Five Great Films From The Master of Modern Zombie Movies

“Land Of The Dead” (2005)
Romero is a fiercely independent talent who has done his best work outside the studio system and has seen development hell swallow up a number of potentially interesting projects, but 2005’s “Land Of The Dead” confirms the master hasn’t lost his spark, and still has interesting ideas in the 21st Century. The zombies have won the battle for control of the world, but humans survive in heavily fortified encampments, and ... more 

“Land Of The Dead” (2005)
Romero is a fiercely independent talent who has done his best work outside the studio system and has seen development hell swallow up a number of potentially interesting projects, but 2005’s “Land Of The Dead” confirms the master hasn’t lost his spark, and still has interesting ideas in the 21st Century. The zombies have won the battle for control of the world, but humans survive in heavily fortified encampments, and wealthy Mr. Kaufman (played with relish by Dennis Hopper) runs a hire rise habitat where people can still live the good life … for a price. However, Kaufman’s disinterest in his employees proves to be his undoing, while the zombies just keep getting better at pursuing the remaining humans. Full of well-executed shock sequences and biting social commentary about the growing divide between rich and poor, “Land of the Dead” was a horror movie for the Occupy movement if there ever was such a thing, and it arrived only six years before the activists first set up camp in New York City. less