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Day of the Dead
Day of the Dead
	Promotional poster
Directed by	Steve Miner
Screenplay by	Jeffrey Reddick; George A. Romero; (1985 screenplay)
Produced by	James Glenn Dudelson; Robert Franklin Dudelson; Randall Emmett; George Furla; Jordan Rush
Starring	Mena Suvari; Nick Cannon; Ving Rhames
Distributed by	Millennium Films
Release dates	April 8, 2008 ; March 13, 2008
Country	United States
Language	English
Budget	$18 million

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Day of the Dead is a horror film which is remake of George A. Romero's classic zombie film of the same name, which was the third in Romero's Dead series. The film is directed by Steve Miner (who also directed Friday the 13th Part 2, Friday the 13th Part III and Halloween H20: 20 Years Later) and written by Jeffrey Reddick. It was originally set for theatrical distribution, but was instead released directly to video. It received generally negative reviews.

The film was principally shot in Bulgaria, with limited shooting in Los Angeles, California. Tyler Bates provided the soundtrack, and screenwriter Jeffrey Reddick has a cameo appearance as an ill-fated police officer.

Plot

The movie begins in Leadville, Colorado. Trevor (Michael Welch) and his girlfriend, Nina (AnnaLynne McCord), are in an abandoned building with two of their friends having a romantic encounter. They leave the building to go back to their respective parents' houses. They see a long line of cars at a military roadblock sealing off the city. An angry man yells at the officers to let him through as his child is sick and needs medical care, and we learn that there has been an outbreak of some sort as medical help is needed throughout the town. They are introduced to Captain Rhodes (Ving Rhames) and Corporal Sarah Cross (Mena Suvari). Soon after, privates Bud Crain (Stark Sands) and Salazar (Nick Cannon) show up. Cross takes Bud to go and visit her mother, who has become sick. She arrives home, talks to her brother (Trevor), checks on her mother, then goes to the house of one of Trevor's friends, Kyle, after Trevor and Nina explain his symptoms as being similar to their mother's.

When Bud and Sarah arrive at Kyle's house, they find the bodies of his parents, which appear to have been mauled and bitten by an animal and were stashed behind a curtain. Kyle is nowhere to be found. They radio Captain Rhodes and take Nina, Trevor, and Trevor's mom to the local hospital. There, Sarah talks to Dr. Logan (Matt Rippy) at the urging of Rhodes, while out in the waiting room all the infected have suddenly gone frozen. Bud runs to inform Sarah of the situation, when all the infected reanimate. They turn into zombie-like creatures, although unlike traditional zombies they did not collapse in death but instead zombified during their "frozen" moment. They possess super-human strength that allows them to run, jump long distances, and crawl on the ceiling. Nina and Trevor escape and run to the radio station while Sarah, Salazar, and Bud become trapped in an upstairs room in the hospital. After dispatching Rhodes (who was infected), the three of them (Bud now infected due to a bite from Rhodes) make a stop at the gun store then go and rescue Trevor and Nina from the radio station.

The group heads to the abandoned warehouse from the beginning of the film. Bud has turned into a zombie, but is somehow able to think and does not attack his friends (a vague similarity to Bub from the original Day of the Dead). The fact that Bud was a vegetarian is given by Sarah as a reason he did not attack them, but Salazar speculates that Bud is attracted to Sarah. The group descend into an underground bunker, where they reunite with Dr. Logan. They learn about a government project directed by Dr. Engel (Pat Kilbane). The group pushes further into the bunker, but Dr. Engel kills Logan. Later, Salazar is devoured by zombies as Sarah runs away, reuniting with Trevor and Nina. In the room they are in, they find gas cylinders that can be used as giant flamethrowers. Sarah decided to lure the zombies into the room, and burn them with the cylinders. She eventually finds a large group of zombies, and shouts to get their attention. The zombified Dr. Engel drops down from the vents and grabs Sarah from behind. Before he can bite her, though, Bud shoots at Engel, but not killing him. This leads to Engel and the other zombies dismembering Bud. Sarah then leads the zombies to the room where Trevor and Nina are hiding, and they torch the zombies. The three escape the bunker, and begin driving off. The movie ends with a surviving zombie jumping in front of the camera in screamer fashion.

Cast

Mena Suvari as Corporal Sarah Cross/Bowman^*
Nick Cannon as Private Salazar
Michael Welch as Trevor Cross/Bowman^*
AnnaLynne McCord as Nina
Stark Sands as Private Bud Crain
Matt Rippy as Dr. Logan
Ian McNeice as D.J. Paul
Christa Campbell as Mrs. Leitner
Ving Rhames as Captain Rhodes

^* Sarah is referred to as (in words as well as in writing) Cross during the film, but she and her brother are listed as Bowman in the credits.

Promotion

"Behind the Scenes" photos of some zombie scenes and effects have gone online. The film was also leaked in late 2007. It was not released in theaters, but was rather direct-to-video in June 2008.^[1]

Pre-production

Reddick, who adapted the script from Romero's original concept, has stated that this film does not have any connection to Zack Snyder's 2004 remake of Dawn of the Dead (although Ving Rhames had also appeared in that film as a different character). He told ComingSoon.net: "It's going to be a separate movie...We wanted to pay homage to the original with the military and the scientists and the socially relevant stuff that George Romero always does, but we wanted to put a fresh spin on it.

References

^ Nickwagnerphotography.com

External links

Day of the Dead at IMDb
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Interview with Jeffrey Riddick at ComingSoon.net

[1] Nickwagnerphotography.com

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 The movie begins in [[Leadville, Colorado]]. Trevor ([[Michael Welch (actor)|Michael Welch]]) and his girlfriend, Nina ([[AnnaLynne McCord]]), are in an abandoned building with two of their friends having a romantic encounter. They leave the building to go back to their respective parents' houses. They see a long line of cars at a military roadblock sealing off the city. An angry man yells at the officers to let him through as his child is sick and needs medical care, and we learn that there has been an outbreak of some sort as medical help is needed throughout the town. They are introduced to Captain Rhodes ([[Ving Rhames]]) and Corporal Sarah Cross ([[Mena Suvari]]). Soon after, privates Bud Crain ([[Stark Sands]]) and Salazar ([[Nick Cannon]]) show up. Cross takes Bud to go and visit her mother, who has become sick. She arrives home, talks to her brother (Trevor), checks on her mother, then goes to the house of one of Trevor's friends, Kyle,  after Trevor and Nina explain his symptoms as being similar to their mother's.
-When Bud and Sarah arrive at Kyle's house, they find the bodies of his parents, which appear to have been mauled and bitten by an animal and were stashed behind a curtain. Kyle is nowhere to be found. They radio Captain Rhodes and take Nina, Trevor, and Trevor's mom to the local hospital. There, Sarah talks to Dr. Logan ([[Matt Rippy]]) at the urging of Rhodes, while out in the waiting room all the infected have suddenly gone frozen. Bud runs to inform Sarah of the situation, when all the infected reanimate. They turn into zombie-like creatures, although unlike traditional zombies they were never dead to begin with, and possess super-human strength that allows them to run, jump long distances, and crawl on the ceiling.  Nina and Trevor escape and run to the [[radio station]] while Sarah, Salazar, and Bud become trapped in an upstairs room in the hospital. After dispatching Rhodes (who was infected), the three of them (Bud now infected due to a bite from Rhodes) make a stop at the gun store then go and rescue Trevor and Nina from the radio station.
+When Bud and Sarah arrive at Kyle's house, they find the bodies of his parents, which appear to have been mauled and bitten by an animal and were stashed behind a curtain. Kyle is nowhere to be found. They radio Captain Rhodes and take Nina, Trevor, and Trevor's mom to the local hospital. There, Sarah talks to Dr. Logan ([[Matt Rippy]]) at the urging of Rhodes, while out in the waiting room all the infected have suddenly gone frozen. Bud runs to inform Sarah of the situation, when all the infected reanimate. They turn into zombie-like creatures, although unlike traditional zombies they did not collapse in death but instead zombified during their "frozen" moment. They possess super-human strength that allows them to run, jump long distances, and crawl on the ceiling.  Nina and Trevor escape and run to the [[radio station]] while Sarah, Salazar, and Bud become trapped in an upstairs room in the hospital. After dispatching Rhodes (who was infected), the three of them (Bud now infected due to a bite from Rhodes) make a stop at the gun store then go and rescue Trevor and Nina from the radio station.
 The group heads to the abandoned warehouse from the beginning of the film. Bud has turned into a zombie, but is somehow able to think and does not attack his friends (a vague similarity to Bub from the original ''Day of the Dead''). The fact that Bud was a vegetarian is given by Sarah as a reason he did not attack them, but Salazar speculates that Bud is attracted to Sarah. The group descend into an underground bunker, where they reunite with Dr. Logan. They learn about a government project directed by Dr. Engel ([[Pat Kilbane]]). The group pushes further into the bunker, but Dr. Engel kills Logan. Later, Salazar is devoured by zombies as Sarah runs away, reuniting with Trevor and Nina. In the room they are in, they find gas cylinders that can be used as giant flamethrowers. Sarah decided to lure the zombies into the room, and burn them with the cylinders. She eventually finds a large group of zombies, and shouts to get their attention. The zombified Dr. Engel drops down from the vents and grabs Sarah from behind. Before he can bite her, though, Bud shoots at Engel, but not killing him. This leads to Engel and the other zombies dismembering Bud. Sarah then leads the zombies to the room where Trevor and Nina are hiding, and they torch the zombies. The three escape the bunker, and begin driving off. The movie ends with a surviving zombie jumping in front of the camera in [[scary prank|screamer]] fashion.