Edge-of-your-seat horror

Rating: 8/10 (29 June 2004)

Dawn of the Dead
One day, everything seems normal. Ana (Sarah Polley) is working overtime at the hospital, where she is following up a patient who was bitten. She finally finishes, goes home to her husband, and everything seems normal. When Ana and her husband wakes up, they find their next door neighbour's daughter standing at the doorway, ready to bounce. This in turns leads to the girl biting Ana's husband, who then tries to bite Ana. But of cause she misses by inches, and drives as far as she can go.
Ana soon finds out that she is not the only survivor, after crashing her car. She soon meets up with: Kenneth (Ving Rhames), Michel (Jake Weber), Andre (Mekhi Phifer), and Luda (Inna Korobkina), who also have just survived a close encounter with the zombies. The survivors then head to the shopping centre to hide away from the flesh-eating zombies. As they wander about the shopping centre and find things which they can use, they encounter security guards: CJ (Michael Kelly), Terry (Kevin Zegers) and Bart (Michael Barry). They mean business. Also they let in other survivors who are also trying to defend themselves: Steve (Ty Burrell), Nicole (Lindy Booth), Norma (Jayne Eastwood), Tucker (Boyd Banks), plus others.
So now, Ana and the other survivors must keep the zombies out of the shopping centre, so that they do not end up as flesh eating zombies.
My opinion...
I have not seen the original, so cannot compare the two. The movie was very scary at times, leaving me on the edge of my seat, and found myself tapping my feet and covering my mouth. The music helped with the atmosphere. I think that the comedic moments in the movie were well placed, and found myself giggling. There was one part in the movie which made my sister, myself and the rest of the cinema-goers gasp out loud. But this was soon followed by a faint laugh, thinking "Did we just witness that? I can't believe it!" The acting was pretty good, and I enjoyed watching the zombies. I never realized how slow that moved, but also at the same time, how fast they could move if they wanted to.
If you enjoyed this movie, I would also recommend watching 28 Days Later.
8/10