Taking place shortly after the outbreak of walking dead and giving no explanation for it, the film opens with a plane attempting to leave Africa only to crash just offshore. The few survivors to make it to the beach are greeting by slowly advancing corpses shambling out of the jungle.
The zombies in The Dead are the closest to the Romero-style: slow-moving, silent, expressionless, and unblinking. The darkness of the African countryside at night only amplifies their creepiness. It is due to this that I feel The Dead could fit easily among the original trio of Romero films, possibly as a sort of parallel sequel.
It has been critiqued by some as being a bit slow, and at times, the development of the story does keep the deceased at bay, but it is important to remember that this is not of the "action-horror," sub-genre of zombie movies, but an old-school, straight-up monster movie.
One of my personal faves, and holder of a ZMR score of 3.62 out of 4.0!
2013 saw an equally great sequel from the Ford Brothers, set in India and called, not surprisingly, The Dead 2.
Grab a peek at it on them YouTubes right here: THE DEAD
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