Day of the Dead (2008)

Director:

Steve Miner

Writers (WGA):

Jeffrey Reddick (screenplay)
George A. Romero (motion picture "Day of the Dead")

Release Date:

8 April 2008 (USA)

Genre:

Horror | Thriller

Tagline:

This spring, the dead will rise!

Plot:

When a small Colorado town is overrun by the flesh hungry dead a small group of survivors try to escape in a last ditch effort to stay alive.

Plot Keywords:

Colorado | Radio Station | Hospital | Epidemic | Captain

US TV Schedule:

Tue. Dec. 1

1:15 AM

TMC

Cast

Mena Suvari	...	Sarah Bowman
Nick Cannon	...	Salazar
Michael Welch	...	Trevor Bowman
AnnaLynne McCord	...	Nina
Stark Sands	...	Bud Crain
Matt Rippy	...	Doctor Logan
Pat Kilbane	...	Scientist
Taylor Hoover	...	Local Girl
Christa Campbell	...	Mrs. Leitner
Ian McNeice	...	Paul - DJ
Ving Rhames	...	Captain Rhodes
Robert Rais	...	Mr. Leitner
Michael McCoy	...	Mr. Noble
Laura Giosh	...	Mrs. Nobel (as Laura Goish Markov)
Vanessa Johansson	...	Receptionist

Also Known As:

Day of the Dead: The Need to Feed (USA) (DVD title)

MPAA:

Rated R for strong pervasive horror violence and gore, and language.

Runtime:

86 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.78 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

USA:R | Germany:18 | Japan:R-15 | Australia:MA | Netherlands:16 | Finland:K-18 (self applied)

Filming Locations:

New Boyana Film Studios, Sofia, Bulgaria

Company:

Millennium Films

Trivia:

Although the film's plot shares little with the original, many of the scenes and situations from the original are duplicated, such as debating on whether or not a fellow member should be killed even though there's a chance he won't become a zombie, a zombie firing a gun, and the heroes having to make their way through an abandoned missile silo.

Goofs:

Factual errors: Captain Rhodes wears matching Captain's bars on the lapels of his uniform. Army officers only wear rank insignia on their right lapel. The left lapel is reserved for that officer's branch insignia, i.e. crossed rifles for Infantry, crossed sabers for Cavalry, crossed pistols for Military Police, etc.

Quotes:

Sarah Bowman: [to Trevor, after running over her zombiefied mother] It's not her, not any more.

Movie Connections:

References "The Oprah Winfrey Show" (1986)

Soundtrack:

Coolest Boy On Earth

Not the worst Zombie movie - but not the best.

What's with the running? And now with the jumping and wall crawling? Okay so everyone says it's bad, but it's not that bad. It's just a zombie movie. I laughed a couple of times, and rolled my eyes a couple of times. Wasn't really scared though. There's no real looming claustrophobic terror there. It's more like the shock violence of 28 days later and 28 weeks later, that mixed some Aliens knock off, and strangely enough Scary Movie. The zombie effects are OK, bit like an episode of Buffy, and then there's the film effects like the beginning of Dawn of the Dead. It's no way as good as the new Dawn of the Dead, and is a bit of a let down, but it's just a zombie movie. It's strait to DVD, but I'd wait for the sales.