A totally different animal from Romero; as in, a fast, relentless one.

Rating: 10/10 (19 March 2004)

I just got back, and I'd like to share one bit of information before I elaborate.
Horror movies don't scare me. I nearly peed myself.
Now, as I was saying, this is nothing like the original version. More or less, this movie feels like it's done by the people who made 28 Days Later, and the artists for Resident Evil. I've seen the same type of zombies in Resident Evil, hell, in the instruction booklet.
What this movie adds to the table that 28 Days Later didn't is fairly obvious; It shows you an undead creature that can run like William Perry with a rocket on his back; This means fast, and hard hitting.
It's a growing trend that we see fast zombies, and I can understand this, as the creatures need to evolve; to become scarier. But while it will be hard for some of us, who still remember the slow zombie, newer audiences will eat it up. Isn't it odd, knowing that one day zombies will be thought of as fast?
BACK TO THE MOVIE...
This movie really had to do something special to rise above 28 Days Later, so as to not be a clone, and it succeeded here. It's not Dawn of the Dead (78) and it's not Resident Evil. It's its own movie, and it shows as a hard working, scare a minute thrill.
Action and Horror: Two genres, always so close, yet never meshing perfectly. What DOTD has here is the end of conventional horror; The Age of Slashers is at its end. Now, Horror movies will be faster, scarier (hopefully), and maybe even less gory. DOTD took a huge step back from the original, not a head twisted off in sight.
So, while this was definantly the best horror movie made since Nightmare on Elm Street, it also kills off the slasher genre. Unless, of course, they evolve too, which Freddy vs. Jason showed signs of.
Time's running out. The Slasher genre has to save itself.
By the way...
10/10 Horror. Perfectly made, but uncomparable to the original. Watch for future movies to copy this flick.