Day of the Dead (1985)
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Synopsis
As the world is overrun by zombies, a group of scientists and military personnel sheltering in an underground bunker in Florida must decide on how they should deal with the undead horde.
Cast
- Lori Cardille
- Terry Alexander
- Joseph Pilato
- Jarlath Conroy
- Anthony Dileo Jr.
- Richard Liberty
- Sherman Howard
- Gary Howard Klar
- Ralph Marrero
- John Amplas
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- Oct 31, 2020
One of the saddest, most viscerally upsetting, and difficult-to-watch horror films at the intersection of scientific ethics and bloodthirsty militarism not just because of the God-tier Savini gore FX (arguably among his best) but the emotional, political, and moral…
Josh LewisJul 4, 2019“A tragedy about how a lack of human communication causes chaos and collapse even in this small little pie slice of society" -George Romero This one has it all... total collapse of civilization, mental breakdown from said collapse, science proving its right, jacked…
Ian Westwhere can i buy the calendar from this? with the pumpkins. you can reuse 1985 calendars in 2030 i wanna be ready
pd187 - Oct 16, 2017
I love the counterculture microcosm here of the pilot and the mechanic (and Romero's affection for them). Their philosophy of stay out of the way, leave it all behind and start over may not be for everyone, but the alternatives are war, colonialism (I read Dr.…
lairdMar 30, 2020Night of the Living Dead was downbeat, but this is clinically depressed. Five stars.
Will SloanSep 22, 2013Tom Savini, a special makeup effects genius. T-Dog's Jamaican uncle. A drunk guy who can shoot straight. Bub the world's smartest Zombie. Romero doing what he does best: Making a zombie film not about zombies, but about raw human emotion. Romero's most underrated film.
Todd Gaines - Oct 20, 2025
Romero’s best film, end to end.
Sean FennesseyJun 8, 2014I don't think I've seen the first two Dead films since I was a late teenager, so I'll hold off on making this a definitive statement, but for the moment, DAY may be my favorite of the initial trilogy. More than the others, it epitomizes the popular reading of Romero's…
Jake ColeJun 12, 2024Pulling up to the function with my emotional support domesticated zombie named bub (He loves Beethoven & his Aunt Alicia)
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- Jikitiz likedDay of the Dead
Treyarch once again planned to release a Paris zombies map, this time as part of Rezurrection, but was completely reworked into the map Moon. Remnants of this map still remain in Moon, as the file name for the map is still "zombie_paris". Also, the game contains the image of the zombie, present in…
NoobCentral945 lovedDay of the DeadThis is just such a great film. Just finished my rewatch and I have little to no complaints. The biggest one being the fact that most of this movie is people yelling at each other. Other than that, this film is considered perfect in my eyes. The gore is some of my favorite ever.
Brian Johnson lovedDay of the DeadThird installment of the George Romero “Dead” series. Stands up over time. Plus Tom Savini special effects team, which had both Greg Nicotero (The Walking Dead) and SFX great, the late John Vulich (Buffy, Angel, & Deep Space Nine) on his team. A classic.
- Max lovedDay of the Dead
8.5/10. At first I thought I’d have preferred more action and zombie content but the third act more than made up for that. Everything about this film was so striking. The effects, cinematography and ESPECIALLY the gore was brilliant.
Izaak Whisler lovedDay of the DeadDay of the Dead is filled with many things to love about Romero’s Dead Trilogy, and I believe it is truly a culmination of everything that the other two films did so well and put a beautiful puss-filled bow on the trilogy.
Orlando Ramone lovedDay of the DeadThis movie is receiving a lot of appreciation from a younger audience which is cool. It’s definitely the darkest out of Romero’s original“Living Dead” trilogy and has the best zombie effects by the great Tom Savini.
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Jeremy Smith lovedDay of the DeadGeorge Romero, that is all that needs to be said. Great zombie movie. Definite improvement on the zombie make up over Dawn of the Dead.
Hasvik likedDay of the Deadthe clostrophobia of the setting and intensity of the human antagonist probably makes this my favourite of the series.
TheKillingJoke likedDay of the DeadA fun zombie movie. Not as great as Dawn of the Dead, but a solid follow up in the Romero lore. Solid zombie flick.
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Metacritic
In the earlier films, we really identified with the small cadre of surviving humans. They were seen as positive characters, and we cared about them. This time, the humans are mostly unpleasant, violent, insane or so noble that we can predict with utter certainty that they will survive.
Roger Ebert
Chicago Sun-Times
Here, a pessimistic Romero dares to tackle the very essence of man’s inhumanity to man. And in the end, Day of the Dead is every bit as compelling and unsettling as its more lauded predecessors.
Eric Henderson
Slant Magazine
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