So frightening I couldn't sleep for days

Rating: 10/10 (18 November 2004)

From the total-apocalypse-with-accompanying-Johnny-Cash-end-of-the-world-theme-tune grand opening, to the very last few sickening seconds, I was spellbound by dread by this film like no other I've experienced in the last decade.
This film pulls no punches. This is the end of the f****n' world here people, and unlike the original Romero flick this one leaves you with no reassurances. You can't outrun these zombies, you can't hide and eventually they will get you and they will kill you. And then you will become one of them.
Zack Snyder has done an incredible job here, and made a horror film truly worthy of the Dawn of the Dead name. Managing to incorporate true scares, action and even humor, he's created a horror classic. And this isn't just the 'cat jumping out of the dark closet' type cheap shock tactics. This is the creeping sick you'll feel for days, even months later, the uneasy feeling that only true horror gives you.
Not since the original Exorcist movie has a horror film so affected me. This film creates a frighteningly real zombie holocaust, one that won't leave you in a hurry. You've been warned!