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[Space Runaway]

Does this movie have a scene where an airplane arrives at an airport and zombie soldiers come out of it by any chance?

No. What you're thinking of sounds more like Nightmare City.

 

[wenis]

Does this movie have a scene where an airplane arrives at an airport and zombie soldiers come out of it by any chance?

not this movie, only other zombie movies where they're on a plane is Flight of the Living Dead, World War Z and Quarantine 2.

No. What you're thinking of sounds more like Nightmare City.

That's exactly what he's thinking of. Pretty sure the movie opens with that.

 

[eddfromtheriver]

No. What you're thinking of sounds more like Nightmare City.

not this movie, only other zombie movies where they're on a plane is Flight of the Living Dead, World War Z and Quarantine 2.



That's exactly what he's thinking of. Pretty sure the movie opens with that.

Oh thanks!, i will look into that, because i remember seeing that scene and not knowing where it was from, and it has been driving me loco for eons.

 

[DeadTrees]

Wasnt this hurt at the box office by its sheer bleakness?

Compared to Night of the Living Dead, what was bleak about it? It starts out as "post-apocalyptic siege where civilization is doomed and humans are irrelevant" and lurches awkwardly to

Spoiler

"magical revenge fantasy where all the good guys hang out on a beach while the murderous racist bad guys all become zombie chow for our amusement".

Any box office harm probably came from the two-thirds of the movie populated by horrible actors playing horrible asshole morons with horrible writing. Method acting does not work like that, guy who plays the insane captain!

Buy hey, don't take my word for it.

 

[harSon]

Good timing!

I've been on an 80s horror kick this last week, and I had this film lined up for tonight.

 

[Zee-Row]

I like this movie because of how bleak and tense the situation was. The deaths in this movie were so slow and painful looking.

 

[Fancy Clown]

Compared to Night of the Living Dead, what was bleak about it? It starts out as "post-apocalyptic siege where civilization is doomed and humans are irrelevant" and lurches awkwardly to

Spoiler

"magical revenge fantasy where all the good guys hang out on a beach while the murderous racist bad guys all become zombie chow for our amusement".

Any box office harm probably came from the two-thirds of the movie populated by horrible actors playing horrible asshole morons with horrible writing. Method acting does not work like that, guy who plays the insane captain!

Buy hey, don't take my word for it.

I'd say it's the bleakest because--until the sunny ending--possibly the most hopeless throughout. You have a bunch of people who are all growing to hate each other, trapped in a dark, drab underground base. Survival is hardly even a question in the film; it's more about learning to cope with their looming demise. It's pretty nihilistic as the ultimate theme, apart from 'be nice to others!', is essentially "fuck science, fuck society, fuck being productive, lets just chill because we're all going to die horrible deaths anyway". So even the super sunny ending has an undercurrent of darkness to it.

But still, the ending is certainly more positive than Night of the Living Dead, and the film has a lot of cheese and plenty of dark humor thrown in as well. But it just feels like a much meaner, darker film overall.

 

[microtubule]

I saw Dawn of the Dead (1978) not too long after it released and that is still one of my favorite zombie movies of all time. So, my expectations were high going in to see Day of the Dead in 1985 and I was totally let down. However, as the years passed I now look fondly upon Day after telling myself that these moves are not meant to be sequels per say.

Also, if you like Greg Nicotero from The Walking Dead; he made his acting debut and was assistant to Tom Savini in this movie.

If you liked Day's soundtrack I recommend the unreleased incidental music for Dawn of the Dead (1978) if you liked that movie as well.

 

[Shao Kahn on the Lawn]

I feel like Day of the Dead was a more consistent movie than Dawn of the Dead. Dawn really dropped the ball during the last act of the film. The movie almost became a parody of itself with the behavior of the raiders.

 

[Fancy Clown]

I feel like Day of the Dead was a more consistent movie than Dawn of the Dead. Dawn really dropped the ball during the last act of the film. The movie almost became a parody of itself with the behavior of the raiders.

I dunno, try were no more ridiculous than the behaviors of the over the top military all throughout Day. And you have the psycho racist cop at the very beginning of Dawn, too.