Dawn Of The Dead: The Extended Mall Hours Cut

i am a massive fan of this movie especially the argento euro cut with the stomping goblin soundtrack but this is by far the best version and the version that i wil from now on watch ;)

This is the only version I will ever watch. Fantastic transfer.

July 30, 2009

I am an extended edition buff and have a big collection of original ones and all the fanedits from here.
Many extended editions do not add anything to the movie, just add more useless scenes. I will rate the ones here.
Rating criteria: image quality, sound quality, 3x improvement, overall.
Image Quality: 9 of 10
Sound Quality: 10 of 10
Improvement: 10 of 10
Overall: 10 of 10

Considering over 30 minutes has been added on top of the Romero cut, it felt like the right length. You would think a movie with long empty scenes of slow moving, pondering, gentle action, or watching the same truck drive sequence three times, or seeing bikers do many many random bits of raucous behavior would get old but somehow it just doesn't.

The 9 for audio is because there are a lot of gaps in the audio where background noise cuts out or a sound effect is cut short. I'm nearly 100% sure that this is due to the source material but there were a few that I felt could be due to the editing.

Truly an incredible cut of an incredible (and deservedly historic) movie, and for sure is the only version I'll be watching from now on.

Fantastic job. If you loved this movie for as long as I have, seeing it in a whole new light is wonderful, and inspiring. In fact re-locating this version recently, lead me to this forum, and lead me to try my hand at re-editing myself. Great job, great picture, great movie!!