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The Evolution of Horror

ZOMBIES pt 6: Dawn Of The Dead (1978)

The Evolution of Horror

Mike Muncer

Tv & Film, Film History

4.81.7K Ratings

🗓️ 28 February 2019

⏱️ 78 minutes

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Summary

This week Mike is joined by film producer Jen Handorf to discuss the most iconic zombie movie of them all, George Romero's DAWN OF THE DEAD.

Music by Jack Whitney.

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0:00.0

The 19. 1978. In the midst of a zombie apocalypse, four survivors find shelter and safety inside a suburban shopping mall. But with ever increasing numbers of

0:35.4

undead ghouls outside the premises, not to mention an increasing hostility and

0:40.3

growing tension inside, it's only a matter of time before their happy,

0:45.3

consumerist fantasy lifestyle descends into a violent, blood-drenched Nightmare Join me as we continue exploring the evolution of the zombie movie

1:02.0

as we review George Romero's iconic horror satire Dawn of the Dead. Welcome back to the evolution of horror. My name is Mike and as ever I am your

1:18.4

host. If you're tuning in for the first time then welcome. In this

1:21.7

podcast we explore and dissect the evolution of the horror

1:24.8

genre by looking at particular sub-j genres across several weeks. We are currently in the middle

1:29.8

of exploring the evolution of the zombie movie and this week as the intro suggested

1:34.3

we are going to be looking at George Romero's most beloved film arguably at

1:39.2

Dawn of the Dead from 1978 this is your warning. We will be talking about the

1:44.2

movie in depth, the ins and out of making the movie and every moment of the

1:48.5

movie from beginning to end. So if you haven't seen this classic, do a favor go away and watch it and come back to

1:55.8

listen to our discussion. Lots of stuff to cover this week but before we get started just a

2:00.3

quick announcement if you're listening to this on the day it comes out, this weekend, that's the first and second of March, is Fright Fest weekend in Glasgow.

2:09.2

So I'm going to be at the festival along with a friend of the pod Louise Blaine and the two of us are going to be bringing you lots of festival coverage.

2:16.7

We're going to be talking about some of our favorite movies at the festival and we're going to be

2:20.1

bringing you little mini reviews of each film that is shown. Now that's

2:23.7

going to be available for patrons only so if you are a patron you will have access

2:27.8

to all of those reviews and all of that festival coverage throughout the weekend.

2:32.2

If you're not a patron and you want to get involved and listen,

2:35.0

you just need to donate five dollars to help support us and what we do here on the podcast,

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