Day of the Dead (2008)

User Rating:

4.5/10   

Director:

Steve Miner

Writers (WGA):

Jeffrey Reddick (screenplay)
George A. Romero (motion picture "Day of the Dead")

Release Date:

8 April 2008 (USA)

Genre:

Horror | Thriller

Tagline:

This spring, the dead will rise!

Plot:

When a small Colorado town is overrun by the flesh hungry dead a small group of survivors try to escape in a last ditch effort to stay alive.

Plot Keywords:

Colorado | Fall From Height | Bitten In The Neck | Gore | Barricade

Cast

Mena Suvari	...	Sarah Bowman
Nick Cannon	...	Salazar
Michael Welch	...	Trevor Bowman
AnnaLynne McCord	...	Nina
Stark Sands	...	Bud Crain
Matt Rippy	...	Doctor Logan
Pat Kilbane	...	Scientist
Taylor Hoover	...	Local Girl
Christa Campbell	...	Mrs. Leitner
Ian McNeice	...	Paul - DJ
Ving Rhames	...	Captain Rhodes
Robert Rais	...	Mr. Leitner
Michael McCoy	...	Mr. Noble
Laura Giosh	...	Mrs. Nobel (as Laura Goish Markov)
Vanessa Johansson	...	Receptionist
Mark Coolidge Johnson	...	Sheriff Carver
David Pineda	...	Nervous Deputy
Sergio Buenrostro	...	Soldier
Milos Miroslav	...	Young Punk (as Miroslav Emilov)
Alex Brown	...	Young Man
Hollie Dorrough	...	Young Punkgirl
Brian La Rosa	...	Man in Woods (as Brian De La Rosa)
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Kent Jude Bernard	...	Zombie (uncredited)
Neil D'Monte	...	Zombie (uncredited)
Ron Fagan	...	Screaming Zombie at End (uncredited)
Linda Marlowe	...	Francine Bowman (uncredited)
Isaac Meisenheimer	...	Fire zombie (uncredited)
Jason Miller	...	Zombie (uncredited)
Erika Perez	...	Zombie (uncredited)
Jeffrey Reddick	...	Deputy (uncredited)
Luke Sexton	...	Zombie (uncredited)
Hugh Skinner	...	Kyle (uncredited)

Directed by
Steve Miner

Writing credits (WGA)
Jeffrey Reddick		(screenplay)
George A. Romero		(motion picture "Day of the Dead")

Produced by
Boaz Davidson	....	producer
Danny Dimbort	....	executive producer
James Glenn Dudelson	....	producer
Robert Franklin Dudelson	....	executive producer
Randall Emmett	....	producer
George Furla	....	producer
Avi Lerner	....	executive producer
Paul Mason	....	executive producer
Israel Ringel	....	line producer
Jordan Rush	....	executive producer
Joost Scholte	....	assistant line producer
Trevor Short	....	executive producer
M. Dal Walton III	....	producer

Original Music by
Tyler Bates

Cinematography by
Patrick Cady

Film Editing by
Nathan Easterling

Casting by
Nancy Nayor

Production Design by
Carlos Silva Da Silva		(as Carlos Da Silva)

Art Direction by
Sonya Savova

Set Decoration by
Rosen Stefanov

Costume Design by
Gina Hendrix		(re-shoots)

Makeup Department
Denitza Daverova	....	coordinator: makeup assistants
Katka Horska	....	additional makeup artist
Dean Jones	....	special makeup designer
Starr Jones	....	special makeup effects artist
Daniel Jouet	....	foam department
Jack Lazzaro	....	makeup effects lab technician
Nicole Michaud	....	wigmaker: American Make-up Effects
Michael Mosher	....	special makeup effects artist
Ken Niederbaumer	....	special makeup effects artist
Brian Penikas	....	special makeup effects artist
Petya Simeonova	....	assistant makeup artist
Maria Stankovich	....	additional makeup artist: Bulgaria
Yana Stoyanova	....	special makeup effects artist: Bulgaria
Clint Zoccoli	....	makeup effects lab technician
Clint Zoccoli	....	sculptor

Production Management
Veselin Karadjov	....	production manager: second unit
Alexander Peytchev	....	unit production manager
Oren Senderman	....	production supervisor

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Todd Amateau	....	first assistant director
Damian Damianov	....	assistant director: set
Kiril Dimitrov	....	assistant director: set
Steve Griffin	....	second unit director
Peter Mechkoff	....	first assistant director: second unit
Nanyo Minchev	....	second second assistant director

Art Department
Borislav Belberov	....	stand-by props
Dirk Buchmann	....	property master
Andrew Daniel	....	art director: second unit
Neil D'Monte	....	storyboard artist
Andrey Filchev	....	stand-by props
Anna Hadzhieva	....	art department coordinator
Alexei Karagyaur	....	graphic designer
Georgi Kodzhabashiyski	....	painter
Kenneth Leslie	....	production designer: second unit
Rosen Stefanov	....	set dresser
Arta Tozzi	....	model maker
Evgeni Yordanov	....	carpenter (uncredited)

Sound Department
Steve C. Aaron	....	additional sound mixer
Gary Alexander	....	sound re-recording mixer
Mark Ettel	....	sound effects mixer
Mark Ettel	....	sound re-recording mixer
Nick Foley	....	adr mixer
Jeremy Gray	....	studio engineer
Mike Hostettler	....	boom operator: Los Angeles
Anthony Krajchir	....	sound engineer

Special Effects by
Kevin Carter	....	special effects contact lenses
Ivo Jivkov	....	special effects coordinator: Bulgaria
Stefan Razlojki	....	armourer
Marten Ruskov	....	special effects crew
Hugo Villasenor	....	special effects technician

Visual Effects by
Ivaylo Andonov	....	digital artist
Javor Asenov	....	digital compositor
Simeon Asenov	....	visual effects art director
Luba Atanasova	....	colorist
Svilen Aynadzhiev	....	digital compositor
Rachel Clement	....	digital cleanup artist
Scott Coulter	....	visual effects producer
Yasen Denev	....	illustrator
Nina Dimitrova	....	matchmove artist
Paounka Dimitrova	....	visual effects
Konstantin Dimitrov	....	digital artist
Stoycho Dimitrov	....	digital effects artist
Alexander Dimov	....	visual effects
Barbara Domuschieva	....	visual effects
Stanislav Draganov	....	visual effects
Nikolay Gachev	....	visual effects supervisor
Iva Gorcheva	....	digital compositor
Danail Hadzhiyski	....	visual effects
Dobromir Hristov	....	digital effects artist
Albena Ivanova	....	digital compositor
Kamen Jordanov	....	digital effects artist
Peter Keranov	....	digital compositor
Delyan Ketipov	....	lead digital artist
Momchil Kirov	....	digital effects artist
Nikolay Kolev	....	digital artist
Silviya Mariyanova	....	visual effects coordinator
Jordan Markov	....	visual effects editor
Velislava Mihailova	....	digital effects artist
Nevena Nikolcheva	....	digital compositor
Filip Nikolov	....	visual effects
Nikolay Pachov	....	visual effect assistant editor
Desislava Paunova	....	visual effects
Diyan Penev	....	visual effects coordinator
Julia Petrova	....	digital compositor
Yakim Petrov	....	character animator
Iavor Radev	....	visual effects coordinator
Diana Simeonova	....	matchmove artist
Georgi Slavov	....	visual effects
Georgi Staikov	....	animator
Plamen Statev	....	visual effects coordinator
Boyan Stoyanov	....	fluid simulation engineer
Milan Stoyanov	....	digital compositor
Stanislav Stoynev	....	3D lead artist
Stefan Tchakarov	....	visual effects production supervisor
Dimitrina Torneva	....	digital compositor
Filip Uzunov	....	lead digital artist
Desislava Valcheva	....	digital compositor
Alexander Valev	....	digital compositor
Slavov Yanko	....	matchmove artist
Vladimir Zdravkov	....	visual effects systems administrator
Petko Zhivkov	....	digital compositor

Stunts
Boyan Anev	....	stunts
Georgi Dimitrov	....	stunt rigger
Ivailo Dimitrov	....	stunts
Steve Griffin	....	stunt coordinator
Dian Hristov	....	stunt coordinator
Radoslav Ignatov	....	stunt double: Michael Welch
Radoslav Ignatov	....	stunts
Danko Jordanov	....	stunts
Jindrich Klaus	....	stunt rigger
Todor Lazarov	....	stunts
Georgi Manchev	....	stunt performer
Trayan Milenov-Troy	....	stunts
Radoslav Parvanov	....	stunts
Velizar Peev	....	stunts
Elitsa Rajeva	....	stunts
Stanimir Stamatov	....	stunts
Georgi Stanislavov	....	stunts
Vencislav Stojanov	....	stunts
Teodor Tsolov	....	stunts
Raicho Vasilev	....	stunts
Yordan Zahariev	....	utility stunts

Camera and Electrical Department
Hristo Aleksandrov	....	assistant camera
Mihail Apostolov	....	best boy grip
Martin Balkanski	....	second assistant camera
Mitko Bonev	....	first assistant camera: second unit
Ryan DeGrazzio	....	additional assistant camera
Sascia Ippoliti	....	Steadicam operator
R. Derek Keener	....	gaffer: Los Angeles
Tsvetan Kostov	....	grip
Neven Mihailova	....	camera operator: "b" camera
Georgi Petkov	....	grip
Venelin Stepanov	....	grip
Kevin Stevenson	....	video assist
Tonja Thomas	....	film loader: reshoots
Emil Topuzov	....	director of photography: second unit
Ivan Vatzov	....	assistant camera
Simon Versano	....	still photographer
Mihail Yanakiev	....	second assistant camera: second unit
Yavor Zahariev	....	gaffer

Casting Department
Celeste Leger	....	casting associate

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Lyubomir Doichinov	....	costumes
Ani Gelinova	....	costume supervisor: second unit
Elitsa Taseva	....	costume supervisor

Editorial Department
Julius Friede	....	digital intermediate colorist
David Graubard	....	digital intermediate senior systems engineer
Candice Levy	....	post-production coordinator
Dennis Little	....	digital intermediate production coordinator
Sarah Priestnall	....	production supervisor: digital intermediate
Amanda Zemke	....	assistant editor
Todor G. Todorov	....	telecine colorist (uncredited)

Music Department
Selena Arizanovic	....	music coordinator
Bodin Draskoci	....	orchestra contractor
Michael Farrow	....	scoring mixer
Darrell Hall	....	music consultant
Sasha Jankovic	....	assistant music recording engineer
Ashley Miller	....	music supervisor
Tim Williams	....	conductor
Tim Williams	....	orchestrator

Transportation Department
Matthew Ballard	....	transportation coordinator

Other crew
Danny 'Dano' Anderson	....	set production assistant: re-shoots
Prince Bagdasarian	....	film and high definition coordinator
Andrew Bentler	....	production assistant
Alexandre Coscas	....	assistant: Mr. Lerner
Denitza Daverova	....	production assistant
Gabriel Georgiev	....	location manager
Mary Grace	....	photo-double: Nina
Laura Irvine	....	location manager
Todd Korody	....	systems engineer
Alan J. Lam	....	production controller
Brian La Rosa	....	movement coach
Kellen McDowell	....	production assistant: Los Angeles
Isaac Meisenheimer	....	assistant to director: reshoots
Kalin Nikolov	....	production coordinator: second unit
Craig O'Keefe	....	production assistant
Cyrus Ruiz	....	development assistant
Maggie Stoyanova	....	production coordinator
Shelly Stoyanova	....	script supervisor: second unit
Arturo Lopez Uscanga	....	scanning manager
Courtney Shay Young	....	photo double: Ms. Suvari
Anthony Yuse	....	key set production assistant: additional photography
Clint Zoccoli	....	laboratory technician

Production Companies

• Millennium Films (presents)
• Taurus Entertainment Company
• Emmett/Furla Films
• Nu Image Entertainment GmbH
• D.O.D. Productions

Distributors

• Millennium Films (2007) (worldwide) (all media) (sales)
• Movie-Eye Entertainment (2008) (Japan) (theatrical)
• Peace Arch Releasing (2008) (Canada) (theatrical)
• Dutch FilmWorks (DFW) (2008) (Netherlands) (DVD)
• First Look International (2008) (USA) (DVD)
• Future Film (2009) (Finland) (DVD) (Blu-ray)
• Midget Entertainment (2008) (Denmark) (all media)
• e-m-s the DVD-Company (2008) (Germany) (DVD)

Special Effects

• Worldwide FX

Other Companies

• Belgrade Film Orchestra  orchestra
• Hollywood Intermediate  digital intermediate services
• Soundtrack  ADR Facility

Also Known As:

Day of the Dead: The Need to Feed (USA) (DVD title)

MPAA:

Rated R for strong pervasive horror violence and gore, and language.

Runtime:

86 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

USA:R | Germany:18 | Japan:R-15 | Australia:MA | Netherlands:16 | Finland:K-18 (self applied)

Filming Locations:

New Boyana Film Studios, Sofia, Bulgaria

Company:

Millennium Films

Trivia:

Although the film's plot shares little with the original, many of the scenes and situations from the original are duplicated, such as debating on whether or not a fellow member should be killed even though there's a chance he won't become a zombie, a zombie firing a gun, and the heroes having to make their way through an abandoned missile silo.

Goofs:

Factual errors: (Uniform Error) The Army personnel in the movie are wearing black t-shirts under their BDUs. Only the Air Force wears black, the Army wears brown t-shirts.

Movie Connections:

References Day of the Dead (1985)

A Disappointing Excuse For A Romero Remake

Like many of you, I got really excited when I heard about this film. After the incredibly good effort that was the Dawn of the Dead 2004 remake, this film is an extremely cheap attempt to cash in on the name. It's extremely important to keep in mind that this film it's not a remake as much as it's a by-the-numbers zombie/infected flick with a fancy name on it.

The film stars Mena Suvari and has a short cameo by Ving Rhames. While I'll watch anything with Mena Suvari in it - even "Loser" - this is a stretch. While Suvari does a decent job with a flat, lifeless (no pun intended) script, the other actors are incredibly stiff, awkward and unconvincing. Rhames plays basically the same character he played in the Dawn of the Dead remake, although he only appears for the first 15 minutes or so.

The film itself is extremely boring and the action and special effects are haphazard. I can honestly say that I've never felt so bored during an action sequence before. The "climax", if you can call it that, runs on for about 5 minutes more than it should. Even worse, the film doesn't even attempt to redeem itself by being a tad funny.. it tries, but fails with flying colors. The script is absolutely ridiculous, not even making relative sense in the world of the film.

If you've ever wondered what "vegetarian" zombies eat, feel free to watch this movie. If you want to see a new spin on Romero, wait for Diary of the Dead to come out in wide release by the man himself. I'm giving this one a three for Mena Suvari alone.