# Dawn of the Dead (2004)

> A nurse and a band of strangers turn a shopping mall into a precarious fortress as fast-moving zombies consume the world outside.

Canonical page: https://ember.film/movie/767

## Facts

- Runtime: 101 min
- Genres: Horror, Science Fiction, Action
- Director: Zack Snyder
- Cast: Sarah Polley, Ving Rhames, Jake Weber, Michael Kelly, Mekhi Phifer, Inna Korobkina, Kevin Zegers, Ty Burrell
- TMDB rating: 7.1/10
- IMDb: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0363547/

## Ember's analysis

- Pacing: breakneck
- Intensity: extreme
- Complexity: accessible
- Violence: graphic
- Mood: visceral, propulsive, paranoid, halloween night, zombie movie marathon

## Synopsis

Survival becomes a desperate game as the living face the undead in a shopping mall.

## Movies like Dawn of the Dead

- [Flight of the Living Dead (2007)](https://ember.film/movie/9721)
- [Diary of the Dead (2007)](https://ember.film/movie/7459)
- [Quarantine (2008)](https://ember.film/movie/8066)
- [Resident Evil (2002)](https://ember.film/movie/1032)
- [Dawn of the Dead (1978)](https://ember.film/movie/766)
- [Dead Rising: Watchtower (2015)](https://ember.film/movie/178223)
- [Day of the Dead (1985)](https://ember.film/movie/4082)
- [Resident Evil (2026)](https://ember.film/movie/7403889)
- [World War Z (2013)](https://ember.film/movie/50495)
- [28 Days Later (2002)](https://ember.film/movie/137)

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