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Halloween 2007

Throughout October, read up on the best of the horror genre

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'Dead' Ringers: George A. Romero's Living Legacy

With the director's ''Diary of the Dead'' now in theaters, we look at the entire ''Dead'' genre his ''Night of the Living Dead'' gave life to — from the fresh to the decayed
By Marc Vera
| Feb 15, 2008
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Dawn of the Dead: Michael Gibson

Dawn of the Dead

(2004)

DIRECTOR Zack Snyder, who's slated to direct 2006's Day of the Dead remake

CALL IT... The Hip Update of the One in the Mall

PREMISE The same as the 1978 film, only this time the mall is in Wisconsin, there are more people holed up inside (including, from left, Jake Weber, Sarah Polley, Mekhi Phifer, and Inna Korobkina), and the motorcycle gang is MIA

BEST ZOMBIE The newborn baby. Fangs included.

GORIEST DEATH A survivor inadvertently splits another survivor in half with a chainsaw, in a speeding mall minibus no less.

WHAT EW SAID ''Snyder, making a killer feature debut, trades homemade cheesiness for knowing style, revels in the sophistication of modern special effects, and stomps off with the best remake — er, 're-envisioning' — of a horror classic in memory.'' EW Movie Grade: A (Read the review)

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