So, I'm not usually one for remakes - and I'm a big fan of Romero's original DAWN OF THE DEAD because it's all about how consumerism has turned us all into zombies wandering through the mall mindlessly shopping - but the 2004 remake with a script by SLITHER's James Gunn works on its own terms. When I first did my Horror Screenwriting class at the Raindance Film Festival in London, I didn't bring any clips... but *did* have the DVD of DAWN OF THE DEAD in my luggage, and found an illustration of almost every point I was going to make in the film.
The opening scene is *textbook* horror - we start out in suburbia on a normal morning...
As you can see, in very little time we have gone from order to chaos, and the police and authorities are powerless, and the monster could be anyone - the littel girl next door, the man you love - ANYONE. You are not safe.
- Bill
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