Season 5: Episode 251 - MAKE/REMAKE: Dawn of the Dead (1978)/Dawn of the Dead (2004)

Dawn of the Dead (1978)

 

Dawn of the Dead (2004)

 

In 1978, George Romero decided that he was going to make a sequel to his seminal Night of the Living Dead and looked at American consumerism.  Dario and Claudio Argento  help to co-finance with European distribution rights and using music by Goblin.  The film would be a huge hit in Europe but would suffer at the hands of American censors.  The remake, directed by Zack Snyder would become a box office success and surprisingly a success with critics.  Snyder used the millennial fast moving zombies which was cleverly used in the UK film 28 Days Later and changed some aspects of the main story. 

 

Opening Credits; Introduction (2.02); Introduction to Dawn of the Dead (1978) (24.54); Dawn of the Dead (1978) (27.31); The Original (30.10); Let’s Rate an Original (139.53); Introduction to Dawn of the Dead (2004) (1:54.02); Dawn of the Dead (2004) Trailer (1:57.01); The Remake (1:59.29); Final Thoughts (2:55.06): End Credits (2:59.30); Closing Credits (3:00.44)

 

Opening Credits– Used by kind permission through Epidermic Sounds

 

Closing Credits – Down With The Sickness by Disturbed – Taken from the album The Sickness.  Copyright 2000 Giant and Reprise Records

 

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