A legend in everything zombie, George Romero (father of the zombie genre) brought us this scathing statement on consumerism in 1970's America and the World.
Like all zombie films, the story starts or continues, following the trail of a rag-tag group of holocaust survivors and their search for a zombie/infection free haven...cue the discovery of the quintessentially American institution...The MALL!!!!
A mecca for all that is commerce and decadence (in the late 1970's), the Mall provides security (doors and high walls), fun (arcades and shopping) and quite a bit of food. Sadly, this escape proves dull with time and inevitably leads to conflict and the arrival of other people.
Unlike modern, flight of foot zombies, Romero's creatures are true to the stereotype (lurching) and slow to capture their prey, but given his purest nature, Romero's 'things' make short work of their prey once caught (a tip of the hat to Tom Savini-a cult in himself and cameo as the biker leader) in typically gory fashion.
Budget: 500,000
Gross: 55,000,000
Fun Fact: Dario Argento (the Italian horror/gore legend) did some of the music and was instrumental (ha ha) in gaining funding for this sequel.
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