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Dawn of the Dead

Name: Dawn of the Dead
Genre: Horror, Science Fiction
Released: 1978-09-02
Duration: 127 min

When there’s no more room in HELL, the dead will walk the EARTH!

19782h 7mcritics 7.5/10

Horror Science Fiction

During an ever-growing epidemic of zombies that have risen from the dead, two Philadelphia SWAT team members, a traffic reporter, and his television-executive girlfriend seek refuge in a secluded shopping mall.

starring David Emge, Ken Foree, Scott H. Reiniger, Gaylen Ross

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“Dawn of the Dead is one of the best horror films ever made -- and, as an inescapable result, one of the most horrifying. It is gruesome, sickening, disgusting, violent, brutal and appalling. It is also (excuse me for a second while I find my other list) brilliantly crafted, funny, droll, and savagely merciless in its satiric view of the American consumer society. Nobody ever said art had to be in good taste.”
Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times · 100
“Where Night of the Living Dead was a straight up horror film (with some minor social commentary buried beneath the ever-present threat of the shambling undead), Dawn is something a bit more intriguing. Sure, much of Dawn's first thirty minutes or so has the same unrelenting feel of the earlier film, but once our heroes arrive at their final destination, the tone changes.”
Mike Bracken and Christopher Monfette, IGN · 100
“Undoubtedly the zombie movie to end 'em all... The horror/suspense content is brilliant enough to satisfy the most demanding fan, and the film uses superb locations like a huge shopping mall to further its Bosch-like vision of a society consumed by its own appetites. But take no munchies.”
Staff (Not Credited), Time Out London · 100
“Grim, gruelling but beautifully shot, this is intelligent, sophisticated horror.”
David Hughes, Empire · 100
“Romero’s distinctly Pittsburghian sensibilities can’t be underestimated when explaining Dawn’s appeal; the Monroeville Mall perfectly evokes the feel of a hollow monument standing at the center of a community that couldn’t be bothered to define itself any more distinctively than could be represented by their choice between Florsheim or Kinney’s shoes. The mall, in essence, shoulders the burden of their identity.”
Eric Henderson, Slant Magazine · 100

Scores from Metacritic and Rotten Tomatoes, read 28 Aug 2026. Quotes belong to their publications and link to the full reviews.

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Metacritic31 read

“Right from the get-go, Romero lets us know what kind of ride it’s going to be”
drqshadowabout 0–5% inread it ↗
“hitting the audience with a big, wet exploding head at the eight minute mark”
drqshadowabout 5–5% inread it ↗
“Start had me giggling more than it made me scared”
Kocix12about 0–15% inread it ↗
“All the commotion mixed with zombies that might have looked good in 78, but now look very dated, with the extremely blue makeup that actually makes them quite funny didn't hook me at all”
Kocix12about 0–50% inread it ↗

TMDB4 read

“This is one of the finest sequels ever, in that it's both of comparable quality with the original, yet is fundamentally different from it at the same time. Marvelous stuff, with aspects copied thousands of times over the past two generations, with no end in sight. This and 'Salo, or the 120 Days of Sodom', from about the same time frame, would make one of the best double-bills ever on the evils of consumerism gone rampant...”
talisencrwread it ↗
“Romero’s imaginative and thrilling zombie sequel A decade after the excellent “Night of the Living Dead” (1968), writer/director George Romero offers up this exceptional sequel. The plague of reanimated corpses with a hunger for warm flesh is now global and society is increasingly breaking down. A television exec (Gaylen Ross), her helicopter-reporter beau (David Emge) and two SWAT officers (Ken Foree and Scott Reiniger) take refuge in a suburban mall. Unfortunately for them, a veritable arm”
Wuchakread it ↗
“Been a while since I last watched this one, but with the new 4K UHD out, decided to give it another watch going with the Extended Cut. Still very well made with some great zombie effects and really liked the characters, Peter (Ken Foree), especially. I'm not a big fan of the zombie horror genre but this is one of the exceptions. **4.0/5**”
JPV852read it ↗
“**This must be some kind of joke, right?** Firstly, allow me to clarify: I am not a fan of “zombie” films, although I understand very well the interest that, in recent years, there has been for this material. I totally respect those who enjoy it. But let's be honest: a film has to have some aesthetic quality and some good taste to become “digestible”. And, well, I just finished watching this film, and I honestly can't understand how it has survived without ending up in the vault of oblivion. ”

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