So good, it's scary

Rating: 9/10 (1 April 2004)

I saw the original "Dawn of the Dead" many years ago. The only thing I could remember was that it was a George Romero movie set in a mall in the Midwest and it was the original post- apocalyptic zombie movie which inspired movies like "28 Days Later" and videogames like "Resident Evil 2."
Even though most remakes I've seen have been horrible, with a few exceptions ("The Birdcage", "Ocean's 11") I decided to give this a try to refresh my memory. And boy, this movie is good.
The original "Dawn of the Dead" was smarter, but this one succeeds gloriously in other ways the original didn't.
Spoilers: The first scene of the chaos is incredible, the scene of the pregnant woman giving birth is a zillion times scarier than the original, and the diseased fat lady who looks like was taken out from a scene from the movie "Seven" is the scariest thing I've seen in a movie in years. The chainsaw scene -a horror movie staple- is done here flawlessly.
Add the tons of gore, a cool soundtrack and a great idea to begin with, and you have one of the coolest, scariest movies ever. This is how a remake should be done. Don't miss.