Disappointing

Rating: Null/10 (4 April 2004)

I have always loved horror films my whole life, always felt that they were the movies worth going out to see. Having grown up in the late 70's and 80's, I got to see a lot of great films, including the original Dawn Of the Dead among other "zombie movies". It seems to me the "zombie movie" just is not done right anymore. I can easily name 10 MUCH better horror movies of this type. Maybe it was the annoying hand held camera shots and the way the zombies were more of like "video game" zombies, than walking corpses.I hated the make up effects in this film, and the cinematography made them hard to see at times. Seriously for a $26 million movie, I WAS NOT IMPRESSED. I'm easily more impressed by a good old Fulci film like "Zombie" or "The Gates OF Hell". Computer use does not work in horror movies as well as old style "gore" effects. Ironically, I believe Tom Savini pops up in this movie for a minute. The "Gaylen Ross" store in the mall was a nice touch. Gaylen Ross was an obscure actress who starred in the original. DOTD (2004) was an overall disappointment, but this is coming from someone who has "Zombie Lake" and "Dont Go In The House" in the video collection. I have seen wayyyy to many horror movie and maybe I'm just a little biased to the old "grind house" cinema, more bold and uncompromising, less flashy and quickly edited. 2003 , was a decent year for horror in my opinion. SO far 2004 has been a pretty slow year for the genre and Dawn Of the Dead (2004) just does not make the grade.