scary, and gory and funny and really really good

Rating: Null/10 (30 April 2004)

**SPOILERS**
I'm not the biggest fan of horror films in the world. I like one once in a while, but they aren't my first choice for a nice night in. I don't think I've got any in my collection. But once in a while, i rather like them, and dawn of the dead really fitted the bill. I actually wanted to see Shaun of the Dead, but it wasn't available.
Because I haven't ever seen the first one, I'm not going to be all judgmental about which film is superior. I really enjoyed this one. It was tense, funny, sad, gory and exciting all in turn. And it didn't leave you chance to breathe between each incident. OK, a lot of it was terribly predictable, but the agony it made you go through before you saw it happen made up for that - i am, of course, referring to the zombie mummy and baby incident. Plus all the stuff with the annoying girl and her stupid dog was rather irritating, but not overwhelmingly so.
The whole zombie thing is rather interesting though, isn't it? The mindless unstoppable mob, relentless in their pursuit of blood and their pound of human flesh. . . sounds like your average daily mail reader to me!