Friday, September 3, 2010

71. Dawn of the Dead (1978)

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This isn't the Republicans versus the Democrats, where we're in a hole economically or... or we're in another war. This is more crucial than that. This is down to the line, folks, this is down to the line. There can be no more divisions among the living!

Romero does it again with his first sequel to "Night of the Living Dead". While this may not be the most "exciting" or "scary" horror movie, this movie is the model for inserting social commentary into your horror movie. With Night Romero took on racism, in Dawn he attacked the souls of every red-blooded American: the mall. Zombies were drawn to the mall like a shrine to their former lives of care-free commercialism. At the same time, those left among the living began to realize how unimportant materialism could be when your life is on the line.

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