Dawn of the Dead (1978)

Sequel to ‘Night of the Living Dead’. It’s some time after the dead have started to rise and attack the shocked living and civilization has started to crumble. In the city of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, TV station workers Stephen and Francine decide to run as the situation worsens and after meeting Roger and Peter, two special policemen, they steal the station’s helicopter and fly west in an attempt to find a safe place. After several attempts during their flight across Pennsylvania, they find a deserted mega-mall in Monroeville, outside Pittsburgh and decide to wait there until the crisis is over. They clear the mall of the undead and board the entrances up with tractor-trailers and then sit down and wait.

This 2hr and 8min movie stars David Emge, Ken Foree, Scott H. Reiniger and Gaylen Ross. It was rated X.

I can’t believe this film was rated X, but I guess for 1978, it did have a lot of gore. But that’s really all it had.

It’s good to develop characters in a story, but in a slasher horror movie, I don’t want too much development or have an intimate relationship with characters I know will probably not survive the zombie apocalypse. Although ‘Dawn of the Dead’ is classified as an Action, Horror, Thriller, this movie felt more like a drama. Not even a good drama.

I was bored with ‘Dawn of the Dead’. this movie dragged and may have been better if it weren’t as long. Cut it down to 90 minutes and it might have been better, but I know about 78 minutesi in, I was ready to call it quits. In fact I think my brain actually shut off. I could hear the switch flip.

The story was not engaging nor entertaining. And i didn’t have fun watching it. But if this was the sequel to ‘Night of the Living Dead’, it’s no wonder I didn’t enjoy it. I didn’t care too much for’Night of the Living Dead’ either.