

Dawn of the Dead
When there’s no more room in HELL, the dead will walk the EARTH!
During an ever-growing epidemic of zombies that have risen from the dead, two Philadelphia SWAT team members, a traffic reporter, and his television-executive girlfriend seek refuge in a secluded shopping mall.
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7.5/10
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- Status
- Released
- Budget
- $640K
- Box office
- $55M
- Language
- English
- helicopter
- army
- chaos
- bite
- halloween
- dark comedy
- materialism
- machete
- gore
- martial law
- state of emergency
- shopping mall
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United States of America
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Release dates
United StatesUS
- PremiereUSA Film Festival7 Apr 1979
- Theatrical (limited)NRPittsburgh, PA13 Apr 1979
- Theatrical (limited)NRNew York City, NY20 Apr 1979
- Theatrical (limited)NRLos Angeles, CA11 May 1979
United KingdomGB
- Theatrical189 Mar 1980
- PhysicalVHS1 Jul 1981
AustraliaAU
- TheatricalRC1 Oct 1979
- TheatricalRC1 Dec 1979
- TheatricalR 18+3 Apr 1980
- PhysicalVHS. 139-minute Cannes Cut1 Oct 1985
BrazilBR
- Theatrical1815 Sept 1980
FranceFR
- Theatrical1611 May 1983
- PhysicalVHS5 Jan 1992
- PhysicalDVD24 Oct 2002
- PhysicalBlu-Ray4 Nov 2009
- Digital / OTTVOD25 Jul 2017
- Physical4K UHD31 May 2019
- Theatrical (limited)Re-release23 Oct 2019
- Digital / OTT18Prime Video2 Mar 2022
GermanyDE
- Theatrical18censored version2 Aug 1979
- Physical184K / Blu-ray (re-rating, uncut)17 Dec 2020
HungaryHU
- Theatrical188 Jul 1985
IrelandIE
- Theatrical189 Mar 1980
ItalyIT
- Premiere18+Turin. 119-minute Dario Argento Cut1 Sept 1978
- Theatrical18+2 Sept 1978
JapanJP
- TheatricalR15+119-minute Dario Argento Cut (censored)27 Mar 1979
NetherlandsNL
- Theatrical162 Oct 1980
- Physical16DVD17 Nov 2000
- TV16Net 523 Nov 2002
South KoreaKR
- Theatrical15세 이상 관람가15 Apr 2020
Frequently asked questions
Dawn of the Dead was released on 2 September 1978.
Audience reviews
4- T9/10
talisencrw
7/3/2016
This is one of the finest sequels ever, in that it's both of comparable quality with the original, yet is fundamentally different from it at the same time. Marvelous stuff, with aspects copied thousands of times over the past two generations, with no end in sight. This and 'Salo, or the 120 Days of Sodom', from about the same time frame, would make one of the best double-bills ever on the evils of consumerism gone…
- W8/10
Wuchak
8/22/2018
Romero’s imaginative and thrilling zombie sequel A decade after the excellent “Night of the Living Dead” (1968), writer/director George Romero offers up this exceptional sequel. The plague of reanimated corpses with a hunger for warm flesh is now global and society is increasingly breaking down. A television exec (Gaylen Ross), her helicopter-reporter beau (David Emge) and two SWAT officers (Ken Foree and Scott R…
- J8/10
JPV852
12/16/2020
Been a while since I last watched this one, but with the new 4K UHD out, decided to give it another watch going with the Extended Cut. Still very well made with some great zombie effects and really liked the characters, Peter (Ken Foree), especially. I'm not a big fan of the zombie horror genre but this is one of the exceptions. **4.0/5**
- F1/10
Filipe Manuel Neto
3/14/2024
**This must be some kind of joke, right?** Firstly, allow me to clarify: I am not a fan of “zombie” films, although I understand very well the interest that, in recent years, there has been for this material. I totally respect those who enjoy it. But let's be honest: a film has to have some aesthetic quality and some good taste to become “digestible”. And, well, I just finished watching this film, and I honestly c…
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