When there’s no more room in HELL, the dead will walk the EARTH!
During an ever-growing epidemic of zombies that have risen from the dead, two Philadelphia SWAT team members, a traffic reporter, and his television-executive girlfriend seek refuge in a secluded shopping mall.
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- Body horror
- Graphic violence
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Character
Classical in form, plot-driven, overwhelming and bleak.
- classical in formformally daring
- character-ledplot-driven
- cooloverwhelming
- warmbleak
- gravecomic
Who loves it, who doesn't
20 profiled raters. Loved most by The Provocateurs; disliked most by The Thrill Chasers.
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Cast
- David EmgeStephen "Flyboy" Andrews
- Ken ForeePeter Washington
- Scott H. ReinigerRoger "Trooper" DeMarco
- Gaylen RossFrancine "Fran" Parker
- David CrawfordDr. James Foster
- David EarlySidney Berman
- Richard FranceDr. Milliard Rausch
- Howard SmithTV Commentator
- Daniel DietrichDan Givens
- Fred BakerPolice Commander
Crew
- George A. RomeroDirector
- George A. RomeroScreenplay
- Michael GornickDirector of Photography
- Fabio PignatelliOriginal Music Composer
- Massimo MoranteOriginal Music Composer
- Claudio SimonettiOriginal Music Composer
- George A. RomeroEditor
- Richard P. RubinsteinProducer
- Claudio ArgentoProducer
- Alfredo CuomoProducer
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Pairings
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Closest on the same fourteen dimensions, from everything scored on Curator Co. Other media included when they land close.
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L.A. Law 198667% alikeSeries · Both classical in form.
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