Synopsis:
""Jaw
dropping!" -The Village Voice
In this third and final shocker in the
legendary trilogy from writer/director George
A. Romero (Dawn
of the Dead, Night
of the Living Dead), a small group of scientists
and soldiers have taken refuge in an underground missile silo
where they struggle to control the flesh-eating horror that
walks the earth above. But will the final battle for the future
of the human race be fought among the living or have they
forever unleashed the hunger of the dead? Lori
Cardille, Joe
Pilato, Richard
Liberty and Howard
Sherman star in this controversial
classic with groundbreaking gore effects by Tom
Savini and featuring the most intense
zombie carnage ever filmed." -
from DVD
Pacific
My oppinion:
This is the third movie in Romero's "Dead"
trilogy, and it doesn't disappoint! I can't say it's as good
as DOTD, but in my eyes, that's very close to impossible.
In this third chapter, there aren't many humans left, and
the ones we get to know seem very close to the brink of madness.
And the relationship between the survivors is also what the
movie is focussing on in the first part. "Day" has
got a lot going for it. The location (an underground mine)
is nice and creepy. There are some really cool characters,
like "Frankenstein", the chief scientist and particularly
his favourite subject: Bub, the zombie! The actor that played
Bub, really did a great job with his body language and the
emotions he managed to get across, and despite the fact that
he didn't have one line, he did the best performance of them
all in my opinion! When on the subject of the zombies, the
makeup job is really well done. The same must be said for
the gore effects, which are just fantastic! Groundbreaking
work by Tom Savini
there! He really got a chance to "go crazy" with
Day of the Dead, as this is definantly the goriest of the
three. The only regret is that the movie could have been even
better if Romero had the funds to make the movie the way he
intended it to be. He had to rewrite the script to match what
they could do with the available funds. And even though Romero
said this was his favourite of the three movies, he's' also
said he intended it to be much "bigger".
All things considered, I'll always regard this as a true zombie
classic, and a worthy follow-up to his masterpiece "Dawn
of the Dead". If you haven't seen this already,
you just have to get it. I'm sure you won't regret it!
I own the "Anchor Bay 2 disc edition", and it's
a great one. The widescreen transfer looks perfect, and the
audio is great! The 2nd disc is filled with extras (Interview
with cast and crew, behind the scenes documentary + more)
Definantly should be in any fan's DVD collection!
My rating: 
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edition) at: DVD
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