It could be such a slog it makes us wish Hell would run out of room. It could be a nice, organized way to handle information from the commentators. The commentary on this Anchor Bay Divimax is moderated by the DVD’s producer, not something we’ve come across before in this column. Who better to take us through Dawn of the Dead and show us how it all came to be than Romero, Savini, and George’s wife, Christine, who served as assistant director on the film. It’s the high watermark for epic, zombie storytelling, and, for 34 years, no film has come close to topping it. It’s the film that really introduced us to what Tom Savini could do with some plaster and a machete.

It the film that made living in a zombie apocalypse fun.

George Romero’s Dawn of the Dead is more than just an improved follow-up to 1968’s Night of the Living Dead. Okay, maybe more than one of them shows up all the time, but this one’s considered by many to be the best of them. Of all the movie about the walking dead, one of them continuously appears on the best of lists time after time after time. In this edition, Kate Erbland cracks open a fresh skull cap and digs in for George Romero’s commentary on his horror classic, Dawn of the Dead. This is not to say it's bad but rather that while Dawn of the Dead pioneered zombie fiction, succeeding zombie movies have since improved on its formula of ragtag survivors being somehow worse than the undead hordes. Without further delay, here are ten zombie movies with a better story than Dawn of the Dead.Welcome to Commentary Commentary, where we sit and listen to filmmakers talk about their work, then share the most interesting parts. While Romero's satire and social commentary are to die for, the vehicle it uses to get to audiences isn't as interesting as some would hope. In both the original and its more action-packed remake, a group of people hang out in a mall and just clear it out over time. RELATED: 5 Best Movie Zombies (& 5 Worst) The mall setting is wonderful and was original for the burgeoning zombie niche, and it has since become a staple. That being said, the story itself is relatively dull. The acting is solid, helping the characters feel more alive than their undead co-stars. The action is sublime, complete with mesmerizing gore effects from the legendary Tom Savini.

The reasons for that are plentiful, as it is indeed a fantastic movie. Romero's original Dawn of the Dead is often heralded as the greatest zombie film ever made.

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