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Dawn of the Dead (1978)

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Movie Info & Cast

Director:

George A. Romero

Producer:

Richard P. Rubinstein

Release Date:

May 24, 1979

Runtime:

2hr 7m

Synopsis

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

Cast

  • David Emge
  • Ken Foree
  • Scott H. Reiniger
  • Gaylen Ross
  • David Crawford
  • David Early
  • Richard France
  • Howard Smith
  • Daniel Dietrich
  • Fred Baker

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Metacritic

71
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Based on 14 Critics
7.1

USER SCORE (52)

Generally favorable reviews based on 52 Reviews
100

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.

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Metacritic review by Roger Ebert
Roger Ebert
Chicago Sun-Times
40

I was able to sit through only the first fifteen minutes of Dawn of the Dead.

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Metacritic review by Janet Maslin
Janet Maslin
The New York Times
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