Dawn of the Dead *official thread*

DxaKrator · **Posted:** Thu Nov 20, 2003 9:36 pm **Post subject:**

Clearly people have started running out of ideas in filmland...this sort of news really clenches my colon.

d0c · **Posted:** Fri Nov 21, 2003 7:32 am **Post subject:**

hmmm....

Purple.Nightmare · **Posted:** Fri Nov 21, 2003 10:37 am **Post subject:**

they appear 2 b remaking many old horrors just a couple:
The Toolbox Murders http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0367153/
The Amityville Horror http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0384806/ actually can't believe they are remaking the most boring film ever!!
ScaNners http://us.imdb.com/title/tt0327129/ remaking a Cronenberg now that is gonna be interesting

they really do seem to be dredging all the oldies out and not just classics.......check out http://www.upcominghorrormovies.com/ for a few more. also i'm sure there are rumours about a remake of Demons as well

SPAZZ · **Posted:** Sun Nov 23, 2003 4:34 am **Post subject:**

Purple.Nightmare wrote:

The Amityville Horror http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0384806/ actually can't believe they are remaking the most boring film ever!!

Maybe it was a little slow, but it was scary as hell watching it my first time at the age of 13 years old!

As for DOTD, I guess we'll just have to wait and see. The trailer looks alright, I suppose.

Tangab?gler · **Posted:** Mon Nov 24, 2003 8:03 pm **Post subject:**

Bassline wrote:

hmmm well since Dawn is my favourite movie i don't think it should ever be touched for a remake :matrix:

but saying that if it does come out to be any good then it can only make the movie makers of the future want to make more zombie movies so it could be a good thing for the zombie lover

Yeah,that's also my opinion.Just wait and see,if it is crap there's still Tom Savini in it....
The 1990's NOTLD-Remake was a good movie,it was different than the original but good.

Iconoclast · **Posted:** Fri Jan 09, 2004 9:50 am **Post subject:**

Here's the new trailer :wacky:

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mmm...zombies...brains...
Yeah, looks pretty damn good!

HorrorDonkey · **Posted:** Fri Jan 09, 2004 8:50 pm **Post subject:**

paul-scream22 wrote:

TaKYoN wrote:

I do hope it spawns more zombie flicks.

Me to, and with Undead/House of the Dead I think zombies are back :mrgreen:

I'm just really not sure they bode well for zombie movies... I personally think Undead was highly overhyped, the actors were all overdoing it, and the whole thing didn't keep my attention at all; as for House of the Dead . . . . . the only thing I could think while watching that one was "WTF?"

Sadly, I'm afraid the zombie-fu action of the Dawn of the Dead remake will make sure it is closer to House of the Dead than the Romero classic.

That's only my opinion, though.

Tangab?gler · **Posted:** Sat Jan 10, 2004 6:48 pm **Post subject:**

Hmm....I think you guys shouldn't always overreact when a new movie has the title of an old classic.....

Dawn of the Dead is one of my all-time-favs,I think the strange atmosphere of this movie(characters,zombies,the mall,Tom Savini as Rocker,etc..) cannot be replicated in a remake......
I also don't like the idea of running zombies like in 28 Days,let's see how this turns out....

But I sure know I love Zombie-flicks....and without expecting anything more than a nice zombie-movie I would say the trailer for DOTD2004 looks great!!
Let's see the movie first,then bitch about it! :mrgreen:

Cheers!

Chadman · **Posted:** Sun Jan 11, 2004 1:37 am **Post subject:**

Everything said here reflects my own thoughts. Part of me hates the idea of them remaking it. Part of me looks at it as a different movie, a new zombie movie, and likes it. Part of me hates Hollywood for its constant need to remake old films while new stories are left unmade. In the end, I think 28 Days Later did more for the genre than this movie will, but the more the merrier. Hopefully, they will make it really gory and then release it uncut on video.

spudthedestroyer · **Posted:** Sun Jan 11, 2004 1:38 am **Post subject:**

Resident Evil 2 will probably be the next thing that adds a bit of attention for zombie films methinks. Due out this year.

Tangab?gler · **Posted:** Sun Jan 11, 2004 3:30 am **Post subject:**

Chadman wrote:

Part of me hates Hollywood for its constant need to remake old films while new stories are left unmade.

Hmm,somehow the stories are always quite similar: boy meets girl,girl falls in love,boy and girl meet some guys,some guys get bitten by mutant zombies,the whole town gets infected and Uncle Sam nukes them to hell....or something similar...

Another point: Who came up with the idea of running zombies?Yeah,running zombies are not very "romeroresque" but if you look at all the other old zombie-flicks,zombies did run before 28 Days....
For example Return of the living Dead,there the zombies were real fast,depending on how rotten their corpses were - The Tar-man(you know who I mean!) was walking quite slowly but could also bite quite quickly...the punk-dude who turns and wants to eat Tina's brain is just as fast and mad as the 28Days-zombs...so the idea was already there before 28 Days...and who said zombies have to be slow like Romero did it in NotlD or DotD?

From what you can see from the trailer,the idea of speeding up the zombies is maybe to have more fast-paced Hollywood action,the original Dawn is quite slow in the middle(except for an exploding head every 2 minutes...) and we only see 4 characters all the time(I like that idea,hollywood doesn't),the Mall-posse of the remake seems to be bigger(anyone noticed the strange baby-scene?hmm,Braindead?)....
I just hope they don't leave much gore out.... :wacky:

Iconoclast · **Posted:** Sun Jan 11, 2004 10:27 am **Post subject:**

Here's first review of the movie: http://www.bloody-disgusting.com/ (it got 4? out of 5 skulls). Didn't read the review myself so don't know how much spoilers it has.

Tangab?gler wrote:

But I sure know I love Zombie-flicks....and without expecting anything more than a nice zombie-movie I would say the trailer for DOTD2004 looks great!!
Let's see the movie first,then bitch about it! :mrgreen:

Cheers!

Exactly.
Zombie flicks aren't my favourite 'style' in horror, just waiting a good movie here..

i monster · **Posted:** Sat Jan 17, 2004 3:00 pm **Post subject:**

cant wait for this one it looks cool :matrix:

lildarien · **Posted:** Sun Jan 18, 2004 8:17 am **Post subject:**

PLEASE make this better than the crud that was "Undead". I have a friend who doesnt like to watch horror movies that much, I wanted to show him something good. Everyone here raved about Undead so i thought what the hey and i got it. Boy was that a mistake. I'm Australian and even i'm embarassed by this movie lol.

What is it that you people saw in it that was good?

Lets hope DOTD is alot better.

P.S. sorry for the rant :oops:

i monster · **Posted:** Sun Jan 18, 2004 4:14 pm **Post subject:**

i really do hope they dont make it a fifteen of some thing shitty like that :matrix:

maxpayne2409 · **Posted:** Mon Feb 02, 2004 3:25 pm **Post subject:**

usually im sceptical about things like this..BUT...tom savini is involved and it was him that remade Night of the living dead in 1990 so it could be a good thing

we can only wait and hope

John_Doe · **Posted:** Tue Feb 03, 2004 5:48 am **Post subject:**

lildarien wrote:

PLEASE make this better than the crud that was "Undead". I have a friend who doesnt like to watch horror movies that much, I wanted to show him something good. Everyone here raved about Undead so i thought what the hey and i got it. Boy was that a mistake. I'm Australian and even i'm embarassed by this movie lol.

What is it that you people saw in it that was good?

Lets hope DOTD is alot better.

P.S. sorry for the rant :oops:

ah, finally someone else who didn't think too much of 'Undead'. I didn't either see what was supposed to be sooooo great aboot it, and frankly found it quite boring.

TaKYoN · **Posted:** Tue Feb 03, 2004 12:32 pm **Post subject:**

I thought Undead was pretty cool, but not as good as I was expecting. That one was taken off my to buy list.

ohgodnotanotherone · **Posted:** Tue Feb 03, 2004 12:49 pm **Post subject:**

Bold and perhaps arrogant statement, but by the end of this year I dare say 99 % of us will still have the same all-time favorite zombie movie.......
...as they do today.....

Wichever one it may be ofcourse.....

I HATE runnin' Zombies :matrix:

Shoot 'em ! :matrix:

PC_Arcade · **Posted:** Tue Feb 03, 2004 1:41 pm **Post subject:**

ohgodnotanotherone wrote:

I HATE runnin' Zombies :matrix:

Shoot 'em ! :matrix:

In the head, remember

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