Director: George A. Romero Run Time: 101 min. Release Year: 1985
Starring: Anthony DiLeo Jr., Jarlath Conroy, Joseph Pilato, Lori Cardille, Terry Alexander
DO NOT MISS this rare chance to experience the shocks of THE DARKEST DAY OF HORROR THE WORLD HAS EVER KNOWN – ON THE BIG SCREEN!
When first released in 1985, many horror fans weren’t ready for the bleaker, more nihilistic and grisly horrors of DAY, particularly not after the lighter, at times comedic, action/adventure of its predecessor DAWN OF THE DEAD. Some fans didn’t understands or appreciate the change of direction, but there were several who saw what George was doing under the surface, and over the years it has been re-watched, re-experienced and re-evaluated to the point where DAY OF THE DEAD is now seen by many as one of the greatest horror movies ever made!
“This is SFX maestro Tom Savini’s magnum opus…a gorehound’s wet dream with some of the most intense prolonged set-pieces of carnage ever committed to celluloid as the zombies chow down on human flesh with every bite and the ripping apart of the bodies captured in graphic detail. It has become my personal favourite of the entire franchise and just my favourite zombie movie all together.”
David J. Wilson – BLOODY-DISGUSTING.COM
★★★★★ “DAY OF THE DEAD is an intelligent, well-written, excellently played movie, with top flight gore/horror effects, perverse humour and a provocatively bleak vision. An inventive gore-fest, and one of the best horror movies of the eighties.”
Kim Newman – EMPIREONLINE.COM
“Romero saved his most honest and brutal view of the human race for his ending chapter. DAY OF THE DEAD is Romero’s best [zombie] entry, hands down!”
Cody Hamman – JOBLO.COM
“A fitting conclusion to a remarkably astute series, a landmark in the horror genre.”
Tom Charity – Time Out Magazine TIMEOUT.COM
“I really like DAY OF THE DEAD for its unrelenting grimness. The thing that’s amazing about DAY OF THE DEAD is the last reel is the best of any zombie film. The effects in the last reel are some of the best prosthetics of all time and they still stand up, they look incredible!”
Edgar Wright – Director of SHAUN OF THE DEAD (2004) and THE RUNNING MAN (2025)
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