I am so buying this DVD the nanosecond it comes out. LOTD is a stellar zombie movie with a pertinent political subtext. My dream set would be 2-discs:

Disc 1. DTS soundtrack, cast and director commentaries.
Disc 2 Roy Frumkes's IFC documentary "Dream of the Dead," makeup featurette, trailers, cast and crew interviews, zombie timeline, the film Edgar Wright and Simon Pegg shot on set while they did their cameos

I would hope that Roy Frumkes shot much more footage that will constitute a more substantial documentary than "Dream of the Dead"...

DJ

I never caught it on IFC because my cable company doesn't carry it. Was it that bad? So pumped to get this on DVD

It's not bad at all; it's very good. The problem is just that it's short and focuses mainly on Tom Savini's cameo. Given the wealth of footage Frumkes undoubtedly shot (I can't believe he would mainly only shoot on the day of Savini's cameo, along with maybe 5 minutes of other interviews), there should be more than enough to put together a feature-length documentary that covers more aspects of the film.

DJ

Actually Land has more gore in terms of violence against human beings than all of the Dawn remake. Dawns gore was regulated to mostly violence against zombies(head shots mainly).

Meanwhile Land you actually see zombies chomping on people and ripping their flesh from their bones. Along with many severed limbs,guts being pulled out and chomped on etc. Far more grisly than viewing numerous zombies shot in the head...again in the Dawn remake.

Land is definitely far more gory and gruesome than both versions of the Dawn remake. So I was shocked to see how much got through with the R rating,and can't wait for even more in the unrated release

The one shot of the zombies pulling apart the arm bothered me more than any of the other gore shots. That hurt just watching it.

I agree that this one had more gore. I do believe that this one had as much gore as the unrated editions of Dawn (original) & Day. However, the on-screen time was probably cut down compared to those 2 earlier flicks. Example: You still saw guts being pulled out, the camera/scene just didn't stay put on it as long.

True and I'm sure the unrated version will have longer glimpses,as well as the unobscured gore shots...which will equal alot of graphic carnage

Still I was not disappointed with the R version at all in terms of gore where I thought "Jee,thats cut..thats cut,so obvious!" and got distracted. Instead I just enjoyed the ride and reacted with "Whoa,I can't believe they showed that!".

I was thinking the same thing too! Pretty amazing stuff.

If it's bare bones I'll wait for a purchase (as I've done with Kill Bill). If it's loaded or halfway loaded and cheap it will be mine.



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