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In 1968, director George A. Romero brought us "Night of the Living Dead." It became the definitive horror film of its time. Eleven years later, he would unleash the most shocking motion picture experience for all times. As modern society is consumed by zombie carnage, four desperate survivors barricade themselves inside a shopping mall to battle the flesh-eating hordes of the undead. This is the ferocious horror classic, featuring landmark gore effects by Tom Savini, that remains one of the most important – and most controversial – horror films in history. When there’s no more room in Hell, the dead will walk the earth: The original "Dawn of the Dead" is back!

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Zombie fans, all rise from the bowls of the earth and rejoice! Anchor Bay's Ultimate Edition of Romero's horror classic Dawn of the Dead not only delivers the DVD goods in spades but goes above and beyond all expectations. The ongoing fan dissatisfaction of which version is available can now end, and the neverending debate of which version is the best can continue ad nauseum. For Anchor Bay has included all versions of the film in their pure, grotesque glory for fans to fully analyze, dissect, and digest. Included in this four-disc set are the "U.S. Theatrical Release" (127 minute, unrated director's cut, with the famous "Goblin" soundtrack in DTS; this is Romero's preferred version), the Dario Argento-edited "European Version" (118 minutes, a faster pace, a few extended scenes, and more "Goblin" music), the "Extended Version" released for the 1978 Cannes Film festival (139 minutes, with additional scenes, more gore, and a music score of library tracks), and a bonus disc of documentaries. All films are remastered and presented in 1:85 anamorphic widescreen. The U.S. and European versions have 5.1 and 2.0 Dolby Surround, and all three versions are presented in their original mono.

You may have your favorite version of the film, but there is no arguing about quality. They all look and sound fantastic. Each version has its own commentary track. The European version has the actors' commentary track, while the extended version has producer Richard Rubinstein. But it is the commentary track on the U.S theatrical version that is the real gem. It includes Romero himself, his wife Chris, and makeup artist Tom Savini. If you enjoyed the stellar commentary on Anchor Bay's Day of the Dead, you can expect more of the same. The three of them will take you on a strange trip down memory lane discussing every possible nuance and anecdote of Romero's crowning achievement. The extras on this set are too numerous to lay out in detail. However, two documentaries are particularly noteworthy. The Dead Will Walk (75 minutes) is an all-new documentary tracking the entire life cycle of the Dawn of the Dead phenomenon. It includes tons of interviews with cast and crew members. It is interesting to compare the new documentary with Roy Frumkes' Document of the Dead (92 minutes), an excellent, original documentary that was shot during the making of the film. All in all, Anchor Bay has done an exceptional job with this Ultimate Edition. If you make it through the set, feel free to award yourself an honorary Ph.D in the undead. --Rob Bracco

Product details

Aspect Ratio ‏ : ‎ 1.85:1
Is Discontinued By Manufacturer ‏ : ‎ No
MPAA rating ‏ : ‎ Unrated (Not Rated)
Product Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 7.75 x 5.75 x 1.25 inches; 13.6 Ounces
Director ‏ : ‎ George A. Romero
Media Format ‏ : ‎ Collector's Edition, Box set, Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, NTSC, Widescreen
Run time ‏ : ‎ 2 hours and 6 minutes
Release date ‏ : ‎ September 7, 2004
Actors ‏ : ‎ David Emge, Ken Foree, Scott H. Reiniger, Gaylen Ross, David Crawford
Language ‏ : ‎ English (Dolby Digital 2.0 Mono), English (Dolby Digital 5.1), English (Dolby Digital 2.0 Surround), English (DTS ES), Unqualified
Studio ‏ : ‎ Starz / Anchor Bay
ASIN ‏ : ‎ B0002IQNAG
Writers ‏ : ‎ George A. Romero
Number of discs ‏ : ‎ 4

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Anthony Vadala

Could Not Wait Any Longer

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on October 12, 2022

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I've been a fan of this film since the first time I watched it on VHS back in the early 80's. Since then I've owned it on VHS, dvd, and bluray. In fact, I've owned this very set on DVD (which was awesome for that format). I've never seen it look this good or sound this good, it's amazing in 4k. I obviously don't love the fact that I cannot watch the bonus disc because it's region encoded for Britain but that's something that I knew going into this purchase. Someone else mentioned that the bonus content is available on YouTube and some of it is, some of it is not.

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JM

Does not work with PS5 4K player

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on November 5, 2022

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I decided to buy this, thinking it was 4k. However, if you read closely, the disc comes from a 4K scan, and is actually just blu ray. It did not work on my US PlayStation 5. I gave a five star because it’s Dawn of the dead and probably the greatest zombie movie ever.

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jake baumgartner

Make sure that you buy the 4KUHD version (if buying from USA)

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on October 19, 2022

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There were a few mixed reviews, but I can confirm that if you make sure to buy the 4KUHD version, it will not be region locked. I'm watching it on my Xbox right now. Shipping from UK to my house in USA took 12 days, a week shorter than expected. If you're having a hard time finding this movie and have a capable UHD player (Xbox Series X or S works, One X probably works as well) buy this version. Just make sure that it's 4K UHD.

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MJ1701

This is a great set but you need an international player

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on October 6, 2022

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Is a George Romero completest, I loved this set on DVD, but this is even better because of the updated picture quality. It is a 4K transfer on a Blu-ray. The only negative is that is Region B and it does not say so on the website.
However, this summer I bought a Bluray player that can switch regions, from Amazon, and that opened things up a lot. There are movies I wanted that did not have a Region A version, or the Region A version was ridiculously expensive. Now I have 5 or 6 Region B movies and am grateful for it,

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Tony Hutchison

Finally

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on November 8, 2022

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i knew i couldn’t watch the bonus features but these 4K transfers are well worth it!!!

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S. Morales

You can't mess with a classic

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on February 6, 2011

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The original Dawn of the Dead didn't make a big splash when it was released over 30 years ago, but over time society found out its true value. This 4 disc special edition is really the only one to get when it comes to this film. Featuring all 3 versions of the film plus a loaded documentary disc, this is one fans should NOT be without. For those who don't know, DOTD is about a world where zombies have overrun society, and while there are a slew of survivors all over the world, the point has come where life as we know it will come to an end. While the original Night of the Living Dead that was released in 1968 featured a world where zombies were the minority, this film picks up years later where zombies have taken over the majority of society, and whoever is left must fend for themselves. The movie focuses on 4 survivors who take refuge in a shopping mall and try to make a new life there, meanwhile later in the film tensions spikes as they know they cannot be comfortable forever and must fend off invaders.
Aside from great effects, fantastic over the top (for its time) gore, and an underlying statement about our zombified society, what really makes DOTD shine is its characterization. All 4 main characters are built up throughout the film and you begin to really care about them; the life they start to make in the shopping mall makes one wonder if they would do the same. George Romero has always had a touch for building good characters and this film is no exception. Critically acclaimed and arguably the GREATEST horror movie ever made (in my personal opinion, it absolutely is), this is one that no fan should be without and no avid horror fan should pass up.

Disc 1 includes the U.S. Theatrical version, which actually is George Romero's preferred version, running at 127 minutes you'll get the most well-balanced version of the film available. Includes all the gore and blood that was meant to be in theaters, as well as the genius soundtrack.

Disc 2 is the full extended version of the film which adds 12 minutes to the original length, running at 139 minutes. While the soundtrack to this version is the same, the movie features extra scenes but at times can just feel a tad too long; still though, because the movie itself is so great one wouldn't mind sitting in an extra 12 minutes. For me personally this is MY preferred version, but contrary to popular opinion, this is NOT the version George Romero himself prefers.

Disc 3 is the European cut of the film, and seems to be mostly everyone's LEAST cared for version of the film. And for good cause. The movie runs 118 minutes long and the soundtrack is greatly reworked for the European audience, featuring somewhat stranger ideas in terms of musical tension that comes in the form of funny synth sounds that while still workable, still takes away greatly from the original soundtrack which featured zombies walking and moaning to goofy "carnival-like" music that really made George Romero's "zombie nation" statement applicable and note-worthy. Furthermore, in this version, the ending is simply a black screen with credits, whereas in the other versions, credits were atop more zombie "pranks" with the same carnival type of music, that while on the surface sounds goofy, it still gave the film a pretty creepy touch that gets you smirking on the outside, while feeling a bit uncomfy on the inside.
The European version of this film is basically cut to make this more of a straight out action film rather than a psychological spine tingler that the other versions were so good at being. Classic director Dario Argento remade this version to appeal to European audiences, and while it does the job, more art-film enthusiasts may be turned off by it's almost complete lack of psychological creepiness.

Disc 4 features 4 different documentaries that fans of this film will absolutely pine over. 2 features are over an hour long each in length, and contain FULL cast and production team interviews all these years later, therefore it's VERY fun to see where all these actors are and how they've aged (may I say that the female protagonist of this film, Gaylen Ross, still looks just as gorgeous as she did 30 years ago! Wow!), including George Romero himself. Plus 2 shorter features that are home video shot, one featuring some cast members and zombies (the actors from way back when) going to the actual mall where the film was shot, as well as home videos made during the production of this film. All in all, the documentary feature gives fans a greatly detailed influx of info on this grand horror masterpiece.

At this price, it's an easy decision, if you're already a fan of the film, you owe it to yourself to add this to your cart IMMEDIATELY. And for those who have never seen the film, for the price listed this is one buy that will absolutely not let you down.

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cookieman108

When there's no more room in hell...

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on March 15, 2004

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Written and directed by horror master George A. Romero, Dawn of the Dead was the nightmarish follow up to the hugely successful, low budget 1968 film, Night of the Living Dead, a film that forever changed the horror genre and influenced many posing the possibility in realistic fashion that few had seen before of the dead rising from the grave and feeding on the flesh of the living.
Dawn of the Dead Picks up sometime after Night of the Living Dead, and we see a television studio in pandemonium as the zombie plague spreads and various commentators argue about a course of action. It's here we meet two of the main characters of the film, who are romantically involved, in Francine Parker (Gaylen Ross) and Peter Washington (Ken Foree). Francine works in the studio, and Peter is a helicopter pilot. Peter speaks of a plan to leave the city and fly to Canada using the helicopter. We then cut to a SWAT team getting ready to enter a tenement where it is thought local residents are harboring a group of family members who are now of the undead variety, unable to let go of hope that they may be helped in some way. Here we get our first look at the zombies and some particularly violent and brutal scenes involving the munching of flesh and the popping of heads with various small arms weapons. One of the SWAT members, Stephan Andrews (David Emge) is in on the plan to leave the city in the helicopter, and confides this information to another member, Roger DeMarco (Scott H. Reiniger) who both soon departs to meet with Peter and Francine.
Flying in the helicopter, they come across a shopping mall, land with the hopes of getting supplies, and find that this might not be a bad place to hole up for awhile. They begin to clear the mall of the undead, and fortify their position by blocking the entrances into the building, keeping the zombies at bay. Things seem to be going pretty well until a roving gang of bikers/mercenaries crash the party, allowing for the zombies to re-enter the building. This sets up some pretty funny scenes with the bikers racing around stealing now useless articles and beating up on zombies.
A few things set this movie apart from the original Night of the Living Dead (1968). Obviously this film being color is a huge difference, allowing us to see the visceral gore in all its Technicolor brilliance whereas the original was in stark black and white. Another point is the inclusion of comedy. Some of it ironic, some subtle, and some being slapsticky (a pie fight with zombies? Yep, it's here). The elements I appreciated most were seeing the zombies walking around the pinnacle of western consumerism, the shopping mall, and hearing the pre-recorded announcements playing ("For each five dollar purchase, customers will receive a complimentary one pound bag of hard candy") A final point I found different from the original was the scale of that film compared to Dawn of the Dead. Night of the Living Dead was a much smaller production, relying on a small number of settings to tell that highly effective tale. Here we are treated to a number of large sets, and most of the film takes place within a shopping mall with a cast of hundreds, many being zombies. This really served well in displaying the extent of the problem, in that it seemed no matter how many zombies you dispatched, there were always more to take their place.
It's interesting to see how well the more violent scenes hold up in this movie, eliciting revulsion from this viewer, despite a number of previous viewings. I'll never get used to seeing a zombie take a chunk out of someone's neck, blood spurting, flesh tearing...I'm serious, if you have a weak stomach, this film should be avoided. The realistic portrayal of the violence is not toned down one bit, but certainly doesn't go as far as some of the European horror/splatter films of the late 70's/early 80's. Tom Savini really set a standard here with his mastery of special effects.
I really appreciate Anchor Bay for re-releasing this original theatrical version on DVD again. Their first release sold out quickly and now commands a much higher price from third party sellers than I was willing to pay. Along with a beautiful print of the film, we get a commentary by Romero and effects master Savini, trailers, TV spots, promotional materials, a preview of the comic book, and exhaustive liner notes. This film is followed up by Day of the Dead (1985), also written and directed by Romero. I had heard Romero was working on a fourth film, tentatively titled Dead Reckoning, but given his sporadic output and his seemingly continual difficulties with financing and creative control, I would be surprised if that project ever saw the light of day. One can always dream...
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Blobbinses

Almost Perfect. Missing one last thing...

Reviewed in the United Kingdom 🇬🇧 on November 16, 2020

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IMPORTANT NOTE: Because Amazon lumps all reviews for the title in together, despite which version you buy, this is a review for the Dawn of the Dead: Limited Edition [Blu-ray] by
Studio : Second Sight Films
ASIN : B0892HW4F3
Number of discs : 7

Ok, so the people buying this most likely know the film like the back of their hand anyway so I won't bore you with yet another synopsis of the movie at hand. This review is about what the product has in it, compared to previous releases.

So, the first 3 blu ray discs are the film, in 3 versions:

The Original Theatrical Cut (127 mins)
• NEW 4K scan and restoration of the Original Camera Negative by Second Sight at Final Frame New York and London supervised and approved by DoP Michael Gornick
• Presented in HDR10+
• Audio: New restoration of the original OCN Optical presented in Mono 1.0, Stereo 2.0 and 5.1.
• Commentary by George A. Romero, Tom Savini, Christine Forrest
• NEW commentary by Travis Crawford
• NEW optional English subtitles for the hearing impaired

The Cannes Cut ( basically I think this is the director's cut at 137 mins long )
• Produced using 4K scan of the Theatrical Cut Original Camera Negative and 4K scan of the Extended Cut Colour Reversal Internegative
• Presented in HDR10+
• DTS-HD Master Audio 1.0 Mono
• Commentary by Richard P. Rubinstein
• NEW optional English subtitles for the hearing impaired

The Argento Cut (120mins)
• 4K scan of the Interpositive by Michele De Angelis at Backlight Digital, Rome
• Audio: DT-HD Master Audio Mono 1.0 / Surround 5.1 / Stereo 2.0
• Commentary by Ken Foree, Scott Reiniger, Gaylen Ross, David Emge
• NEW optional English subtitles for the hearing impaired

NOTE, sadly this collection does NOT contain a blu ray ( or otherwise ) transfer of the "MALL HOURS CUT" ( 157mins. <-- this version edits in every last second of footage from various releases around the world and is the one to own if you want to see EVERYthing ) which is kind of a shame, but I understand why it isn't here, because it's really a fan - edit and not an official release of the film.
If you DO want a blu ray version of Dawn of the Dead ( Mall Hours Cut ) you can actually buy it on blu ray ( it's actually bluray quality too, not a crummy, thrown together VHS print, just slapped on a bluray disc ) you'll need to hunt down a ( pretty expensive ) 4 Disc blu ray collection from XTVideo in Germany/Austria(?) and that will have it on there. The packaging on that set is all in German, but don't worry, all the versions of the film and extras have English Audio on them too.

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BLU-RAY DISC 4: SPECIAL FEATURES

• NEW Zombies and Bikers – With John Amplas, Roy Frumkes, Tom Savini, Christine Forrest, Tom Dubensky, Tony Buba, Taso Stavrakis and a whole host of zombies and bikers! (59 mins)
• NEW Memories of Monroeville
A tour of the mall with Michael Gornick, Tom Savini, Tom Dubensky and Taso Stavrakis (34 mins)
• NEW Raising the Dead: The Production Logistics (25 mins) With Michael Gornick, Christine Forrest, John Amplas, Tom Dubensky (23 mins)
• NEW The FX of Dawn with Tom Savini (13 mins)
• NEW Dummies! Dummies! – An interview with Richard France (12 mins)
• NEW The Lost Romero Dawn Interview: previously unreleased archive interview (20 mins)
• Super 8 Mall Footage by zombie extra Ralph Langer with option of archive commentary by Robert Langer and new commentary by Ralph Langer (13 mins)
• Document of the Dead: The Original Cut (66 mins)
• Document of the Dead: The Definitive Cut with optional commentary by Roy Frumkes (100 mins)
• The Dead Will Walk 2014 Documentary (80 mins)
• Trailers, TV and Radio Spots (TBC)

LIMITED EDITION CONTENTS
This is actually some pretty exciting news for mega fans of DotD, because Second Sight Films have really gone to town with finding the music cues that have never been commercially available before, outside of things like the incredibly hard to find and expensive De Wolfe Library. They haven't just slapped the old Trunk Record's Unreleased Incidental Music into the packaging, they've actually gone and found a whole tonne of previously unavailable cues. Not ALL of them, but A LOT of them.
These have probably been around on the net, in various places, for a few years now, but it's fantastic that this company has provided us with CD quality versions without the need to go hunting on forums etc.

AUDIO CD DISC 1
• The Goblin Soundtrack – The usual official Goblin Album of 17 tracks including Alternate and Bonus Tracks
01 - L'alba Dei Morti Viventi
02 - Zombi
03 - Safari
04 - Torte In Faccia
05 - Ai Margini Della Follia
06 - Zaratozom
07 - La Caccia
08 - Tirassegno
09 - Oblio
10 - Risveglio
11 - L'alba Dei Morti Viventi (Alternate Take) [CD Bonus Track]
12 - Ai Margini Della Follia (Alternate Take) [CD Bonus Track]
13 - Zombi (Sexy) [CD Bonus Track]
14 - Ai Margini Della Follia (Alternate Take) [CD Bonus Track]
15 - Zombi (Supermarket) [CD Bonus Track]
16 - L'alba Dei Morti Viventi (Intro — Alternate Take) [CD Bonus Track]
17 - Zombi (The Living Dead's Voices!) [CD Bonus Track]

AUDIO CD DISC 2
• Dawn of the Dead: De Wolfe and Hudson Music Cues (Part 1)
01 - Cosmogony Part 1
02 - Dramatic Moments No.1
03 - Sinestre
04 - Dramatic Moments No.2
05 - Violence
06 - Cosmogony Part 3
07 - Eclipse
08 - Dark Forest
09 - Cause I'm a Man
10 - Figments
11 - Dynamise 65
12 - Cosmogony Part 4
13 - The Mask of Death
14 - Cosmogony Part 2
15 - Victorian Vintage
16 - Queka
17 - Scarey I
18 - Scarey II
19 - Zap
20 - Spinechiller
21 - Violent Payoff Version 2
22 - Waiting For the Man
23 - Flossie
24 - Neurotic Bird
25 - Desert De Glace
26 - Dank Earth (Part 1)
27 - Red Sequence
28 - Barrage
29 - Face At the Window

AUDIO CD DISC 3
• Dawn of the Dead: De Wolfe and Hudson Music Cues (Part 2)
01 - We Are the Champions
02 - Ragtime Razzamatazz
03 - Tango Tango
04 - Fugarock
05 - Sonata
06 - El Chaco
07 - Dramaturgy Part 1
08 - Night Life
09 - Sun High
10 - Cantando
11 - On His Own
12 - Mechanical High Jinks
13 - Dramaturgy Part 2
14 - So Fantastico
15 - Violence Sting 1
16 - Caverne De Glace
17 - Dramatic Moments No.3
18 - Deserted Vaults
19 - Action Pack
20 - Kadath
21 - Proud Action
22 - Dramatic Moments No.4
23 - The Gonk ( Sadly doesn't end like the film's credits with the clock tower chimes and zombie moans etc, but i'm nitpicking )

NOTE: These cues are sometimes edited down from the full original pieces of music, to the cues in the film itself, to give context to what you're hearing, rather playing the entire piece of music that has only 30 seconds of a DotD cue in the middle of it, that was used in the film.

So that's 69 pieces of music and edited cues from the various film releases. So not complete by any means but all the important stuff is in there, like Victorian Vintage ( turning on the mall power ) and Cantando ( melancholy classical guitar piece ) and the superb Fugarock ( part of the shopping music scene ) etc...

Plus you also get
• Rigid box with lid featuring the original iconic artwork
• Two inner digipaks
• Dissecting the Dead – 160 page hardback book featuring 17 new essays, archive article and George A. Romero interview plus original marketing, artwork and merchandise images and behind-the-scenes stills.
• Dawn of the Dead: The novelisation book by George A. Romero and Susanna Sparrow with exclusive artwork

Overall kinda expensive maybe, but not too bad at all, considering what they've put into the package. The music cues alone, make this release a really cool edition for your DotD collection. The DotD novelisation is a HQ paperback and the Dissecting the Dead book is hardback and includes colour images through the middle section of it. Photos of various behind the scenes and paraphernalia, relevant to the film and it's original release.

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Athanasios Papageorgiou

Amazing box, amazon's packaging SUCKS

Reviewed in the United Kingdom 🇬🇧 on November 18, 2020

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This is a review for the 4k Second sight edition.
This is probably the best box set i've seen ever! Amazing job.
I can't say the same about amazon's packaging. This SUCKS! This is an expensive limited special edition and these guys put it in the box you see in the photo with JUST the paper you also see. That's it. This is a unique item and that's why i paid EXTRA, for fast shipping. Fast shipping guys. Not 'lame packaging shipping".

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Sean

Best Zombie movie ever

Reviewed in the United Kingdom 🇬🇧 on March 29, 2021

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Great picture in UHD , im a big fan of this film and you do notice more detail.
I think the zombies look so much better now you can see the make up more and the blood looks more real then some other versions.

He used stage blood and regrets he did as it dont show well on film.

I just wish this had the orginal ending and this would be a 10 out of 10 for me.

I wish they would release the full cut all combined but my fav is the extended cut in this set , but i wouldnt care what version of the film i watc as they are all great.

The best zombie film ever made , then 1990s night of the living dead , then return of the living dead.

Thats my favs

I just wish they remake this movie as how it is in this film and at the same mall with slow zombies.

I hope that dream comes true.

Must buy

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Doc.B

Much imitated, iconic horror classic!

Reviewed in the United Kingdom 🇬🇧 on December 10, 2018

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The Divimax 1 disc Special Edition 2004:
I bought this dvd for the audio commentary, but mostly for the NTSC rate without the PAL speed up. Also the PAL release of this film has some aliasing. The blu rays are selling at hefty prices as they are virtually out of print now, so nice to get a cheaper, but quality alternative. This Divimax DVD is quite vivid and in an anamorphic aspect ratio of 1.85, with no visible print damage, though soft in parts, but forgiveable for a film that is over 40 years old. It has a healthy bitrate, as it is on a dual layered 7.54gb disc and plays very smoothly without grain spikes or NTSC judder.

The menu audio choices are overkill and contains hiss in parts, especially the Dolby 5.1 surround. There's no real surround to speak of and it seems overdone with too much bass. I preferred the more balanced 2.0 surround track, as I found the Dolby 5.1 track choice quite tinny and front sounding with fake separation in some action gun shot scenes, especially echoes. The mono choice is included for purists only, but is flat sounding as expected. The DTS is a clearer audio experience, though hardly reference quality as it's more like monoaural in essence, but it does exhibit a better acoustic range, as it's louder than the Dolby tracks with better bass definition and contains none of that wretched dialnorm. The dvd includes a 4 page booklet(liner notes) and is bare bones-I knew that, but a definite bargain, as I'd missed getting it first time round and then it went out of print. The blu ray releases I've seen to date were either heavily DNR'ed(causing ghosting issues)leaving too little natural grain texture left and/or the colour palettes were off with over saturation and wrong black levels. However the 'good old reliable dvd' is still highly passable, but a 1080p should be superior, if mastered correctly. That said Anchor Bay has rendered this film correctly grainwise and used vivid balanced colors in this Divimax release. Unfortunately there's edge enhancement to bring out detail, but nonetheless is the best DVD remastering I've seen in many years- a gorgeous print, and the menu layout is excellent!

You'd think George Romero(R.I.P) might have done a redux and used some modern cgi to digitally fix the goofs in this film, as he did use it to mixed effect in his later 'Dead' films. The clear lack of budget shows up the dummy(easy these days to insert digitally a person before the actual gun blast effect!) which gets its head blasted off in the ghetto scene. The missing zombies after a car explodes in the field as the helicopter passes overhead are some of the continuity errors missed in the later editing process. Other errors being the waving arm appearing right of the frame when Peter shoots the zombie kids(but in the Anchor Bay 2007 blu ray this error is completely missing due to losing a frame or left de-centering of the picture?), or the sitting camera crew appearing in a shop window as the car drives speedily past it. All now part of the film's raw charm.

On the commentary however, Romero mentions his dislike of cgi overall, but apart from Tom Savini's brief mentioning of one of the continuity errors- bouncing of Savini from a trampoline to simulate being thrown in the air(which by the way is seen in a brief shot!) when the truck hits him as a zombie, neither party seemed that interested in it. Most likely the reason being that someone else(the producer of said film) now holds the total remastering rights and has spent $6 million bucks of his own money on a lavish 3D remastering and as yet not released it, as well as Romero trying to get his 4th film funded at that time(Land of The Dead!), so was preoccupied as relayed in the excellent commentary track.

The choice Goblin music combined with Romero's muzak and smart editing reigns supreme for a much better viewing experience and his 127 minute theatrical version for me is definitely still the way to go, as it maintains the director's intended vision and holds up well, as I was never a fan of that bloated Cannes extended version(with the partially scored audio track) nor the Argento shorter cut with its weirder Euro centred music and choppy scenes. This Divimax release is the best fiver that I've ever spent on a DVD!
Film A+
Video: A
Audio: B(DTS or the 2.0 Dolby surround)
Extras: C

Update: 2021
The new Second Sight remastering especially of the theatrical version is very good compared to other blu rays out there, but the deficiencies of the special FX is much more noticeable, highlighting the plastic used in some gore scenes and the film has a blue effect making some zombies look like smurfs! The grain texture of the film is good though in this release, so that's a bonus, but overall the film now has greater brightness and contrast levels which are a big change from previous viewings. The continuity errors still remain, but these errors were embedded in the OCN(original camera negative print) and adjusting would mean a major reframing of the aspect ratio.

Don't get rid of that 2004 Divimax DVD just yet. It upscales fine on a HD TV and still looks great. It's also free of the artifacts that older DVD releases have!

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Mr. M. M. Abdo

Classic movie. Great set

Reviewed in the United Kingdom 🇬🇧 on January 5, 2021

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Like many other buyers. My first shipment was sent WITHOUT a box. It came damaged. I love this movie so much, it pained me seeing it damaged. Should be a crime. But as usual, Amazon happily replaced it and agreed to my request to have the second sent inside a box. And it did. The set is just beautiful. You get the theatrical cut, extended (‘CANNES’) cut and the argento cut. Plus you get a booked titled “Dissecting the dead” which explores the production of the movie, reception and anything linked to the movie. Also a story book based on the movie. Looking forward to reading it while in lockdown. Was hoping a poster would have been included in the box, but will have to do without it unfortunately.

The movie is one of my all time favourite. A classic that has inspired many other movies, games, tv shows and stories. George A Romero wonderfully captures the feeling of isolation after giving us the feeling of security and hope. The movie was made in the 80s. It still well to today’s standards. Obviously makeup and graphics don’t so much. But certainly in terms of making feel what the director intended and in terms of telling a story that draws you in and feel for the characters.

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Genre	Horror
Format	Collector's Edition, Box set, Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, NTSC, Widescreen
Contributor	Howard Smith, Rod Stouffer, George A. Romero, David Emge, Ken Foree, James A. Baffico, David Early, Gaylen Ross, Richard France, David Crawford, Scott H. Reiniger, Fred Baker, Daniel Dietrich See more
Language	English
Runtime	2 hours and 6 minutes