So we've all commented on George Romero's films on their own, but what if you put them all together?
If you were MADE to choose one film in Romero's 'Dead' series, which one would it be?
And...if you don't choose, you'll get eaten by Big Daddy (Land of the Dead).
By the way, please vote...don't just look on the thread without voting and then go and discuss Simon Pegg or Little Edgar or discuss your hopes for Spaced Series 3 or play the 'person above you game'. If you don't want to choose, PICK THE LAST OPTION!
(On that note, I cannot gaurentee that Big Daddy will not come and get you. Sorry about that.)
Choose. Your. Fate.
Full Version: George A Romero's 'Dead' Series
I guess we can't vote unless we have seen "Land.." ?
Dawn 1st then land, then night and then day.
Night first, simply because it's the most atmospheric the zombies are the creepiest. I still get a bit freaked if I watch this at night, alone.
Dawn is a lot of fun, but I change my mind every time I watch it about how good it is. The remake was surprisingly good.
I have a soft spot for Day. There's a real sense of progression - both of the metaphors inherent in the story and the 'character' of the undead. Something that has more resonance now we have...
Land. Loved it to piecies. Don't want to say too much about it, as some won't have seen it yet. But it is a worthy continuation.
Dawn is a lot of fun, but I change my mind every time I watch it about how good it is. The remake was surprisingly good.
I have a soft spot for Day. There's a real sense of progression - both of the metaphors inherent in the story and the 'character' of the undead. Something that has more resonance now we have...
Land. Loved it to piecies. Don't want to say too much about it, as some won't have seen it yet. But it is a worthy continuation.
Dawn is simply the best zombie film of all time, its the sort of film i'd like to relive,
shopping mall
guns
zombies...
GROOVY
shopping mall
guns
zombies...
GROOVY
Woo, go dawn!
Although i saw land today, the hand-splitting bit or the belly piercing bit were grim.
Although i saw land today, the hand-splitting bit or the belly piercing bit were grim.
Dawn by a half-eaten nose. 
I'm a big fan of them all, so it's difficult to choose, but.....well, I just did.
I'm a big fan of them all, so it's difficult to choose, but.....well, I just did.
Dawn, then Night, Land, and Day.
NewsFlash
Night of the Dead is on tonight at 11.40 on bbc2.
Dawn of the Dead is on Tuesday at 11.45 on bbc1.
Day of the Dead is on Wednesday at 12.05 on bbc2.
Night of the Dead is on tonight at 11.40 on bbc2.
Dawn of the Dead is on Tuesday at 11.45 on bbc1.
Day of the Dead is on Wednesday at 12.05 on bbc2.
'Night of the Living Dead'
Extraordinary, ground breaking, genre defining, film making. Some of the performances are a little hammy by today's standards, but that would be the only criticism you could level at this classic; an African American hero, an innocent young girl eating her parents, this is really shocking stuff.
This extract from Roger Ebert's 1967 review shows you how Romero invented more than the zombie genre, he invented the modern horror film.
And let's not forget this film is about more than flesh eating 'ghouls', the film's conclusion is shocking now, but in 1968 Romero made a massive impact in a time of civil rights unrest.
Brave, bold and brilliant, his best film.
"They're coming to get you, Barbara..."
Extraordinary, ground breaking, genre defining, film making. Some of the performances are a little hammy by today's standards, but that would be the only criticism you could level at this classic; an African American hero, an innocent young girl eating her parents, this is really shocking stuff.
This extract from Roger Ebert's 1967 review shows you how Romero invented more than the zombie genre, he invented the modern horror film.
QUOTE
I went to see it because it's been a long time since I saw my last horror movie. I vaguely remember some stuff from the 1950s, like "Creature from the Black Lagoon" or "Attack of the Crab Monsters." They were usually lousy, but it was fun to see them.
But that was 10 years ago. Since then, there's been a lot of talk about violence in the movies, and it seemed about time to see another horror film. The audience for horror movies is mostly drawn from children and adolescents. They usually play in drive-in or neighborhood theaters, and by tradition they're the most frankly violent kind of films. "Night of the Living Dead" seemed like a reasonable choice; it was selected by the National Association of Theater Owners as "exploitation picture of the month."
...
There was a cheer when the lights went down. The opening scene was set in a cemetery (lots of delighted shrieks from the kids), where a teen-age couple are placing a wreath on a grave. Suddenly a ghoul appears and attacks the boy and the girl flees to a nearby farmhouse. The ghoul looked suitably decayed, with all sorts of bloody scars on his face, and he walked in the official ghoul shuffle. More screams from the kids. Screaming is part of the fun, you'll remember.
...
The kids in the audience were stunned. There was almost complete silence. The movie had stopped being delightfully scary about halfway through, and had become unexpectedly terrifying. There was a little girl across the aisle from me, maybe nine years old, who was sitting very still in her seat and crying.
...
I don't think the younger kids really knew what hit them. They were used to going to movies, sure, and they'd seen some horror movies before, sure, but this was something else. This was ghouls eating people up -- and you could actually see what they were eating. This was little girls killing their mothers. This was being set on fire. Worst of all, even the hero got killed.
It's hard to remember what sort of effect this movie might have had on you when you were six or seven. But try to remember. At that age, kids take the events on the screen seriously, and they identify fiercely with the hero. When the hero is killed, that's not an unhappy ending but a tragic one: Nobody got out alive. It's just over, that's all.
I felt real terror in that neighborhood theater last Saturday afternoon. I saw kids who had no resources they could draw upon to protect themselves from the dread and fear they felt.
But that was 10 years ago. Since then, there's been a lot of talk about violence in the movies, and it seemed about time to see another horror film. The audience for horror movies is mostly drawn from children and adolescents. They usually play in drive-in or neighborhood theaters, and by tradition they're the most frankly violent kind of films. "Night of the Living Dead" seemed like a reasonable choice; it was selected by the National Association of Theater Owners as "exploitation picture of the month."
...
There was a cheer when the lights went down. The opening scene was set in a cemetery (lots of delighted shrieks from the kids), where a teen-age couple are placing a wreath on a grave. Suddenly a ghoul appears and attacks the boy and the girl flees to a nearby farmhouse. The ghoul looked suitably decayed, with all sorts of bloody scars on his face, and he walked in the official ghoul shuffle. More screams from the kids. Screaming is part of the fun, you'll remember.
...
The kids in the audience were stunned. There was almost complete silence. The movie had stopped being delightfully scary about halfway through, and had become unexpectedly terrifying. There was a little girl across the aisle from me, maybe nine years old, who was sitting very still in her seat and crying.
...
I don't think the younger kids really knew what hit them. They were used to going to movies, sure, and they'd seen some horror movies before, sure, but this was something else. This was ghouls eating people up -- and you could actually see what they were eating. This was little girls killing their mothers. This was being set on fire. Worst of all, even the hero got killed.
It's hard to remember what sort of effect this movie might have had on you when you were six or seven. But try to remember. At that age, kids take the events on the screen seriously, and they identify fiercely with the hero. When the hero is killed, that's not an unhappy ending but a tragic one: Nobody got out alive. It's just over, that's all.
I felt real terror in that neighborhood theater last Saturday afternoon. I saw kids who had no resources they could draw upon to protect themselves from the dread and fear they felt.
And let's not forget this film is about more than flesh eating 'ghouls', the film's conclusion is shocking now, but in 1968 Romero made a massive impact in a time of civil rights unrest.
Brave, bold and brilliant, his best film.
"They're coming to get you, Barbara..."
Dawn banishes the Night.
Just.
Just.
Dawn wins, but just saw Land, and that's definitely second.
QUOTE (Omniscia)
Dawn, then Night, Land, and Day.
I probably agree.
QUOTE (Ebert's review)
....where a teen-age couple are placing a wreath on a grave....
Aren't they brother and sister.
I've not seen Land, but I have been told by people its rubbish. I don't believe them! Honestly, Roger McGough is the greatest zombie killer, right next to Shaun of course...My order would be Dawn, Day, Night then of course my unseen one, Land. But can we please NOT speak of the incredibly awful remake of Dawn? Without Roger, it ain't the same!
I liked all three of them, but mostly found them really funny, I don't really see how they were ever supposed to be construed as scary, especially with the silly music.
I enjoyed spotting the SOTD homages, especially "he's coming to get you barbara".
The only scary zombie thing ever made is Resident Evil 2 (the game, not the awful movie).
I enjoyed spotting the SOTD homages, especially "he's coming to get you barbara".
The only scary zombie thing ever made is Resident Evil 2 (the game, not the awful movie).
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