When that movie came out, I was helping out at a local horror convention here in germany. Romero, Savini and most of the cast were there. Still one of the best cons I ever attented.
My buddies and I watched the remake of Dawn the Dead in the theatre the same year we graduated from high school. This is still one my favorite zombie movies of all time, can't wait to see Army of the dead on Netflix.
When it came out I had just gotten my drivers permit, not license, and drove across town to the theater to see the movie. I was more scared of getting pulled over than the movie, honestly.
So what did you think of army of the dead. It reminded me that I can get as drunk as I want and make more sense and construct better plans then Hollywood.
Not that it matters. But Dawn Of The Dead came out before Shaun Of The Dead over here in the UK. Dawn came out on March 26th and two weeks later on April 9th Shaun was released because Universal was worried about releasing two zombie movies close together, but also wanted to capitalise on the remake/zombie craze.
Remember that The Return Of The Living Dead (1985) was also one of the early "running zombie" movies. Fun fact: Romero's son, George Cameron Romero (also a director, writer and artist) lives just down the road from me. He frequents a local shop where I work. Eventually I found out who he was and every time he came in we would discuss his dad's films. Eventually he hired me to compose the score for an independent horror film that he's producing and editing. It's amazing to have grown up on Romero's films and through purely random circumstances end up as part of the Romero universe myself even in some small way. The world is truly strange.
Luda, Mekhi Phifer's wife was played by Inna Korobkina who was definitely not in I, Robot. She did have a small role in Transformers: Dark Of The Moon. So you had the robots thing right.
I remember I got this version from "Sam Goody" back in the day. After my huge disappointment on the resident evil film this was a breath of fresh air, and watching this film in my mind I thought I was watching the resident evil outbreak movie. If they would have used that name for this movie they would have nailed it since Racoon City is sort of like Wisconsin. Keep up the good work guys.
The DVD was awesome! Especially the feature of a new broadcaster following the events of the movie in real time with videos from some of the side characters.
36:15 Agreed. I'm so burnt out on "SuperJesus" & "WonderRand". Which is why I'm excited to see Army of the Dead. Even though it's more of action flick & has more in common with Dead Rising & Left 4 Dead.
@@ItsBobEvans There is a huge difference from referencing someone else's jokes and out right stealing them and passing off someone else's creation as your own. That is called plagiarism and in the legal word can get you sued. But man, I wish I did have a little pony I could ride around on. That would be amazing. I could get a cowboy hat...
This movie was filmed in my neighborhood. In fact the private high school I attended was in the mall of this movie. It's going to be demolished soon. The opening shot of the hospital is actually a community centre and public library, right next to it
I can see it on a superficial level The movie starts semi normal and innocent enough, then the next day, people woke up to something nationally catastrophic happening and the fabric of america literally changed. 9/11 happened pretty similarly in that regard.
Newt confused Matt Pinfield with Former MTV/MTV2 VJ Iann Robinson, he has an uncredited cameo as a zombie. "When first entering the mall, the group is charged by an Asian man-turned-zombie. The large zombie behind the Asian man is played by Robinson."
I saw this when it came out in the theatre and was impressed and surprised by how effective it was. I was an avid horror fan (collected Fango since around 1985), fan original and loved zombies. The opening sequence remain one most effective ever.
great review as always guys!! And thanks for officially putting these on Spotify! Love listening to it in my car.... ps I know your RU-vid search Alien 3 story BUT.... love the tagline of the alien movie... In space no one can hear you scream
The old lady...that was Jane Eastwood, a Canadian actor who I hadn't seen in years. She was in a lot of award-winning Canadian movies back in the day. Good to see her working in the early 2000s!
The zombie museum is back at monroeville mall. I live 20 mins away and finally went to the museum in November. Got in free cause I'm a veteran, but it was awesome. Anyway, I love this movie. This and the remake of "Night" are fantastic and among my favorite zombie movies
21:31 When Newt looks at the camera without saying anything. Even though you know he wanted to. Zombie attacking the Capital building? Who would've thought?
This was a very special movie for me. I was 15 when it came out. I hated the original Dawn, but I always loved Night Of The Living Dead. The color of Dawn ruined it for me. But it was my friend Ben's birthday when this was in theaters, and a bunch of us stayed at his house for his party. His mother was extremely religious, crazy, and strict. But we snuck out after midnight and had his older brother take us to the movie. I remember watching the intro and thinking it was one of the best horror movies I'd ever seen. Also the beginning of the game The Last of Us, always reminds me of the beginning of this movie. That is also easily one of the best horror video games ever made, and despite the hate for Part 2 it is also legendary.
Yeah I love what you guys are doing here, completely original and nothing like rental reviews. No all kidding aside I find these videos highly entertaining thanks for taking the time out and making content for us little people. I know that it's tough to do especially since you're famous now.
I'm so god damn used to hearing the song 'Zombie Apocalypse' by 'Mortician' to start up right after the "...the dead will walk the earth." That scene and the just the most brutal death metal ever recorded.
1:01:02 - Russell Mulcahy directed several music videos in the late 70s/early 80s("I'm Still Standing", "Hungry Like The Wolf") before directing Highlander
Oh man Prism! I loved that channel as a kid. It was like a second hbo channel. I didn’t know that was a local Philly station. I always thought it turned into Stars for some reason. Always remembered. Channel 17 prism. 20 hbo. 33 Nickelodeon. 35 MTV when it was good.
I love this movie, zack snyders directors cut is really good. Damn after that intro I wanna see some sort of HACK THE MOVIES VS EVIL DEAD Fan film or maybe a made from scratch zombie film. Please make a video at the Pine Creek GOrge. On the middle island, and if You aloud to I wanna see Tony fish!!!
Also funny the young girl and young security guard who survived possibly not from the ending credits are a couple in Wrong Turn and immediately get killed off in the beginning lmfao
Sorry I'm late, I was trying to get my green cap fitted just right. The trick is to marinade it in the cushions of the couch for a few weeks and then grab it in a hurry and go "hmmm, this will work".
why do I drive by a mall, any mall and they are always packed? even during a global pandemic parking lots are full, what am i missing when I hear " malls are dead, or dying"? whats the punchline
Right now they are experiencing a kind of resurgence because it is a public location with a lot of different things to do that people can get too. It might also depend on where you live. In general though, malls are dying. Stores are less willing to rent large locations and those Flagship locations are usually what hold em all together. Rent is getting to be very expensive as a consequence so most stores can't afford. I live in a pretty large US city, and we have had in the last 5 to 10 years four malls close. And when I say clothes, I mean totally empty, heavily vandalized, and then eventually torn down. The two that survived only survived because they are in tourist locations
@@newtonwallen3210 Newt I just subbed to your channel although I don't know why you haven't posted anything in 2 years. Couples Retreat was the movie you were talking about at the end with Vince Vaughn and that horrible red head actress whose name I either can't remember or never bothered to learn lol oh wait you have a thing for red heads forgive me
I saw this excellent remake of the George Romero original in the cinema when it came out - twice in one night! And I snuck into the cinema to watch both sessions that night... I did the same thing with 28 Days Later a couple years earlier.
Newt: "You HAVE heard it's big." Tony: "......... So you've never been to the grand canyon." He's not even KIND of giving Newt the chance with that one.
The Hills Have Eyes and Suspiria remakes were definitely better. The only reasons the OG Suspiria is good are because of the visuals and music. Everything else is okay
That dude who got stabbed to death on the New York City A train and went back and forth like four times, the blood looked EXACTLY like Dawn of the Dead '78 blood...
I think Romero casting a black man because he was the best actor for the role and not just casting him because he's black is more progressive than doing an all female remake or an all black remake of a movie
@@kingkold an all black or all woman remake can work I guess but it's not some social progressive thing it's just limiting yourself for no reason you can get a much better product by casting the person best for the job rather by someone's race or gender take Aflecks Daredevil with Black Kingpin he kills that role and I've everyone I've ever heard talk about it say how he was born to play that role because he was the best fit for it
Now, that you mentioned it, I’m gonna be on pins and needles until u review Dark City. Please make it soon. You know Dark City is a top Ten all timer, you know it
