Review #117: Day of the Dead (1985)
This review was originally written in October 2021. October 2021 Horror Movie Review #3- Day of the Dead (1985) After having such a great time with Dawn of the Dead, I was certain there was going to be an immediate drop in quality. (After all, I've heard people reference Dawn of the Dead loads of times, and only heard this movie mentioned a couple times in my life. Though that's more than I can say about the next few movies....) However, I was pleasantly surprised with Day of the Dead! Just as how I was very happy with how much the previous movie dealt with the quietude and the introspection that comes from living in the midst of a zombie apocalypse, Day really shows how the prolonged calamity takes a toll on the survivors. I could tell all of the characters were barely hanging on, trying to make the best of the world they've got left, and the different ways their frustrations came out throughout the film really made them all feel like fully-realized characters. Granted, I ...