Dawn of the Dead dvd review (1978)
Title Dawn of the dead(Anchor Bay: Divimax release £14.99)
Genre: Horror
Year Released: 1979
Rating: UK (18) US(NR)
Length: 127 Mins.
Picture: Color
One of my favourite films of all time. Four desperate survivors barricade themselves inside a shopping mall to battle the flesh-eating zombies who are trying to eat them for dinner! A great horror classic with plenty of bloody and gore to satisfy.
Picture: The widescreen (1.85:1) transfer is very good and the picture quality in my opinion is the best Dawn of the Dead as ever looked on DVD, which is surprising considering the movie is 20 years old, there is only a slight bit of grain but thats not a problem. Anchor Bay have done a grand job here.
Sound: Features a 5.1 DTS, Dolby Surround sound 5.1, mono and Dolby surround sound 2.0,the dialogue and music quality is fine. Also there is some great audio commentary with the main man himself director George Romero, Make up artist Tom Savini and George Romero's wife chris Romero. I enjoyed the commentary alot.
Features: Interface is boring and theres nothing to brag about here, you get to see a bit of movie footage of zombies chomping away at some flesh. Music on the main menu is good and the Movie start, chapter selection, and extra options are all in there.
Extras: I was quite disapointed with the extra features, you get a couple of theatrical trailers, TV spots, Radio spots, Poster and advertising Gallery, George Romero bio, Comic book preview and the best feature which is the audio commentary which is enjoyable to listen to. You also get a couple of hidden easter eggs( hidden features) which are nothing special, there are just two tiny interviews with Tom Savini and Chris Romero. Thats it really. I would of liked more interviews with the cast and crew but oh well.
Overall: Movie gets 10/10, DVD presentation 6/10, Extras 5/10. So overall the dvd gets 8/10 . Still a an excellent dvd and definetly worth buying.