Edgar Wright on DAY OF THE DEAD

By this time the Dead have triumphed and human beings are on the run. Coolly received at the time of its spotty unrated release in 1985, this third Dead movie has been staging something of a critical comeback in recent years.
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[@suttercane6]

Not just Edgar Wright, but Edgar Wright talking about a zombie movie. Not just any zombie movie, but a George A Romero zombie movie. Not just any George A Romero zombie movie, the BEST George A Romero zombie movie!

[@kyokogodai-ir6hy]

Saw it in the theater the night it opened. WOW!!! Scared the hell out of me!!

[@Davesky19]

Watched this on VHS when it first came out back in the mid-80’s. My friend and I finished watching it at around 2 a.m., and immediately grabbed my video camera and went outside to start shooting our own zombie movie in the middle of the night. I have it uploaded on KZbin if anyone is interested. It’s more of a zombie-comedy.

[@Njbear7453]

Day has the best characters, dialogue, and story.

[@michaeltelman5527]

It has none of that

[@HAL-vc3of]

No

[@raymondhartmeijer9300]

I do like the depressing and paranoid atmosphere of it

[@seanmills7586]

@@michaeltelman5527 sure it does

[@TomWillHowell]

Day of the Dead is the best Living Dead film. Fight me.

[@Yankeefan-tb8pz]

Without a doubt!

[@film79]

I agree. Do we still fight?

[@kingcole55]

Nah you gotta look back at this comment and regret it. Dawn is the best by far.

[@malloid]

@@kingcole55 Dawn is great, but it has some serious faults. The blood colour, for example, is horrible (and Savini's admitted this numerous times). The green makeup on some of the zombies is a bit suspect too. Plus, the editing, shots, acting, and flow of the film is not as tight and as 'pro' as in Day. Don't get me wrong, I love Dawn (and just bought the 4K box set), but - in my humble opinion - Day is the better film, and has better and more iconic performances, dialogue, effects, and filmmaking technique. Day is the best zombie film of all-time, IMHO. 🧟‍♂

[@kingcole55]

@@malloid I don’t look at surrealism as a fault. Dawn perfectly nails a blend of realism and surrealism. The blood is exaggerated and the blue faces are strange, but the imagery is beautiful because of it. Dawn (either the theatrical or the extended… I’m not a big fan of the Goblins score) is a perfect movie.

[@LuckyBastardProd]

I saw the KROQ advanced screening in early July of ‘85. You had to call in to get tickets and they gave out tee-shirts as well. When the film ended there was dead silence as the crowd walked out, needless to say most people were disappointed, including myself. It’s grown on me over the years and I still believe Savini’s make-up was incredible. The thing that continues to bother me to this day is the constant bickering in the film its just annoying despite some really impressive acting.

[@FCSchaefer]

It's not as good as Dawn, but can still stand on its own and the ending is awesome.

[@TyMarshall007]

Dawn of the dead 1978 is a freaking Master peace

[@seanmills7586]

i think its better than dawn but love em both

[@Jimmyduudah]

I have to disagree on the best ever zombie performance being Howard Sherman's Bub. It is actually David Emge's Flyboy in Dawn of the Dead. When he becomes all zombified in DotD that is the best zombie ever seen in a movie.

[@malloid]

LOL - IMHO it's a tie. 😁

[@lamecasuelas2]

I love this movie, is the one from the trilogy that kind od grew on me, not to say is a perfect movie but it has it's strenghts By the way my DVD copy is like the shittiest dvd i own, the quality is absolutelly horrible, it look like it was taken from the VHS.

[@fezenstein]

I completely agree about the originality of the makeup effects. and general tone of this one is so bleak. I too am in the Dawn is the best camp.

[@SirGeeeO]

Mr. Right has good taste in movies. i cant wait for Ant-Man

[@user-nq3uu4hm2g]

👍

[@softbatch1]

I have equal love for the first 3 in different ways. I do not like the last 3. They are cool but just don't have that re-watchability like the first 3. Although I do love John Leguizamo.

[@paulbirkbeck1790]

I think Romero had lost his touch (old age) when he made the last 3 films. Ridley Scott is the same in my humble opinion he just can't make a winner. Anyway night/dawn and day are ground-breaking films George Romero RIP

[@babyfir77]

Didn't like DAY but I sure liked Bub!

[@brendanokeeffe220]

The only kind of zombie fan that doesn't love Return of the Living Dead is a typical hipster doofus that like shit like Max Brooks' books, or think Zombieland or Shaun of the Dead are among the best. Go appreciate zombie flicks with the balls to do something different and that pull it off successfully.

[@FCSchaefer]

You are right about Return of the Living Dead, a great movie.

[@fake-empire]

You think Shaun of the Dead and Zombieland are bad films?

[@CarlosHernandez-rl2wg]

Return of the Living Dead is good along with the Romero films.

[@idiotbox1814]

You do know that Edgar Wright made Shaun of the Dead, right?

[@TheGeneralDisarray]

Send... More... Paramedics...

[@snarkus63]

Despite a few high points...Joseph Pilato's performance as the psychotic Captain Rhodes, Dr. Logan and his attempted "civilizing" of the zombie Bub,not to mention the character of Bub...I was,and still am disappointed by this movie. *Return Of The Living Dead* ,released that same year,is so much better. Wright's observation about this film's zombie makeup is correct...it's some of the best to be seen in a Romero movie.