Survival of the Dead

2009
18
1h 30m

IMDb RATING

4.8/10

23K

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National Guardsmen, thinking they have found refuge from a zombie army on an island off the coast of Delaware, soon realize they've wedged themselves between two warring families who differ on what should become of the undead.

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Zombie Horror Comedy Drama Horror Thriller

On an island off the coast of North America, local residents simultaneously fight a zombie epidemic while hoping for a cure to return their un-dead relatives back to their human state.On an island off the coast of North America, local residents simultaneously fight a zombie epidemic while hoping for a cure to return their un-dead relatives back to their human state.On an island off the coast of North America, local residents simultaneously fight a zombie epidemic while hoping for a cure to return their un-dead relatives back to their human state.

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IMDb RATING

4.8/10

23K

YOUR RATING

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Awards
- 2 nominations total

D.J.
(as Josh Peace)

Hardee T. Lineham

Lieutenant Vaughn

Dru Viergever

Soldier Zombie

Eric Woolfe

Kenny

Shawn Roberts

Tony
(archive footage)

Scott Wentworth

Professor Maxwell
(archive footage)

Amy Lalonde

Tracy
(archive footage)

Michelle Morgan

Debra
(archive footage)

Joshua Close

Jason
(archive footage)

Mitch Risman

Drooling Zombie

Julian Richings

James

Wayne Robson

Tawdry

John Healy

Matthew

Philippa Domville

Beth

Kristina Miller

Zombie Girl

Director
- George A. Romero
Writer
- George A. Romero
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Storyline

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Trivia
George A. Romero had plans to make two more sequels which he would film back-to-back, starting with "Road of the Dead". Unfortunately, illness and ultimately his death in 2017 prevented any of this happening.

Goofs
(at around 22 mins) At one point Sarge Crockett smashes out one of the windows in the armored truck with the butt of a rifle. In reality, that is impossible since the polycarbonate "bullet-resistant" windows would not be penetrated even by a bullet, much less the blunt plastic butt of a rifle.

Quotes
Sarge 'Nicotine' Crocket: Where's Cisco?
Tomboy: He's... in heaven... telling the Virgin Mary he can change her life.

Connections
Edited into Cent une tueries de zombies (2012)

Soundtracks
THE LORD IS IN MY HEART
Written by Charlie Finlay
Courtesy of Charfin Music

User reviews186

Featured review

3/10

My, how far we've fallen.

With this latest Dead entry from George, I realize we're never going to approach the original trilogy's greatness ever again. It took 20 years after Day of the Dead (still my favorite) to get to Land of the Dead (entertaining, but nothing new). In the last 5 years, George has cranked out 3 Dead movies. Is he inspired or trying to stay commercially viable? Diary annoyed me with its Scream/Blair Witch hybrid and now, if it's possible to get worse, we have.

Survival of the Dead plays like a TV movie with profanity. I couldn't get over how lifeless this movie was. I appreciate the Irish Western flavor, but that's all that's new here. While watching this, I felt like it was a rehash of Day of the Dead, substituting two feuding Irish families for the feuding military vs scientists. The so-called twist at the end is embarrassingly desperate. I know some fans will want George to make one more great Dead movie and retire the series. After witnessing this second trilogy, I feel the more he makes, the more creatively bankrupt he appears.