, our public library had the special edition with the three cuts of the movie. I had been on the search for a while and finally found a DVD copy at a nearby Vintage Stock

[@sukonetei4789]

It’s on KZbin now!

[@CsquidyC]

Jay in his cute little Freddy Krueger sweater! D'aaawwww! :'D

[@rebeccariegger1132]

I like Mike's level of apocalypse preparedness

[@colinhutchins2795]

I love the pet Beattle that decided to walk out from under the table at 27:27:)

[@DionysusVoice]

One of my all-time favorite classic horror movies! Great review, guys.

[@StuckOnPandora]

At 17:36 One of the things missed here on the setup is DAWN OF THE DEAD is a direct sequel to NIGHT OF THE LIVING DEAD, we enter the film a couple months after the initial outbreak and then - because Fran is pregnant and comes to term throughout - follow those characters as civilization virtually crumples and a new one is formed in its wake. That's why there isn't much elaboration on their families. Both SWAT guys are basically lone wolf military types, Peter was in a gang, and Roger was in the Vietnam war (this is more elaborated upon in the novelization), their connections in the real world are either dead, gone awol, or insane. So, they team-up. Romero's film is already stronger than the remake in this regard, just by accurately reflecting how a society crumbles. The bond between the two SWAT members becomes more important than their loyalty to their Country, Badge, or Unit. Fran and Stephen are lovers, their entire conversation over not getting married was a big concept at the time. In the 70's a big concern was over-population and the perceived depletion of fossil fuels. Etc,. They do remark on their families, though.

[@KRobinson-ko1ne]

I always thought Roger and Peter were romantically involved

[@BelovedCaptain]

So funny, I just watched this film for the first time yesterday. It's refreshing to watch a "blue collar" film like this. With how low budget it all is, it almost feels real at times, especially at the mall. They don't have much arcs, and are just doing their own things, but they feel like real people going through a real outbreak.

[@shootatsquare]

The rate of uploads fills me with joy

[@Badhammer315]

I never noticed the paper print outs on the cameras in the studio, but now i will never unsee that. thanks.

[@ultimatecorgi3392]

I would recommend reading World War Z, and avoiding watching World War Z. (The book is good, the movie is terrible.)

[@TheGameBroswithSirhcandAr0n]

They are really linked, the main character in the movie isn't even in the book, nor are most of the events in the movie, the game looks better than the movie :P

[@itsfine5818]

@Logan Waltz Indeed. Not only is WWZ the best zombie, well, thing (including books, movies and games) it's also the best audiobook ever recorded. Since it's written like a bunch of interviews, it was destined to be ingested in that format. Sprinkle in some incredible actors and you've got solid gold.

[@jinvid]

How ironic, the virus that turned everyone into zombies in the novel also came from China.

[@ShortVideosRUs]

I have some fond memories of the book for sure, but on a recent re-read (or re-listen rather, since the audiobook is pure gold), it's really starting to show its age as a satire of the Bush era. If you can get past/laugh at some of the dated politics, it's still great though.

[@Myrth1]

The book is just as bad as the movie, but for completely different reasons. And unlike the movie, I dropped half-way through, while in case of the movie, I decided that I can endure till the end.

[@hawaiidispenser]

11:20 The opening of the original is great. The soundtrack is like a human heart beating with dread. The people look tired and scared because the zombie apoc has already happened so we're thrust into this world without knowing everything yet and we have to play catch up.

[@ceeteemcdee9680]

Just came across your video on my home feed...Interesting! Someone probably already commented about it being filmed in the Monroeville Mall near Pittsburgh, PA. I grew up in that area & have been there many times, years ago. We could never find the gun store that was in the movie, but we found the blood pressure machine, lol! I think my favorite scene was in the basement of the tenement building with the people / zombies separated & covered with gore, it was pretty gross. Night of the Living Dead was also in my area, that back road northeast of Pittsburgh area where we would drive around for hours to party. All of those back roads seemed to be connected from town to town once you got to know them but we never went looking for the house. And the guy at the end of Night who says " There's another one for the fire " is a local. That's definitely the regional accent. And Bill Cardill was a guy who had his own show that played the scary old movies on the weekend. Those priceless old movies with Vincent Price, that sort of thing. I watched it religiously! Look up Chilly Billy.

[@MattMan_93]

Really awesome review! And good point about securing water and such before anything else. I would probably do the same thing. I've always said that the place that I would shelter myself in if a zombie apocalypse should arise is a Walmart Super Center, or a Giant Eagle Market District, a place that has plenty of food, water, supplies, etc. However, regarding them not getting water, that is addressed (partly). When they land on the rooftop at the mall, Peter checks the power generator, and says that it isn't off, suspecting that the power in the area isn't off altogether, that it could still be running from a nearby nuclear plant. So, while they should consider stock piling water in case of an emergency, it isn't a pressing issue since they still have power and therefore running water throughout the film.

[@michaelscott7916]

I will always love Dawn of the Dead. Like Day of the Dead alit too but it's just not as dynamic but it was , again, prophetic as the Walking dead CRM plotline for the Planned films is centered around zombie experimentation. Also , couldn't help but think of the last 30 minutes of Boyle's 28 Days Later where Cilian Murphy's CHARACTER has to get his hands real dirty to save the 2 women that have been promised to a bunch of horny soldiers by their commander. So he , though not infected, comes down to their level and essentially becomes one. There's that great moment where the infected guy they've had chained up and tormented for awhile sees Jack going straight berserk on one of the soldiers and either he doesn't know Jack isn't infected or he knows but doesn't care because he's taking out his tormentors and I think here once again, Romero's influence is front and center because it's as if we humans are about a stones throw from being just like one of the infected and the true enemy at the end is , again, us , the humans.

[@trainspotter360]

In Maniac, Tom Savini, stood in for Joe Spinell and shot a fake head of himself with a shotgun. It's a disturbing scene and it's an awesome head explosion.

[@karlgaiser9783]

I love you guys, new subscriber!

[@DARTHBASTARD69]

Awesome reveiw the best one yet, i laughed out loud a few times.

[@LyleVSXyle]

Night of the Living Dead - Great Dawn of the Dead - Really Great Day of the Dead - Holy Shit... Awesome Land of the Dead - Not Bad Diary of the Dead - Bad Survival of the zzzzzzzzz

[@ericg1100]

Lyle .G agree 1000%

[@nothere6991]

To a fucking T..... So True.

[@sargonsblackgrandfather2072]

Lyle .G it’s a trilogy... forget the rest.

[@jinvid]

I never actually saw Diary or Survival.

[@sparkfilms558]

For me: NOTLD- Great DOTD- Incredible LOtD- Pretty good Haven't seen the others