Dawn of the Dead (1978) KILL COUNT
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dusk of the dead anybody?
eyy
I've never seen Dawn of the Dead but it's probably better than ThanksKilling 3
@@SheeshKebaab ??
Hey James remember Zack Snyder's Army of the Dead comes out on Netflix today the new 2021 movie with the wrestler Dave Bautista
Honestly, the fact that Romero created the famous line “When there’s no more room in hell, the Dead will walk the Earth” while he was Drunk just goes to show you that he was one of the greatest masters of the horror genre.
11 hours ago? it was uploaded like 5 mins ago
He go to to see it early cuz of patreon
Top notch.
@@waveyjones6460 *Patreon*
@@troywright4672 whats that
I love how Romero is practically friends with his whole state to the point the army helps him out
Random dude: sorry ,there is director need your help to show off your equipment
Army: no ,the equipment isn't something you can just show to public
Random dude: but he Romero
Army: you son of a bitch , I'm in
Talk about Friends in High Places, huh?
Who wouldn’t want to be friends with Romero?
Charisma: 100
He seems like such a fun guy
It’s actually really appropriate that Peter, given his Caribbean heritage is the only person to say “zombie” in the Romero films now that I think about it!
How
@@abdullahamr9941 Cause that's where the term zombie came from? Context clues, use them.
@@arinleoczko1250 true! I also learned how it gained hysteria cuz of herbs they used to turn criminals or town pariahs into field slaves after sayig they "died"
@@pixiestxNyomouf There really are fates worse than death.
@@abdullahamr9941 The term "Zombie" came from Voodoo, meaning a dead person resurrected by a kind of priest to do his bidding. Peter would know this as voodoo is very widespread in the Caribbean
“She’s pregnant”
Cuts to her smoking. Ah the 70’s.
It's got health benefits! I swear!
I got to meet Romero in his last convention appearance in Canada he did. I was there with my fiancé who was a guest for costuming and makeup and he was sat across from us. I was such a huge fan I was practically shaking, but I HAD to walk up and meet him. He turned out to be such a genuinely nice and incredible man. He didn’t only speak to me on his career and answer my questions, but we spoke about what my fiancé did, he asked questions about my job, then we talked about the art of practical horror effects (I told him I was a massive lifelong horror fan) and about the future of horror films and makeup techniques. What I thought would be a two minute meet and greet ended up being almost an hour and a half long in depth conversation. At the end I asked him for a photo and he said he’d be delighted, and when I went to purchase some merch he said he would be disappointed if I paid after such a good talk, so he gave me a signed headshot and a signed copy of the Dawn of the Dead script for free. I’ll always cherish that memory and meeting him. It was unbelievable and I’m very thankful to have fulfilled that lifelong dream. Rest easy George, you were a national treasure.
Aww this made me Smile
That is awesome!!! Even though I was never able to meet him, he seemed like a cool guy.
Aaaw,that's nice
That s so nice.
Awesome dude
I was lucky enough to meet George Romero before he died; I thanked him for creating zombies and he said ‘I didn’t create zombies kid, I just made them turn into the neighbours.’ I got his autograph and spent a few minutes talking to him and it was one of the happiest moments of my life. Rip George x
That's awesome
congratulations, this is pretty awesome! :)
Nice
@Ziltoid The Omniscient how would you know
@Ziltoid The Omniscient nah
Your full of crap buddy... You never met him
I think this is one of the most realistic depictions of zombies in that if it were America people would be hunting zombies for fun.
@@Kessekom I feel like a lot of the human survivors would have problems with that. It's an interesting idea (and a pretty funny one, as Shaun of the Dead demonstrated), but zombies tend to be pretty recognizable for a while after their reanimation. People would be extremely opposed to their undead loved ones being freakshow attractions. Plus, keeping some zombies around in a supposedly secure setting is exactly how you get a Dead Rising 2, and nobody wants that happening.
Americans hunting them for kicks, though, that's dead on (heh, wordplay).
@@noesunyoutuber7680 kinda funny since there is a Romero film that was supposed to be released a few years back where rich people put zombies in a collusiem (is that how you spell it? yknow the old giant fighting rings,,,)
In Russia, they will tame and ride zombies
@@britishwatermelon680 in Russia they are immune to zombie, blood is Vodka now, so all plague be disinfected all hail the big red Machine!
why not?
I like that this movie series actually gives humans a chance and isn’t just complete collapse of society in 3 days.
omg this is so true if you compared all the movies in chronological order it took 17 years for the zombies to take over instead of a single movie that say 2 days to 5 months till collapse of society imao
thats pretty cool
@@nethinge9829 2 months? More like 1 day lol. Humanity in these movies are just that incompetent.
@@unclelarry8842 I mean in defense, real-life humanity can be pretty damn incompetent
@@unclelarry8842 basically George Romero and World War Z (The Book) were the best at realistic portrayal of how humanity would fall to zombies
James- “I’m not a lazy asshole, and I’m happy to do my job “
Satan- “And I took that personally”
James: *equips classic Doom armor while drinking boomer juice*
Satan: having no idea on how to stop the King Of Kill Count
Satan: Oh no. He’s coming
*James kicks down the door*
How many of the Devil’s personal servants did I slaughter? Let’s get to the numbers and find out
James after slaughtering all of satans minions- “How’s it feel to be looked down upon by a human ya lazy asshole?”
@@Juicy.Raccoon I witnessed a much needed collab
"He's cool, as long as you don't love orange soda."
Kel put that man through more trauma than an entire zombie apocalypse.
What is this a reference to please tell me it’s Omori
@@spicec3613 While Omori is a great game, it refers to a television show called "Kenan and Kel", where a running joke that gets played frequently is Kel's love for orange soda, and somehow dooming the duo to even more trouble by their shenanigans.
@@delalester7958 the game probably referenced that too no way it’s a coincidence
@@delalester7958 repair man man man man man... Oops wrong show....
Who loves orange soda?
(Please someone say they know the bit).
28:10 find it hilarious that the zombie wasn’t even interested in biting Peter, he just wanted his rifle.
I receive: your sniper
You receive: your life
His instinct must be to appreciate a nice firearm when he sees one
the Savage 99 is a pretty goddamn cool gun, so yee
I receive: badass sniper rifle
You receive: life
@No YeLLInG On THE BuS yes, gotta appreciate a zombie who has a moral code
Eat everyone regardless of race, gender, views or age and spare someone as long as they have a badass sniper rifle
Fun fact: The original Dead Rising took virtually all of it's inspiration from this specific movie. Frank being a journalist with actual experience covering wars ON SITE was just how they explained his ingenuity and skill with firearms.
I KNEW IT! HAHA! Thank you mr. Mareo (I butchered the name sorry) for making these amazing movies and hope he’s resting in peace
He’s covered wars, y’know
And the name is Frank west
Sadly, they let those American ruined the whole series by making Frank younger and removing tons of cool mechanics
@@zaholykrusedar1459 but at least the game was a masterpiece and I liked Frank
I love that George Romero was able to make most his movies because he was friendly enough that people decided to help him
Soy Jessie joy
My favorite anecdote from Dawn of the Dead is that some of the zombie extras would use the mall's photo booth and replace the normal example photos on display with their own zombie ones.
I like the idea of the group being so bored they lead them in
RIP George Romero, who passed in 2017 of Lung Cancer, may he live on through his work
Don't forget that Gorillaz' music had a lot of Romero's "of the dead" references in it.
- You got Hip Albatross having a bunch of quotes from the films.
- You got M1A1 with the Day of the Dead "Hello? Is anyone there?".
- Then there's Clint Eastwood's video opening with the "Every dead body that is not exterminated gets up and kills. The people it kill get up and kill"
- There's Demon Days with the "Dank Earth" sample then leading into Last Living Souls.
- On their old website they had a bunch of Romero References of his films on the walls of an interactive virtual house
- I think in their book Rise of The Ogre that they had a section with 2D talking about how he was a huge fan of Romero and his fav film was Dawn?
I'm not sure if there is anymore.
Dennis Hopper read "Fire Coming out of the Monkey's Head" for Demon Dayz, and he was the main bad guy in Land of the Dead.
It’s because Jamie Hewlett (the artist for the band) was a big fan or zombie flicks, and ESPECIALLY Romero!
I mean both are iconic, you can't argue with that.
@greendart _ that's awesome lol, I can kinda see it too in how the characters are designed
I'd have to double-check, but I think the old Plastic Beach website had some more references in 2D's section (fitting since he watches zombie movies there a lot of the time)
It’s always fun when Chelsea gets to be in a To the Numbers bit.
Yeah it just goes to show how much they love each other.
even cooler when she’s doing the numbers
She turned into a Tusken Raider for a second
she's so cute
I hope we can eventually see Chelsea count kills.
Fun fact,this movie inspired dead rising so much the game needed a sticker that said "this is not dawn of the dead"
Nice
It also inspired the game No More Room in Hell based off that one "when there's no more room in hell the dead shall walk the earth" line
And I believe they were also sued for copyright, but the courts ruled that the game had none of the social commentary the movie did, and was therefore not a violation of copyright
@@lemon64k49 one of my favourite games and one of the first I played on steam
@@lemon64k49 Plus, one of the maps is the Farmhouse from Night of the Dead.
It's actually wholesome how much people seemed to love doing this movie and how people were so eager to be in this movie. From the mall owner lending it to his old friend, to the extras who wouldnt accept money just to be in a movie with their own zombie personality, to the real life bikers and other staff members acting in as well, and the production team, listening to what the main actors had to say about certain parts of the story. With the amount of directors who terrorized their actors and antagonized the staff during production, this is such an opposite situation and it's nice to see that this iconic movie was made as a team that really worked with each other.
Man I'm right there with James about being sad we can't meet George Romero. He really seemed like an awesome guy, everyone loved him. All these extras, and even the national guard wanting to be in his movies just cause he's so nice is such a heartwarming thing
When James said "As long as you dont like Orange soda", my brain exploded because i never realized dude was the dad in Kenan and Kel. I'm still mind blown lmao
Lol, me too. I even feel ashamed of not realising that sooner. I guess the fact that I saw Kenan and Kel when I was too young and the fact I never thought the actor ever had hair made me think they were two different people... but those eyes. I knew I had seen those eyes elsewhere. He only needed to pop them out a little bit more and I would have realised sooner.
I got to ask him about it when I was working at a film festival. I can't honestly remember exactly what he said but I know he said he really enjoyed it and I enjoyed listening. He's a really nice guy.
EXACTLY what I said LOL!!!
I'm from Pittsburgh, and I go to the Monroeville Mall all the time. There's a bronze bust of Romero sculpted by one of my friends in his honor. The city really does love him, because he did so much for us all.
I always saw it but never understood why it was there till yrs. later
@@MikeG82 Christ man. Not fuckin needed.
Fun fact: the robed skeleton at 8:25 is actually a real skeleton. Tom Savini said they shipped it in from India but didn't know what happened to it after filming. It somehow ended up in a Halloween costume shop where they thought it was just a prop skeleton, but had no clue it was used in the movie.
Romero was not only the grandfather of zombies, dude also helped Tom savini, who probably helped others, also thats Ken Foree third movie, Romero started a chain reaction that is still happening, and literaly build up the past, the present and of course the future of the horror movies
James: “I won’t be counting those Bastard Skellies. They know what they did.”
Me:”How dare they Decompose?”😂😂
One of James’s funniest lines
SCIENCE
@@axelnilsson5124 He sounds so Hilariously snarky and Angry like, Damn, What did it do to you? Lose its skin and internal organs to Bacteria and Insects?
They adamantly refused to reanimate as zombies. *The gull of the bastards.*
I love when James says Bastard Skellies! ✌🏾👻
Got to love that each time Savini appears in a movie he's wearing the leather jacket
Why ?
@@RK-eo8gl that's what makes him cool
@@RK-eo8gl I find it amusing that he plays similar characters through different movies, many with the same leather jacket on
I’m not sure he’s wearing a leather jacket in the Creepshow movies or Perks of Being a Wallflower.
He didn't wear it in Planet Terror.
Damn, having Romero compare your convincing zombie performance to freakin' Lon Chaney is just about the highest compliment you can get as an actor in the horror genre
RIP David Emge, aka the man who played flyboy 🕊️
I see Tom Savini a few times a month. He’s a partner with an FX shop that’s next to my office, here in Pittsburgh. He’s really nice down to earth guy. Still rides his bike to shop weather permitting.
so cool that you’re by a horror movie FX legend
He's a durable guy. Got in a car wreck recently and just kinda popped back up in a week
Well tell him that some guy named Arnold from Pharr, Texas says he RULES!!!!!!
@@drpepperdrowner he has school in Monesson pa which I went to and he's a very cool and laid back guy I even got a photo with him and his machete he killed that zombie with 😀
Does he wear @$$less chaps? Yum
If I ever make a zombie movie, there’ll be a gun zombie reference. “Eh, it’s fine. What’s the weirdest zombie you’ve killed?” “Once I killed a zombie who was randomly holding a sniper rifle” “why was it holding a sniper rifle?” “I have no idea.”
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Is the timeline gonna be in the 70s?
he was gonna do a half dead 360 noscope.
Oh yes!
I love that zombie
Back in April, my film teacher assigned my class to watch this movie. Me and a few friends watched it on a Discord call, and at first, while we weren’t taking it seriously, we ended up falling in love with it.
I got so happy when I learned this classic was gonna be covered lol
My mom's friend's husband actually got to meet Romero before he died. He said that he was a super cool guy. He's also met Robert Englund, Kane Hodder, and more recently Tobin Bell.
It does make a lot of sense that the guy whose grandfather practiced voodoo would be the only one to call them "zombies" in a universe without zombie media
Just wanna thank james for explaining these movies so that I can talk about them and pretend I'm cool..... thanks
Aww bless
Holy shit same 😂😂
Knowing all the directors is the best
James should write a book or something, dude has to a genius in this filed by now, can do research and apply it.
Ken Foree is literally the 70s and 80s version of Tony Todd who's the 90s and 2000s Black Horror Leading Man. If EITHER of these guys are in a horror movie, you can guarantee it's going to be a fun time. There will be horror, some slight comedic elements and a lot of fucked up shit happening to everyone else they're around. I literally look at both of these guys and wonder why a movie with both of them hasn't been made yet and think how horrible the world is until that happens.
Fun fact: The owner of the mall was actually George’s friend! He got the idea for the zombie movie by how people were acting while shopping!
Fun Fact: That Machete kill at 24:39 is also in Land of the Dead (2005) movie, portrayed again by Tom Savini playing a much older Zombified version of the supposedly same biker.
Savini said he was the same character as a zombie in an interview.
*Fun Fact* : Savini was Born in Pittsburgh, so it was like working from home for him for this film!
I recently watched this with my mom and I really wish you included Peter's badass line after almost getting shot by Stephen, he points his gun at Stephen and says "Scary, isn't it? Isn't it?" I fucking love Peter bro
Peter was a real G.
As a Pittsburgh native I can say Romero is still beloved here. RIP.
James is the only youtuber that doesn't make me want to skip the sponsor announcement
“May I suggest ridge wallet?”
@Rheanne Harvey Soller The child was found in the sewers, impaled on a machete with Freddy Kruger scratches and spine removed
@@mrrexychomp9829 that’s a lot of horror movie references
@@moist_turtles116 its also a lotta damage
Angry video game needs are great. Not because he tries to make them interesting but because they feel so out of character the jarring nature is funny to watch.
In the storyboards for the alternate “bad” ending the credits were supposed to roll as a continuous shot of the chopper shows the engine sputtering and powering down showing that they really didn’t have much gas.
Damn Idky but I feel like that would have a similar feel as the dark and emptiness of the Planet of the Apes ending
That would've been more depressing than the ending to The Mist
oh wow. I wonder if the ending of the remake was an homage to that.
@@IndeExo what happened to the people in the remake
Yep after Fran cuts her own head off with the blades to prevent painful zombie mauling.
I’m not a well educated person in horror until I started watching Dead Meat. But I’m guessing this is the movie that gave Dead Rising the idea of its mall setting.
Not just the mall setting. Frank was a combat journalist which is what Tom Savini (make up artist for most of the Romero Dead films) did that prevented him from working Night of the living Dead, it's also a duel reference given that Fran the lady in this movie was a journalist with a similar name.
I'm so happy that James gets so many sponsorships so that we can enjoy the gore and blood in all its bloody perfection
I want Jame’s top 10 horror movies of all time.
Yes
The thing would be number 1! It is also my #1
Mac is my favorite horror movie protagonist of all time
yes this would be so good!!
Mee too
Definitely my favorite zombie film. I was lucky to meet George before he passed away and got him to autograph a copy of Dawn of the Dead’s script
Was he nice because this video told me that he has a lot of friends
@@Cmon_bro12 he was a real nice guy, I was so starstruck lol
20:11
Peter looks like he's gonna put two fingers to his arm and say "SHEEEEEESH"
I love that Romero's movie's had a message and he wasn't afraid of shying away from showing it. That's what makes his movies, and a bunch of classic movies, great. Plus, the man was a visionary regarding zombies and how he thought society would react to them.
Fun fact: Savini is accounted twice here, but not because of mistake. He's also one of the zombies, on 17:50.
The zombie Blades come back in land of the dead(last film on that universe of Romero)
@@mr.andrew7820 it's not the last. Diary and survival are the same event. Romero has stated all of them are connected regardless of time period. The movies take place whenever the audience watches. If the audience watches Dawn in 2019 Dawn takes place in 2019 even if the visuals seem anachronistic.
@@sorrenblitz805 oh thanks
I didn't notice till now!!!
@@sorrenblitz805Dawn needs a 2023 remaster. Nothing changed, just simply more modern visuals
Been waiting for this one since becoming a fan.
Same! Ever since I watched the original Night of the Living Dead video, I always wondered when he was gonna do this.
So true
Same
The remake of this film was the first zombie movie I saw
@@Sutchman well he did state in the Original Notld kill count video that he was gonna be doing Dawn and Day.
Chelsea's looking a little pale there in the end. Hopefully she's has some R&R since the recording of this. =Þ
I wanna hear “Early Sunsets Over Monroeville” playing in the background during the mall sequence
One of the all-time greats and one of the best KC’s ever!
It's cool to see you watch Dead Meat too Sin!
Sometimes I wonder if you’d get the same likes if you didn’t have the shiny checkmark next to your name
Edit: I’m joking in case you didn’t know
I agree
Yoooo SIN!
Hello Sin love your vids
David Emge's zombie acting was truly top notch, somehow managing to be very animated and lively, without coming off as too goofy. It was legit hard seeing a character you spent an entire movie with, even with his flaws, turn into a shell of himself, wobbling around with no coordination, truly fantastic stuff.
That part when the last remnants of his old self (brain still intact-fresh) make him go directly to their hideout, searching for his GF, with all the zombies following him, freaks me out to no end. Horrific and tragic.
James: I fear no man. But that. .Thing. . .
*Zombie movies*
James: It scares me
And purge movies lmao
If James ever kill counts his "to the numbers" bits, he'll have to count Chelsea here because she's an established character?
she was also in the "Freaky" count
@@jamesmoore7755 one of the reasons why she's "established."
Can we take a moment to recognize how James is always trying to improve The Kill Count? The best!
Just look at his first year videos compared to now, dude is crazy smart, researches everything, comes in confident.
@@sofakingonmynuts1438 fr
This is genuinely one of those movies I consider almost perfect in the sense that I could watch it 1000 times and never get sick of it
It does help that’s there’s three versions of it, makes every viewing a remarkably different experience
@Miguel Messina i meant the theatrical cut, extended cut and zombi (Argento cut) but yeah I suppose you are right
@@horrorfanandy4647 do you mean the 1978 theatrical cut + Extended cut (more satire) + the 2004 remake?
@@jjrj8568
No, I’m referring to Dario Argento’s European Cut of the film, which ran under the title Zombi in Argento’s home country of Italy. It’s a radically different experience than that of the Theatrical or Extended Cut, but just as great, I highly recommend you seek it out and see for yourself, more of the Goblin soundtrack is used and it generally has a much faster pace, and is more violent overall.
I love that everyone is always so willing to play zombie extras in these movies.
26:39
Love how the zombie on the far left turns away like "Aw come on, really?" No judging on the actor, but it is rather a small humorous thing.
Mad respect to the background actors that did this for $1 a day. True badasses
The kill counts where James is visibly excited to talk about the movie are always the best imo. His energy is just so darn contagious
James: Thankfully Im not a lazy asshole like that guy
Satan: You gave up on "The Purge" and I have counted TRILLIONS of damned souls
Romero was friends with the mall manager. That's so cool! He was a legend. Rest in peace ❤️
"Dawn of the Dead" has entered the top 10 for the highest kill counts covered by Dead Meat, knocking out Final Destination 5
376 Zombieland: Double Tap
292 Final Destination
274 Brightburn
234 Carrie (2002)
161 [REC]³: Genesis
143 * * Dawn of the Dead * *
133 The First Purge
116 Zombieland
116 The Purge: Election Year
105 The Invisible Man (1933)
Belko experiment?
@@pebbleyt1357
Belko had 84 ^^
@@therandommikaela really? I coulda swore I remember it having like 150 odd
just two weeks later, and train to busan bumped everything from rec 3 down a spot
I LOVE Chelsea popping in here and there during the podcast hiatus, and wow did she sell that zombie! I hope she's getting some awesome down-time and can't f-ing wait for the podcast to be back when she's rested up!
I hope for her return on the next Romero zombie count.
At 11:39, that’s actually the same mall they used for the game Dead Rising 1, also the helicopter scene was used for the opening gameplay scene also!
8:40 "as long as you don't love orange soda"
*Immediately spits out the orange soda I had*
Dude, I used to visit Johnstown to see my grandmother, that's nice, haha. Loved the incline plane and the flood museum!
Verified person! Hello!
you could've seen young james and you'll never know.
@@Eduardesuper nope, never would have known haha
@@makeapathpresents I feel like everything about you is 👌
@@Eduardesuper Jiraya
That first zombie bite on the woman's neck in the apartment complex was the first time I'd ever seen Savini gore and honestly it probably kickstarted my love for gore and horror.
That was great, James! Easily one of my all-time favourite movies. This “Get to the numbers” bit with Chelsea may be my favourite yet!
Normally I favor the bleaker, more nihilistic conclusions of many other horror movies, but with Dawn of the Dead I wouldn't change it for anything. Aside from being a great counterpoint to Night of the Living Dead's ending, it's just such an emotional sequence. The moment when Peter, after a full movie of trauma (and being the best character), decides not to go on was initially exactly as bleak as I expected a Romero Zombie movie to end.
But when he changes his mind at the absolute last second, it becomes the most 0 to 60 moment of triumph I've had in a movie for a long time. Maybe ever. I'm not sure I've ever been so invested in a character, yet so sure they were going to die tragically, only for them to fight on and miraculously survive. That such an ambiguous finale can still be so inspirational speaks to both Romero's genius and his collaborative spirit.
I know this is random but I have to say it. James was basically setting himself up for a horror film by camping by himself for 2 weeks...IN THE WOODS
"Naturally, zombies occur..." This single line works on so many levels it hurts to think about.
If you haven't been to the Living Dead Weekends in Monroeville and Evan's city, you're truly missing out especially since you love Romero's work. This year is Return of the Living Dead weekend.
All the Of The Dead members are great people to meet and talk to. I'm very grateful to have many memorable experiences at these film festivals and the mall tour of the shooting location was/is amazing.
Absolutely love you're content too 🙂
This is one of my all time favourite horror movies up there with alien and the thing. Great episode I loved all the background info on the making of Dawn.
I love it when you include your personal interactions with horror movie actors, they’re really wholesome and just make me smile.
I take so much pride as a Pittsburgh resident that these legendary films were made more or less in my backyard.
I'm really glad you covered this, much like you its easily my favorite zombie film for its cast and for just hos practical but real they feel, the fake door to the trauma breakdown, to the pride and the planning it all just worked!
Zombies going to places they went to in life is an underrated zombie mechanic
Even if Romero’s commentary isn’t very subtle, he was such a master that it didn’t take away from the experience. Today’s movies feel like the directors are trying to make speeches rather than stories. Romero, even if his commentary was a bit in the nose, knew to tell a STORY first. He integrates it well enough that it makes sense for it to be in the story. Another reason why Mr. Romero was a master.
fun fact savini's time in Vietnam as a combat photographer actually influenced his iconic gorey style of effects he said so in an interview that to cope with all that he saw he thought of it as special effects and even said he tries to incorporate the feelings of what he saw into his work
Horrific
Imagine being so cool you get the National Guard to voluntarily shoot a zombie movie with you
Mr. Romeo must’ve be a really people person and well liked in Pittsburgh.
In 2003 I went to comic con for the first time, I went directly to get a poster and photograph of this movie and got it signed by Ken Foree, he told me I shouldn't be watching zombie movies, I was 8 years old.
To quote James “Aw, that’s nice”
did you continue to watch zombie movies
This is really George A. Romero’s massive zombie film achievement. His zombie films managed to portray themes of real life situations and society.
@Miguel Messina We lived in a society, then the dead started eating people.
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“Isn’t that right, Batman?” - Joker
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“You can’t kill me, I’m your best friend” - Joker
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Definitely the best Zombie movie ever.
Many prefer Zack Snyder's remake
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I love that you do older movies and campy movies because you're getting the new generation into cult classics that critics and others didn't give a chance . Thanks for spreading movie love
Tom savini is not only the greatest special effects guy ever but he’s a great guy I live on the same street as him and he is one of the nicest guys you’ll ever meet. Real class act guy.
To get more notice, the Monroeville mall recently started a zombie convention. It would bring the original cast, Tom savini, and created a bust of George Romero when he past. The best part is a T-shirt that was made saying, “when there is no room in hell, they will walk the mall.”
I’ve started watching you’re channel at the start of the year and I’m addicted, I may have never seen a horror movie but you made me respect all the effort that goes into these movies, especially classic horror movies, so thanks man
Happy 5 mil James. Keep up the good work to COUNTING KILLS!
I love how obvious it was that this was a labor of love not just for the crew, but also the community in which it was filmed.
"I'm not a lazy a**hole like that guy." Literally made me fall out of my chair laughing. Keep it up, James.
You should do the 2004 Dawn of the Dead, it’s one my favorite zombie movie.
25:48 His arm got Ripped off and Eaten because Pedro likes to use blood pressure machine and he didn't get off the machine and run. WAIT WRONG TALK! I MEAN HE IS STUCK ALONG WITH BLOOD PRESSURE MACHINE LOL! 😂
You know you have well developed characters when you care about them and don't want them to die just watching a UA-cam video counting the kills
Clayton Hill, the Escalator zombie in the sweater, resembles my Grandfather so much that my brother and I would call him the "Papaw Zombie".
The fact he survived the entire movie, despite being present for most of the action, made it even more poignant for us.
EDIT: He ALSO pops up as the priest in Hellraiser 3, and manages to survive Pinhead's wrath. R.I.P. Mr. Hill, we all appreciated your hard work.
I love how much of an inspiration this movie was for the first Dead Rising.
I had no idea about the cut comparison videos. Please do more we WILL watch them. Love you guys keep up the good work.