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'''''Dawn of the Dead''''' is the second movie in the ''Dead'' series of zombie films written and directed by George A. Romero.
There are two versions of the film, the original 1978 Romero version (the first sequel to the original ''[[
'''Synopsis'''
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Francine demands to be taught how to fly the helicopter in case of emergency. A passing group of survivalist/bikers notice the practice lessons and decide to "share" the mall with the group. Peter urges Stephen to just let the bikers do their thing and go, but their looting of the mall and letting the zombies in angers Stephen so much that he opens fire on the bikers. {{spoiler|In the battle that ensues, hordes of bikers and zombies are both let loose inside, and Stephen is killed and becomes a zombie. Francine and Peter (re-)kill him, escape to the helicopter and fly off to an unknown future.}}
Followed by ''[[
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== Contains examples of the following tropes: ==
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* [[Daylight Horror]]: Both the original and remake contain obvious examples of this.
* [[Dead Hand Shot]]
* [[Death
* [[Developing Doomed Characters]]: Both films avoid this, with bloody zombie-action smashing onto the screen within ten minutes. (A police raid on a zombie-infested tenement in the original, and the remake having zombies come right into the heroine's bedroom.)
* [[Distressed Damsel]]: Subverted in both films by the female lead.
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* [[Humans Are the Real Monsters]]: Most famously, the zombies are an outright satire of mindless consumer culture and "mall drones". Throughout the film, the zombies are handled almost effortlessly; the only danger to humans come when they get stupid or careless -- it's just that humans are more concerned with arguing with each other, engaging in mindless behavior (such as the bikies raiding the mall for things like gold rings and money), and otherwise ignoring the problem.
* [[Improbable Aiming Skills]]: Averted in the original. Stephen misses a lone slow zombie multiple times before Roger steps in to put it down.
* [[It's the Only Way
* [[Just Before the End]]
* {{spoiler|[[Kill'Em All]]}}:
** The scripted ending of the 1978 version, but by the time it came to film it Romero had grown to like the characters and decided it would just be pointlessly depressing.
** The new ending of the remake, after test audiences complained it was too optimistic.
* [[Kill It
* [[The Load]]: Stephen and Francine. Originally all he has going for him is his skills as a helicopter pilot, despite his efforts. Francine starts with nothing. However, as Roger's health fails Stephen is forced to become more proactive and even early on manages to discover the vent system they use to move safely at several points. Francine does very little, though she does learn basic shooting and how to fly the copter.
* [[The Mall]]: Chief setting of both films. In the original, this setting was used to skewer American consumerism by comparing it to the zombie hordes who "consume" everything in sight.
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* [[Not Using the Z Word]]: For the most part, both films deliberately avoid using the word "zombie." Save for one line in the original ("With those bay doors open, there's going to be a ''thousand'' zombies in here...")
* [[Our Zombies Are Different]]: The 2004 version compared to the 70's version. The zombies in that one are capable of running and jumping, with no sign of exhaustion and very persistent. Making them a much more severe threat. The 70's version was mostly scary due to numbers. They were slow and shambling but could easily overcome the humans if they managed to corner them.
* [[Pie in
* [[Room Full of Zombies]]: The film has a SWAT team raid a housing complex that had their basement filled with zombies.
* [[Rule of Scary]]
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