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TIFF 09: Day 3 - George A. Romero’s Survival of the Dead George A. Romero’s Survival of the Dead is the sixth in Romero’s classic zombie series. Romero is the creator of the modern zombie lore, the slow walking, dumb as nails zombies. His films often have a piece of social commentary attached to them. The is most prevalent in Dawn of the Dead (1978) where the characters live in a mall. The film has an underlying message about how consumerism turns people into mindless zombies. Survival comes as his third film in four years, as a response to recent zombie films which feature the running, intelligent zombie (including a 2004 remake of his own Dawn of the Dead). Romero feels strongly that zombies are not to be these fast creatures, they are the dead, they move slowly. This is exactly what Survival of the Dead does. Move slowly. While it is more successful and enjoyable than last year’s Diary of the Dead, Survival has not been able to recapture the feel of Night of the Living Dead, Dawn…, or Day of the Dead. One thing I will note is that Survival has the option of being interpreted as several social commentaries, but the most prevalent to me was the debate of the right to life. The film takes place on a island where two competing family clans have views on how the dead should be treated. One feels the living dead are soulless incarnations of their loved ones, the other feels the living dead can be trained and reintegrated into society. As well, the film has a surprising twist toward the end of the film that will be interesting to see how Romero handles it. Rating: C+

TIFF 09: Day 3 - George A. Romero’s Survival of the Dead

George A. Romero’s Survival of the Dead is the sixth in Romero’s classic zombie series. Romero is the creator of the modern zombie lore, the slow walking, dumb as nails zombies. His films often have a piece of social commentary attached to them. The is most prevalent in Dawn of the Dead (1978) where the characters live in a mall. The film has an underlying message about how consumerism turns people into mindless zombies. Survival comes as his third film in four years, as a response to recent zombie films which feature the running, intelligent zombie (including a 2004 remake of his own Dawn of the Dead). Romero feels strongly that zombies are not to be these fast creatures, they are the dead, they move slowly. This is exactly what Survival of the Dead does. Move slowly. While it is more successful and enjoyable than last year’s Diary of the Dead, Survival has not been able to recapture the feel of Night of the Living Dead, Dawn…, or Day of the Dead. One thing I will note is that Survival has the option of being interpreted as several social commentaries, but the most prevalent to me was the debate of the right to life. The film takes place on a island where two competing family clans have views on how the dead should be treated. One feels the living dead are soulless incarnations of their loved ones, the other feels the living dead can be trained and reintegrated into society. As well, the film has a surprising twist toward the end of the film that will be interesting to see how Romero handles it.

Rating: C+

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