George Romero's Zombie "Of the Dead" movie series review

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  • George Romero's Zombie "Of the Dead" movie series review
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  • @jds433
    @jds433 Před 6 lety +511

    I am from Monroeville, sadly I think the only thing left in the mall from the movie is a small bridge over a pond. They even had to petition to keep it a few years ago! Also there is a Zombie Walk every year at the mall, and they often turn one of the empty stores into a little museum around that time.

    • @SuperPeterok
      @SuperPeterok Před 5 lety +5

      Do you still like live there?

    • @carljohnson589
      @carljohnson589 Před 4 lety +6

      That’s nice :)

    • @franknbeanz147
      @franknbeanz147 Před 4 lety +14

      Being used for a memorable film you think they'd keep it looking the same

    • @jamesconboy1612
      @jamesconboy1612 Před 4 lety +9

      jds433 my dad saw dawn of the dead at the theatre there when it came out and a couple of his cousins were zombies in the movie. I would go there all the time when I visit my grandparents throughout my childhood

    • @barryjohnson409
      @barryjohnson409 Před 4 lety +4

      Survival in the mall, wow...how long could it last?

  • @acecunningham719
    @acecunningham719 Před rokem +51

    George Romero’s final novel “The Living Dead” shows what he wanted to do for Day of the Dead. The book weaves all the movies together in a single timeline and it is a masterpiece. It really is the final zombie story

  • @Albert_Wesker_1969
    @Albert_Wesker_1969 Před 6 lety +2002

    It's a shame George Romero wasn't picked in the end to direct the Resident Evil films. They would have turned out better than they did.

    • @r.graves5531
      @r.graves5531 Před 6 lety +133

      Albert Wesker 1969 anybody but Paul WS Anderson would've been better

    • @Albert_Wesker_1969
      @Albert_Wesker_1969 Před 6 lety +29

      Well put R. Graves.

    • @Contemplativeman101
      @Contemplativeman101 Před 6 lety +57

      Well...somehow...we got 7 movies each getting progressively more wacky. That deserves some kind of notice. And they were R so it wasn’t even pandering to the teen crowd

    • @Colddirector
      @Colddirector Před 6 lety +61

      If Romero was directing the RE movies, we wouldn't have been introduced to Rich Evans' beautiful angelic laughter.

    • @RedShirtRemyStarship
      @RedShirtRemyStarship Před 6 lety +28

      Albert Wesker 1969 They should have. They don’t even focus on zombies in most of the films. Resident Evil 7 isn’t even about zombies. Not a single undead. It instead focuses on some crazy cannibal family. There are these creatures that echo zombies that attack you behind every door.

  • @patrikohrstrom1227
    @patrikohrstrom1227 Před 6 lety +403

    "When there's no more room in hell, the dead will walk the Earth." RIP George A. Romero

    • @youraverageshermanfirefly2182
      @youraverageshermanfirefly2182 Před 5 lety +9

      Long live the legend

    • @slinq
      @slinq Před 4 lety +19

      dude have you been outside lately, gender neutral propaganda topped with pansy political correct brain washing . i would say hell is full and we are now in the zombie apocalypse

    • @albertsiochi4079
      @albertsiochi4079 Před 4 lety +8

      Famous quote from dawn of the dead from 1978

    • @calumbyrne5926
      @calumbyrne5926 Před 3 lety +7

      @@slinq ....

    • @LordTrashcanRulez
      @LordTrashcanRulez Před 3 lety +2

      @@slinq spitting facts

  • @MST3Killa
    @MST3Killa Před 6 lety +618

    I'd also argue the female lead in Dawn was not a throw away character. She starts weak and grows, that's her arc. She's useless to the others because she's pregnant and can't be trusted to handle anything but she learns how to shoot and even learns to fly the helicopter in case something happened to Flyboy. Hell, she's the reason they survive in the end!

    • @celticjay2306
      @celticjay2306 Před 4 lety +8

      MST3Killa
      Carol walking dead

    • @mafistowaltz4857
      @mafistowaltz4857 Před 4 lety +8

      agreed,, solid point.

    • @minority86
      @minority86 Před 4 lety +29

      @Coy Leigh she sniped two zombies trying to eat Roger while he was between the trucks

    • @DrDolan2000
      @DrDolan2000 Před 4 lety +11

      +@@minority86 Doesn't sound useless to me

    • @imposterblockade1826
      @imposterblockade1826 Před 4 lety +5

      @@minority86 rip Roger I wish we would get a sequel following a swat unit

  • @dolphinboi-playmonsterranc9668

    Day of the Dead is one of my favorite films, simply for Bub. I damn near shed a tear over a flesh eater. Partly due to Frankenstein's character set up of him, his eccentricity as an actor really made Bub come alive on his own, no pun intended.

  • @Untouchaable
    @Untouchaable Před 6 lety +1317

    R.I.P. George A. Romero.
    One of the best directors of all time.

    • @jakesmith8941
      @jakesmith8941 Před 6 lety +13

      Facts

    • @ThePreciseClimber
      @ThePreciseClimber Před 6 lety +11

      The hell? He died?

    • @michaeldavidson8971
      @michaeldavidson8971 Před 6 lety +34

      Best director of all time? Oh come on man! you need to expand your movie viewing world.

    • @madrox8
      @madrox8 Před 6 lety +10

      yes he died roughly a year or 2 ago

    • @Stefandorf
      @Stefandorf Před 6 lety +49

      and you have to learn reading because he said ONE of the best directors of all time. and i gree, even after watching stuff from kubrick, hitchcock, spielberg, lynch, fincher and what not. also, even if he says that it's his favorite director. so what? you can't compare romero's dawn to the dead to, let's say, spielberg's duel/jaws or hitchcocks psycho/the birds. even in the horror genre there is too much difference in style. if you love zombieflicks, romero is your fav director. simple as that!

  • @weaselrider
    @weaselrider Před 6 lety +525

    The scene where that guy gets his vocal cords ripped out makes my stomach turn every single time. I'm not the kind of person to get grossed out by gore, but that makes me not want to watch the third movie. That, to me is the sign that George Romero is the king of zombies.

    • @SuperPeterok
      @SuperPeterok Před 5 lety +11

      Jared have you ever seen Violence Jack?

    • @bradpaton3927
      @bradpaton3927 Před 4 lety +3

      Hollyweird's Frankenstein's monster is the king of zombies.

    • @nortonsegahippie4574
      @nortonsegahippie4574 Před 4 lety +6

      House by the cemetery the father has his throat ripped out
      it was fun for me

    • @dannydorko7075
      @dannydorko7075 Před 4 lety +19

      same. I think, for me anyway, sounds can be just as disturbing as visuals.

    • @DrDolan2000
      @DrDolan2000 Před 4 lety +10

      It's so awful. In a good way of course

  • @megaben99
    @megaben99 Před 6 lety +289

    did you know that in the Japanese version of Dawn of the Dead, they had to put an explanation in the film to explain the cause of the zombie virus. it turns out that a planet outside our solar system exploded and the rays from the explosion hit earth and that is what caused the undead to rise.

    • @DrDolan2000
      @DrDolan2000 Před 4 lety +34

      Not a bad add-on in my opinion. That's actually really interesting

    • @SaintsBro217
      @SaintsBro217 Před 4 lety +57

      They referenced that in a bonus feature of the remake.
      "Some say it may be of a space-born virus".

    • @rogue7723
      @rogue7723 Před 4 lety +10

      I always thought in the Dead movies, people became zombies through a disease, like in "Pride & Prejudice & Zombies".

    • @destynova4512
      @destynova4512 Před 4 lety +24

      Interesting, but always liked it with no explanation. Always feeling keeping something unknown keeps it fresh.

    • @jesusramirezromo2037
      @jesusramirezromo2037 Před 4 lety +42

      Didn't the original movie mentioned it being caused after a spaceprobe returned from Venus?

  • @DemonBoy3223
    @DemonBoy3223 Před 5 lety +83

    I'm going outta box saying this, but I'd say that *_Day of the Dead_* may be my personal favorite out of the original Dead Trilogy (or entire series). I enjoy the underground military-science facility and the crew's futile attempt to find a cure. I also love how it has an actual human antagonist in Captain Rhodes, he feels like an actual threat to the protagonists more than the zombies themselves. It also shows how living isolated during a zombie apocalypse could cause severe mental deterioration. And the amazing music score by John Harrison (the same guy who'd go on to direct the _Dune_ miniseries in 2002).

    • @SuperPeterok
      @SuperPeterok Před rokem +6

      Loved the Jamaican dude the most. He was the most human out of everyone.

    • @jedd.0322
      @jedd.0322 Před 11 měsíci +1

      its my favorite too

  • @MikeSpicyWinner
    @MikeSpicyWinner Před 3 lety +107

    I actually loved the soundtrack for Day of The Dead. Had one of the best antagonists and Bub is my favorite zombie, in one of my favorite zombie movies.

    • @chrispellicci6587
      @chrispellicci6587 Před 2 lety +4

      I think , it won an award for best sound tracks

    • @milky3044
      @milky3044 Před 2 lety +4

      @@chrispellicci6587 gorillaz also sampled it

    • @mazingerz9118
      @mazingerz9118 Před rokem +3

      Man I LOVE that soundtrack, got it from eBay :)

    • @andu1854
      @andu1854 Před 11 měsíci +1

      Even people
      Who don’t like Day, have praised Bub as a great character and he ends up being the most human

  • @fullyuki
    @fullyuki Před 6 lety +518

    "Yeah, Trucks, BIG RIGS!!!!!"

  • @horrorgorehoundgamesmovier3531

    Man we lost so many horror legends.
    Romero,Craven,Scrimm.
    But Legends never die may thier spirts and legends live on through thier films.

  • @a3j54tresjoia
    @a3j54tresjoia Před 6 lety +94

    "If you have footage of your friends getting killed, how could you be so insensitive to put music in it?" Oddly enough, James didn't realize that realistically describes CZcamsrs in the modern day.

    • @DrDolan2000
      @DrDolan2000 Před 3 lety +5

      Unfortunately. Remember when CZcams was more wholesome? Feels like eons ago

    • @jobdylan5782
      @jobdylan5782 Před 3 lety +14

      @@DrDolan2000 no, I don't remember that lol

    • @AFanOfCinema
      @AFanOfCinema Před 2 lety +3

      He made that before the Logan Paul incident in Japan happened so I can see why he'd think that

    • @jasonbrown6113
      @jasonbrown6113 Před měsícem

      @@AFanOfCinema Well that wasn't Logan Paul's friend, if he has any.

  • @IkarosTypeAlpha
    @IkarosTypeAlpha Před 5 lety +39

    Never realized Goblin did the music for Dawn of the Dead. I loved Suspiria's soundtrack

    • @citacis546
      @citacis546 Před 4 lety +5

      That movie is amazing. That band is amazing. Together, the whole operation made a legendary movie.

  • @Sanodi21
    @Sanodi21 Před 6 lety +222

    What, no comment on the cherry on top of the bloody sundae that was Rhodes' death? That Bub *salutes* him as he's torn apart?

    • @derrickhaggard
      @derrickhaggard Před 4 lety +5

      Agreed.

    • @sycbeck652
      @sycbeck652 Před 4 lety +8

      and the horroifying "CHOKE ON EM" as hes torn apart and shot by bub

    • @Grandmastergav86
      @Grandmastergav86 Před 4 lety +6

      Rhodes is such a great character.

    • @cardiacade
      @cardiacade Před 4 lety +3

      @@sycbeck652 Shit, is that what he says? Since the day I saw it when it came out on VHS I've never been able to work out what Rhodes was saying!

    • @sycbeck652
      @sycbeck652 Před 4 lety +2

      @@cardiacade Yeah man it's a great line and the actor that played Capt Rhodes (cant remember the name off the top of my head) Ad-Libbed the line. Fantastic 😅

  • @MattReillyProductions
    @MattReillyProductions Před 6 lety +158

    Best horror series out there! Glad George finally got his star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame! RIP GEORGE ROMERO

    • @jeandonaghue2150
      @jeandonaghue2150 Před 5 lety +3

      U do realise that any 1 can have a star as long as they pay for it and pay for the up keep , it not a sign of talent getting 1, u don't get offered a star , u or someone on ur behalf has to apply for it

  • @WolfHreda
    @WolfHreda Před 4 lety +74

    I'm pretty sure all of Tom Savini's characters are really just him. 🤣

  • @xXdarkdekuXx
    @xXdarkdekuXx Před 6 lety +40

    Just found out George Romero is dead.. holy shit that was hard to process, I shed a few tears. How did I miss that, RIP George

  • @BlackArroToons
    @BlackArroToons Před 5 lety +19

    The zombies in Day of the Dead, gritty and gory as hell. The zombie hordes at the end, pretty awesome. Dawn of the Dead, great adventure in a zombie filled world.

  • @mestre12
    @mestre12 Před 6 lety +195

    Great movie series. RIP George Romero.

  • @tonyajw85
    @tonyajw85 Před 6 lety +56

    Can't believe that you didn't mention the zombie that shot somebody in Land of the Dead. Great moment.

  • @BrettAllbritton
    @BrettAllbritton Před 6 lety +105

    I have to respectfully disagree with your comment about the female characters in this series being badly written. If I may offer my humble defense, I think Romero's female characters are one of the most interesting aspects of his films. Barbra always gets criticized for going crazy and being useless, but I personally agree with Judith O'Dea's take on it: she's just responding in the way that most people probably really would react in that situation. In the case of Fran, she's pregnant, and as the film goes on she has to stand up for herself to show the guys that she isn't just their "den mother." Note how they accept FlyBoy despite his incompetence but leave her for household tasks. Then there's Sarah, who's the hero of the film and stands her ground against Capt Rhodes throughout. Yeah, Fran does seem a bit useless in that particular situation, but I wouldn't say that scene represents her or the female characters of the Dead series overall.

    • @The_OneManCrowd
      @The_OneManCrowd Před 2 lety +4

      Agreed. All of them were great and had excellent character arcs IMO.

    • @Dalton_Boardman2000
      @Dalton_Boardman2000 Před rokem +2

      Sarah and Remake Barbara are my favorite characters from this series. One of my favorite parts of Day is when she gets slapped in the face by a hysterical Miguel and she just gives him a cold stare before he crumbles in despair. It's like the exact opposite of the Night scene where Ben slaps Barbara for freaking out in classic movie female tradition. I honestly think it might've been an intentional call back.

  • @amplifymysound
    @amplifymysound Před 6 lety +202

    ive been watching cinemassacre since 2010, thats such a long time.i remember your trip to the cemetary

    • @OropherThranduil
      @OropherThranduil Před 6 lety +6

      Yeah, it's a long and fun ride with James and the gang.

    • @adamterry6383
      @adamterry6383 Před 6 lety +5

      yup. I look back at all the movies and cartoons I grew up with in the 80s and early 90s...how ingrained they have become in my life. I look at monster madness and Cinemassacre with the same fondness.

    • @sotijas
      @sotijas Před 6 lety +8

      i joined youtube because of him back in 2007

    • @r3n3gad33
      @r3n3gad33 Před 6 lety +1

      Joshua Howard Same!

    • @marcoslopez_
      @marcoslopez_ Před 6 lety +3

      sotijas I found out about Angry Videogame Nerd in 2008. I loved the reviews so much, I made a CZcams account and subscribed. Been a huge fan ever since.

  • @skijumpnose
    @skijumpnose Před 6 lety +548

    CHOKE ON THEM! CHOKE ON THEM!

    • @nastylittlecritter
      @nastylittlecritter Před 6 lety +20

      skijumpnose such an underrated movie, Day needs more love

    • @fuegonintendo9117
      @fuegonintendo9117 Před 6 lety +7

      I said get back in your chair...
      You didnt get back in your chair

    • @vegetasolo1221
      @vegetasolo1221 Před 6 lety +1

      木下 那個全名叫作 大腸牡蠣麵線 妳吃的是改良版的一般不會有柴魚高湯也不會有雞肉 而加一些豚大腸與烏醋會更好吃 。木下放的香菜是重點 敲會吃的說

    • @kelvingoce7587
      @kelvingoce7587 Před 5 lety

      What does that mean

    • @TheAshevillian
      @TheAshevillian Před 5 lety +3

      Watch the film!

  • @zzzombie888
    @zzzombie888 Před 4 lety +11

    I got to see Day at a midnight showing in early 86... I loved it from the start and the soundtrack by John Harrison (Creepshow composer and Tales From The Darkside as well) is unappreciated and amazing.

  • @frogman9721
    @frogman9721 Před 6 lety +425

    The vocal chords being ripped out is too much for me jfc

    • @gojifan54gaming15
      @gojifan54gaming15 Před 6 lety +26

      frog man ikr!?

    • @gabemewell3643
      @gabemewell3643 Před 6 lety +37

      Yeah,it made me feel a but queasy.

    • @fujitafunk
      @fujitafunk Před 6 lety +78

      It's gruesome and bothers me too. If it makes you feel better, I had to look it up and vocal chords don't really work that way.

    • @ReverendxGrimm
      @ReverendxGrimm Před 6 lety +13

      I fucking loved it! I'm sad it wasnt as realistic as it could've been. :(

    • @amanibob1416
      @amanibob1416 Před 5 lety +23

      As for last words: "Gurgle gurgle" Isn't exactly "inspiring"...

  • @igable82
    @igable82 Před 6 lety +17

    Dawn of the Dead is my favorite, the original. My favorite character is homie. Guy is about to commit suicide and then just says "fuck it!" and proceeds with just one bullet to fight off the zombies and gets to the helicopter. Love that scene so much!

    • @GribbleGob
      @GribbleGob Před 6 lety +5

      in the original plot for the movie he was actually going to pull the trigger on himself, and the pregnant woman was going to kill herself with the blades of the helicopter.

  • @roguecactus7
    @roguecactus7 Před 6 lety +190

    I fear we reached "peak zombie" around 2011. It's all downhill from here, folks.
    Until the great "zombie renaissance" of 2060.

    • @danonecuvisine
      @danonecuvisine Před 6 lety +18

      roguecactus7 Train to Busan came out in 2016 and it was amazing

    • @roguecactus7
      @roguecactus7 Před 6 lety +4

      Light Yagami I agree, but sometimes I wanted to yell, “FUCKING MOVE GODDAMMIT!”
      As far as the argument, I was referring to “peak zombie”, as in zombies being fucking everywhere. But I hope you are right. 👍

    • @horrorhoarder8372
      @horrorhoarder8372 Před 6 lety +3

      The zombie movie sub genre is well known to go through peaks and lows in terms of relative quality and popularity that have been on going since White Zombie (1932). However, the sub genre has probably become most popular in the mainstream since Resident Evil and 28 Days Later (both 2002) than it ever has before including when I call the "Golden Age" of the late 60's to the mid 80's! Peace...

    • @PungiFungi
      @PungiFungi Před 5 lety +3

      How about they doing something they’ve never tried before...a zombie movie where people actually do things right and stopped acting stupid and survived.

    • @SuperPeterok
      @SuperPeterok Před 5 lety +2

      Woody Harrelson can revive it.

  • @pek5117
    @pek5117 Před 6 lety +66

    knew some people that worked on one of his films and made a zombie film here.
    amazing practical effects and a staple of any horror film maker

    • @CarlJohnson-rh8zv
      @CarlJohnson-rh8zv Před 6 lety

      What's the name of the movie they made I would love to know

  • @walktheline777
    @walktheline777 Před 6 lety +48

    Dawn has always been my favorite.

  • @b2manatees
    @b2manatees Před 6 lety +28

    Whew. I'm even more grateful that I stopped watching these films after Day of the Dead. Romero's return to the franchise looks abysmal. Great reviews James.

    • @fennglordd6365
      @fennglordd6365 Před 6 lety +2

      I like the Ichi thumbnail

    • @b2manatees
      @b2manatees Před 6 lety +2

      What's an Ichi?
      j/k. Zatoichi is amazing forever.

    • @davidphan1017
      @davidphan1017 Před 6 lety +1

      ManateeAdvocate ,I have a great time to see

  • @matthewhauxwell9716
    @matthewhauxwell9716 Před 6 lety +26

    Joe Pilato (who plays Rhodes in Day of the Dead) also turns up near the start of Dawn of the Dead as a police officer. I don't know if its the same character or if Romero just reused the same actor.

    • @bradpaton3927
      @bradpaton3927 Před 4 lety

      He's TOTALLY the same character; he just got promoted.

    • @greenaum
      @greenaum Před 4 lety +3

      @@bradpaton3927 Promoted from the Police to the Army? At a special research base? That WAS quick!

    • @bradpaton3927
      @bradpaton3927 Před 4 lety

      @@greenaum those movies were filmed YEARS apart; so, no, slow, bro.

    • @greenaum
      @greenaum Před 4 lety +1

      @@bradpaton3927 They were filmed YEARS apart but the zombie apocalypse must've really carried on in fits and starts. Like, 1978 being a particularly bad year, but some progress made for humanity to survive through to 1985, in the early months of which everything went quickly to shit again.
      You have to see the continuity, such as it is, as all the films being set at roughly the same time, probably in order. The later post-2000 ones featured lots of technology that wasn't available "yesterday" in 1969 or whatever, but they are just films after all.
      There's a loose continuity, some characters are given one, a bit, even if it doesn't make sense in an utterly concrete scheme. But films don't have to be like that, because they're written for normal people to enjoy, not obsessive rule-followers!

    • @bradpaton3927
      @bradpaton3927 Před 4 lety

      @@greenaum these cmnt's quickly wenTo shit, again.

  • @habadasheryjones
    @habadasheryjones Před 4 lety +10

    Rhodes last words always crack me up.
    "CHOKE ON 'EM! CHOKE ON 'EM!"

  • @oyonan
    @oyonan Před 6 lety +11

    I’m actually a bit surprised Bub’s cameo in Walking Dead wasn’t mentioned. But is great!

  • @SeleneDethly
    @SeleneDethly Před 6 lety +39

    Kinda wish you talked some about the remakes. Like how Dawn's 90's remake kinda fixes what few flaws was in the original such as making Barbra not a throwaway character. Though I understand this purely about the Romero ones.

    • @UltimateGamerCC
      @UltimateGamerCC Před 6 lety +16

      Night's remake was the good one that you are implying, Dawn's remake had the fast zombies and other shit that ruined it.

    • @SeleneDethly
      @SeleneDethly Před 6 lety +6

      Yeah I mean night, but I feel Dawn is fine as well, Its not as good because it looses a lot of the atmosphere; but I don't care about how zombies move, thy are fictional and their rules can be whatever is needed to try an tell an effective story. Both imo are FAR superior to Night 3D.

    • @chewchewpark4786
      @chewchewpark4786 Před 6 lety +1

      TransGamer Girl talking like that is how Twilight came to be...

  • @GSVRemix
    @GSVRemix Před 4 lety +13

    I really like how you addressed the found-footage style in Diary of the Dead. It doesn't look realistic at all, and that ruins the whole idea.

  • @FeralDragon
    @FeralDragon Před 6 lety +112

    They were just standing there filming their friends fighting for their lives in Diary of the Dead, lol, who does that? Even for a zombie film it was ridiculous and unrealistic.

    • @thebrokenglasskids5196
      @thebrokenglasskids5196 Před 4 lety +14

      Not really. Watch how modern people are as far as filming things with their -Smart- phones and then take into consideration how obsessed those same people are with uploading that content to their -Social- media accounts so they can get Twitter -famous.-
      I would guess that was the idea of having them nonchalantly filming like that. Not sure why James and so many people don't understand that. Romero always had relevant social commentary in his films to remind people that we real-world humans are far worse monsters then the zombies in his films.

    • @BackwoodsFilms
      @BackwoodsFilms Před 4 lety +16

      I thought it was sad that Romero, who is considered a pioneer in the genre, made a "found footage" movie that was just trendy at the time and totally unoriginal.

    • @mikshinee87
      @mikshinee87 Před 3 lety +4

      Overuse of screens can lead to loss in tissue volume in the grey matter area of our brains (the front lobe). This is the processing area of the brain responsible for prioritising and planning. Another affected area is the insula, the core circuit for mediating compassion and empathy for others. By giving children smartphones at an early age and allowing them an almost uncontrolled access society is creating an army of the living dead, without the ability to feel empathy or plan for the future. And so I believe there are teenagers today capable of emotionelessly filming their friends fighting for their lives or dying . I belive there are more of them than you think.

    • @harrylime8077
      @harrylime8077 Před 3 lety +1

      What would make a movie about cannibal walking dead more ‘realistic’?

    • @joshuaholland5279
      @joshuaholland5279 Před 2 lety +1

      What if it’s just a documentary of the zombie virus after it’s been dealt with

  • @eduardopipinel
    @eduardopipinel Před 5 lety +14

    Day of the Dead, Reanimator, The Return of the Living Dead... what an year!
    I always found Day the darkest, the most iring and disturbing zombie movie ever. I've been always a fan of this flick. Also, I just love how Romero turns the tables by making humans monsters to the point that when Bub becomes more human he kills for revenge, not feeding instinct. Which, makes him an assassin.
    Not to mention the gore!

    • @SuperPeterok
      @SuperPeterok Před 5 lety +1

      Why wasn't Return of the Dead talked about here????

  • @smasher.338
    @smasher.338 Před 6 lety +5

    The best part about down of the dead is the way during other movies you say to yourself "if i was in that situation id do...", in dotd they act realistically, so you don't really have any "what i would do moments". Its rare in films so when you see it, it definitely gets you more invested.

  • @DeeJaye93
    @DeeJaye93 Před 6 lety +9

    Day was the best. The part where you hear the soldiers vocal chords tearing still makes me shudder

  • @KR-mc9ut
    @KR-mc9ut Před 5 lety +17

    Can’t believe that gorillaz used the “Hello is anyone there Hello” from day of the dead

    • @dogedog8686
      @dogedog8686 Před 3 lety

      What song was that from?

    • @frankbutch323
      @frankbutch323 Před 3 lety +1

      @@dogedog8686 M1 A1

    • @austins.2495
      @austins.2495 Před 3 lety

      Why can't you believe it?

    • @NitPickz
      @NitPickz Před 3 lety

      They did? Huh.
      My dad has that as a ringtone. Cracks me up every time.

  • @lordjish1606
    @lordjish1606 Před 6 lety +17

    Holy crap, I’ve been to the mall from dawn of the dead and not even noticed!

  • @henrybemis3439
    @henrybemis3439 Před 6 lety +69

    I always liked Dawn better than Night. It was much gorier, much scarier, and much more dystopic. Of course, watching it when I was 12 didn't help..

    • @D2MightyDucks
      @D2MightyDucks Před 6 lety +8

      Henry Bemis Dawn is my favorite movie of all time! I've seen it seriously about 100 times!

    • @Themboys22
      @Themboys22 Před 5 lety +6

      Fatsmcgee andhisretards3 i love it, making apocalypse style horror movies doesn’t always have to be depressing, i like when movies don’t take themselves too seriously and just show the characters having fun and showing their character traits.

    • @pixelsheep8939
      @pixelsheep8939 Před 5 lety

      Yeah although I do like Dawn I find Day to be much better. I find dawn doesn't take itself serious enough.

    • @SuperPeterok
      @SuperPeterok Před 5 lety +1

      What about Return of the Living Dead

    • @markpugh6808
      @markpugh6808 Před 3 lety

      Greatest Zombie film of all time

  • @Wardner213
    @Wardner213 Před 6 lety +17

    When there's a new Cinemassacre upload at 7am then the work day has a good start :D

  • @horrorfan4-life689
    @horrorfan4-life689 Před 4 lety +5

    George achieved something amazing and that is making a trilogy that contains 3 masterpiece's each unique in it's own way.

  • @grunions9648
    @grunions9648 Před 6 lety +4

    I'm so glad you mentioned the sped-up scream in Day, my favourite FX scene ever thanks to Savini's attention to detail there.

  • @loganise
    @loganise Před 5 lety +4

    I remember watching Day of the Dead as a young teenager, with a deep affection for zombie flicks. I remember vividly when that dude that gets bitten and gets his arm chopped off uses like a torch to cauterize the cut. That stuck with me so much.
    Romero is a visionary, for sure. Master of gore, and the practical effects are amazing, even today.

  • @stokesa3122
    @stokesa3122 Před 6 lety +64

    ....did James just use the phrase "hyper-realistic blood?"

    • @2-d857
      @2-d857 Před 6 lety +30

      Oh god why...
      *Shitty sonic.exe flashbacks*

    • @ninjagator1183
      @ninjagator1183 Před 5 lety

      Someone call Hoodoohoodlumsrevenge

  • @RoshDroz
    @RoshDroz Před 6 lety +3

    I've already watched 90% of your reposted vids this year, but I still love watching them over again. Please never stop making some form of Monster Madness. It makes October one of my favorite months, and I never even used to give a shit about Halloween.

  • @Dcfan200
    @Dcfan200 Před 4 lety +6

    7:31 _"Yeah, trucks..."_
    *Big Rigs flashbacks commence*

  • @scms2528
    @scms2528 Před 5 lety +9

    The best trilogies are the ones where you can't decide which is best. Star Wars, Indiana Jones, Lord of the Rings, Evil Dead, and Romero's Trilogy of the Dead!

    • @jadenvanhess2341
      @jadenvanhess2341 Před 3 lety +2

      Some of these I have no problem deciding which is best.

  • @Azariachan
    @Azariachan Před 6 lety +29

    No mention of Asia Argento, Dario Argento's daughter, being in Land of the Dead?

    • @SuperPeterok
      @SuperPeterok Před 5 lety +2

      Is she really?

    • @waragainstmyself1159
      @waragainstmyself1159 Před 4 lety +2

      Her dad must have did some weird satanic ritual abuse on her. He probably busted that ass right out lol then it turned her into a sick monster as well. Thats why these sick fucking demons need to be straight up lynched. They fear us, rightfully so.

  • @horrorfan4-life689
    @horrorfan4-life689 Před 4 lety +6

    The children zombies that attack Peter actress (Ken Foree) at the airport are the niece and nephew of Tom Savini!
    Also yes Barbra (Night) and Fran (Dawn) were depicted as weak. However Romero regretted doing that and that's why Sarah (Day) was written as a strong character.
    I took a trip to Monroeville for Living Dead Weekend 2018 it was Dawn's 40th anniversary. Yes the mall is more modern but if you're a fanatic there's enough left to let you know where you are! The entire cast of Dawn are great and very friendly people.

  • @emperorconstantine1.361
    @emperorconstantine1.361 Před 7 měsíci +1

    George was a pure brilliant genius with the whole franchise, and everything after Day is him putting all his ideas onto the big screen that didn’t make it into his day movie.

  • @greenfroppy212
    @greenfroppy212 Před 4 lety +2

    That screech once the guy was getting his vocal cords ripped out is going to haunt my dreams. That sounded like a creature from another world

  • @jasonvoorhees2767
    @jasonvoorhees2767 Před 3 lety +4

    My uncles ringtone is “ they’re coming to get you Barbara” and it’s great.

  • @CJC15
    @CJC15 Před 4 lety +72

    Did you just say Dawn Of The Dead has "hyper-realistic" blood?
    It looks like melted crayons!

    • @bradpaton3927
      @bradpaton3927 Před 4 lety +2

      Ah! Chalk it all ^ to art versus life!

    • @The24thWight
      @The24thWight Před 4 lety +22

      Hyper realistic doesn't mean realistic it means more real than real.
      Like how sometimes a real explosion doesn't look as real as a CGI one.

    • @francisbottoni6470
      @francisbottoni6470 Před 4 lety +1

      CJ C and I love those melted crayons type blood ☺️

    • @Spider-Man42069
      @Spider-Man42069 Před 3 lety +1

      @BeEg_yOsHi_90 didn't need to say that he already said it

  • @spartanpij
    @spartanpij Před 11 měsíci +2

    Honestly seeing James Rolfe outside of AVGN is amazing. You are both a great actor and reviewer ❤

  • @ToshiroSquad10
    @ToshiroSquad10 Před 4 lety +4

    I'd love to see James review Train To Busan. Easily one of the best zombie movies ever made.

  • @israelponce6909
    @israelponce6909 Před 6 lety +22

    I remember call of the dead in call of duty

  • @A-small-amount-of-peas
    @A-small-amount-of-peas Před 6 lety +12

    Halloween is the best time on CZcams. Just an explosion of awesome content

  • @bilibiliism
    @bilibiliism Před 6 lety +31

    what? romero is dead? Died in 2017? Didnt realise it until now. R.I.P

    • @austins.2495
      @austins.2495 Před 3 lety +3

      Yes. Romero is dead. Died in 2017. You didn't realize it until now. R.I.P.

  • @RuggedCoyote69
    @RuggedCoyote69 Před 6 lety +20

    IT'S CINEMASSACRE'S MONSTER MADNESS!!!

  • @tabelchobg1756
    @tabelchobg1756 Před rokem +3

    You maybe didn't notice but one of the policemen in Dawn of the Dead who was trying to run away with boat is actually the same actor who played captain Rhodes in Day of the Dead. I also love these movies (mainly the origunal trilogy + the remake from 1990).
    RIP George Romero 1940-2017, the creator of classic zombie movies

  • @Disturbed0neGaming
    @Disturbed0neGaming Před 5 lety +7

    Land of the Dead is one of my favorite zombie movies, along with the 2004 Dawn of the Dead remake!
    I've seen them dozens of times each!

  • @rob5541
    @rob5541 Před 3 lety +7

    I love the soundtrack of Day of the Dead, such great guitar solos and possibly the best zombie eating death of all time haha. Dawn for the win though, masterpiece.

  • @jhhone
    @jhhone Před 5 lety +10

    The zombie pie fight scene in '78's "Dawn" was a bit too much!

    • @miguelvidal2335
      @miguelvidal2335 Před 4 lety +1

      @Jimmy S Bro this not a Tarkovsky film, it's a Zombie film about some guys who try to survive in a mall full of giant Smurfs, what's deep about it?

  • @rawrdino7046
    @rawrdino7046 Před 6 lety +20

    Is there a of the dead collection or something?

  • @gothimaya2776
    @gothimaya2776 Před 2 lety +3

    I definitely appreciate these videos a lot. It allows me to lightly experience these movies without the gore causing worse terrors and mares on me. Thank you for this tasteful fusion of information and cuts of content from the original work.

  • @olemannen9540
    @olemannen9540 Před 6 lety +112

    Please make a Shaun of the dead review

  • @nosidezero
    @nosidezero Před 6 lety +7

    RIP George A Romero
    Great filmography.

  • @zzzombie888
    @zzzombie888 Před 4 lety +5

    R.I.P Joe Pilato and Richard Liberty and of course George A Romero. :(

  • @nukem851
    @nukem851 Před 6 lety +13

    Hes a legend shame he never made his resident evil version in 99.

  • @CHANNEL3YOUTUBE
    @CHANNEL3YOUTUBE Před 6 lety +1

    Sarge is a reoccurring character in 3 "Of the Dead" films. Land of the Dead, Diary and Survival. He's Sergeant Bruebaker in Land of the Dead. Same Character.

  • @gyromurphy
    @gyromurphy Před 4 lety +1

    George Romero is revered here in Pittsburgh. So much so that our local theme park, Kennywood, gets a Romero theme for a few weeks in October. Nothing goes together better than Funnel cakes, rollercoasters and Zombies.

  • @theblacksheep9739
    @theblacksheep9739 Před 6 lety +12

    Now you're telling me you don't have the SHIT you need?!

  • @Okjoenie
    @Okjoenie Před 6 lety +89

    Day of the dead is the best!

    • @emberbetz7925
      @emberbetz7925 Před 6 lety +4

      I like daw the best and night as well... But I believe the trilogy is so good that if you picked any of the 3 to be the best nobody can be bad.

  • @whitesabbath6581
    @whitesabbath6581 Před 3 lety +2

    R.I.P. George A. Romero
    (1940-2017)

  • @hoplite_techno
    @hoplite_techno Před 3 lety +2

    I can watch this again and again. Always fun when James talks about zombie stuff

  • @BushcraftingBogan
    @BushcraftingBogan Před 3 lety +5

    I always loved “Day of The Dead”. It had a creepy atmosphere and interesting story line. I loved the “head pull” gag and I couldn’t figure out how they pulled it off. And C’mon who doesn’t want to be bff’s with Bub?

    • @_Samm
      @_Samm Před 3 lety +5

      I wanna give Bub a high five

  • @kylebrown5101
    @kylebrown5101 Před 5 lety +4

    R.I.P. Joe pilato 1949-2019. Fro Capt Rhodes to metalgreymon. You will be miss.😪

    • @SuperPeterok
      @SuperPeterok Před 5 lety +1

      Did you know he was in Pulp Fiction too??

    • @kylebrown5101
      @kylebrown5101 Před 5 lety

      @@SuperPeterok thanks for the info.

  • @Dalton_Boardman2000
    @Dalton_Boardman2000 Před rokem +2

    I wish more people would talk about the 1990s remake. I love how they modernized Barbara's character while keeping her vulnerability (not just a generic female action hero you'd see nowadays) and the zombies looked fantastic! I feel like it's very underrated when compared to the other films in the series.

  • @z0mbiezak
    @z0mbiezak Před 4 lety +2

    Day of the Dead is by far my favorite zombie movie. Always been a big Romero fan since I was a kid.
    I don't have tattoos, but if I ever got one, I always imagined it being Bub holding the revolver before shooting Rhodes

  • @MyCatInABox
    @MyCatInABox Před 5 lety +8

    At 9:06 ... Joe Pilato signed your cover, huh?
    That's pretty bad-ass!

  • @destynova4512
    @destynova4512 Před 3 lety +5

    Dawn of the Dead 1978 is still my favorite Zombie movie, well besides Shaun of the Dead but consider that more a comedy, but definitely an elite Zombie movie in it's own right. Also Day of the Dead is definitely under appreciated, definitely a top tier Zombie movie, too bad that was his pique. After that Romero films went down hill. RIP to the man but definitely wish he had a chance to make a high budget Zombie movie before he died. Last movies he made were awful made for TV like movies.

  • @usasupersoccer
    @usasupersoccer Před 3 lety +2

    I love George Romero zombies movies.
    My favorites
    1. Day of the Day
    2. Dawn of the Dead
    3.Night of the Living Dead
    4.Diary of the Dead
    5.Survival of the Dead
    6. Land of the Dead
    I love Day of the Day soundtrack.

  • @instinctivelychelsea2905
    @instinctivelychelsea2905 Před 5 lety +1

    i love that this is from 2013, your videos really hold up no matter how much time goes by and they stand the test of time , i love your reviews. just the right amount of opinion and fact and movie trivia and the story lines are just right were it doesnt ruin seeing the whole movie for me but instead pumps me up to see the whole movie instead of ruining it for me.

  • @gyromurphy
    @gyromurphy Před 5 lety +8

    mon-ROE-ville.
    Anyone here from Pittsburgh ear's tweak at that pronunciation of Monroeville?

  • @dacypher22
    @dacypher22 Před 4 lety +3

    Oh man, I had no idea that we lost Joe Pilato this year! RIP. You made Day of the Dead the masterpiece that it was!

  • @Dexieboi2013
    @Dexieboi2013 Před 3 lety +2

    Did you know the working concept for Land of the dead was that it was going to be direct sequel to the super mario brothers movie where Mario is dead, and luigi and king koopa changed their names to hide their tragic pasts while the zombie apocalypse was manufactured by the Boos in order for them to take over the human world? Its title was going to be "Super mario bros 2:Dead Reckoning"

    • @Fatih_M177
      @Fatih_M177 Před 5 měsíci

      I am one of the few people who liked the OG mario movie cause of how bad it was, i kinda wish this sequel existed cause it sounds hilarious XD

  • @leroypaulsen4566
    @leroypaulsen4566 Před 6 lety +1

    "The people in this movie just don't die, they fucking suffer."
    THAT should have been a tagline on the front cover of the VHS tape for Day of the Dead.

  • @Shanethefilmmaker
    @Shanethefilmmaker Před 6 lety +14

    I still cannot believe you got the late Great George A. Romero to cameo in your Living Dead one. That said, considering the nature of his films, to anyone who has access to his body, shoot it in the head. You never know.

  • @antonyhart6757
    @antonyhart6757 Před 6 lety +4

    day of the dead was always my favourite since i was a kid, the gore is SOOO good.

  • @theflyingguillotine3788
    @theflyingguillotine3788 Před 3 lety +2

    The best thing about the Romero films is the message each one tries to get across.

  • @josephencarnacion9966
    @josephencarnacion9966 Před 4 lety +1

    Grande George Romero... Siempre en mi corazón... Saludos desde la ciudad de México...

  • @DrDolan2000
    @DrDolan2000 Před 4 lety +3

    One of my favorite of James' reviews

  • @theking-nz1ut
    @theking-nz1ut Před 5 lety +13

    I love George Romero's zombie movies. I even like the remakes as well.

  • @lukecarroll5136
    @lukecarroll5136 Před 4 lety

    These are your best kind of videos dude, talking old monsters from both a film maker and fan perspective

  • @tonyritter2539
    @tonyritter2539 Před 3 lety +1

    my mom and aunts were metal heads so i got to rent all this wonderful classic stuff as a kid