Excellent presentation of perhaps the weakest "dead" film | Day of the Dead (Divimax Special Edition) |...

Hungry For More? | Day of the Dead (Divimax Special Edition) | Terry Alexander, John Amplas

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	• Day of the Dead (Divimax Special Edition) Terry Alexander, John Amplas Starz / Anchor Bay, 2003 average customer review:based on 354 reviews view larger image
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highly recommended

Day of The Dead Reckoning.

Day of The Dead is an excellent film. It's very nihilistic, but has a hopeful ending. The hardcore gore FX are second to none, the best of Tom Savini's career, the characterization and dialog are excellent, and it's just a fun, great, depressing film overall. It's slow, but that doesn't mean it's bad. I love this movie. It breaks every rule of horror cinema, and does it with style, and has a lot to say. A supremely intelligent, literate zombie movie (which isn't saying much, I know) that is a very worthy sequel to Dawn of The Dead, that splatteriffic incredible satiric achievement. Buy this movie. You won't regret it. If you have any taste in great horror movies at all, that is.

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Excellent presentation of perhaps the weakest "dead" film

As the good commentary track with Romero, Tom Savini, and Lori Cardille notes, Day of the Dead is some fans' favorite film of the "Dead" series. Generally, though, I think it's considered the weakest, certainly in comparison to Night of the Living Dead and Dawn of the Dead. Now I think Diary of the Dead may have displaced it as the least favorite all around. However, this excellent Blu-ray presentation did give me a chance to re-think my opinion of the film and to recognize the many virtues I had not noticed or considered before. The best thing about Blu-ray may be that its picture quality allows us to pick up on small visual details that were obscure in previous versions. The commentary track helps in this respect as well. This edition is definitely well worth purchasing, particularly if you can get it at a good price, to replace the previous "regular" DVD release. Oddly, I was hoping that the "tongue" zombie seen over the credits would be clearer, but he isn't. Oh, well.

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Hungry For More?

Day of the Dead doesn't get the same attention as Dawn of the Dead, but I think it is a great story and a great film. What I really like about Day of the Dead is that it begins to give us more insight into the zombies. The story takes place in an underground storage facility where a team of scientists are working to find answers about the zombies. We meet "Bub" who is a tame zombie that still holds onto some of what made him human. The head scientist figures out that zombies still maintain some human instincts in their brain stems and therefore he believes that rather than trying to cure the problem they should be looking at trying to domesticate the zombies. The military team in charge of protecting the scientists and gathering up the zombie samples starts to grow restless for answers and results, as more of their men are dying. There is a rift between the two groups and all hell breaks out. This is a classic movie and a must see. I love zombie movies and this is probably my favorite one because the story is so interesting to me. The acting is pretty bad and it isn't a perfect film by any means... but I have to give this 5 stars because, if nothing else, the story is just awesome.

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The Brightest Day

This is the ultimate version of George A. Romero's Day of the Dead. Hands down. I can't imagine what else would be included unless Joe Pilato or Lori Cardille came to your house and talked about it. The transfer is incredible, to say the least. Special Features all over the place, including multiple commentaries and Dr. Logan's note pad. While it was kind of shocking to see how the stars had aged (and realizing it's been over 20 years since this gem was made), it is nice to know who is still around. If you ever wanted to give Day a shot, here's the best shot to give it. It's a mostly forgotten & under appreciated Romero masterpiece and you should check it out NOW!

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Aww man, I can't resist...CHOKE ON 'EM!!!

George A. Romero's Day of the Dead is a hands-down zombie classic that is criminally underrated, not only in comparison to "Night of the Living Dead" or "Dawn of the Dead" but as a zombie movie itself. Of course, this doesn't mean it's unheard of, look at all the great reviews it's gotten! But "Day of the Dead" is quite the contrast to "Dawn of the Dead", for several reasons.

1) "Dawn of the Dead" was a two-hour cross between zombie gore and social satire. It looked at the sociality of consumerism and exploited it, and added the gore of the undead at multiple times.
Now, "Day of the Dead" isn't so much about social satire as it is about character development. That's something you don't see too often in horror movies, as horror is about what happens to you, but the character development works great here. Also, "Day of the Dead" is only 90 minutes, so it didn't aim to be the social epic "Dawn..." was.
2) "Dawn of the Dead" did something similar to "Night of the Living Dead". It left the zombies only as the ravenous monsters that were out to attack and munch. Even so, I gotta admit, it was something else to see the blue Hare Krshna zombie in "Dawn..."!
In "Day of the Dead", a zombie is treated as a full-fledged character, "Bub". He picks up traits and habits he did in life before he got turned into a zombie, and the doctor here studies Bub's habits and treats him as a friend and a lab specimen.
3) "Dawn of the Dead", as previously mentioned, has gore all throughout, in between the comedic scenes and social satirism.
"Day of the Dead" waits until the last fifteen minutes for the zombie outbreak to rip everything apart!

So that's the difference between DAWN and DAY. How does DAY do on it's own? Well, I know my review's already pretty long, but READ ON!

DAY OF THE DEAD takes place at an underground military base in the middle of the day, with lots of characters that eventually develop themselves. As the movie progresses, you discover which characters you like...and which character you wouldn't mind see get their intestines eaten.
As I said, the gore doesn't fully kick in until the last 15 minutes, but when THAT happens...WATCH OUT! Seeing the guy getting literally ripped in half by the zombies and consumed is totally awesome, and the gore you'd expect from special effects wizard Tom Savini!
Now, the movie ends on a positive note, a little brighter than NIGHT and DAWN, a little more hopeful, indeed. The all-of-a-sudden happy ending kinda comes outta nowhere, but at least it makes sense to the plot.

So, what are you waiting for? Don't miss out on this zombie classic! It's one of the defining moments in zombie movie history! Though it isn't as critically acclaimed or remembered as DAWN, DAY OF THE DEAD definitely delivers! Get your piece of flesh today! Thanks for the time, and peace.

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Chapter three of George Romero's mighty zombie trilogy has big footsteps to follow. Night of the Living Dead was a classic that revitalized a certain corner of the cinema, and Dawn of the Dead was nothing short of epic. Day of the Dead, however, has always been regarded as a comedown compared to those twin peaks--and perhaps it is. But on its own terms, this is an awfully effective horror movie, made with Romero's customary social satire and cinematic vigor--when a "retrained" zombie responds to the "Ode to Joy," the film is in genuinely haunting territory. The story is set inside a sunken military complex, where Army and medical staff, supposedly working on a solution to the zombie problem, are going crazy (strongly foreshadowing the final act of 28 Days Later). Tom Savini's makeup effects could make even hardcore gore fans tear off their own heads in amazement. --Robert Horton

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