Feb 2017 *
Boring thread, I know, but I think it makes sense to make it today.
You don't have to say why if you don't feel like it.
Mine is Dawn of the Dead (1978) because it's very entertaining, it has great likeable characters, it has some of the most memorable zombies of all time, it has a lot of great gore and the music is awesome. Also it offers everything you could possibly want from a movie: horror obviously, suspense, action, drama, comedy and even romance. I could watch it everyday and never get tired of it. Not only my favorite horror movie, also my favorite movie of any genre. 10/10
You don't have to say why if you don't feel like it.
Mine is Dawn of the Dead (1978) because it's very entertaining, it has great likeable characters, it has some of the most memorable zombies of all time, it has a lot of great gore and the music is awesome. Also it offers everything you could possibly want from a movie: horror obviously, suspense, action, drama, comedy and even romance. I could watch it everyday and never get tired of it. Not only my favorite horror movie, also my favorite movie of any genre. 10/10
Me and my mom went to BB and I found the 2 tape set and a surprisingly cheap copy of Night. I didn't know back then that it was public domain. Also didn't know if they'd have Dawn. Just luck that AB had recently released it.
I just clicked with it on first watch.I liked rooting for all 4 characters, even flyboy.(still the best shambling corpse ever) The scenes with the good 'ol boys shooting. zombies out in the country and having a time with Cause I'm A Man playing.
I was never a mallrat but, I loved the idea of holing up in a big secured mall with a few friends. Moreso a late 70s mall than a bland mall of today with no character and ALL the same stores. It really was the perfect place. All that food in the walk-in freezers, the arcade and ice rink.
The gourmet foods, the guns, the furniture. The idea of being in a place you are not supposed to be and having it all for yourself.
The gore was great. Just loved it. Years later someone on IMDB ragged it pointing out the grey paint and orange blood. I honestly never noticed before, you know what I mean, it never took me out if the movie and still doesn't.
The basement scene with the dead gnawing on big bones or wrapped wiggling Flopping and twitching. Except fir that one zombie, they seemed oblivious to Peter and Roger. I find that spooky, but don't know why.
Enough rambling I guess, but lastly, film especially 70s film stock looks so much better than the clean digital look in most cases. All 4 actors had very believable chemistry.