Day of the Dead (1985)ĭay of the Dead took the Romero zombie formula into the “selfish” 1980’s, complete with brash Army officers and a cracking 80’s score. Dawn of the Dead is an epic, gory and fun ride that has rightly achieved cult status in the years since its release and remains one of horror’s best. Savini had recently returned from a photographic tour of Vietnam and said he was simply recreating the real-life horror he had seen there. The film’s fantastic make-up and gore effects were famously created by Tom Savini, much of it done spontaneously on set. Following the outbreak of the first film, the new film focuses on a plague of zombies that has now spread into the towns and cities of America. Once again, the film dealt with a rampaging horde of monsters hell-bent on gobbling down humanity. Dawn of the Dead (1978)ĭawn of the Dead was Romero’s second foray into the zombie genre, ramping up the splatter for a new, more brutal decade. Night of the Living Dead is still a brutal and terrifying horror tale that is startlingly relevant today: a horror that no film-lover’s shelf should be without. The film has since been credited with creating the ‘modern zombie’ (a flesh-eating reanimated person seen in countless movies since) and for casting African American actor Duane Jones in the lead role when the Civil Rights movement was in full force. The film also grossed $30 million on release making it one of the most profitable low-budget films of all time. Night of the Living Dead is a masterclass in low-budget filmmaking with creativity which famously included a roast ham covered in chocolate sauce used for bloody human flesh. With only this, they put together one of the most memorable horror films in the history of cinema. To make his first feature, Romero and his team filmed in Pittsburgh (far away from the glamour of Hollywood), with a budget of just $114,000, a cast of unknown actors, and a short 30-day shoot.
The classic film focuses on the outbreak of a zombie horde in a localized area of North America. Night of the Living Dead was the film that started it all. To mark the release of Day of the Dead: Bloodline, we’re taking a bird’s eye view of the ‘Romero Zombie Universe’ to stitch it all together. Day the Dead: Bloodline is a bold reimagining of his 1985 classic and will be released on DVD this October – just in time for Halloween. Now, 50 years after it all began, there’s a new entry into the undying franchise. He followed up his debut with two more zombie hits, Dawn of the Dead and Day of the Dead, an unholy trinity of zombie films often referred to as the ‘Dead Trilogy’. Romero established the modern zombie film with his raw and terrifying debut The Night of the Living Dead, one of the most well-regarded and influential horror movies of all time.
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