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Horror

Dawn of the Dead

- When there’s no more room in HELL, the dead will walk the EARTH!

During an ever-growing epidemic of zombies that have risen from the dead, two Philadelphia SWAT team members, a traffic reporter, and his television-executive girlfriend seek refuge in a secluded shopping mall.

Release Date : 1978-09-02

Language :English

Adult : false

Status : Released

Production Company : Dawn AssociatesLaurel Entertainment

Production Country : ItalyUnited States of America

Alternative Titles : George A. Romero's Dawn of the Dead

Cast

David Emge

Character Name : Stephen "Flyboy" Andrews

Original Name : David Emge

Gender : Male

Ken Foree

Character Name : Peter Washington

Original Name : Ken Foree

Gender : Male

Scott H. Reiniger

Character Name : Roger "Trooper" DeMarco

Original Name : Scott H. Reiniger

Gender : Male

Gaylen Ross

Character Name : Francine "Fran" Parker

Original Name : Gaylen Ross

Gender : Female

David Crawford

Character Name : Dr. James Foster

Original Name : David Crawford

Gender : Male

David Early

Character Name : Sidney Berman

Original Name : David Early

Gender : Male

Richard France

Character Name : Dr. Milliard Rausch

Original Name : Richard France

Gender : Male

Howard Smith

Character Name : TV Commentator

Original Name : Howard Smith

Gender : Male

Daniel Dietrich

Character Name : Dan Givens

Original Name : Daniel Dietrich

Gender : Male

Fred Baker

Character Name : Police Commander

Original Name : Fred Baker

Gender : Male

James A. Baffico

Character Name : Wooley

Original Name : James A. Baffico

Gender : Male

Rod Stouffer

Character Name : Roy Tucker

Original Name : Rod Stouffer

Gender : Male

Jese Del Gre

Character Name : Old Priest

Original Name : Jese Del Gre

Gender : Male

Clayton McKinnon

Character Name : Officer in Project Apt.

Original Name : Clayton McKinnon

Gender : Male

John Rice

Character Name : Officer in Project Apt.

Original Name : John Rice

Gender : Male

Ted Bank

Character Name : Officer at Police Dock

Original Name : Ted Bank

Gender : Male

Randy Kovitz

Character Name : Officer at Police Dock

Original Name : Randy Kovitz

Gender : Male

Patrick McCloskey

Character Name : Officer at Police Dock

Original Name : Patrick McCloskey

Gender : Male

Joseph Pilato

Character Name : Officer at Police Dock

Original Name : Joseph Pilato

Gender : Male

Pasquale Buba

Character Name : Motorcycle Raider

Original Name : Pasquale Buba

Gender : Male

Tony Buba

Character Name : Motorcycle Raider

Original Name : Tony Buba

Gender : Male

Tom Savini

Character Name : Motorcycle Raider

Original Name : Tom Savini

Gender : Male

Larry Vaira

Character Name : Motorcycle Raider

Original Name : Larry Vaira

Gender : Male

Marty Schiff

Character Name : Motorcycle Raider

Original Name : Marty Schiff

Gender : Male

Taso N. Stavrakis

Character Name : Motorcycle Raider

Original Name : Taso N. Stavrakis

Gender : Male

Sharon Ceccatti

Character Name : Lead Zombie (Nurse)

Original Name : Sharon Ceccatti

Gender : Female

Mike Christopher

Character Name : Lead Zombie (Hare Krishna)

Original Name : Mike Christopher

Gender : Male

Clayton Hill

Character Name : Lead Zombie

Original Name : Clayton Hill

Gender : Male

John Amplas

Character Name : 2nd Guy on Roof (uncredited)

Original Name : John Amplas

Gender : Male

Greg Besnak

Character Name : Fu Manchu Zombie (uncredited)

Original Name : Greg Besnak

Gender : Male

Rik Billock

Character Name : Gray Suited Zombie (uncredited)

Original Name : Rik Billock

Gender : Male

Christine Forrest

Character Name : TV Producer / Zombie / Mall Announcer (voice) (uncredited)

Original Name : Christine Forrest

Gender : Female

Roy Frumkes

Character Name : Pie-in-Face Zombie (uncredited)

Original Name : Roy Frumkes

Gender : Male

Debra Gordon

Character Name : Red Turtleneck Sweater Zombie (uncredited)

Original Name : Debra Gordon

Gender : Female

Michael Gornick

Character Name : Radio News Reporter (voice) (uncredited)

Original Name : Michael Gornick

Gender : Male

Jim Krut

Character Name : Helicopter Zombie (uncredited)

Original Name : Jim Krut

Gender : Male

Donald Rubinstein

Character Name : Parking Lot Zombie (uncredited)

Original Name : Donald Rubinstein

Gender : Male

George A. Romero

Character Name : TV Director / Biker (uncredited)

Original Name : George A. Romero

Gender : Male

Warner Shook

Character Name : Security Guard Zombie (uncredited)

Original Name : Warner Shook

Gender : Male

Sara Venable

Character Name : Leotard Zombie (uncredited)

Original Name : Sara Venable

Gender : Female

Laura Ziemba

Character Name : Ice Skating Rink Zombie

Original Name : Laura Ziemba

Gender : Female

Robert Williams

Character Name : Soldier in Apartment Project

Original Name : Robert Williams

Gender : Male

John 'Weezer' Wickerham

Character Name : Black Knit Cap Sunglasses Bearded Biker

Original Name : John 'Weezer' Wickerham

Gender : Male

Vickie Walters

Character Name : Brown Leather Jacket Biker Chick

Original Name : Vickie Walters

Gender : Female

Billie Walters

Character Name : Biker Chick Wearing Brown Headband

Original Name : Billie Walters

Gender : Female

Vincent Vok

Character Name : WGON - TV Station Employee

Original Name : Vincent Vok

Gender : Male

Susan Vermazen

Character Name : Dark Curly Haired Plaid Shirted Zombie

Original Name : Susan Vermazen

Gender : Female

Bobbi Van Eman

Character Name : Beautiful Curly Haired Female WGON-TV Technician

Original Name : Bobbi Van Eman

Gender : Female

Jeanette Lansel Vaira

Character Name : Biker Chick

Original Name : Jeanette Lansel Vaira

Gender : Female

Danny Vail

Character Name : Mall Zombie

Original Name : Danny Vail

Gender : Male

Milt Thompson

Character Name : Checkered Shirted Zombie Who Attacks Stephen

Original Name : Milt Thompson

Gender : Male

Ralph Tallo

Character Name : Stephen's Grey Suited Airport Zombie Attacker

Original Name : Ralph Tallo

Gender : Male

Stephen M. Silverman

Character Name : Zombie

Original Name : Stephen M. Silverman

Gender : Male

Donna Siegel

Character Name : Dark Haired Light Brown Bloused Woman

Original Name : Donna Siegel

Gender : Female

Gina Sestak

Character Name : Longhaired Glasses Zombie

Original Name : Gina Sestak

Gender : Female

Frank A. Serrao

Character Name : Fat Grey-Suited Zombie

Original Name : Frank A. Serrao

Gender : Male

Mike Savini

Character Name : Zombie Boy in Airport Chart House

Original Name : Mike Savini

Gender : Male

Donna Savini

Character Name : Zombie Girl in Airport Chart House

Original Name : Donna Savini

Gender : Female

Charlie Peters

Character Name : Bearded White Collared Shirted WGON-TV Crew Member

Original Name : Charlie Peters

Gender : Male

Jeff Paul

Character Name : Biker Who Shoots Flyboy

Original Name : Jeff Paul

Gender : Male

Ken Nagin

Character Name : Pendant Headband Biker with Axe

Original Name : Ken Nagin

Gender : Male

Robert V. Michelucci

Character Name : Bearded Scope Zombie / Zombie Who Attacks Mousey

Original Name : Robert V. Michelucci

Gender : Male

Doug Mertz

Character Name : Preppie Zombie - 2nd Pie-In Face

Original Name : Doug Mertz

Gender : Male

Molly McCloskey

Character Name : Lovely Woman at WGON (uncredited)

Original Name : Molly McCloskey

Gender : Female

Nicholas Mastandrea

Character Name : Mall Zombie Outside Gun Store

Original Name : Nicholas Mastandrea

Gender : Male

Leonard Lies

Character Name : Machete Zombie

Original Name : Leonard Lies

Gender : Male

Ed Letteri

Character Name : Long-Haired Man by Door at WGON-TV

Original Name : Ed Letteri

Gender : Male

Maxine Lapiduss

Character Name : Redhead Zombie Outside J.C. Penny

Original Name : Maxine Lapiduss

Gender : Female

Robert Langer

Character Name : Mustachioed Plaid-Shirted Zombie Eating Bikers' Flesh

Original Name : Robert Langer

Gender : Male

Ralph Langer

Character Name : Green Collared-Shirted Zombie in Ice Skating Rink

Original Name : Ralph Langer

Gender : Male

Tommy Lafitte

Character Name : Miguel, The Zombie

Original Name : Tommy Lafitte

Gender : Male

'Wild Bill' Laczko

Character Name : Head Bandage Redneck

Original Name : 'Wild Bill' Laczko

Gender : Male

Katherine Kolbert

Character Name : Brunette Biker Chick Throwing Pies and Cakes

Original Name : Katherine Kolbert

Gender : Female

C. Courtney Joyner

Character Name : Zombie Wearing Eyeglasses

Original Name : C. Courtney Joyner

Gender : Male

Jeannie Jefferies

Character Name : Blonde Zombie Who Attacks Roger in Truck

Original Name : Jeannie Jefferies

Gender : Female

Jon Hayden

Character Name : Featured Zombie

Original Name : Jon Hayden

Gender : Male

John Harrison

Character Name : Screwdriver Zombie

Original Name : John Harrison

Gender : Male

Barry Gress

Character Name : Parking Lot Zombie Knocking Sign Over

Original Name : Barry Gress

Gender : Male

Ingeborg Forrest

Character Name : Mall Zombie Wearing Blue Nightgown

Original Name : Ingeborg Forrest

Gender : Female

Cliff Forrest

Character Name : Tony, Man at WGON - TV ('You all right?')

Original Name : Cliff Forrest

Gender : Male

Tom Dubensky

Character Name : Young WGON-TV Man Wearing Plaid Shirt

Original Name : Tom Dubensky

Gender : Male

Zilla Clinton

Character Name : Blonde Biker Chick Riding Motorcycle

Original Name : Zilla Clinton

Gender : Female

Mary Lee Casey

Character Name : Featured Light Blue Bathrobe Zombie

Original Name : Mary Lee Casey

Gender : Female

Adolph Caesar

Character Name : Narrator of Theatrical Trailer

Original Name : Adolph Caesar

Gender : Male

David W. Butler

Character Name : 2nd Biker in Elevator

Original Name : David W. Butler

Gender : Male

Ben Barenholtz

Character Name : Cowboy Hat Zombie Hit by Sledge

Original Name : Ben Barenholtz

Gender : Male

Renee Banks

Character Name : Wild Haired Plaid Shirted Apartment Zombie

Original Name : Renee Banks

Gender : Female

Joe Abeln

Character Name : Redneck Rifleman That Misses

Original Name : Joe Abeln

Gender : Male

Nick Tallo

Character Name : Motorcycle Raider

Original Name : Nick Tallo

Gender : Male

Joe Shelby

Character Name : Motorcycle Raider

Original Name : Joe Shelby

Gender : Male

Rudy Ricci

Character Name : Motorcycle Raider

Original Name : Rudy Ricci

Gender : Male

Joey Baffico

Character Name : Zombie Attacking Roger (uncredited)

Original Name : Joey Baffico

Gender : Male

Reviews

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talisencrw

@talisencrw

2021-06-23

This is one of the finest sequels ever, in that it's both of comparable quality with the original, yet is fundamentally different from it at the same time. Marvelous stuff, with aspects copied thousands of times over the past two generations, with no end in sight. This and 'Salo, or the 120 Days of Sodom', from about the same time frame, would make one of the best double-bills ever on the evils of consumerism gone rampant...

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Wuchak

@Wuchak

2021-06-23

Romero’s imaginative and thrilling zombie sequel A decade after the excellent “Night of the Living Dead” (1968), writer/director George Romero offers up this exceptional sequel. The plague of reanimated corpses with a hunger for warm flesh is now global and society is increasingly breaking down. A television exec (Gaylen Ross), her helicopter-reporter beau (David Emge) and two SWAT officers (Ken Foree and Scott Reiniger) take refuge in a suburban mall. Unfortunately for them, a veritable army of biker-raiders wants the mall for their own. One of the main reasons this film is so iconic is because Romero seriously considered what it would be like after a ‘zombie apocalypse’ and came up with an inspired story. While the bleakness of the situation is addressed there’s also a sense of adventurous freedom; for instance, the protagonists having an entire mall to themselves. The movie’s disturbing, ghastly and gory, but also action-packed and sometimes humorous. The zombies make for good bullet fodder while, at the same time, satirizing consumer society. The creative score is varied and I’m sure it was cutting edge at the time, but it’s very dated today, although you’ll probably find yourself acclimating to it. The no-name cast is convincing with the towering Foree standing out while Emge comes across as a poor man’s Donald Sutherland. The movie runs 2 hours, 7 minutes with the longer version running 2 hours, 19 minutes (the one I watched). It was shot in Monroeville, Pennsylvania, and nearby Pittsburgh. GRADE: A-

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JPV852

@JPV852

2021-06-23

Been a while since I last watched this one, but with the new 4K UHD out, decided to give it another watch going with the Extended Cut. Still very well made with some great zombie effects and really liked the characters, Peter (Ken Foree), especially. I'm not a big fan of the zombie horror genre but this is one of the exceptions. **4.0/5**

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Filipe Manuel Neto

@FilipeManuelNeto

2024-03-14

**This must be some kind of joke, right?** Firstly, allow me to clarify: I am not a fan of “zombie” films, although I understand very well the interest that, in recent years, there has been for this material. I totally respect those who enjoy it. But let's be honest: a film has to have some aesthetic quality and some good taste to become “digestible”. And, well, I just finished watching this film, and I honestly can't understand how it has survived without ending up in the vault of oblivion. There are incredibly better films that have been forgotten as the years pass, but a certain type of crap, purely and simply because it's bad, lives on. The plot is essentially based on a moment of chaos in which the USA (the rest of the world does not exist) is taken over by zombies and no one knows what to do or where to go. Everyone thinks of themselves, saves their own skin and that's it. In the meantime, the usual opportunists take advantage of the situation as they see fit, and a small group of “surviving heroes” look for somewhere to take shelter. It's the plot of this film and a dozen other disaster films (zombies, volcanoes, wars, earthquakes, alien invasions, you name it). The level of originality is below zero, and the situations are all predictable and highly cliché. We know who is going to die and who is going to be saved by a whisker, and the fact that the film starts without any kind of introduction is just confusing and a little stupid. Directed by George A. Romero, a man who must have suffered from some bizarre sexual fetish with dead people and zombies (look at his filmography!), the film is absolutely trash and could compete in poor quality and bad taste with all of Ed's films Wood and with the historical rigor of Ridley Scott's period films. I lost count of the script problems, continuity errors and gross editing errors. The cinematography is ugly, there is a blatant exaggeration of the sets and the zombies' makeup is so obviously fake that they look like what we did at fifteen in school plays. And we'd better not even talk about the cast: I have doubts whether those people were actors.