Dawn of the Dead

Don't leave before the final frame -- if you're still breathing.

Don't leave before the final frame -- if you're still breathing.

Yes, it's essentially a remake of a sequel, albeit a sequel that happens to be one of the greatest horror movies ever made, but it more than surpasses the original.

Yes, it's essentially a remake of a sequel, albeit a sequel that happens to be one of the greatest horror movies ever made, but it more than surpasses the original.

The movie has many of the elements that made the first "Dawn" so darkly entertaining.

Good zombie fun, the remake of George A. Romero's Dawn of the Dead is the best proof in ages that cannibalizing old material sometimes works fiendishly well.

Good zombie fun, the remake of George A. Romero's Dawn of the Dead is the best proof in ages that cannibalizing old material sometimes works fiendishly well.

The movie has many of the elements that made the first "Dawn" so darkly entertaining.

It's silly, witty and good-natured, not scary so much as icky, and not horrifying or horrible but consistently amusing.

Calling this version of Dawn of the Dead a remake is applying a misnomer. It's more of a re-imagination.