Not depressing enough

Rating: Null/10 (12 November 2005)

I've just watched Dawn of the dead 2. Wonderful effects, fantastic action sequences, great soundtrack, but for some reason it seems so bloody cheerful. When you see the original DOTD, the effects are poor the make-up is amateurish and the soundtrack is crap. But the great thing about the original Dawn of the dead and other 1970s horror films is that they are so wonderfully depressing. There's no edge of your seat, fantastic, wham-bam action. But a morbid, nightmarish horror that leaves you with a sense of apocalyptic doom. I've not yet seen "land of the dead", but I hope George Romero hasn't resorted to special effects horror and stuck to his tried and trusted "end of the world" misery. I honestly believe that horror has lost the plot since the 1970s. It tries too much to entertain, I want to be miserable!