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i have watched this romp of a movie at least 100 times. this is romeros masterpiece.the thing that gets me as how above average the acting is. not oscar calliber of course. but for the genre, very very good. romeros style in editing is also unique. is cut and paste style works well with the anxiety of the film. the opening in the news room with the blood red carpeted walls, is definitly a forshadowing of the violence to come. imediatly your swept into the struggle for sanity as everyone in the news room is confused and filled with anxiety with what is happenning. and people struggling to comprehend there role in all of this, the basic survival insticts are taking over[just like the zombies instinct to feed and stay ,alive? well, dead alive anyway.and our 2 heroes in military garb. one black and one white and one tall and one short spring on the seen in a apartment buiding slum full of alive and dead people. this is where you either check out, or say holy crap. this is going to be one for the ages.the nutjob coligue spews racial profanity lookin to kill all the dead and alive he can. he kicks open the door and boom there goes a head exploding. brain matter every where. then here comes the african ameican zombie , to unite with his wife or girfriend, she embrasses him as he bites a 3 inch hunk of flesh of of her coller bone area then bites a hunk of her arm, with blood spewing out.[the blood is a cartoonish bright red color enhancing the comic book effect], if you havent lost your lunch by now thing calm down as the 2 hereos join up with the newsroom man and woman.for a helicopter ride to the monroeville mall.this was the first 20 minutes, the rest of the movie is basically an action adventure film. on the way to the mall you get the requisit hillbilly rednecks [complete with hippy folk music] having a blast playing target practice with the walking dead [i love this segment, this is a rehash of a similar scene from 1968's night of the diving dead. then a pit stop at the small local airport where another zombie well call frankenstein zombie,smeaks up on our little white guy but of course he helicopter blade chops off the top of his head.nice touch from special effects master tom savini. to round this out, basically the adventure in the mall is the meat and potatos of the movie, this is where the social satire is most effective, arent we all a lot like those zombies when were at the mall. take a good look next time your at the mall. one of my favorite scenes is when the biker gang is rampaging the mall and there at jc pennie i assume and one biker dude picks up a tv , and the another biker dude says hey man, what the hell you gonna wach on that. he then throws it down and drives a sledge hammer through the picture screen,[another satirical comment from romero about television]the grand finally of the movie is a gory good time.total mayhem with only 2 of our 4 escaping to live another day. i love this movie . now i know this isnt the godfather or raging bull, but it is an enertaining rollercoaster ride of movie, and this divi max dvd is killer , perfect picture and great dts sound ,and the commentary with romero ,his wife chris and efects guy ,tom svaini is also worth repeated listens, what i would have given to be one of those zombies, they were paid hardly anything,only free meals and the right to say they were part of one of the greatest cult classics ever made. no dvd collection is complete without it. remember if your squimish you will have to suffer the first 20 minutes and the last 10 minutes.

This is a very entertaining movie off the bat. But the ultimate edition has different versions with bonus footage! It is definitely "icing on the cake" as they say. So with the bargain you're getting here at Amazon, do yourself a favor and pick this up today!