Posts Tagged ‘Jake Weber’
Dawn of the Dead: Unrated Director’s Cut (Blu-ray)

It’s nice to see Hollywood leaving behind its teenagers-in-peril slasher movie craze of the 1990s, some of which teetered on being family-friendly, and returning to a more unforgiving, hyper-realistic style of horror. The copious blood and guts are back, but instead of the gritty, dreary films of the 1970s and 1980s, these newer horror films are shiny, faster, deadlier, and far more unforgiving, with director Marcus Nispel’s 2003 remake of The Texas Chainsaw Massacre still serving as the quintessentail example of what early 21st century horror looks, sounds, and feels like. 2004′s Dawn of the Dead is another such film that is never afraid to paint its canvas blood-red, showing viewers an extremely graphic, and vividly so, take on one of cinema’s most storied horror sub-genres: the zombie film. Invoking the name of the most cherished — and finest — zombie film yet, George A. Romero’s seminal 1978 classic, 2004′s Dawn of the Dead never quite decides if it is a remake, a re-imagining, or a mostly separate entity altogether.








