Dawn of the Dead And The Importance Of Physical Media 

When there's no more room in streaming services, the physical media will walk the earth.

This is why I’m buying physical copies of everything.

I’m proud to own the Second Sight 4K of Dawn of the Dead. All 3 cuts of the film in glorious 4K. That’s the one to own for anyone wanting it on physical media.

Kind of ironic that, of all movies, this one about rampant consumerism is the one tied up in anti-consumer practices.

Nothing beats the feeling of the late 70s and watching this in an old-fashioned single-screen theater. One of the best memories when it comes to movies. Thank you Dario and George. And thank you Goblin for that bad ass score (Europe that is).

The recently released 4K disc set from overseas is still readily available from online retailers. While the blu ray is region locked, the 4K disc isn’t and will play on US players. I find it odd that the author of this video didn’t mention this fact.

Its just a FACT that physical discs factually look better than streaming. Physical discs aren't hindered by weird compression, bit-rates, bandwidth limitations, weird audio compression etc.

I purchased a physical copy of the original 1978 Dawn of the Dead Steel Jacket DVD box set. Six years ago. With theatrical, extended, director's cut, etc. DVD's. From a used copy British book and DVD seller. I didn't v realize what a rare find and collectors gem I stumbled onto! For five dollars. The seller probably wishes they could buy it back!

And this is why if there's a physical copy of a movie you really enjoy, buy that sucker! Do NOT just rely on digital copies and streaming services. Nothing beats a physical copy of something that you actually own

This is a total humblebrag but George Romero visited Fan Expo Toronto one year and I managed to get my ultimate edition of Dawn of the Dead signed by him. He was quiet but a nice dude and I got to tell him that Night of the Living Dead was one of my Grandma's favorite films (per her request when she found out I'd be seeing him) I still have that signed copy on my shelf and it remains a highlight of my DVD collection that I'm super proud of.

There are those of us who made warnings about the importance of physical media and were ignored for the "convenience" of digital media. The first time I ever lost a game on PS4 because they lost the license, I knew that it would become the norm. We should expect the same from movies.

I own the ultimate collection, DVD release, which has at least three versions of the movies and tons of special features, because how the movie was made is just as important to preserve as the movie itself

I still have a DVD copy of Night, Day, and Land of the Dead as well as a Blu-ray copy of Dawn of the Dead. Even got the 4 disc set from the 2000s.

This is one of those films where I’ve pretty much owned every edition of it. I have the Elite CAV LaserDisc box set along with the Republic Pictures CLV Open Matte release. In addition to those, I have the Anchor Bay 4 disc DVD set and Blu-ray (which I was able to grab at FYE for six bucks shortly after it went out of print) along with the Second Sight 4K limited edition set and standard Blu-ray set. George A. Romero‘s Martin is another casualty that shares the same fate with Dawn of the Dead. The rights issues are pretty much identical, and you can only get an overseas Blu-ray or 4K of it. Regardless, I still have the original Anchor Bay and Lionsgate releases of Martin, in addition to the Second Sight limited edition 4K.

Making me feel an urgent need to get physical copies of Dawn and Day (my favorite of all of Romero's zombie movies). I've already got Night, Land and Survival.

That Anchor Bay boxed set you showed off? I bought it from a gas station back in 2010 for 7 bucks. I still have it too. I had no idea back then the pandemonium that would ensue regarding its availability over a decade later. In hindsight, it may be one of my best DVD purchases as a movie lover.

And everyone thought I was crazy when I started mass collecting horror vhs tapes and dvds back in middle school

This was my first Zombie movie. I was only about 6 or 7 and had to watch this by my older cousin's house. I had no idea what it was until years later. I immediately got a physical copy and still have it.

I’m glad I bought the bluray from anchor bay of Dawn of the Dead in the late 2000’s. if I had known what I know now, I would have bought all of them at the store.

All of the legal wrangling over rights and such is why a kid like me in the late 80s, having discovered the Romero-verse of zombies, social decay, civil collapse, and feral human survivors during that era, had a helluva time getting our hands on "Dawn of the Dead" from our local video rental store. I couldn't find it anywhere close to me.

I've got the DVD boxset with the comic and a bunch of different versions. Picked it up for 20 bucks years ago. For movies I really like, I get a physical copy. They can be removed from streaming services anytime.

I'm so thankful I own both versions of the film from Romero & Argento. Dawn of the Dead is the movie that made me a Zombie fan!

Dawn of the Dead is one of my favourite films of all time. I’ve owned it in every format, VHS, DVD, Arrow Video Blu Ray, and now Second Sights Limited Edition 4K. Buy physical media folks, it’s worth it!

My copy of Dawn of the Dead (DVD) is perfectly safe... it is signed by Romero himself 💪

This is the first movie I've ever had to import and I'm blown away that it's Dawn of the Dead. Arguably the best zombie movie ever made. It's like how in the world does that happen?

Dawn of the dead is actually very common in the UK, almost every major retailer has a steady stock of them. The oppenheimer steelbook is still a no go though :((((((

Perhaps the greatest horror sequel ever. Prove me wrong.

Second Sight did a complete remaster of Dawn and released it on 4K Blu-ray (and regular Blu-ray) in the UK and it’s absolutely STUNNING! Second Sight are top of the game with the care they put into remastering their releases. The 4K discs are not regionally coded (just the blurays). I highly recommend a region free bluray player, you get the best of everything.

I found a Blu Ray copy at Bed Bath & Beyond, of all places, some years back. it was $9,

A Dawn of the Dead t-shirt just came out today, and I was explaining to someone the rights issue and why the film is hard to find. And now hours later this video is recommended to me. Glad people are still talking about one of my favorite films of all-time! 🧟🧠🔫

Manythnx and Happy holidays JoBlo🤘

Dawn of the Dead, Martin, Fright Night 2, Blood Beach, Near Dark, The Fury.... so many classics that desperately need releases...

I was 9 when cable finally made it to our small midwestern town & for the first 90 days all new customers were provided with every movie channel as a free sample (at that time, 3 majors only: HBO/SHO/the Movie Channel). Knowing our parents were not the easy up-sell types, my brother & I needed to dive in & watch as many movies as possible before that trial period was over. Dawn Of The Dead (1978 version) was one of our favorite. We watched it multiple times & have always shared fond memories involving that new era in entertainment delivery as a standout moment in our childhood. Thank u for inspiring my trip down memory lane. I love ur channel, thank u for the content & consistency. Never a bad video, a bar I wouldnt set for any product or service, so u have certainly exceeded my expectations. Happy Holidays 🥳✌🏻🧟‍♂️

Its not that it disappeared. Its that Rick Rubenstein for some reason expects someone to drive up with a dump truck full of money to license the film for release. From what I remember reading Scream Factory has inquired and it wasn't worth the amount of money that he wanted.

Best Buy was the go to place for physical media, especially rare horror films. I miss those days.

I will never forget: Winter 1979. Went to the movies to see the Ralph Bakshi animated "Lord of the Rings". Trailers before the movie starts ...... "In 1968 Gorge A. Romero made ........... yada yada yada ............Night of the Living Dead has ended. Dawn of the Dead is HERE!" . WOW. We had NO CLUE anyone was even making a sequel ! It just appeared ! I could not concentrate on "Lord of the Rings" as I was imagining how "Dawn of the Dead" would be..... Then it was late Spring 1979 and Dawn was released. Saw it at a drive in theatre. I could not believe what I was seeing . It changed my life.

Realized this a couple years ago. Been buying physical copy’s now. My brother found me a DVD of Dawn of the Dead last Christmas. Grateful I have it. The remake didn’t do justice to the original.

I'm glad I got my Anchor Bay collectors DVD when it came out. 🤗

The reason I got back on the physical media train a few years ago is I could not find Dawn streaming. This made me get a region free player and start collecting again. I had a decent DVD collection but now I have some great versions of fantastic classics like this.

I have a copy of Dawn of the Dead on Blu ray but I believe it's an import or a ripped copy, I bought it on Ebay a few years ago. It's really good quality

My copy of Second Sight's BR of Dawn of the Dead literally arrived in the mail TODAY. I'm not kidding. It came in the male earlier today.

"Best Buy" could rebrand as "Best Buy Bye Physical Media"

I'd really like to see a similar deep dive done for the almost extinct movie Just Before Dawn (1981 I think)

Once upon a time I had that same physical edition you showed at around 3:30. One divorce later, the movie never seen on my shelf again. 😅 Hopefully another physical edition comes out again in the future.

You had me at the leftovers metaphor 🙌

Got that big box set of Dawn years ago

I own the DVD of the Argento Zombie cut, the bluray of the theatrical version of Dawn as well as the Limited Edition DVD version, and about 2 years ago got the Second Sight big box set of it on 4k. Definitely my FAVORITE horror film of all time, it ties with Lord of the Rings as my all-time #1 favorite film. I used to rent it on VHS numerous times as a kid as well. RIP Romero. Sad i never got to meet you. 😦

Here in Germany, we have dozens of different releases of this movie. Steelbooks, Mediabooks, DVD, Blurays... Different cuts including one with all scenes from all the different cuts in one final cut.

I got the boxed set of Dawn as a birthday gift from a friend. I have thanked him many times for the gift since the initial gifting due to it suddenly disappearing from shelves.

I bought the ultimate edition dvd at a Fry’s electronic back in high school. Glad I kept it. Also got the 4k of Dawn of the Dead

I've been collecting physical copies of all my video games and movies/TV shows since childhood. I understood the importance since the beginning we need to preserve our physical media

I still have my dawn of the dead deluxe dvd set from the early 2000s fun times to collect dvds never knew what special sets would come out

I’m so glad that I didn’t get rid of my DVDs even when people said it was silly to still have them. Dawn of the Dead is one of my favorite movies of all time, and I’m so glad I still have my DVD copy that I bought in 2005.

Greatest Zombie Movie ever made, bar none. My second favorite movie ever behind Halloween 78. I fortunately have multiple hard copies of this movie, and im glad i did!

I am lovingly and defensively clutching onto my 'Anchor Bay Ultimate Edition' as I watch this. I bought this almost 20 years ago. Have it on Blu-ray as well. Thank goodness.

The Dario Argento Verison and the Extended Cut are my favorite versions of DOTD, also love the Fulci remake

I have my collectors edition Dawn of the Dead. It has like 3 versions and I think making of video. It is well loved.

I have 3 different dvd releases and 2 vhs copies. Im so glad i didn't throw away the vhs copies. Thank you!

Video Nasty in England but I got to see it as my brother is great and knew how to get a copy when I was 8 in 83 . Gotta love older brothers 😊🐾💜

i bought that 4 disc anchor bay edition the day it came out. when i was a kid i had the vhs. i love physical media.

I just started with collecting phys media to get that sense of ownership and control over video content that it brings. I still convert the discs to video files for the convenience of streaming movies and shows to my devices. I feel like that solution is a good hybrid of physical media and streaming.

You can still get it in physical format here in the UK from HMV. What I can’t find in HMV is Day of the Dead and Land of the Dead. I have those movies but I just never see them, only Dawn and Night.

I live in Canada and made sure to pre-order the Second Sight DOTD boxset which is the defining release at this moment!

The 2004 Dawn of The Dead is one of the best remakes in my opinion. And I have the DVD boxset of the 78 Dawn of The Dead and the Second Slight 4K edition.

Proud to say I bought my copy of the Anchor Bay DVD Boxed Set back in 2004, and I still have it to this day.

Ironically I got mine the Anchor Bay Release DVD set right before Tower Records went under.

I love physical media!!

3:25 Fortunately, I did buy that limited edition, multi-disc DVD copy of Dawn of the Dead, when I first saw it. It now sells for about three or four times as much as I paid for it. I'm still trying to find the "Complete Cut" on disc. Apparently there was an extremely limited release, a few years ago, but I only found out about it a year later, after all copies had been sold.

I've always bought physical, never subscribed to any streaming channels or bought things digitally. But even so, there's always gonna be a film or TV show you become aware of years later and the physical edition is selling for crazy prices on ebay.

Dude I just picked up a special copy of land of the dead today and a bunch more horror movies.

I picked up the DVD Anchor Bay ultimate edition for $5 at Walmart years ago! I’m all good!

I will always keep by Thicc Anchor Bay Limited Edition DVD. Nothing will make me part with it. Even when I inevitably become a zombie, I'll still be clutching it.

About a month or 2 ago i just kinda started collecting physical movies again (upgrading my collection to 4k). With the story about sony pulling payed digital content it just makes me alot more glad i did.

I managed to acquire the Achor Bay release of Dawn on Bluray. I had heard that the person who currently holds the rights to the film was asking for ridiculous sums of money to have it re-scanned or re-issued or especially placed on a new format like 4K UHD. It was something like, $30 million? Usually, the most that rights holders charge is like $100,000. So that gives you some perspective on how the rights holder is more or less holding the title hostage until someone wants to make him a millionaire over night. The reason no boutique or studio is going to pay that price tag is because even with great sales, you wouldn't profit $30 million. You would lose money almost certainly. There is but only one way other than this person giving up or selling off the rights. That is if someone wanted to crowdfund to pay for the rights with the expressed desire to see the film on a modern-day format with zero hope for profit.

Wow, it’s usually us in the UK complaining about all the amazing Scream Factory and other companies releasing films. DotD is very easy to come by here on DVD, BluRay and 4K.

I'm in England and bought the second sight 7 disc set it really is a thing of beauty and my favourite set out of all my collection.

I have the 4 disc limited edition of Dawn of the Dead.

I saw dawn of the dead for the first time a couple of years ago when it was re released in 3d in theaters and it was ten times better than the remake.

I picked up a copy of the Anchor Bbay limited edition when I was a kid for $15 at Walmart during a boxing day sale!

THANK GOD I BOUGHT THE ANCHOR BAY for $40.00 20 years ago !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I own the Anchor Bay box set version(s). I no longer have the theatrical version that came with it. My nephew whined and cried because he couldn't find a copy so I gave it to him. But I have another theatrical version from Anchor Bay. Regardless, I have them. That's all that matters. And I'm from Pittsburgh, where this movie was filmed.

Dawn Of The Dead is my favorite movie.

Shoutout second sight for getting a beautiful release of this movie out. Had to import 4ks from the UK but still glad it exists at all.

I don’t and will never support any streaming services. Physical media collector here for life.

Man.... I AM glad I got that Anchor Bay release when it came out!

I’m glad I got my copy on DVD!

The gun shop wasn't part of the mall, but was down the street... love how they included it....

I've been buying Physical Media going back a long time. I will always buy Physical Media. I own The Special Edition DVD of Dawn of The Dead.

I have a DVD copy of Dawn and I saw it selling for like 80$ years ago when it went out of print...I was like wtf but it made me realize how dastardly some greedy corporation could manipulate or destroy the flow of what we watch. I still have that DVD :).

I finally just watched this for the first time yesterday believe it or not. After spending since Halloween trying to find it on streaming services.

As a zombie movie fan this is my #1. Now I have to go find my dvd! Lol

Really glad I grabbed the special edition second sight release.

I remember dawn of the dead was on every video stores shelf. After seeing it on the shelf a million times I decided to buy it one day. So happy I did. It pretty much lead me down the path of george a romero films lol

Im so glad i got this movie on 4k, it looks incredible and comes with the 3 different cuts of the movie including the argento cut.

It's still easier to find a way to watch this than The Keep or the various other movies that never even got a DVD release.

First time I watched Dawn of the Dead was around 2005. It was my friend's DVD copy and I was house sitting for him. He moved away and may have donated his DVD. When my movie collecting kicked into high gear, I kicked myself for not grabbing it - although I managed to grab a few of his other movies. It was difficult to track down another copy but I got one by random chance when my mom was on vacation and texted me to ask what movies I was looking for. I have recently seen copies for sale at my favourite movie store in town but they have since been purchased. I was out movie hunting yesterday and came across a DVD copy of Starman - also hard to find. It was at a thrift store for 3.99 but I already have a special Blu-ray release that costed me a fair amount more. Also came across a double feature DVD of Cocoon 1 and 2 - one movie covered in another JoBlo video and Cocoon is listed on my favourite movie store website although unsure if they still have it.

_"I'll watch Zack Snyder's remake instead"_ Umm, no. I was ok with the zombies running, because Return of the Living Dead is one of my all time favorite zombie movies. But when they started crawling on the ceilings and leaping like The Fly, that lost me. Before you say "but the zombies can talk in RotLD" there is also an element of camp/comedy in that film, where Dawn is supposed to be taking itself seriously.

I have both the Second Sight 4K releases of this, the big box set with 2 books and soundtrack and the smaller movie only set. To watch the region locked Blu-ray, I use my PS3 which has been tweaked to play all region discs and my 4K player for the 4K discs.

Got my copy years ago and didn't even know it would be scarce, also got Day of the Dead, and Land of the Dead. I was on a G.R. Zombie movie binge years ago and didn't know about these old movies as I was really small and too young to understand them or even know about them when they originated, so a baby yeah. found about and bought all the movies by chance after going to the movie Dawn of the Dead 2004 with my brother and then learning Dawn of the Dead modern version was actually a re-imagining of the OG movie.

I can’t believe I ran into this video I just watched Dawn of the Dead the 78 movie last night I bought it on Blu-ray years ago great movie