THE DEAD TIMES

RATING:

ZOMBIE RATING:

DESCRIPTION:

Continuing George Romero's "... of the Dead" saga, the world is now completely overrun by Zombies. An isolated group of survivors, including scientists and military personnel, take refuge in an underground bunker. The scientists tirelessly search for a way to 'undo' the Zombie infestation while the hot-headed military, cut off from higher authorities, become frustrated with the lack of progress.

MY VERDICT:

A marvellous movie that deals with the frightening notions of long-term group isolation in a Zombie infested world. The two main sub-groups, military and scientific, have hugely different opinions about how things should be done. These conflicting ideas grate, producing visible friction between the two sides and it is not long before everything falls into chaos. The movie also contains the most vivid Zombies ever to grace a TV screen. Slightly behind his masterwork of Dawn of the Dead but Romero continues to produce aces.