Dawn of the Dead

The second film in George Romero’s living-dead series finds four survivors battling zombies from within the confines of a shopping mall. Stephen: David Emge. Peter: Ken Foree. Roger: Scott Reiniger. Fran: Gaylen Ross. Special effects by Tom Savini., Gruesome horror story in which the deceased return to life to devour the living. As the rampaging zombie population multiplies, four people barricade themselves in a shopping mall in a desperate bid to survive. A sequel to the horror classic ‘Night of the Living Dead’., George A. Romero’s original zombie-fest which finds a group of humans trapped in a giant shopping mall as the zombies close in for the kill!, Viewers who haven’t seen George Romero’s low-budget horror masterpiece Night of the Living Dead, might be at a loss during the first sequences of Dawn of the Dead. The opening scenes rely so much on familiarity with the earlier film that it might cause resentment among the uninitiated. But once the story gets started, plot and exposition matter not a whit. Dawn is set in a deserted shopping mall, where the ever-increasing zombie contingent from the first film have set up a sort of Condominium for the Condemned. From this vantage point, the flesh-eating creatures plan to overtake the entire country. There’s a lot of allegory and hidden meaning around, but Tom Savini’s excellent (and unremittingly gruesome) special effects take center stage throughout. Dawn of the Dead is not recommended for those who have trouble keeping their popcorn down., Gruesome horror story in which the deceased return to life to devour the living. As the rampaging zombie population multiplies, four people barricade themselves in a shopping mall in a desperate bid to survive. A sequel to the horror classic ‘Night of the Living, The second film in George A. Romero’s living-dead series finds four survivors battling zombies from within the confines of a shopping mall., George Romero’s follow-up to Night Of The Living Dead might have been a decade in the coming but it picks up pretty well from the first film’s finale. The Dead are now in the ascendant and only a handful of humans remain. A small group flee the zombies but are forced to re-fuel and stock up in a shopping mall where all the other ‘customers’ are ghouls.