Amazon.com Customer Reviews
 Rated 4 out of 5
Want Zombies? Need Romero.
They walk, they moan, they bite chunks of meat off of living human beings- What’’s not to love about zombies? George Romero seems to adore them because this is his third installment of the "Dead" series and possibly his best. I have to admit that I got downright giddy when I heard this movie was being released on DVD. Not only did I get to see the unrated version of the film in Widescreen format, but I also got a wealth of DVD extras. Although many are critical of Romero for setting this movie underground, I find it more than fitting. While the Dead have left their graves to frolic in the sun, the living are forced to fill them to fight amongst each other. In one corner, Romero places a band of wigged out Army goons. In the other corner, a handful of mad scientist research nerds patiently await the sound of the bell. When the bell finally rings, both groups come out swinging only to blow the ceiling off their underground refuge. The open ceiling invites a sea of hungry zombies to feast off their innards, fingers, eyeballs, gizzards, and other icky oogy body parts. It’’s really quite disgusting, but I have to admit that I love it. Once you finish watching the movie, you can dive into the extras. Both commentaries are worth a listen. I highly recommend the Behind the Scenes footage of Tom Savini and his army of Special Make-up Effects Artists. Having never been a fan of digital special effects, it’’s good to learn how they did it in the good ole days. P.S. I do not recommend the eating of naturally-cased frankfurters while watching this film.  Rated 3 out of 5
THE BEST IS YET TO COME
For sure buy this DVD, you must..but I hate the story, always have..the effects are great, but I am waiting for that perfect "walking dead" movie that makes you believe it’’s happening. "DAY" fails, because noone would act they way these characters do and they are not likeable. But own it for the great beginning scenes of the city , the cave scenes and the good ending. Rated 5 out of 5!
The darkest day of horror a bright spot for Romero.
Romero’’s maligned third Dead movie [following Night of the Living Dead and Dawn of the Dead] suffered from both fans high expectations for another Dawn like action epic and the then popular comedic slant in horror [i.e Return of the Living Dead and Re-Animator] is, in my opinion, the best movie in the series. The world has now been overrun with zombies and the last vestiges of humanity are hidden away in an underground bunker, slowly going stir crazy. This is grim, dark stuff far closer in tone to Night of the Living Dead than the comedic cult classic that was Dawn of the Dead.Anchor Bay has done an almost perfect job restoring the movie. The picture is gorgeous, the extras a delight, and the packaging sweet. But the audio, oh the audio. There are six little alterations that, for someone like me, who knows the movie by heart, can irritate (it just sounds ’’off’’). So I dock the DISC a star, the movie itself retains a five star rating, but this edition would get 4 and a half stars. Nonetheless, fans of Romero, or of intelligent and darkly serious horror movies, need this in their libraries. Highly recommended.
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