@@poopdaddy4217 Uhm yes it is. Just because they have a rage virus and not and reanimating virus doesnt mean it's not a zombie movie lol they are essentially zombies. The actual term is derived from actual living people going into a non conscious state. Not dead people so yeah. More of a zombie movie than ones you think are lol
It is so heartbreaking knowing the great George A. Romero isn’t with us anymore. I used to watch Dawn Of The Dead, the 1990 Tom Savini Night Of The Living Dead and Day Of The Dead as a young lad and get so excited to show my pals these movies. Even to this day I still watch them when I can’t figure out what to watch. Amazing movies, even more amazing dudes who made these movies. R.I.P. George A. Romero, you’ll be greatly missed.
I agree wholeheartedly. I have nothing but love & respect for George & his creations. Watching this & other docs & finding out he was as great a guy as you'd hope. Hopefully if the zombies ever come we'll get to see him again. 🙂 R.I.P. George
Gotta love George Romero: never took the easy way. Even with the actors telling him the film was disgusting, he’d just grin and say “I know”. Love Ken Foree - Infectious enthusiasm.
I met Mr Romero at the premiere of Land of the Dead, he signed my ticket and chatted with me and my mate for a good 10 minutes, lovely guy and really fun to chat with great sense of humour definately the main man of zombies 😀 much love and RIP.
The Monroeville Mall was my local mall long before they filmed “Dawn”- I remember going there to shop while they were filming “Dawn” during the night and cleaning up the mall to reopen during the day! Fun memories!
This movie was so incredibly well written and filmed with the perfect selection of actors, no big shots. Everything was perfectly put together and scared the heck out of us "latchkey" kids.
Dario Argento inviting you to Rome for a "change in scenery" to "help with the writing" sounds suspiciously like the start of every Giallo ever. The next thing that happens would be you witnessing a murder and/or get entangled in murder plot. Followed by interrogation by Italian police who also confiscates your passport. Then all hell breaks loose
Something weird DID happen while he was there, but not that. He was out to dinner in Rome, and this ten year old boy comes up to him, and asks if he is George Romero. The boy explains that he lives in Pittsburgh and asks if someday HE might be able to work in films. He told the kid to stay in school and that someday he could if he really wanted to. Years later he was hired by George as an assistant to Tom Savini on the film "Day of the Dead". There on the set, he met friends that he would later form his own company with. The Boy was Greg Nicotero, and he's responsible for the greatest and most realistic zombies ever created for both "Land of the Dead" and "The Walking Dead" which he also produces and directs many episodes. It goes to show you that a desire, along with being in the right place at the right time can actually make a dream come true.
I saw this at a drive in , when there was still just a thing. I was maybe 15, and to top off this memory, I went with my dad. We loved all things horror, this epic zombie classic shot to the top of our list as the greatest twisted horror, comic, Hodgepodge of a ride we had ever experienced. Just showed this to my grandson, and we connected. It's a magical elixir. RIP Mr. Romero
There will never be another George A. Romero. The man was truly one of a kind. Its just too bad we didn't get to see his last installment of the "Dead" franchise. RIP George, you are truly missed.
Mr Romero's wife is getting the last installment of the Dead series made I read that a few weeks ago in this article. She is going to be Hands-On with the making of the movie, since George isn't around.
I enjoy watching this because, I'm 60 year's old , born 05/16/1960 . George Romero's Night of the living dead gave me nightmares the night I saw it in a walk in theater. I was never scared again and love Zombie movies. Thank you everyone that participated in Dawn of the dead . Awesome Zombie movie!!!
im saw this film when i was a teenager and it still remains my favourite zombie movie, they just got everything right in this one and it had a great cast ! well done george and r.i,p. thank you.
I've been watching Dawn since it came out when I was a tyke. I had Dawn and Alien on a permanent loop my whole youth. You know what? I turned out fairly normal!
My dad introduced me to the living dead series as a kid. Dawn is what cemented my love of horror. Each scene is still burned into my brain. Nobody made zombie flicks as good as Romero RIP 🧟♂️
I love that Gaylen Ross fought for her right to not scream and cry--and in part I think it's more real. The event of the end of civilization is so very large that perhaps we wouldn't scream. Perhaps we would just be dumbstruck, our intellect trying to grasp what was happening and how it could all come to pass. The enormity of it could render anyone voiceless.
I just love the two S.W.A.T guys' as with their tactical training they become a seamless team. Against slow moving zombies they almost seem to enjoy blazing a path through them without breaking sweat. Romero also made a statement with zombies in the mall-go to one today and it isn't hard to imagine consumers as exactly that.
The scenes at the Housing Project near the beginning are so intense. I first saw it on a Pirate copy V.H.S...aged 12 or 13. It really was shocking then, there'd been nothing like it before. Later I saw "Night of the Living Dead" and figured that "Dawn...." had followed on into graphic Colour from there. "The Crazies" and in particular "Martin" were also interesting and innovative. Thanks George. R.I.P Man. 📽🧟♂️🎭👌
They had so much fun making this, and George Romero was such a friendly guy, must have had been blast working with him, even with freezing cold and for very little money
Dawn will never be surpassed as being the ultimate zombie movie it’s just that perfect. The fact that there’s three versions,the length of the extended cut makes it an epic experience. Dawn just keeps getting better and better with every year that passes and it’s absolutely incredible to look back and know that it didn’t get the respect it so obviously deserved when it was first released.
The times, the feeling, the air of that era made everything perfect, there will NEVER be another zombie movie like "Dawn of the dead" i maybe old now, but glad I was young back then
so many actors in these movies have "well i went up to george and said "hey why don't we try this?" and he told me to go for it and that's what you see in the movie!" stories. i understand directors wanting control and to get "their vision" out there but this way of thinking makes for good movies and moments. like the bub listens to music scene in day of the dead. that wasn't a george romero idea but it's such a memorable scene.
There will never be a movie franchise that could compare to the living dead movies. 29 years old and have been watching horror movies since i was two "according to my grandpa". Zombie movies have always been my go to. Rip to George, truly an icon and master of horror
I was 7 or 8 and had already seen Night when I rented Dawn at my local library. My little brother and I got to watch the opening scene up until the headshot when my mom came in and abruptly turned it off. We waited a few weeks and checked it out again two kids tapes bookending a movie we just HAD TO SEE! Luckily we pulled it off this time and it became one of our favorite movies to this day. It’d be one of the first tapes that I would own as a 17 year old when I got the keys to the proverbial candy store and was free to buy my own flicks. I still own that double vhs and it’s a base for my dvd and Blu-ray releases to sit atop on my shelves dedicated to my favorite directors. R.I.P. George A. Romero one of the most influential filmmakers of all time
"i don't think it's a scary movie. it's a comic book. it's a romp." i think this is why, over the years, i've grown more and more to like day as my favorite over dawn. dawn is an amazing movie. one i'll watch multiple times a year for the rest of my life but...day of the dead is a straight serious scary movie.
30:55 - I've a very seasoned horror fan, I've probably seen 300-500 films in the genre, many of them very gory, and that screwdriver to the brain shot makes me squirm every time. One of my favourite zombie kills of the film... of all time, really.
Wow just found this on RU-vid, amazing to see how they made the film back in the day,i was 15 in 1978 when I saw this at the pictures as we used ro call the cinema,i walked out as scared me shitless. When i got home i made my dad check under my bed and in my wardrobe before I went to bed ( not that I slept ) he was mad at me for watching it.Had nightmares for weeks. Now i love zombie films
I will never forget the first time seeing this in '78. I got a hotdog with ketchup and was walking to my seat at the time of the head shot by Willy. To this day, I won't take ketchup on a dog. Thank you Tom Savini and thank you Mr. Romero for the hundreds of times I have seen it since.
This is like finding gold for me. We watched this on our 'Betamax' player if memory serves then came the 'video nasty' stage here in the UK and it was banned but I had...ahem never returned a copy too the video shop. Still my favourite horror movie ever (watched it just last week surprisingly) thanks for this awesome upload.
The ending credit music is still so defining of this movie. Every time I hear that music while out somewhere or doing something not related at all to this movie ... I immediately think of a mall ... in Pittsburg ... full of zombies ...
Dawn of the Dead is the best zombie flick of all time and I wish Hollywood would have left that genre alone because they have completely ruined it. I saw DOTD in the theater back when it first came out and had no idea what to expect... I remember throwing my popcorn on the floor after the first gross out scene (head exploding) but it certainly was entertaining
Francine Parker: Spam Roger: You bring a can opener? Francine Parker: No, I guess I didn't Roger: Then don't knock it, it's got it's own key. Greatest horror movie of all time
The only film I ever seen as a kid that after 3 times yes 3 times. In 1 day I was still shouting at the TV for them to run.... I was a kid but fuckin loved it
It good to see many of the actors and staff turning up in this documentary, including the Zombie actors too. Also Gaylen Ross and Ken Foree hasn't aged at all
Dawn of the dead and fantasy were out at the same time we went to 2 different movie places and saw them the same night!!!!!!!! Ahhhhh the good old days!!!!!!!!!
I'm grew up more of a hard science fiction reader than a horror film person, but the ideas in Dawn of the Dead (I quickly found the original 1968 Night and found the same depth of ideas) not only led me to enjoy the Romero trilogy, but to finally realize what kind of horror films I wanted to see. Then I happily discovered that there are plenty of brainy ones out there. So in this docu when Romero says he was happy to attract people who dig the satire more than the gore, he's talking about me. I'm sure I've seen Dawn more than 50 times since. Now of course I watch it just because I want to see it again, but the ideas and the effects still pack a punch. I later worked in horror/science fiction theater and have had as much of a blast doing that (in a small, community theater setting) as I the cast and crew of Dawn seem to have. I've even had my head blown off onstage, twice as a robot, with effects I designed and helped build. (Of course we are talking water balloons with fake blood and fishing line level effects).
It is amazing that the appearance of Gaylen Ross and Scott Reiniger have not really changed that much since 1978. I can still instantly recognize them when they show up on the tube. One of the most impressive thing in that movie is the evolution of the Fran(Gaylen). First she was timid and unable to defend herself and her buddy; paralyzed by fear and could not offer any helping hands to Steven when he was wrestled by the dead in front of her. But later on, she volunteered to cover the Roger and Peter from the rooftop while they were moving trucks to block mall's doorway. And she picked off a few of the zombies even though her covering fire could not save Roger in a critical moment.
Without a doubt the greatest zombie film ever made! I remember when I first saw it as a kid, I literally couldn’t sleep for about a week it scared me so bad! Now I have to watch it at least once or twice a month! This is a complete masterpiece or horror film making! George A. Romero was a total genius. R.I.P. This movie made Tom Savini’s career. He is a talented make-up/FX creator, without him I don’t think this film would’ve been as hard-hitting and in your face.
NICE Upload!!! Saw this Cult F*cking CLASSIC at The UA Valentine Theater in the Bronx when it first premiered back in '78....GOOD Memories!!!...GREAT MOVIE!!!
It was quite exceptional wasn't it? I loved it, I would say change my life in a way it's hard to say how but it was my friend for a long time when I was younger when I didn't have any friends if that makes any sense to anybody. It was a special film. It is a special film. There's never been anything like it I don't think they'll ever will be again. It's the relationships that made it such a freaking classic I think one of the Stars said that it's the Dynamics between the people that made it into the depth field movie that we love today. Without the quirkiness and the incredible frailties and flaws in the main characters being majored on as well some of the strengths, it would have been just another splattery movie but Romero doesn't make movies like that. He doesn't make him without depth without character without flushing out if you pardon my Dawn of the Dead pun, I know it wasn't too funny but I try.
If you liked Dawn of the dead then you'd love "THEM" 1954 great horror flick for it's day. Still one of my favorites. Invasion of the body snatchers 1956 is another good one you will definitely like.
I remember first watching 6he news about the 3-Mile Island nuclear reactor meltdown, the overthrowing of the Shah of Iran, learning the true extent of the cold War, AND first seeing Dawn of The Dead in the theater late at night as a teenager....ALL in the same month in early '79!!
@@thescandinavian2487 A "Homage" is NOT "Ripping someone off" in that it brings something to new audiences who don't know about it, and makes them go back and see where it originated. This is the most important part of being a great filmmaker, as you need to see all that has come before.
I could listen to Tom Savini talk about his work all day everyday. He is so passionate about his work, loves what he does and that shows in every scene he is involved in. This man was a true pioneer and paved the way for the best EFX wizards we have enjoyed for years like, Baker, Nicotero, Bottin, Winston and the list goes on.
Met him a number of years back at a family picnic...distant relative of my ex. It may have been a bad day, but when I attempted to compliment him on his work and engage in conversation, all I got was a grunt and a snarl before he looked away. Great artist, but miserable human from what I have seen.
Night of the Living Dead (1968) created the genre. Dawn of the Dead (1978) defined the genre. Day of the Dead (1985) took the make-up and special effects to a whole new level. there are only a select handful of other zombie movies that will be remembered as fondly as these 3.
@@KylePoni23 the thing that i'm not overly fond of with the Dawn of the Dead remake, is it treats the zombies like cannon fodder. it lacks the remorse that these were once living people that had this horrible fate befall them. Romero treated his zombies with pity, yet they were also something to be feared. Synder's film just feels like "YEAH! Let's kill all those zombies, dude!"
I saw dawn Of The Dead in 1980 on 42nd Street in NY, I was 14 years old I was tagging along with 3 of my older cousins who were really street savy and I wanted so bad to be like them so they said "Ok man you think your tough? We gonna take you with us to hang out" so we went to the movies and I was scared to death for the whole film and when the part came when they tore open the guys chest I pissed my pants LOL! My cousins still joke about it today! For me Dawn Of The Dead was my intro to many other great Horror Movie's I would see but Dawn Of The Dead helped me to be prepared for what ever happens and I never was really scared seeing Horror Movies again. Thank you George Romero for making an awesome cult classic that sent hot piss all over my pants LOL your the best man!
Very nice, I remember watching it for the first time in the early morning in the living room with my older brothers. The volume down low so as not to wake my mom. It wasn't the first horror film I'd watched but god did it fill me with dread. The part where Foree mans up and decides not to go gently into that good night I think I cried a little.
On my first sleepover at my best friends house, I was about to start 6th grade a few days later my friends dad who was a cool dude, a green beret in Vietnam put the movie on, after I had to go home, I was horrified and my dad was pissed and wouldnt come get me and I had to walk a mile in the dark home. I didnt sleep that night, spent most of it peering through my blinds looking for zombies that were surely coming.
