George A. Romero's Survival of the Dead (Ultimate Undead Edition) [Blu-ray]

I have read so many reviews of this latest Dead Head movie by George A Romero that I approached it as I always have with Romero's visions, keep an open mind and approach it within the mythos of his concept. Doing this, I think that 'SURVIVAL OF THE DEAD' is Romero at his most poignant and this latest film is his best since the first two of the Zombie cycle. His emergence in the past two decades as a first rate filmmaker and photographer is evident in this films haunting images. There is not one moment in Zach Snyder's unnecessary remake of 'DAWN OF THE DEAD' that chilled me to the bone and yet the vision in this film of the living dead girl riding her horse through the forest did just that to me in less than a minute. The poignancy begins to arise as the squad comes across redneck vigilantes at a camp site. Our main character played by Alan Van Spring starts hearing grunting noises and comes upon the heads of zombies impaled on poles within their camp. The heads still alive glaring and emoting sounds. Van Spring, disgusted by it all, starts firing at the heads and commences firing on the rednecks as Romero, dare I write it, has us feeling sympathy for our zombies. This feeling persists throughout the film causing the viewers emotions to start bouncing around like a ball bearing. The scene of the character of Muldoon sitting down to have dinner with his captured female soldier as his living dead wife is chained in the kitchen going through her motions and eventually coming into extreme closeup with a look of death from beyond the grave also chilled me as none of the other countless remakes and spinoffs could ever do. The most poignant scene is the one where the two twin sisters, one living and one zombie confront each other , the living reaches out to stroke the dead's face and the suddenness of the attack on the wrist as the zombie cannot control the urge for warm flesh, showing pure motorized instinct at its most chilling, the living sister gasping in both surprise and knowledge that she is already the living dead. These scenes speak volumes as to how George A Romero is the quintessential filmmaker of the Zombie genre , breaking all odds to get his vision on screen. Even the bigger budget of 'LAND OF THE DEAD' released by Universal Pictures does not have the power of these lower budget sequences contained in this excellent horror film. Romero has always been a lone wolf when it comes to bringing his visions to the screen wishing he could do it all on his own rather than having over 40 people on the set trying to keep up with him. Watch the interview included called 'TIME WITH GEORGE' and you'll see what I mean. No one can touch him and they never should. Romero leaves us with a new idea at the climax, having the living dead exist off animals as an alternative food supply. George, I can hardly wait for the next one.

The sixth entry in Romero's Dead series is one of the best. It's one of the best because it contains three main ingredients that make a Romero Dead film spectacular: 1) a point, 2) humor, 3) gore.People are giving SURVIVAL horrible reviews because they want more of the same ol', same ol', and the thing about George Romero is he likes to do something different with each film he directs. He says it himself on the commentary and documentary that are included in the special features of this disc.And SURVIVAL is definitely different. The film is somewhat inspired by the Western film THE BIG COUNTRY, which was about two warring families. With that said, what Romero offers us is a zombie Western set in the present on an island off the coast of Delaware. There's humor just in that premise alone and people don't get it: a Western that is set on an island off the coast of Delaware?! That's about as far removed from the Old West as you can get.Even the characters on the island don't make sense, some have Irish accents, others Southern, while others have Northeastern accents. I'll admit, when I first saw it I was a little put off. I laughed, but I just thought it was okay. Then I saw it again, and I noticed a few things that I missed before. From there on the movie just grew on me. I love it now. The humor in it, some of it is intentional, some unintentional, is hilarious. But the film probably would not have worked without Alan van Sprang and Kenneth Walsh, who play "Nicotine" Crockett and Patrick O'Flynn, respectively. Every scene these guys are in is entertaining and it's even better when they share the screen, Mr. Sprang is great as the tough guy and Mr. Walsh is a comedic genius as the wisecracking Irishman looking to kill any of the walking dead.If there is anything wrong with this movie, it's the zombies. They are just not scary at all. For me, DAY OF THE DEAD holds the title for scariest zombies in a Romero film. But don't let that stop you from watching this movie. I know you're going to say, "But the zombies are the most important thing about a zombie movie," but that's not true. It's the people and their fight for survival that's most important. George Romero knows what he's doing and he's done it again.Side note: there is also a fantastic documentary included with the Ultimate Edition that is almost as long as the movie itself, and it takes the viewer through the whole production process and first screenings of the movie.I will guarantee that SURVIVAL OF THE DEAD develops a cult following in the years to come. The fans will come around to appreciate Crockett, O'Flynn, and the rest of the gang.

It showed a week ahead of posted delivery date, mainly bought this to finish out watching George A. Romero’s zombie universe, I’m still contemplating on whether I should purchase his first few zombie films he released but till then watch these ones I have already

Love all things , George A. Romero.

Una más de la saga de piculas de J. Romero.Buena calidad de imagen y sonido

J'ai commandé ce DVD et qu'elle désagréable surprise impossible de le visualiser, il ne passe ni sur mon lecteur DVD, ni sur mon ordi.Je vous déconseille de commander ce produit car vous ne pourrez pas le voir.

Il film è stato davvero piacevole ed emozionante, l unico motivo per cui non do 5 stelle è perché la qualità del blu ray è buona!! Per il resto tutto ok!