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what makes this one scary

posted 12 years ago by pete18031975
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in the original night and dawn, humanity was kinda still fighting back, in this one humanity had lost, a few people left in a world of zombies, thats what made it scary, my fave zombie movie.

[–] suicidea 12 years ago

I agree very much. Often times people rate one movie above the other because it has "better effects" or "cooler death scenes" but none of those achive the incredibly dark mood of this film.

From the opening scene, you know that it is all lost, and whatever few people you have around you are probably the only ones you'll see your entire life. Yet they still fight among themselves and kill each other. That is what makes this film scary, not guts and brains.

Never be complete.

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[–] sillyspaghetti 11 years ago

I think the dark, grim tone of the movie AND the explicit, graphic violence combine to make a very scary film. To this day, it gives me nightmares and it is over a decade since I first saw it.

[–] Duragizer 11 years ago

I personally have a hard time buying into the idea that the zombie plague could have reached such epic proportions. The scenario at the end of NOTLD seems much more plausible to me.

The greatest trick the devil ever pulled was convincing the world he wasn't a great big pansy.

[–] pete18031975 11 years ago

love the opening sequence. with the calendar and the hands that freaked me out lol. but there are NO zombie movies that compare. this is the best hands down!!! at the beginning when they fly into a major city, you definately know that the world has ended... grim... wonder what happened after they hit the island at the end???

[–] speccyboy 11 years ago

I like to think that they lived their lives quite happily. I'm assuming Europe and the other continents on the planet were relatively zombie-free, since the epidemic (from what we see in Night, Dawn and Day) only hits the US.

[–] sillyspaghetti 9 years ago

It's an utterly depressing film, bar the ending. At least one country has been overtaken by monsters, yet the humans are squabbling amongst themselves. While they fight, they kill each other and meet repulsive demises.

Having said all that, the film is very effective. I bought the husband the old VHS back in 2001 and it still haunts me to this day; especially Rhodes' death.