Dawn of the Dead (1978) | Episode 100 | The Dreadcast

100 Episodes of The Dreadcast! We cannot say thank you enough for sticking by our little horror discussion show and helping keep the motivation up to make us continue producing episode after episode. And what better way to cap off the year and the big 100, than with the 1978 George A Romero Zombie classic, Dawn of the Dead!

 

Timestamps:

 

01:00 - A Dreadcast type of celebration for Episode 100!

07:45 - Episode 100, Dawn of the Dead 

19:25 - A true example of a near perfect film being too dated for a modern audience 

BREAK

29:47 - Romero’s pure simplicity to a Zombie outbreak

39:30 - One of the most believable human reactions the outbreak 

42:50 - Dawn of the Dead remake and the post credits scene with an original reference 

45:45 - Huge racist and xenophobic tones that still feel as much part of our society as it does here 

58:10 - FLYBOY ZOMBIE 

01:09:15 - The zombie that loves a gun

BREAK

01:13:06 - The Zombie name and where this film fits

01:30:33 - The mayhem in the Monroeville Mall

01:38:20 - The final showdown

01:43:59 - Goodbye Aidan, Hello 2025

 

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