“A tragedy about how a lack of human communication causes chaos and collapse even in this small little pie slice of society"
-G.R.

This one has it all... total collapse of civilization, mental breakdown from said collapse, science proving its right, impatient and angry racist militant mongaloid fucks trying to undermine science and grasp (with their tiny little hands) what little power they have (which ultimately means nothing in the big picture), good people getting fucked over, scumbags getting fucked over, scientists going nutso off the rails trying to prove the inferior-minded gun-toting sexist bigots that they are right (and in the process making said bigot fools feel victorious), and science ultimately winning thanks to Bub. 

Take all that, a…

Day of the Dead seamlessly combines the best of both worlds of which it properly included Night's intensity approach and Dawn's fun approach as this undead trilogy capper is undoubtedly my favorite out of the three I've seen so far from director George A. Romero. I just loved the effective way Romero mixed up what the two previous films had from each other in this one as it really works incredibly well altogether honestly.

The pivotal characters we follow down in an underground bunker were intriguing as well, and the film actually included 'villains' too which involved soldiers trying to eagerly take advantage of the entire situation they were in. Fortunately, they were properly taken care of by the zombies…

I 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 zombie films, that of the true danger being not the undead horde but the cracking sociality and sanity of the remaining humans. If NIGHT can be oversimplified into a Vietnam and Civil Rights comment and DAWN can somewhat more accurately be boiled down to a spoof on consumer culture (though that still short-changes it), DAY focuses on things that cannot be boiled down to one or two ideas. It dabbles…

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The zombies will stop at nothing for juicy human flesh! And if you get in their way, your Achilles tendon will become their floss!

Day of the Dead is without a doubt the strongest installment in the Trilogy of the Dead. Yes, you heard that right, it's the best one yet. What a gorefest! This marks my first time watching it and needless to say, it will also be my last. There is no way in hell would I want to re-experience the dread this film has cast on me, no fucking way. Never had I encountered a film this intense, this emotionally draining. Oh jesus, mary, and joseph, my head hurts! The climatic…

I love how tonally different each entry in the Dead trilogy is, and how each one has a clearly higher budget. Day of the dead might be the sharpest of the three with its gruesome gore, relentless nihilism and formally tight direction. Lacking the playfulness of Dawn of the dead, Day has no faith in humanity and hates the military, so obviously I’m on board. At once both much subtler and richer with its subtext than the previous entries and much more over the top with others the film creates a small microcosm of authoritan rule as it drops us in the middle of a collapsed society. Our group of survivors already dwindling and tensions are running high. Every performance is…

Ao meu ver, para realmente apreciar os valores e a qualidade de “Dia dos Mortos” é preciso considerar que essa obra é a terceira parte de uma trilogia temática. “A Noite dos Mortos Vivos” e “O Despertar dos Mortos” compõem os três filmes nesta grande odisseia composta por George A. Romero.
 
Por que é preciso deste contexto? Pois a carga emocional em relação ao universo de “Dia dos Mortos” só é possibilitada a partir dos outros dois filmes. Existe uma construção gradual de circunstância a qual os zumbis de Romero evoluem. Pois, a cada filme, existe uma ascensão do conflito geral.
 
No filme de 1968, temos uma casa, somente, como o centro do ataque, os zumbis são quase…

The concept of following up Night of the Living Dead is absurd, let alone with a worthwhile sequel. The fact that Dawn of the Dead managed to not only meet the absurdly high standard set by its predecessor, but exceed it is, frankly, miraculous. No one could ever expect Romero to top himself once again, and the truth is that Dawn of the Dead is one of the truly insurmountable films in horror, serving as the benchmark for the entire zombie subgenre.

Though Day of the Dead doesn't manage to pull off another feat of unprecedented one-upping, it does accomplish the next best thing. Romero took everything that made his masterpiece so timeless and built upon it. This is not…