A few thoughts: The third film in George A. Romero's Dead series, and one of several truly great zombie movies of 1985. With some truly incredible practical effects work and a decidedly dreary tone, this movie manages to establish itself as a unique and tonally individual film in the series, mostly abandoning the more comedic nature of its predecessor 'Dawn Of The Dead' in favor of something very dark and intense. Showing the characters in constant conflict with one another, it follows in the tradition of letting the zombies fill out the background of even greater internal struggles amongst the main cast. Bub, the zombie, gets to steal the spotlight near the end as one of the greatest film zombies of all-time. The way they allow zombies to slowly start learning is a cool touch, and how they handled Bub is terrific. Yes, this is one of the most unpleasant zombie movies around, but the effects by Tom Savini are so disgustingly great, and the characters are so believable, I can't help but to appreciate it. The last great film in the series.
Fans of practical effects, tons of gore, and the grey-skinned Romero zombies. You won't have a ton of fun here, but at least it's less irritating than 'Night Of The Living Dead'.
My grade: B+
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