Day of the Dead (1985 film)

Day of the Dead is a 1985 American horror film written and directed by George A. Romero and the third film in Romeros Dead series, being preceded by Night of the Living Dead 1968 and Dawn of the Dead 1978.

Cannibalistic zombies have overrun the entire world. The remaining fragments of the U.S. government and military hide out in fortified military bases and colonies, attempting to find a solution to the zombie pandemic. Sarah, Private Miguel Salazar, radio operator William Bill McDermott, and helicopter pilot John fly from their base to Fort Myers, Florida, in an attempt to locate additional survivors. They encounter a large horde of the undead, and return to their army base in the Everglades, where a small group of scientists, supported by a skeleton crew of soldiers, is searching for a way to stop or reverse the reanimation process.Dr. Logan, the lead scientist also known as Frankenstein due to his grisly surgical dissections of zombies believes that the zombies can be trained to become docile, and accordingly has amassed a collection of test subjects, which are kept in a large underground corral in the compound, in spite of the objections of basecommander Captain Henry Rhodes. The tension between soldiers and scientists worsens in the face of dwindling supplies, loss of communication with other survivors, and slow progress in research. During a meeting between the scientists and the soldiers, Rhodes announces that he is taking command of the base, that the scientists henceforth will work under his orders, and that anyone who objects will be instantly killed. Dr. Logan hopes to secure Rhodes cooperation by showing him the results of his research. He is especially proud of Bub, a docile zombie who remembers some parts of his past life and engages in rudimentary human behavior listening to music, aiming a pistol, and saluting Captain Rhodes. Rhodes, however, is not impressed. ........

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