Dawn of the Dead (1978 film)/Nightmare Fuel

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Once the illusion of the mall's consumer paradise fades away, you realise that you're trapped in there... forever....

• The original is actually worse with this with Gorn levels of violence.
  • The racist cop in the raid running amok killing off random refugees with reckless glee before getting gunned down. We're treated to an extreme close-up of one of his victims.
  • A biker trying to use the heart-rate monitor machine gets his arm ripped off by a swarm of zombies surrounding him.
  • The original ending would have had Francine commit suicide by sticking her head into the rotating helicopter blades.
• The opening of the movie should have it's own special mention. Unlike Night of the Living Dead where everything in the newsroom reporting on the outbreak was broadcast and announced in a professional manner, the Newsroom in Dawn Of The Dead is anything but that. For starters, the crew running the station, are divided between doing their usual jobs, running amok in the station or fleeing while they still can. The host Sidney Berman is trying to run an interview with his guest Dr. Foster, which devolves into a heated argument. With Berman disbelieving what is going on, while Foster is trying in vain to warn him and the audience watching of the Zombie Outbreak, how to deal with it and the Martial Law that has taken effect, demanding the citizens to turn over any deceased friends and relatives they have, for proper extermination. As if things can't get any worse, the opening itself starts with the introduction of Francine, one of the workers of the station. Her and the others working in the console room are responsible for broadcasting, not just the interview, but tickers that are meant to announce rescue stations for fleeing citizens. Unfortunately the stations have closed down just as fast as they get the lists. Prompting Francine to have the list shut down, much to her boss' frustration. Said boss has already flipped out at this point and is more concerned with keeping the station on the air than the safety of the people. An argument between them erupts with microphones announcing it everywhere prompting Berman to angrily demand the boss to get off the air. With the crew dwindling in numbers and Stephen's prompting Francine leaves the station despite initially wanting to stay until it was off. The whole thing ends with one camera man solemnly telling them to go, while lamenting their jobs now officially being pointless compared to the terror that lies ahead.

Cameraman: Go ahead and leave. We'll be off the air by midnight; the emergency networks are taking over. Our responsibility is finished.