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Day of the Dead (1985)
11th January
The zombie apocalypse has come and conquered. Only small groups of survivors remain. What are they going to do? As it turns out, not much.
- Zombie Speed: Shambling
- Zombie Catalyst: Undisclosed
- Zombie Contagion: Bites, or death
- Zombie IQ: Can use a Sony Walkman if given the opportunity
- Protagonists: A bunch of lame scientists and a bunch of lame soldiers
- Apocalypse Vibe: Mostly absent
The zombies appeared in Night, settled in Dawn, and have overrun the world in Day. You’d hope the film would be epic, and I wish I could say that it was. But as I sat there perplexed I kept feeling I was just watching Big Brother. Big Brother with loud, annoying, childish scientists doing infuriatingly pointless research. Big Brother with a gang of would-be-soldiers trying to rule over the other housemates.
Romero attempts to explore the theme of “what would humanity do when civilisation has collapsed and no hope is really left”. And certainly one possibility is to train a zombie to hold a book convincingly while rocking out to his Walkman.
Verdict: Meh
