Is the horror genre on a role again or what?

Rating: 8/10 (19 April 2004)

"The Texas Chainsaw Massacre" & "The Ring" proved that classic horror movies can be remade even better and "Dawn Of The Dead" gloriously follows that tradition.
MINOR SPOILERS: The movie grabs you right from the beginning. The first 15 minutes are absolutely admirable: first you see a close up of an x-ray of a skull and then the movie just bursts with action. The explosions and car chases are filmed so nicely it will take your breath away. And then in the middle of all that chaos the credits first appear to the sounds of Johnny Cash' "The Man Comes Around" while we see short clips of the Zombies taking over America. How great is that? A song hasn't been used so effectively since "Layla" in "GoodFellas". END OF SPOILERS
Thankfully, the movie doesn't let you down or gets boring from there on. The characters are interesting and believable and there's just the right amount of humor (dark humor, that is). On the negative side, the movie did have some rather laughable scenes, too.
MORE SPOILERS: The zombie baby was unnecessary. They could at least have made more of it instead of just shooting it after that ridiculous monologue by the father. And why did the guy on the other roof hold up a card with blood on it after his transformation? Why would a Zombie do that? Also, the explosions in the end were too much over the top. The people in the trucks wouldn't have survived that kind of detonation themselves. END OF SPOILERS
Anyway, personally, I'm not a fan of Zombie movies at all, but this one totally convinced me. Bottom line: if you see only one Zombie flick in your life, this is the one. Bring on the remake of "Day Of The Dead"!