DAY OF THE DEAD

Zombies are now masters of the world, only a small group of men, mostly soldiers and researchers, remains, forced to live in a well-protected underground hangar. The surviving scientists, having understood that they can no longer eliminate the zombies, now too numerous, decide to conduct experiments to try to "educate" these creatures and make them harmless. These attempts will not succeed, the underground base will be invaded by the monsters and only a few will manage to save themselves... Third chapter of the "zombesque" saga by the great George Romero. The director stages a world in total disintegration: what remains of humanity is represented by a group of survivors, mostly bloodthirsty and ruthless men (except for the three positive protagonists of the story) who deserve the end they are heading towards. Still discomfort, chaos, collapse of institutions for this "Day of the Dead" which undoubtedly represents the "least successful" chapter of the Romerian trilogy, but which remains one of the best zombie films in the history of the genre. The film, a bit too slow in the first part, becomes definitely more intriguing in the second half to culminate in a gory splatter ending with the undead invading the humans' refuge, devouring and tearing them apart. In the last half hour of the film, there are some sequences that will remain in the history of the splatter genre and that even manage to surpass the already excellent levels reached in "Zombi". It probably deserves half a point more. Curiosity: the film was supposed to have, according to the director's intentions, a partially different story, but budget problems and pressures from distributors made Romero change his plans. To know what the director's original project was, we refer you to our special on Romero.