George A. Romero was reportedly offered double the budget to make Day of the Dead, the third film in his zombie saga, if he could achieve an R rating (15 in the UK). Romero went ahead and made it an X (18), at half the cost, and you can see it in every second of Day of the Dead. If you thought Dawn was violent, wait until you see this one. Tom Savini and his crew of extremely talented and innovative special effects team bring to screen some of the bloodiest, goriest and most impressive zombie moments ever seen. People are torn apart, intestines ripped out, heads ripped off, flesh bitten off; you name, it's in there. As a film, Day of the Dead is smaller in scope and ideas than Dawn. The world has become overrun by zombies, and a small group of military personnel and scientists are camped out in an underground bunker. The scientists try to discover more about the zombies, and end up creating the first zombie hero in Bub. We watch fear and paranoia tear the group apart, leading to the zombies finding their way in and snacking down like fatties at a buffet. In keeping with the previous films, it's a typically bleak affair and, while it lacks the social satire of the other films, it's still brilliantly written, shot and acted, along with the incredible practical effects which have yet to be bettered.
