The Living Dead Series
George A. Romero's Living Dead Zombie Series
The 'living dead' series is comprised of 5 films (6th on the way) about zombies. The original film in the series, Night of the Living Dead (1968), is not the first zombie movie but was responsible for putting zombie movies on the map. There are many zombie film series' by this point in time but the 'living dead' series is considered by many to be the gold standard for zombie movies. Zombie purists can count on the fact that Romero will make sure his zombies live up to the zombie code; no full...

Dawn of the Dead
The Zombie Bar Is Raised
Dawn of the Dead (1978) is the second movie in what is known as the 'Living Dead' series by George A. Romero. It may have took Romero 10 years for this followup but it was not in vain as this is my and many others favorite of the series. While this movie is the 2nd in the series it does not have any carry-forward characters from the first. Like Night of the Living Dead (1968) that came before it, this was another zombie film made cheap (< $1,000,000) that has gone on to have have big financia...

Day of the Dead
3rd Zombie Film's The Charm?
Day of the Dead (1985) is the third movie in what is known as the 'Living Dead' series by George A. Romero. Romero had visions of making this third film something of a big budget zombie movie but artistic and budget disputes caused the funding to be slashed and the story rewritten. This film is more dialogue heavy then the previous two films in the series; Night of the Living Dead (1968) & Dawn of the Dead (1978). This departure from the previous films is what has caused its reviews to fall b...