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Dawn of the Dead
1978
· Movie
· 127 min
B
MEANRANK
76/100
Where it ranks
- Mean Score #1182
- IMDb #579
- Rotten Tomatoes #434
- Metacritic #1542
- Letterboxd #691
- Rotten Tomatoes Critics #804
+8 more
- Rotten Tomatoes Audience #522
- Metacritic Critics #1419
- Metacritic Audience #1958
- Criticker #431
- Douban #1399
- Kinopoisk #2383
- AlloCiné #1235
- Trakt #1319
Every rating
65–92
out of 100
Mostly agreed
Lowest is Criticker on 65, highest is Rotten Tomatoes critics on 92.
See the films the platforms disagree about most →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.
Details
- Director
- George A. Romero
- Writer
- George A. Romero
- Studio
- Dawn Associates, Laurel Entertainment
- Released
- 2 September 1978
- Country
- United States
- Language
- English
- Runtime
- 127 min
- Rated
- NR
- Budget
- $640.0K
- Box office
- $55.0M
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