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While none of the Deadfilms have strong continuity, this one has nothing, literally nothing to do with Day of the Dead.
#Night of the living dead series#
The final film in the series is Day of the Dead 2: Contagium. Survival of the Dead, the only direct sequel in the series, is an examination of how long an audience can put up with annoying, screeching characters. Diary of the Deadis a found footage film set during Night(the series is set in the perpetual now, so technically it’s not a reboot) and forms a sort of commentary on the information age. Read More: 31 Best Horror Movies to Streamīelieve it or not, there are three further sequels, two of which follow on from Nightrather than Land. It’s a fine zombie film, but not as good a dystopian thriller as the Hopper/Leguizamo classic Super Mario Bros. The only expensive, mainstream film in the entire series, it boasted a relatively big budget and a cast boasting Dennis Hopper and John Leguizamo, and examined class conflict in a walled city that had (comparatively) not been affected by the zombie apocalypse. Overacted to the point of hilarity and significantly gorier than any of the other Deadfilms, Day of the Dead was less well received at the time, but opinion has softened over the years.Īfter a 20 year hiatus, the series returned with Land of the Dead. It follows a group of scientists trapped in an underground bunker and protected by a group of soldiers, examining the conflict between them and how an isolated society can spectacularly break down. While Nightwas an allegory of the civil rights movement, Dawnattacked consumerism, having the zombies return to the mall out of instinct.ĭay of the Dead followed Dawn of the Dead in 1985, and told the story of what could possibly be the last people left alive on the whole planet. 1978’s Dawn of the Deadfollows the survivors of the apocalypse as they take refuge in an abandoned mall. With Russo retaining rights to any Living Dead movies, Romero made his sequels with little reference to the original, other than the overall tone and the apocalypse caused by the dead mysteriously coming back to life. The Deadseries most will be aware of is Romero’s own series. So let’s see the aftermath… Romero’s o f the Dead Series This on top of the remakes, which of course required no permission. Getting no money from their creation naturally led to creative differences between Russo and Romero, leading to at least three different sets of follow ups.