Dawn of the Dead

This Devil's Advocate explores the various ways in which director George A. Romero took his 1978 zombie masterpiece Dawn of the Dead into areas of extremity during its scripting, production and distribution; and the responses of industry, censorship bodies, reviewers and audiences of the time to the film's excesses.

About the author

Jon Towlson is the author of The Turn to Gruesomeness in American Horror Films, 1931-1936 (2016); Close Encounters of the Third Kind in Auteur's 'Constellations' series (2016); and the Rondo Hatton Classic Horror Award-nominated Subversive Horror Cinema: Countercultural Messages of Films from Frankenstein to the Present (2014).

Summary

Arguably, excess is at the heart of Dawn of the Dead, integral to its meaning: not only in its scenes of gore, its in-your-face social satire and its gaudy pop-kitsch style but in the production history of the film itself.

Product details

• Authors: Jon Towlson
• Publisher: Liverpool University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 30.04.2022
• EAN: 9781800856387
• ISBN: 978-1-80085-638-7
• No. of pages: 120
• Series: Devil's Advocates
• Subject: Humanities, art, music > Art > Theatre, ballet