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The bleakness and gore that many felt was missing from George A Romero's recent Land of the Dead is to be found in the third part of his Zombie quadrilogy Day Of The Dead, released on DVD by Arrow Films on 27th March 2006. Finally the UK gets a special edition DVD of this arresting zombie epic in a two-disc release that includes an all new world exclusive commentary track.

The walking dead have now taken over the world and only small pockets of human resistance survive. The motley crew that this movie concentrates on run the risk of destroying themselves even before the undead can get to them. They consist of a handful of scientists and soldiers holed up in a 14-mile long underground missile silo. While the scientists experiment on the zombies to try and find a way to control them, the soldiers become increasingly impatient with the lack of results.

This tension spills into violence that is only overshadowed by the zombie slaughter that surrounds them. In creating the special effects that illustrate these aberrations, Tom Savini hits a grotesque career high. Flesh tears, bones snap, guts spill, and limbs rot faster than the viewer can spew. It's remarkably well done, and a little sobering when you realise that Savini's background as a Vietnam War photographer adds the sickening blemish of reality to these audience-pleasing shocks.

The utterly scary setting of a seemingly endless series of underground caverns add tension that's well exploited towards the end of a movie that is still shockingly violent and claustrophobic over twenty years on.

Special Features

  • World exclusive commentary with Special Effects team of Greg Nicotero, Howard Berger, Everett Burrell and Mike Deak
  • The Many Days of the Dead (new documentary)
  • Day of the Dead - Behind the Scenes
  • Filmographies for Romero and Savini
  • Photo Galleries
  • Original theatrical trailers for Night, Dawn and Day of the Dead