Dawn of the Dead (2004)
- The incredible score for Dawn of the Dead was composed in just a few weeks after the original composer dropped out.
- Eagle-eyed viewers have noticed a hidden easter egg referencing Zack Snyder's previous film in the background of the opening scene.
- During the filming of Dawn of the Dead, Sarah Polley improvised one of the most famous lines in the movie.
Dawn of the Dead is a 2004 American horror film directed by Zack Snyder in his feature debut, a remake of George Romero's 1978 classic. Sarah Polley stars as Ana, a nurse who escapes the zombie apocalypse's initial outbreak and takes refuge in the Crossroads Shopping Mall in Milwaukee with a group of survivors including a tough cop played by Ving Rhames, a sarcastic electronics salesman played by Ty Burrell, and a morally conflicted security guard played by Michael Kelly. Zack Snyder's remake reimagined Romero's shambling zombies as fast-moving, terrifyingly aggressive infected that could sprint, creating opening sequences of genuinely shocking intensity โ the suburban neighborhood collapse in the first five minutes was among the most visceral zombie outbreak depictions ever filmed.
The Richard Cheese lounge cover of Disturbed's "Down with the Sickness" playing over a montage of rooftop zombie-watching became one of horror cinema's most memorable musical choices. Dawn of the Dead earned $102 million worldwide on a $26 million budget.
