Customer Reviews
Worthy sequel - By: Mr. R. P. J. Martin, 03 Sep 2008 
Romero once again adds to the canon with healthy measures of bloody paranoia, claustrophia & violence permeating the efforts of a dwindling number of living humans to find temporary respite from the growing numbers of zombie dead.
Reviewers are often fond of looking for some subtext within these films. Dawn of the Dead had its obvious message about consumerism - are these dead people behaving any differently from when they were alive? Probably not.
Here we can see the message is the brutal control of the civilian & scientific populations by a harried & panicked military groupin the aftermath of the end of the society. These people have literally burrowed underground into the dark to survive. The sole doctor resorts to barbaric experiments of dubious merit on the dead soldiers with a predictable response from their living colleagues.
However there is still a camaraderie-by-necessity among the civilians; a touch that adds some pleasantness to events which we know will surely snuff out humanity's flame.
Overall a worthy sequel that plays out well within the limited confines of a smallish underground complex. Day of the Dead scores highly for its generous servings of bloody gore! It's a damn fine zombie film & lets not forget it.
Underrated - By: Albatross, 07 Jul 2008 Okay, so most hard core zombie lovers drool over Night of the Living Dead (its underlying racial undertones providing some thought-provoking moments). Then, this was followed by 1979's Dawn of the Dead, to which many people paralleled it with an attack on consumerism. Themin 1985, came Day & people said...what?
Any hidden themes are unclear. Some say it's an attack on genetic modification & god-playing scientists - maybe. But it, as the tagline suggests, is the darkest dayin horror.
It's not as action-packed as Dawn, but for claustrophobic nature & tension, it really can't be beaten.
Watch it. Then watch it again. It's about the remains of human lives when they're forced together with people who they share nothingin common with. The undead take a backseat. Definitely my favouritein the saga.
Over remastered version disapoints - By: Mr. S. Robinson, 12 May 2008 
I LOVE Day Of The Dead. Not only is this one of my favourite zombie films, but it's one of my favourite filmsin general.
That said, let's get on to my gripes with this DVD. I bought this DVD after borrowing an older single disc version of this film from a friend.
I was unpleasantly surprised to find that the audio & image has been over cleaned up, whichin my opinion diminishes the atmosphere throughout the movie. The sound is quieterin places whereas before it was raw & hard hitting. This is a tragic trend that I see happening to many old classic films that are being re-released on DVD today.
I now understand fully why older generations hold on to their old vinyls or VHS tapes because re releases can often disapoint if not post produced properly.
If you want to buy & watch this classic film, buy the 2001 single disc release DVD of this film. The quality of the 2001 release will more than make up for the lack of extras.
Oh, & it's cheaper, though becoming increasingly hard to get hold of. If you plan on buying the version I speak of, it's the 2001 DVD release. It's 'remastered,'in widescreen, & has a black & white cover with a close up of a zombie on the right side.
I'm going to now buy the version that I watched originally, & will attempt to sell on the double disc version that I still have.
Quick Reviews! - By: carlosnightman, 16 Sep 2007 Usually seen as the weakest of the trilogy, & by a long way the most gore filled, this is by no means a bad film. The film was plagued from the start with budget problems, & script re-writes. This was originally supposed to be Romero's epic, though the finished product bears little relation to the original concept. If Romero had had better funding, certain improvements could have been made to the script, but he still provides an excellent & grim film. Like the previous films, we are given a sense of claustrophobia, of being sealed inside by what's outside as the film is set mainlyin one place. While NOTLD was setin a farmhouse, & the characters may have been able to run somewhere else, & Dawn was setin a shopping mall where all your hearts desires could be found for low low prices, this is setin an underground shelter with miles of caverns leading to nowhere: it's as if the human race has already sealed itselfin Hell. The zombies hold the earth.
The few survivors are not plain civilians as before, they work for a government which does not exist anymore, with the soldiers supposedly facilitating the scientists. Both groups are torn amongst themselves, with the soldiers under the command of Rhodes-one of the most psychotic characters ever, yet completely understandable (played with the utmost power & realism by Pilato & surely deserving of some awards), & the scientists all pullingin different directions. This is primarily a film of characterisation as we see how each person reacts to the realisation that the zombies have won. It may be true that none of the characters are likable, but this only adds to the realism as if we werein this situation, it is likely those around us would p*ss us off most of the time. Even at the end, contrary to what others say, the future holds no hope. The only escape is to hide & wait for your own inevitable death.
But the film is very funny, perhaps sometimes unintentionally, as seenin Dr. Frankenstein's antics ("no! no, you must listen to me!" Rhodes
"listen to this"! ). The effects, again done by Tom Savini are simply amazing, with faces being torn apart, heads flying off, & intestines spilling everywhere-every single death scene is a masterpiece of gore. Although many horror fans do not like this, it portrays a horrifying situation like no other movie. Perhaps not even the most hardened fan can bear the grimness of what is happening, subconscious fears making them hate it???
Finally a decent DVD version of Day Of The Dead is released- the first disc is a crisp cut of the filmin all it's bloody glory. The second disc has good extras- a solid documentary, & a behind the scenes feature, as well as the usual trailers, filmographies. If you don't have the Trilogy of the Dead box set, this is a must.
FANTASTIC SPECIAL EDITION OF A FANTASTIV CLASSIC !! !! !! !! !! - By: M. Western, 23 Apr 2006
George A Romero's zombie films are probably the most famous of all the zombie flics & are for good reasons. Day of the dead is the thirdin Georges line-up & now there is this amazing 2-disc special edition version.
The first thing you notice is that the sleev for the dvd is very cool & catches your eye immedietly with the bold 'day of the dead' title.
The first disc includes the film (obviously) & the other usual additions that you will find on every other dvd really. The second disc has all the extras on & these include filmographies for george romero & tom savini, behind the scenes, a new documentary called ' the many days of the dead' (wich is just over half an hour long), trailers, photo galleries & some more i think.
The film itself is a masterpiece & has some of the best blood/gore special effects i have ever seen on a film before!!!! The infamous scene where a man is rippedin two looks almost what you would expect to be real!
The story goes on the simple lines of a group of solders & a couple of other people, including a scientist, who are trying to survivein an underground bunker. Meanwhile the scientist is experimenting on zombies & learning lots, he is also training a zombie to do things & has desensatised him to attacking humans! Although the soldiers dont agree with his experiments & kill him. After that things go to hell & the zombies break into the bunker, killing the soldiersin their usual manner. The survivors of this event must find their way out of the bunker & safely flee the site.
Dont be expecting any award winning acting though, as this doesnt have it. But to be honest, this is a zombie film, & does a zombie films need great acting....NO. If anything the aweful acting has a good effect on the film. There is lots of annoying shouting & swearingin this too, which does get on your nerves, but that makes it all the better when you see the annoying soldiers get eaten alive!
Over all, this is a must see for the zombie films fan, & if you have aleready seen it: Buy this edition of the film immedietly. Anfd if your havent aleready seen it, buy this dvd anyway, its worth what you pay.
Enjoy
