George Romero is on record claiming his most grimiest and twisted fans viewed Day of the Dead as his best zombie film, a must watch.
@skeletalk
Жыл бұрын
It's absolutely on my list! Looking foward to it! 💙
@derekharrison1582
Жыл бұрын
@@skeletalk That scene of Roger coming back to life,when you see the sheets moving,Peter looks up,then you see the sheets coming down and the zombified Roger appears with Peter then pointing his gun at Roger as he sits up.Creepy as hell.I haven’t seen a scene like that in any zombie movie.The Only scene that comes close is when Sophia comes out of the barn in THE WALKING DEAD.Again skeletalk watch that show from the start if you can.
@kingbaby8761
Жыл бұрын
He said the casual fans love Night, the horror fans love Dawn, and the grimey trolls love Day lol. I love them all.
@MrCzerillo
8 ай бұрын
What about Diary, Land and Survival?
@nissan300zxtt9
8 ай бұрын
@@kingbaby8761agreed but am i classed as all 3 as i love ALL of them ? 😂
@jasonball855
5 ай бұрын
George Romero saw and endorsed Shaun of the Dead, he loved it and because of it he cast Simon Pegg and Nick Frost as zombies in Land of The Dead.
@crpgdungeonsdragonsnight
Жыл бұрын
The Return of the Living Dead movies really have no relation to the George Romero movies other than in name only. George makes no references to the Return movies while the Return movies us the 'true story' of Night as a background.
@skeletalk
Жыл бұрын
Still a fantastic movie
@DouglasJohnson.
Жыл бұрын
For the people that fear that "Shaun of the Dead" is disrespectful to "Dawn of the Dead" a good friend of mine was tasked years ago to screen "Shaun" for George Romero, himself (to get permission for some of the music "Shaun" wanted to use from the original "Dawn") Romero LOVED the film and can be seen wearing a "Shaun of the Dead" promo button, while shooting "Land of the Dead" where he cast Simon Pegg and Edgar Wright in the film, as zombies. So glad you watched this one. It's one of the greatest horror films, ever, and brilliantly satirizes consumerist America in the 70's.
@skeletalk
Жыл бұрын
Oh that is SO relieving to hear omg, as A HUGE shaun and NOW dawn fan that's so wonderful!!! Makes me happy tbh, ppl who dislike shaun aren't real dawn fans then xD
@DouglasJohnson.
Жыл бұрын
@@skeletalk I have to agree 🙂
@Greenwood4727
Жыл бұрын
this is a Homage to the dawn and a film in its own right. i know after watching shaun i had to rewatch the entire series again.
@dokidaddy1056
Жыл бұрын
I didn't like "Shaun", "Return" or (God help us) "Land", but I thought this one and "Diary of the Dead" were chilling. Just my opinion tho. :)
@BananaSandwich3000
Жыл бұрын
Dawn of the Dead is my favorite zombie film. I never had such a "DAMMIT!!!" reaction to a character being bitten than Roger. I liked how Peter and Fly Boy started to become friends, almost out of necessity and lack of options after Roger died. I know Fly Boy seemed pathetic but if it wasn't for him, they wouldn't have been able to fly away at the end, because Fly Boy taught her.
@skeletalk
Жыл бұрын
I knoooow Roger being bit upset me so much, him and Peter are amazing. Don't get me wrong I love fly boy 😂 he's a bit of a meme, such a great silly character!
@derekharrison1582
Жыл бұрын
Absolutely thee best Zombie movie ever.It captures that impending horror that’s engulfing the human race better than any other Zombie movie/TV show.While I thought the first season of THE WALKING DEAD was excellent,especially when Rick and his people ended up at the CDC and encountered Dr Jenner,DAWN OF THE DEAD 💀 for me captures it better than any.The set pieces for example starting at the TV studio and the sense of disbelief at what’s happening,the WACO type siege at the Housing project,the four survivors meeting at the docks and escaping the city in the helicopter,seeing how the apocalypse has spread across the countryside,nearly coming to grief at the abandoned airfield,finding the shopping mall,the death of Roger,the eventual boredom in the mall,the battle with the bikers,the death of Stephen and finally Fran and Peter escaping the mall.I won’t ruin it for you Skeletalk with the other George Romero Zombie movies or the 2004 DAWN OF THE DEAD remake,they’re for you to watch.But this is thee classic.💀💀💀
@skeletalk
Жыл бұрын
@@derekharrison1582 first walking dead season was fantastic but I think it did drop off after a few seasons. So excited to watch more of Romero's movies! and interested in the remake of this!
@Bfdidc
Жыл бұрын
@@skeletalk A silly one, yes, but probably the most everyman character in the movie. Most of us would be even less useful (he could fly a chopper). The dynamics between the four characters really works. Great reaction, and so few reactors have done these films. You also did well to watch the theatrical release IMO. It is the best paced and has the most original score. If you watch the original Night of the Living Dead (1968), then Day of the Dead (1985) ends the trilogy. Romero himself said that Day was his favorite of his original films.
@NefariousDreary
11 ай бұрын
You got that consumerism theme right away. It took me a bit lol
@thatguy3332
10 ай бұрын
When it comes to the speed of returning remember Steven was bit a lot more than Roger was
@WadeWallenstein
10 ай бұрын
I go searching for `78 Dawn of the Dead reactions and this pops up first. So happy you enjoyed it! This is one of my favorite Zombie films that I've watched so many times. Truly a masterpiece that stands the test of time.
@skeletalk
10 ай бұрын
Aww thank you!
@bfdidc6604
7 ай бұрын
@@skeletalk I commend you for going with the theatrical release. The extended ads some interesting bits, but it isn't as tight and the music works less well overall imo. Enjoyed the reaction.
@murrayroodbaard207
11 ай бұрын
"That looked like cake." LMAO.
@lugiakane470
5 ай бұрын
fun fact the mall didnt have a gun shop it was inserted in the shot
@WhoIsJohnCleland
6 ай бұрын
Peter, holding a coat hanger, staring at an occupied uterus: "Don't knock it. It has its own key."
@davidboen8189
10 ай бұрын
I love how Romero took ideas from the social and political actions and feelings from each decade and incorporated that into each of his Dead movies.
@Andrewxx20
Жыл бұрын
Dunno why but thank you for watching it, it feels good to see someone enjoy it and point out things like the music and stuff, the first time i watched it I felt all the same stuff. subbed!
@skeletalk
Жыл бұрын
thank you for watching! welcome!
@kaydup
Жыл бұрын
Great reaction to a classic zombie movie. Look forward to you doing the next film in the series, Day of the Dead (1985). Day is the absolute pinnacle of George Romero and Tom Savini's career IMO. Also the main film where The Walking Dead's Greg Nicotero got started in effects work. By the way, have you seen any Lucio Fulci movies? There are 4 main ones that are something I would love to see you react to, and as an arty type, I think you'd love them. Very stylised Italian gore. Style over substance for the most part, but they look beautiful.
@skeletalk
Жыл бұрын
Thank you so much! Very very excited to watch Day of The Dead that's on my list! I don't think I've seen ANY of Lucio Fulcis omg! Thanks for the recommendations the box art for some of them look great
@evolvetrooper
Жыл бұрын
@skeletalk I actually got to meet one of the actors from Zombi fulchis zombie masterpiece and I had gotten to meet savini last month he was an amazing guy
@nickolastrageser8539
10 ай бұрын
Its always fun to see other people's first time experiencing this film. 1978s Dawn of the Dead is one of my all time favorite movies. It was a pleasure.
@ExUSSailor
Жыл бұрын
The idea of zombies eating brains didn't come about until Dan O'Bannon wrote it into "Return of the Living Dead" in '85. Romero's zombies just ate flesh.
@ExUSSailor
Жыл бұрын
We had a similar scare, here in New Jersey, in the aftermath of Hurricane Sandy. People were trying to get fuel for generators, and, people were trying to fill anything with gas. Open topped buckets, plastic bags, pots & pans, you name it.
@skeletalk
Жыл бұрын
@@ExUSSailor absolutely crazy, people are so selfish
@goaway152
5 ай бұрын
LOVE THE HEART MONITOR.... no one has done that awesome stuff.
@skeletalk
5 ай бұрын
thank you!
@RobertRoth-oj6zz
10 ай бұрын
This was filmed in Monroeville,Pa. I'm from only a short car ride from there.
@gorymarty56
4 күн бұрын
Do you go to LDW?
@dokidaddy1056
Жыл бұрын
What's amusing is that the actor playing Stephen had been a real life soldier in real life and the story went that he had a lot of trouble looking clutzy with the weapons.
@TraynArt
Жыл бұрын
Melted crayon. The blood reminds you of melted crayon. But that’s part of the charm of this movie. A couple years ago I did a zombie tour of the Monroeville Mall which is where they shot this. We saw everything from the staircase leading to the rooftop to the mechanical room. It was awesome.
@skeletalk
Жыл бұрын
hahaha melted crayon makes sense! oh damn thats awesome you got to see it all, that would be so neat!!
@awparrish
2 ай бұрын
Tom Savini was responsible for the makeup and special effects for most of Romero's films, and dozens of other classic horror films. Check him out
@NIGHTMAREOFSOLOMON1
11 ай бұрын
The part where the zombie at the apartment building bites the girl he ended up bitting parts of her by accident that he wasn’t supposed to bite
@NIGHTMAREOFSOLOMON1
11 ай бұрын
Bunch of people outside the truck making movements so that it looks like they are really driving
@evolvetrooper
Жыл бұрын
Thank you for watching George Romero beautiful masterpiece of a zombie movie.
@skeletalk
Жыл бұрын
Thank you and indeed what a beautiful masterpiece it is! 💙
@evolvetrooper
Жыл бұрын
@skeletalk I actually got to read the book and it's so much diffrent from the news to the raid to the mall highly recommend you look into it
@NIGHTMAREOFSOLOMON1
11 ай бұрын
That person who’s head blown in the apartment building was a head cast witch was going to be used in the end of the movie when fly girl comits suicide with the blades from the chopper
@allaninaet2835
8 ай бұрын
Steven's actor was also in Basket Case 2 as Half-Moon. Basket Case as a series is so insane that it's like a Disney dark ride with constant screaming because you're not sure what's going on.
@thomasfleischer83
2 ай бұрын
I'm surprised someone remembers Basket Case. I still like the first part. strange,funny,gory. Last time I watched it, it was extremely cut.
@NIGHTMAREOFSOLOMON1
11 ай бұрын
The gun shop was outside the mall not part of the mall
@PatriaPrimum
Жыл бұрын
Another person reacting the OG 1978 version! Awesome! One of my favorite zombie movies. The zombies aren’t the best but the characters are great and the story is great as well.
@skeletalk
Жыл бұрын
Totally agree! I loved the characters so I'm not so upset about not enjoying the zombies so much
@derekharrison1582
Жыл бұрын
@LTheDetective.I agree with you.If DAWN OF THE DEAD had been made today,the Zombies would have had that gruesome look.Putrifying day after day.Lucio Fulci got that right a year after DAWN OF THE DEAD with ZOMBIE FLESH EATERS.Those Zombies were gruesome, whereas DAWNS Zombies were pasty faced ghouls.They got that right with all subsequent Zombie movies and TV shows.DAWN is still the best Zombie movie though.Like you said great characters and a brilliant story make that movie what it is.Do you know that both Peter and Fran were to die in the alternate version of DAWN.Peter was supposed to blow his brains out in the locked bedroom after he’d shot the zombified Stephen and Fran, after getting onto the roof and seeing the zombies coming out onto the roof, thinking Peter was dead, puts her head into the helicopter rotors, and decapitates herself.Apparently that scene was filmed, but has been lost.
@skeletalk
Жыл бұрын
@@derekharrison1582 Yeah I agree! I think the blue zombies is very memorable and fun but if it was made nowadays it would be cool and scary but might take away from the creativity a bit? That ending with Fran and Petter sounds terrifying but cool!
@derekharrison1582
Жыл бұрын
@@skeletalk 👍💀
@LiveFromThePorcelainPalace
10 ай бұрын
Anyone who says Shaun of the Dead is "making fun" of this, or any other zombie movie just doesn't get it. Shaun of the Dead was a LOVE LETTER to zombie movies!! Also.. Romero zombies don't specifically go after brains, tho they will eat those too. They'll eat any warm blooded creature they can catch, and will consume as much of it as they can. As far as their retaining memories.. the way I like to think about it is they're like 10 levels past blackout drunk. When you're blackout drunk, you still remember things... but you're not *you* .. a zombie is like that, but is no longer human
@MrCzerillo
8 ай бұрын
I like in Land of the Dead, how Big Daddy the gas station attendant comes out whenever he hears the bell ding, then goes back inside.
@johndawhale3197
Жыл бұрын
The music turns this movie from like a 8/10 to a 9.5/10... This movie and Day of the Dead are my two fav zombie movies :)
@skeletalk
Жыл бұрын
so true!!!!!
@arifeannor9573
Жыл бұрын
Should watch Romero's Day of The Dead. 80's film. Also Romero's zombies don't feel pain or eat brains because they are in pain, that is just the Return series. Day of The Dead explains more but there are some things about some zombies. But either way, Romeo's Z's eat any part of a fresh human. Not one scene of a Romero Z eating a brain. The way some zombies walk is a combination of rigamortis and decaying function.
@terryhughes7349
8 ай бұрын
Great reaction. This was a fun movie.
@skeletalk
8 ай бұрын
Thank you!
@peloquin5652
9 ай бұрын
Day od the Dead is my favorite of the OG trilogy ... pretty cool that you watch these old classics ... ;-) keep on
@Theomite
11 ай бұрын
The Romero DEAD series and the RETURN series are separate universes. The brain-eating zombies who feel pain are in the RETURN 'verse; and those zombies can talk. The DEAD zombies are reanimated corpses with vestigial memories intact and that's it. SHAUN OF THE DEAD refers more to the DEAD series than RETURN.
@tommc3622
10 ай бұрын
Shaun of the Dead is a big wet sloppy kiss to Romero. It's a love letter in film form. I don't know of a single Romero fan who has hate for SotD.
@NIGHTMAREOFSOLOMON1
11 ай бұрын
There’s a part of the road that you can see cars that was being held to wait for the biker gang pass
@StarShipGray
Жыл бұрын
You need to react to “The Return of the Living Dead” (1985) and “Day of the Dead” (1985). Both are excellent examples of the genre. “Day” is the sequel to “Dawn” and “Return” is written and directed by the writer of ALIEN.
@skeletalk
Жыл бұрын
Return is on my channel! one of my new faves! And Day is on my list!! I'm also going to rewatch all the Alien films since I havent seen them since I was a kid (and not sure which I've seen, only one or two)
@erikholmes644
Жыл бұрын
@@skeletalk "Flesheater" (1988) is also worth seeing. A rather forgotten gem directed by the legendary zombie actor Bill Hinzman, best known for as the first appearing cemetery zombie in Romero's original "Night of the Living Dead".
@StrongandStable17
Жыл бұрын
George Romero absolutely loved Shaun of the Dead. So much so Simon Pegg and Edgar Wright make cameos in Romero's Land of the Dead as zombies. So anyone who thinks it's disrespectful to George and his work is mental.
@skeletalk
Жыл бұрын
That's so good to hear and I'm so glad because shaun was always a fave and now dawn is. Both are different obviously but both fantastic.
@stevensauer8539
Жыл бұрын
So, different franchises have different zombie cuisine rules. These are the Romero movies. They'll eat every part of the body. A lot of the Italian ones are inspired by Romero, and use similar rules. Return of the Living Dead is the one where they first go for brains. I'm not sure if there are any before it, but the horror/comedy Warm Bodies introduces a reason for the brains thing, in that eating brains reactivates something in the zombie's own brain, letting it briefly have a tiny bit of memory and coherent though. The makeup was still fairly primitive back then. Tom Savini was the main makeup guy for this one and the next one (Day of the Dead), and by the next one they'd really got the effects down. There are some really realistic-looking gore effects in that one. Assisting him and playing a small part in the movie was the new guy, Greg Nicotero, who has gone on to be the preeminent zombie makeup guy. If you haven't seen it, Warm Bodies is good for some chuckles, but the zombie comedy that I really enjoyed is Fido. I highly recommend it.
@skeletalk
Жыл бұрын
oh i loved warm bodies i forgot it had a bit of an explanation in it, its been forever since I've seen it! I know these makeup affects were primitive but something about it makes it so memorable.
@goaway152
5 ай бұрын
music is by the goblins.
@catindigo9907
4 ай бұрын
Do you know Tom Savinie ( spelling sorry) story about Night of the Living ? He was supposed to work on it but got drafted to go to Vietnam, when he got back he used his experiences there to make his special effects.
@hughmcboo8329
3 ай бұрын
This film is tough to find in the US
@oneironaut420
10 ай бұрын
Aside from the play on the name and the basic zombie characteristics, this film has little in common with Shaun of the Dead, so I don't know why anyone would think Shaun is disrespectful to this film. Remember that the Return of the Living Dead movies are NOT connected to Romero's zombie movies. They were made by one of the producers of Night of the Living Dead but that's where the connections end. In the Living Dead films, the zombies want brains specifically, and can talk. In Romero's films, the zombies want ANY kind of living flesh and they can't talk. The two series have very different continuities and zombie rules.
@JW666
Жыл бұрын
Well of course the make-up is great, it was done by Tom Savini (who also did some great practical gore effects in Friday the 13th, The Burning, Maniac, Creepshow & Friday the 13th part 4. I believe he also did for the 3rd movie Day of the Dead). He plays the biker who combed his moustache in this movie. He was asked to do the effects for Night of the Living Dead (the original 60's movie, not the 90's remake in which he also directed), but he was in Vietnam at the time (as a photographer If I remember it correctly) You mentioning spam makes me think of Monty Python 🤣😜😉
@skeletalk
Жыл бұрын
I was never really too familiar with Tom's work before I started watching more movies and esp never knew he did makeup! and WOW he worked on f13 and creepshow gore?! awesome! LOVE monty python too!!!
@voodoochile333
Жыл бұрын
The next movie - Day of the Dead is my favorite. Its more sombre but peak special effects. There are more moments that are referenced in Shaun of the Dead.
@skeletalk
Жыл бұрын
yeah this ones on my list!!
@TheBlarggle
10 ай бұрын
You might have been told this already, but you shouldn't take information from "Return of the Living Dead" as 'canonical zombie lore'. It's more or less a comedic spoof of the "Living Dead" films by Romero. Most people generally accept some version of Romero's zombie lore to be the "correct" zombie lore. Especially insofar as that zombies don't actually eat brains. They eat flesh. And there doesn't really seem to be a reason for it, other than their allegorical reflection of humanities seemingly unending "need" to consume things. Believe it or not, Romero's original three zombie movies are social commentaries on things like handling a mass panic (Night), consumerism (Dawn), and authority/control (Day). And how each of those things are things that can drive us to consume ourselves, figuratively in the real world. Literally in the zombie apocalypse. (You touch on this concept in this review a little bit, but that theme is in all the movies.)
@doublemonkey4833
Жыл бұрын
We ALL know that in an apocalypse you would 100% be hoarding the essentials.......just for you the essentials would be Elder Scrolls merch. :P
@skeletalk
Жыл бұрын
ALL THE TES MERCH
@JoelCraike
Жыл бұрын
The greatest masterpiece ever made
@skeletalk
Жыл бұрын
This!
@LUCKO2022
10 ай бұрын
The alternate ending doesn't exist. It never got fully shot. The head cast for Fran got used for the apartment scene and was blown up. The alternate ending consisted of Fran and Peter killing themselves and the credits roll and at the end of the credits the helicopter winds down as it runs out of fuel meaning they wouldn't have had enough fuel to get away.
@smb879
6 ай бұрын
Saun of the dead was a love letter to George Romero's dead movies. Simon Pegg, and Edgar Wright are zombie extras in Land of the dead. George Romero was a big fan. I rented this on video after seeing the night of the living dead remake on cable when I was 12. It was hard to watch at first because I grew up watching 80's horror that was very cheesy. Nothing I saw before was filmed in a serious documentary style. It turned me into a bigger horror fan over time. When I was 23 I toured the Monroeville mall during the DOTD 25th anniversary. Our group was filmed, and made it on the anchor Bay ultimate edition that was released not long after. So yeah, it's a very unconventional favorite movie.
@diogenescat
Жыл бұрын
I'd love to see you tackle some of Romero's non-Zombie fare. There are some gems that don't get talked about much any more. In particular, I'd like to see you react to Martin. It's my favorite vampire flick, and influentual in its own right.
@skeletalk
Жыл бұрын
Funnily enough zombie films aren't a big fave genre for me so excited to do more horror genres!
@ChaseSanity
Жыл бұрын
One of my favorite zombie movies. I agree that Peter and Roger’s dynamic was one of the best things about this movie. By the way, if you plan on watching the original Night Of The Living Dead (I saw you reacted to the remake) it is public domain so you can upload your reaction to the entire movie and you won’t get copyright claimed. Either way, even if you upload an edited, shortened down reaction like normal, you shouldn’t have to worry about any claims on your video :)
@skeletalk
Жыл бұрын
Yeah Peter and Roger's relationship was absolutely wonderful, ez my fave thing. Thank you for the info actually thats great, this movie got a few copyrights on it (luckily nothing bad) youtubes a bit of a pain, but will def watch that considering it wont bugger my channel up xD
@NickMeagher-em1bs
Жыл бұрын
You should watch the remake to Dawn of the Dead, it scared me so much as a kid!
@skeletalk
Жыл бұрын
I've heard about it but not good things! 😂 Still will give it a go!
@briandecarlo1847
Жыл бұрын
This movie is way better though.
@derekharrison1582
Жыл бұрын
@@briandecarlo1847 Agree with you.RUNNING ZOMBIES...REALLY! How long would humanity last.All your vulnerable would be taken within hours(babies,children,the elderly,the sick,the infirm,),even healthy people would be in shock at what’s happening around them.Zombie movies are about hope for humanity.Running Zombies would destroy the living in next to no time.A Zombie should be a walking corpse like Romero’s Zombies and THE WALKING DEAD Zombies.💀
@diegomarini7477
Жыл бұрын
George Romero Forever ❤❤❤
@EctoCorvis13
9 ай бұрын
Love how you said Americans would be better prepared for a zombie apocalypse, yet in 'Shaun of the Dead', the British folk handled their zed outbreak in maybe 3 days, yet out outbreak in the States lasted many years.
@skeletalk
9 ай бұрын
our Govt was useless with covid, but I think the UK population would handle themselves pretty well if they had no one else to tbh!
@WhistleTeets85
26 күн бұрын
It's a movie... not real life.
@skeletalk
25 күн бұрын
Art reflects life
@horrorshow3000
Жыл бұрын
Romero's masterpiece in my opinion!, Just an epic movie and cool to see this vid. 🤘🖤
@skeletalk
Жыл бұрын
absolutely agree!!! thanks!
@orgasmatronrickpsych
8 ай бұрын
steven is one of the best zombies ever. that walk is epic.
@JnEricsonx
4 ай бұрын
He's the only one of the main 4 cast that I didn't meet. :(
@VolkerAlmighty
4 ай бұрын
Return of the living dead and Romeros Night, Dawn and day are separate universes btw. Returns zombies have demonic/witchcraft influence and eat brains, whereas Romero's zombies eat anything thats warm meat and have an "unexplained" mystery origin too them.
@beauyerks7413
2 ай бұрын
Extended is great!!! This is bar none my favorite movie ever
@clarencewalker3925
Жыл бұрын
I suggest the Director's Cut of this movie. And I have never seen anyone so enthusiastic when it comes to gore. I think Mike Bracken has competition. I think he'll approve.
@skeletalk
Жыл бұрын
yeah I was mostly recommended theatrical but I'd like to try directors too! hahah yeah I'm just a gigantic makeup effects fan and appreciate the creativity!!
@nissan300zxtt9
8 ай бұрын
" when there's no more room in hell , the dead will walk the earth " is a classic line that carried to the reboot of dawn of the dead , aswell as the actor who delivered the line 😊😊😊
@skeletalk
8 ай бұрын
I absolutely adore that line now! Fantastic
@JnEricsonx
4 ай бұрын
@@skeletalk Try meeting the man, starting the line and he finishes it for you! :)
@gorymarty56
4 күн бұрын
I always go to the mall during the living dead fest con. I've met most of the cast there.
@bugsby4663
Жыл бұрын
Having only 4 main characters allowed them to develop as people. Steven is interesting because he isn't SWAT trained like Roger & Peter and you can tell he wants to be like them and projects his frustration at not being a manly man onto Fran, who he wants to protect and who he sees as denting his masculinity in front of the others.
@skeletalk
Жыл бұрын
I see men do this a lot and its very odd to me, men who don't feel manly taking that frustration out on those they love. But don't understand that its probably not those traits Fran loves about him anyway, its quite sad
@ASDF-mb8we
Жыл бұрын
I think Stephen turned quicker because he had been bitten a lot more.
@PatriaPrimum
Жыл бұрын
Also love Shaun Of The Dead as well. It was definitely a big tribute to George Romero. Romero liked it so much that he even had Simon Pegg and Nick Frost come back as zombies in his film Land Of The Dead.
@skeletalk
Жыл бұрын
Yeah it's such great news to hear George liked it! I didn't know they were in land of the dead that's awesome!
@silentxsmoker89
Жыл бұрын
4:30 that's George Romero, and the lady next to him was his wife. 5:30 the living dead (Dan O'Bannon) and of the dead (Romero) are in a separate universe, that's why in the living dead series they eat brains and in of the dead series they eat flesh. 7:23 that was supposed to be Gaylen Ross head, they made an alternate ending where Peter shoots himself and Fran steps out of the helicopter and then shoves her head into the blades then the camera zooms in or out revealing the blades slowing down meaning they didn't have enough fuel to escape. 9:31 in the extended cut, that guy and others kill the dispatcher at the dock. 10:32 that's the actual Pennsylvania national guard. 13:32 there is a hand in that scene that I guess got past post production. The Monroeville mall is still open and Romero knew the manager of said mall and had permission to film but only at night and they filmed during Christmas time so they had to take off all of the Christmas deco every time they had to film. 17:23 pan fried spam is good. 34:08 that line Romero thought of it while he was drunk lol. 39:15 Tom savini a.ka. sex machine the godfather of gore, (there are two other guys but they sadly passed away) the sultan of splatter. I love this movie as you can see lol. And if it wasn't for Dario argentos (I would recommend suspiria, demons one and two) involvement we wouldn't have this masterpiece.
@skeletalk
Жыл бұрын
yeah that ending with Fran doing that sounds terrifying but I'm not against it??? Thank you for all the awesome facts!!! what a phenomenal movie!
@iNEEDBAILMONEYY
11 ай бұрын
its where you were bitten, that determines how quickly you die and change.
@skeletalk
11 ай бұрын
Oooh that's interesting
@thomasfleischer83
2 ай бұрын
@@skeletalkI remember "Zombie flesh eaters ". The black guy, who gets bitten in the arm transforms within 30 seconds. That's what I call a fast comeback!😂
@jaipoh3965
10 ай бұрын
I totally agree on why the zombies return to places they remember and were fond of. The ones I have talked to told me this.
@NIGHTMAREOFSOLOMON1
11 ай бұрын
The European version has more scenes to the movie
@MLJ7956
10 ай бұрын
There are 4 versions of Dawn Of The Dead (1978)....The Theatrical Cut (which is George Romero's preferred cut), The Cannes Cut/Extended Cut/Producers Cut (which at one time was wrongly called the director's cut when the Theatrical Cut is George Romero's perfered director's cut), the Dario Argento/European Cut (were producer Dario Argento recut the film in way for the European market) and the fan edited - Extended Mall Hours Cut (where every scene/bit of footage from all the other versions are all mostly seamlessly edited together)...All versions are available for free on KZitem (if you know where to look 😉).
@richieb7692
Жыл бұрын
Hi there...Just found your channel. A great review of one of my all time favourite films I'll stick around and see what else youre reacting to.
@skeletalk
Жыл бұрын
Thank you so much!! welcome aboard!!!
@flaminggmonkeyss
Жыл бұрын
one of my fav horror films!
@skeletalk
Жыл бұрын
And a great choice ^-^
@orgasmatronrickpsych
8 ай бұрын
these zombies dont feel pain and dont eat brains to make the pain go away.
@benmason9755
11 ай бұрын
Zack Snyder's remake is well worth checking out too. This is, of course, still the King, but the remake comes impressively close to equalling its dizzy heights. Certainly it's the very best of the "new wave" of zombie movies that came about during the resurgence in the 2000s.
@skeletalk
11 ай бұрын
I quite like zack so I think I'll give it a go!
@jayman58016
Жыл бұрын
The one main gang guy with the long mustache and black leather jacket and machete is Tom Savini who was the makeup artist/special effects guy for the movie. He's a legend! Also the biker gang was an actual biker gang paid to be in the movie. Edit: I posted this before the end when you acknowledge Tom Savini
@lucassmith3560
Жыл бұрын
Some zombie movies you could look into The Living Dead At Manchester Morgue (1974) Shock Waves (1976) Pontypool (2008) Lifeforce (1985) I would say these are some of the more unique zombie films
@skeletalk
Жыл бұрын
Not heard of those! Thank you!
@TheBigTamale
Жыл бұрын
Pontypool is a hidden gem. I really liked that one. I would say that LifeForce is vampires, and there is so much nudity it would be hard time putting that on youtube.
@earth7551
Жыл бұрын
Agreed Shockwaves is truly underrated classic gem with the legendary Sir Peter Cushing And another one u didn't mention is ' The video dead ' 1987
@beauyerks7413
3 ай бұрын
Ima subscribe...good job!!!
@skeletalk
3 ай бұрын
💙 Welcome!
@RetroMediaRoom
7 ай бұрын
BTW the eating of the brains concept is mostly Return of the Living Dead zombies, not George A. Romero zombies which just eat any and all warm flesh.
@briandecarlo1847
Жыл бұрын
Return of the Living Dead and George A Romero''s movies are completely different. Return had indestructible zombies that ate brains. George a Romero's zombies ate flesh and can be killed by a shot to a head.
@skeletalk
Жыл бұрын
I know! just in general comparing zombies as a whole, and how they're usually shown. Some zombies being absolutely weak and useless, some OP, and different ways the virus spreads
@OpenMawProductions
Жыл бұрын
Remember, the ROTLD zombies are the "real" version of the Night/Dawn/Day zombies. At least, in that film universes lore. In the Romero universe the rules are: Any recently dead body reanimates. (This may have something to do with radiation brought back by the probe mentioned in Night, but its never clarified.). The bites have zero to do with you becoming a zombie. Its simply a bad idea to get bit by a dead body because of all the immense bacteria in the mouth, which causes infection, fever, and then death and reanimation. In ROTLD, the only surefire way to stop one of the zombies is to hack them into pieces and isolate those pieces, but even that doesn't "deanimate" them like destroying the brain. In game series like Resident Evil the infection is clearly a virus that is causing tissue reanimation, and thus only those bitten and infected are reanimated. Day of the Dead, 1985, is my favorite zombie movie. My favorite of the Romero trilogy.
@OpenMawProductions
Жыл бұрын
8:06 A lot of people are checking out, because it's game over. People liek Willy snap and go on a killing rampage. That cop lost his mind and shot himself. A situation like this, it's just... It's chaos. Everyone is going to act and react differently. Like you were saying in the beginning, some people seem strangely calm about it... BUt that's true. I mean we had the COVID pandemic which pretty much restated all of this stuff for us in real time. The media confusing, lying, scaring the Hell out of his. People rioting and looting, other people completely denying it entirely. It was chaos. Sadly, that's what will happen.
@Greenwood4727
Жыл бұрын
being someone with bad ankles the flyboy zombie walking hurts me coz i can feel it, If i was bitten and going to be a zombie i am going to put the silliest costume i can, with a motorcycle helmet so i cant bite or a ball gag, and say a ballerina costume, r a clown.. if i am a zombie i am gonna have fun LOL
@Al_NERi
9 ай бұрын
Great reaction, the enthusiasm for this old favorite of mine (saw it 1st run, U.S. debut. I was 11 years old) is infectious. Just to sort out a matter of competing lores: it's true Romero's zombies retain subliminal levels of impulse and memory from their former lives, a concept which he developed most fully with his handling of the "Bub" zombie character in Day Of The Dead (85). On the other hand, the "zombies feel pain= why the brain eating" lore originated with Dan O'Bannon's Return Of The Living Dead (85). The brain eating angle had no place in the Romero lore. There are other stipulations that mark Romero's lore as unique within the genre. For instance, the familiar trope of rotted, semi skeletal bodies forcing themselves out of their graves (as in Return) likewise has no place in the Romero lore. It was stipulated in Night Of The Living Dead that only recently deceased, unburied bodies zombify. No brain eating or skeletons bursting out of their graves in the Romeroverse. Btw I really like the acknowledgement of Goblin's throbbing, driving score, imo one of the most memorable and distinguishing elements of Dawn. Good job, one of the best reactions I've seen of this film. Cheers.
@fanboyhex1555
Жыл бұрын
42:36...🤔hmmmm my weapon(s) of choice for the Zombie Apocalypse Primary Weapon: Spear (also makes a good walking stick). Side Arm: 22Lr. Revolver (like the one Steven used in the boiler room). Ultimate Weapon: 12Ga. Sawed Off Pump Action Shotgun (for BiG PROBLEMS that a spear and 22lr piece shooter can't solve)... PollAxe and Katanas are good weapons though. I pick the Spear as my primary melee weapon because it has reach and as i said it's good for a walking stick (i like hiking).
@skeletalk
Жыл бұрын
those are great choices, i'd def be better suited to a revolver and sawed off shotgun for close range stuff really. spear for reach too is a great idea
@gettingpissedoff
10 ай бұрын
Return of the Living Dead and Romero zombies are two different series. It was originally going to be part of his series but due to differences between Romero and the director, return of the living dead was a separate series. The reason rotld zombie eat brains is the neurons.
@barstro
Жыл бұрын
Glad I found your channel. I went to see this in the theater when it came out. I absolutely love this movie as well as Day of the Dead, I agree that the music is awesome and fits perfectly with this movie. Shaun of the Dead to me is on the same level as Dawn of the Dead, Night of the Living dead, and Day of the Dead. The only difference is the comedic parts, but it is just as entertaining, shocking and well written as the aforementioned.
@skeletalk
Жыл бұрын
Thank you!! Yeah the music is awesome. Totally agree with you with Shaun!!
@kyreeseanime485
5 ай бұрын
Survivors vs zombies
@judgegiant8951
Жыл бұрын
shout out to Ken Foree, first black man to survive a horror movie
@centurycountess4949
Жыл бұрын
(extention to last post) This is what i think went on with what looked like a police raid, there was a guy named Martinez, who i guess started a group that were in denial about the zombie issue getting bad and were literally going against orders to vacate. because it looked like there were residents being forced out of their homes by force. Also people were harboring the zombies thinking they could be cured so for their safety they either locked them in rooms or in what looked like a closed room in the basement. Although the raid to get these people out and exterminate the zombies didn't go to well, it was obviously worse when you have a trigger happy cop who obviously took this as an opportunity to kill people (there's a word i want to say but not sure if it be okay to say here) all i'll say is he was a man who was full of hate. he let his hate take control and became trigger happy the other cop guy tried to stop him but he pushed him away and in the end karma came back and he got shot dead. another reason why i believe these people were harboring the zombies was because of the handsome zombie in white shirt that got out of the apartment I'm assuming was the husband of the lady who ran out to embrace him. When he looked at her it was obvious she was thinking he must recognize her only for it to actually be him looking for a place to munch on first.
@skeletalk
Жыл бұрын
Yeah the harbouring zombies was so odd to me until I realised there could be multiple reasons for this. I hated the trigger happy dude so much
@draskang
8 ай бұрын
As someone who loves the OG Living Dead movies (& Return) Sean of the Dead is NOT disrespectful at all. Whoever believes that makes no sense.. Also, if you love the music, you gotta watch more 70s 80s Italian horror with ost by Goblin & Fabio Frizzi
@markusniepmann4804
5 ай бұрын
Dawn of the Dead 78' rulez forever 🍻🍻🍻💯👀🔨 greetings from Hamburg Germany 🍺
@JediRouge
7 ай бұрын
I loved Dawn '78 version, but the Extended version is the best of Dawn
@richardgarneau5822
3 ай бұрын
Romero's zombies don't eat brains they eat everything. The return of the living dead rules are different from Romero's living dead rules.
@mattlawrence1932
Жыл бұрын
React to the third film in the trilogy *Day Of The Day* (1985) first & then save the original zombie film ever made ( the original flesh eating corpse zombies ever made) *Night Of The Living Dead* (1968) for last cuz its the most serious of the trilogy & more serious than all remakes for sure👌💯
@Dougfrilled
Жыл бұрын
I was raised in rural America and everyone I met were the most respectful, friendly and loving people you could hope to meet regardless of where you came from or what your background. Hollywood loves city and rural people to fear each other, don’t believe it. 😂
@skeletalk
Жыл бұрын
i have a few american friends and they're all sweethearts but i think growing up with strict gun laws here we never really understood it haha. but hollywood is so weird with brits too
@sashag2196
10 ай бұрын
romero zombies arent the same as ROTD zombies, they eat any part of hte body, not just brains.
@Davidcross0121
Жыл бұрын
Love this film watched it countless times as a kid. First time I seen it was on BBC2 after midnight.
@brianepolito2044
Жыл бұрын
As far as the punch design and the sound effects keep in mind this was in the seventies they don't have all the great stuff they have nowadays are they make it sound more realistic
@skeletalk
Жыл бұрын
which is odd though because the rest of the sound effects were great
@gary1632
6 күн бұрын
Awesome movie.
@shadoweyes5808
Жыл бұрын
You need to watch Galaxy of terror from 1981 Jim Cameron helped make it.
@skeletalk
Жыл бұрын
I've not heard of this! Thank you!
@cameronbk
Жыл бұрын
If you love this movie you may love the 2004 dawn of the dead movie
@skeletalk
Жыл бұрын
yes! need to give that a watch!
@cameronbk
Жыл бұрын
@@skeletalk yeah I'll u this much it more scary and bloody then this movie so be ready
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