Day of the Dead is a fan-freaking-tastic zombie movie; if we're talking about the 1985 original and not the recent zombie movie with the same name but no connection otherwise. One of the best ever. My personal favorite.noiseredux wrote:Yup. Not a fan of that one either.Ack wrote: Blame 28 Days Later. It helped popularize that style.
Didn't see it. Even Romero's recent ones... I couldn't stand Land of the Dead, so I haven't seen Diary.How was the Day of the Dead remake?
The movie just soooo captures that sense of hopelessness, isolation, and claustrophobia that so many modern zombie films completely ignore. The jerk-off characters, you end up truly hating. That Captain is just such a dick.
And the characters of Doctor Frankenstein (that was his nickname in the movie, I can't remember his real name) and Bub are fantastic.
Some of the best zombie make-up you'll ever see, too. (Although a couple of the zombies in this season's premiere of Walking Dead were pretty wicked looking. Did you guys see that one hanging from the roof of the store by his guts? That was gnarly! Especially as he's looking around at everyone while hanging there. I loved it!)

