I bought this from a charity shop for £2...and i felt like i got robbed after watching it. Just plain awful. For me personally the Dead series ended with Day Of The Dead, the second trilogy has no right existing in George Romero's Zombie universe.
I actually kinda like Survival of the Dead. This was actually George's first and last Zombie movie in which he was the Director, Writer and Executive Producer. I enjoyed this movie because it felt like George was actually just having fun in making this movie and it kinda shows. Plus, the "shit" reception that this movie got enabled him to just relax and enjoy his retirement years and not be pressured into making another Zombie movie.
I saw an interview with George once where he said he loved CG blood effects because of the time and trouble it saved having to clean blood splatter off of the walls and people when they would have to re-shoot a scene because of mistakes during filming.
This was released in select theaters in the U.S. Hubby took me to see it in Philadelphia. It wasn't a great end to our 1st anniversary. We made the best of it. Went to the Mutter museum and the Starwars exhibit at the Franklin Institute.
@@davidcokeley2918 I absolutely LOVED Land of the Dead. I know people hated it and maybe it wasn't "done well" and all the narratives are way too obvious.. but. I love it so much. It was the first "Living Dead" film I ever got to see in theaters. I mean, I saw Dawn of the Dead(2004) in theaters, too. But I meant a George Romero "Living Dead" film.
I must admit I did love seeing a zombie ride a horse back when this came out (as forgettable as the rest of film is, that part always stuck with me). Thanks for an amazing Halloween season of Dead series reviews!!!
Note that the man played Captain Rhodes, was on Dawn Of The Dead (1978.) He was one of the cops, where the helicopter was at the beginning of the movie. I have seen Survival Of The Dead, a few years ago. I tend to agree this was not, George's best film work. I also prefer George's older movies, that being the 1st 3 dead movies.
Nah, worst CGI head shot I'm aware of was in recent Zombieland 2 - even if its main focus is comedy, having zombie heads disappear like sub-PS2 graphics isn't acceptable.
People got to give Survival a pass it was a low budget so there’s sympathy to be shown. Zombieland 2 is not gonna have excuses it was a studio film and the fact that they allowed crappy cgi in that film still blows my mind.
I vaguely remember watching most of these movies you've reviewed and enjoying the bad ones. Vaguely because I was flat out drunk when I watched them. Being drunk is self explanatory.
I had only seen parts of this film on TV and skipped over it before this review but I bought and watched it all after this review and I think George knew he couldn't make a classic like his original trilogy but wanted to make something more humorous than the quite bleak Land and the Generic and bad Diary and he does achieve that even if it isn't a very good film, there's bit's where I just laugh out of sheer confusion as to why it was in there, The Asian Fisherman, Why?, The Shed Grenade, Why?, The Zombie looking at the Dynamite just passed to him before going Boom, Why?, Zombie Riding a Horse better than Frankie Dettori, Why? and I think it all just makes you laugh because there's no other way to compute the feeling you've got and it just becomes instinctual to laugh, like Rickels laughing while knowing he was gonna die to the Zombies in Day. It's this weird, unnecessary but oddly entertaining (in the same way most bad movies can be entertaining in the right circumstances) piece of film making and George left us not with a bang, not with a whisper but with a bit of a chuckle
"How close would the moon have to be . . ." Iain gets super logical during a zombie film. And now I've got this urge to go watch your review of World War Z.
I definitely knew about it. I was blindly following any new "of the dead" film development since the first Land BTS photos appeared online. I saw both Land and Diary in the theater and picked Survival on Blu Ray on release day. But Land is the only one of still revisit. It was a let down as well in many ways but the budget helped with the grander scope and better effects. lol
@@maxxdahl6062 Even if he didn’t I heard he had a blast making this film. Survival of the Dead is the type of film he made for himself but I also enjoyed it.
@@aydenvavra2153 You're probably one of the five who do. lol. the first three of his zombie movies were amazing, land was passable, but nothing great. The last two were utter trash sadly IMO anyway.
P.s I will say George was getting up there in age, I could imagine, him using a whole different crews and smaller budget, I'm sure he did the best he could with what he had! 😅
I was on Amazon buying a copy of Day of the Dead 1985 and this was in related items column. Until then I had no idea this was made. I ordered it. Was disappointed.
How many years were between the original films of the trilogy? Ten, seven? The latter three were made in the span of four years. Rushed. Like Star Wars in a way.
I liked survival of the dead. Mainly because it's supposed to be george Romero's vision for the zombie genre as his original concept. Since night living dead debacle about copy rights and public domain. He never got the money or the backing he needed in order to prosper in corporate mainstream film making. So whenever he got an opportunity he had to placate the producers and film investors.
When I was a teen in the 80's, I watched and re-watched the original Dead trilogy so many times I've lost count. This one? I *think* twice: Once because, hey, it's Romero, and the second time after I bought the blu-ray of it ("cuz, hey, it was needed in the collection). That's it. Other than that, it's such a painfully forgettable movie I try not to think about the fact it's Romero's final Dead, because that thought rather saddens me. Here's something funny I just realized about this one, though: Each one of his movies had some social commentary: Night was questioning creating an army of killers for Vietnam only to release them into society, Dawn was about rampant consumerism, Day was about giving the military/industrial complex reign of the country, and so on. This one, however, was a throwback to feuding, which more or less died out in the 19th century . . . . . .Or did it? Considering many people are worried the USA is on the verge of a civil war right now, it may make this one his most prescient movie.
I said this on the last review. George-Syndrome. Somebody called George does something amazing ages ago, so amazing that we all still love them now... but they insist of going on and making a new trilogy... Who's next? lol
Honestly I'll put this movie as #5 on top of Dawn Of The Dead (1978) Maybe because I'm not an old school and my first zombie movie was Dawn Of The Dead Remake (2002)
I've watched this many times over the years and feel it includes a few nuggets, hete and there, such as the realization that zombies retain some memory and can definitely learn new tricks, such as eating animals. That said, this was executed so poorly, that it's hard to not get distracted.
Time gnaws at the mind as well as the body. As you get older, your vision blurs both literally and creatively. Lucas, Spielberg, Romero... Maybe not Kubrick though.
I was so disappointed when I first watched Survival of the Dead .. but since then I revisit the original Trilogy and the latter trilogy I only really watch Survival and Land .. diary is the one I never really watch, I’ve got far more appreciation for survival now than what I did originally 😂 I feel like Survival is George trying to do a Shaun of the Dead kind of movie probably why I try to headcanon it in with Shaun 😂
Not gonna lie, I know it's not the greatest but I enjoyed this flick, it's much better Than Diary of the dead, I feel like it deserves a lil more love!
What a horrible ending to the series and with a huge continuity mistake; if you remember the original night of the living dead, the zombies would pretty much eat anything that moved including bugs but in this movie they won’t touch a pig or a horse?
I will take this moment and ... send a prayer to HBO, Netflix, Amazon or ... well, Disney+ ffs ... to buy the rights for the BOOKS World War Z... and make a TV series/Anthology out of it...I want that battle of Yonkers. The battle of Five Colleges to Roxy Music Soundtrack, Soldiers shooting zombies with Iron Maiden pumping them up, and General Raj Singh forming a square with hundred thousand zombies surrounding him... But all those low budget z-movies plageuing the DVD-stores and C-Movie-Business is wearing one out ....
Captain Rhodes and his men wouldn’t be having any of the crap that’s going on in this awful movie. That sarge would have been on Steel’s shit list for sure.
Yes they eat everything as shown in Walking Dead and here. Which is why the dead are causing extinctions of other animals besides humans. They won't eat each other.
I bought this from a charity shop for £2...and i felt like i got robbed after watching it.
Just plain awful.
For me personally the Dead series ended with Day Of The Dead, the second trilogy has no right existing in George Romero's Zombie universe.
I actually kinda like Survival of the Dead.
This was actually George's first and last Zombie movie in which he was the Director, Writer and Executive Producer.
I enjoyed this movie because it felt like George was actually just having fun in making this movie and it kinda shows.
Plus, the "shit" reception that this movie got enabled him to just relax and enjoy his retirement years and not be pressured into making another Zombie movie.
Yeah and still some pure due shit
@nodinitiative George A. Romero considered Survival his 2nd favorite of the series right behind Day of the Dead
@@aydenvavra2153
Shows his mental state
Me too, I thought it was hilarious even though the story was kinda meh. The scene with the asian guy whose fishing is glorious.
I saw an interview with George once where he said he loved CG blood effects because of the time and trouble it saved having to clean blood splatter off of the walls and people when they would have to re-shoot a scene because of mistakes during filming.
You guys are killing it with these reviews. Great work. :)
This was released in select theaters in the U.S. Hubby took me to see it in Philadelphia. It wasn't a great end to our 1st anniversary. We made the best of it. Went to the Mutter museum and the Starwars exhibit at the Franklin Institute.
the dead movies are like a cool person who reveals waaaaay too much of their lame personality as time goes on.
I love the man but that kind of rings true! The last good one was Land of the Dead.
@@davidcokeley2918 I absolutely LOVED Land of the Dead. I know people hated it and maybe it wasn't "done well" and all the narratives are way too obvious.. but. I love it so much. It was the first "Living Dead" film I ever got to see in theaters. I mean, I saw Dawn of the Dead(2004) in theaters, too. But I meant a George Romero "Living Dead" film.
@@davidcokeley2918 I loved it so much, I wanted to see way more of their characters in another series. Like a comic book sequel and so on.
Great way of putting it
It hurts my brain to connect all these films in one universe. I don't know how you guys do it.
The 3rd apocalypse.
I always get a chuckle out of hearing you guys say john leguizamo.
How many movies have featured a gruff military character nicknamed "Sarge?"
Thanks for wrapping up this fantactic film series by Romero, I think this is one of your best profiles on a classic franchise to date!
Survival of the Dead was released in theaters in New York for a limited run.
I've heard George reckoned this will become a cult classic with time, LOL.
I hope it becomes a cult classic it’s a fun film Imo
Unfortunately that might be a fruitless... or shall I say DEAD reckoning
@@razzdarkstar I think it’s a very solid and fun zombie movie
Still waiting brah
I must admit I did love seeing a zombie ride a horse back when this came out (as forgettable as the rest of film is, that part always stuck with me). Thanks for an amazing Halloween season of Dead series reviews!!!
Note that the man played Captain Rhodes, was on Dawn Of The Dead (1978.) He was one of the cops, where the helicopter was at the beginning of the movie. I have seen Survival Of The Dead, a few years ago. I tend to agree this was not, George's best film work. I also prefer George's older movies, that being the 1st 3 dead movies.
Nah, worst CGI head shot I'm aware of was in recent Zombieland 2 - even if its main focus is comedy, having zombie heads disappear like sub-PS2 graphics isn't acceptable.
People got to give Survival a pass it was a low budget so there’s sympathy to be shown. Zombieland 2 is not gonna have excuses it was a studio film and the fact that they allowed crappy cgi in that film still blows my mind.
I vaguely remember watching most of these movies you've reviewed and enjoying the bad ones. Vaguely because I was flat out drunk when I watched them. Being drunk is self explanatory.
Maybe this was Romero’s version of “Army of Darkness” but we just weren’t let in on the joke.
the flare gun death is my favourite death in this film
Always a pleasure to see another review
Who else hopes for a review on three o’clock high??
That moon scene at the end looks like the start of Maniac Mansion or something.
I had only seen parts of this film on TV and skipped over it before this review but I bought and watched it all after this review and I think George knew he couldn't make a classic like his original trilogy but wanted to make something more humorous than the quite bleak Land and the Generic and bad Diary and he does achieve that even if it isn't a very good film, there's bit's where I just laugh out of sheer confusion as to why it was in there, The Asian Fisherman, Why?, The Shed Grenade, Why?, The Zombie looking at the Dynamite just passed to him before going Boom, Why?, Zombie Riding a Horse better than Frankie Dettori, Why? and I think it all just makes you laugh because there's no other way to compute the feeling you've got and it just becomes instinctual to laugh, like Rickels laughing while knowing he was gonna die to the Zombies in Day. It's this weird, unnecessary but oddly entertaining (in the same way most bad movies can be entertaining in the right circumstances) piece of film making and George left us not with a bang, not with a whisper but with a bit of a chuckle
"How close would the moon have to be . . ."
Iain gets super logical during a zombie film.
And now I've got this urge to go watch your review of World War Z.
I definitely knew about it. I was blindly following any new "of the dead" film development since the first Land BTS photos appeared online. I saw both Land and Diary in the theater and picked Survival on Blu Ray on release day. But Land is the only one of still revisit. It was a let down as well in many ways but the budget helped with the grander scope and better effects. lol
Sarge Crockett made his way to fidlers green after this
He changed his name to Brubaker or that was his nickname and got turned into a zombie sadly
With Survival of the Dead this series came to a grinding halt. Hopefully GR made some money 💰.
He probably made a good amount of money and he had a fun time shooting Survival which shows in the final film
@@aydenvavra2153 Not really.
@@maxxdahl6062 Even if he didn’t I heard he had a blast making this film. Survival of the Dead is the type of film he made for himself but I also enjoyed it.
@@aydenvavra2153 You're probably one of the five who do. lol. the first three of his zombie movies were amazing, land was passable, but nothing great. The last two were utter trash sadly IMO anyway.
Tomboy loves Shemus daughter in the film
I've never seen this... I guess this discussion will help me decide whether to get the DVD haha
George Stromboli’s was in the tv zombie comedy scene he used to be a video DJ on MuchMusic back in the early 2000’s
How many potatoes does it take to kill an Irishman?
Zero.
P.s I will say George was getting up there in age, I could imagine, him using a whole different crews and smaller budget, I'm sure he did the best he could with what he had! 😅
I was on Amazon buying a copy of Day of the Dead 1985 and this was in related items column. Until then I had no idea this was made. I ordered it. Was disappointed.
How many years were between the original films of the trilogy? Ten, seven? The latter three were made in the span of four years. Rushed. Like Star Wars in a way.
Wasn't the kid in this from Land of the Dead. The resistance leader's son?
It was! I don't think it was meant to be the same character though, where Alan Van Sprang was.
Honestly... I genuinely enjoy this movie? Like, the comedy is just so ridiculous, and I have a weakness for that sort of thing.
@Linksbro George A. Romero considered Survival his 2nd favorite in the series right behind Day of the Dead your not alone I enjoy Survival
I Stumbled across Diary of the dead the same way you guys bumped into Survivial of the dead but in a Blockbuster I found it.
I never knew this film was a thing, kinda stopped looking after land and diary of the dead 😂
the moon was a cool visual
I liked survival of the dead. Mainly because it's supposed to be george Romero's vision for the zombie genre as his original concept. Since night living dead debacle about copy rights and public domain. He never got the money or the backing he needed in order to prosper in corporate mainstream film making. So whenever he got an opportunity he had to placate the producers and film investors.
Rodrik did make his way to Fiddler's Green! (He was in Land of the Dead)
Yes as a soldier guarding the outpost
Now there is a new one, "Twilight of the Dead", RIP George
The internet and TH-cam is still up and running in zombie apocalypse?
Well you got to feed the goddamn trolls. How will they eat unless they bait over yt and the internet 🤣🤣🤣
Yep you also have talk shows making zombie jokes i enjoy Survival
When I was a teen in the 80's, I watched and re-watched the original Dead trilogy so many times I've lost count.
This one? I *think* twice: Once because, hey, it's Romero, and the second time after I bought the blu-ray of it ("cuz, hey, it was needed in the collection).
That's it. Other than that, it's such a painfully forgettable movie I try not to think about the fact it's Romero's final Dead, because that thought rather saddens me.
Here's something funny I just realized about this one, though: Each one of his movies had some social commentary: Night was questioning creating an army of killers for Vietnam only to release them into society, Dawn was about rampant consumerism, Day was about giving the military/industrial complex reign of the country, and so on. This one, however, was a throwback to feuding, which more or less died out in the 19th century . . .
. . .Or did it? Considering many people are worried the USA is on the verge of a civil war right now, it may make this one his most prescient movie.
Think of Diary and Survival as Prequels or reboots and think about Land of the Dead being being his final Dead film
I haven't watched it in a long time, but isn't there a scene where a guy jumps onto a moving boat and it looks painful, like the stuntman messed up?
I said this on the last review. George-Syndrome. Somebody called George does something amazing ages ago, so amazing that we all still love them now... but they insist of going on and making a new trilogy... Who's next? lol
Kudos
Another excellent review
"the fucking moon sequence GARY!" HAHAHAHAHA
I really enjoyed land of the dead.
Definitely hope you guys review Omega Man!
I appreciate you guys!
I like Land of the Dead as a cap for the quadrilogy.
The cgi bothers ne , miss the good ol days of heavy practical effects and the creativity it entailed
Maybe it is like Red vs. Blue - his first name *is* Sarge.
If you haven’t already can you guys review Zombieland, and Return of the Living Dead?
Honestly I'll put this movie as #5 on top of Dawn Of The Dead (1978)
Maybe because I'm not an old school and my first zombie movie was Dawn Of The Dead Remake (2002)
18:50 what was Flynn Laughing about?
Iain reminded me of my battle to stay awake watching this film
wow we just did one whole tribute react/review of the "of the Dead " Series ..... You should do a Video of your Favorite non Romero Zombie flicks.
Every time I hear plum island I think of plum island animal disease research center where hannibal lecter's frolicking on the beach.
Please also do the remakes including the 1990 night of the living dead
I know they did the 1990 one a while ago, I don't remember if they did the Dawn remake or not
@@MrSleepyweezul Thanks I will have a look. There are alot of other remakes though (in name only even of Day)
I dont think its so bad :) I always liked it, entertaining movie! Diary of the dead is really bad though
I've watched this many times over the years and feel it includes a few nuggets, hete and there, such as the realization that zombies retain some memory and can definitely learn new tricks, such as eating animals. That said, this was executed so poorly, that it's hard to not get distracted.
Please review either It 2017 or Halloween 2018 next week
Gary & Iain are right!
Just stick to Night, Dawn & Day of the Dead! George's BEST Zombie films! :)
Just stick to Day and Dawn as Day was shit as well
Time gnaws at the mind as well as the body. As you get older, your vision blurs both literally and creatively. Lucas, Spielberg, Romero... Maybe not Kubrick though.
Scorsese still seems to be doing well.
I was so disappointed when I first watched Survival of the Dead .. but since then I revisit the original Trilogy and the latter trilogy I only really watch Survival and Land .. diary is the one I never really watch, I’ve got far more appreciation for survival now than what I did originally 😂
I feel like Survival is George trying to do a Shaun of the Dead kind of movie probably why I try to headcanon it in with Shaun 😂
Not great, not really good but I’d rate this over Land and Diary, oh dear...
I tried to give this movie a chance but noped right out after the flare gun scene
Not gonna lie, I know it's not the greatest but I enjoyed this flick, it's much better Than Diary of the dead, I feel like it deserves a lil more love!
Wolves don't howl at the moon.
What a horrible ending to the series and with a huge continuity mistake; if you remember the original night of the living dead, the zombies would pretty much eat anything that moved including bugs but in this movie they won’t touch a pig or a horse?
Say what you will about running zombies, they are better than stealth zombies.
No dead people were harmed in the making of this movie 😅
Love your reviews Guys
21:46 is literally a looney toon gag. What happened to GR?
the 1980'S trilogy :
RETURN of the LIVING DEAD 1
RETURN of the LIVING DEAD 2
RETURN of the LIVING DEAD 3
I don't think Iain likes this one too much....
That's the impression I got anyway. Could be wrong.
14:07 never waste a opportunity is what i say.
The zombie apocalypse is as good a time as any to flick the ol' bean right?
THE NEW TRILOGY :
DIARY OF THE DEAD
SURVIVAL OF THE DEAD
LAND OF THE DEAD
His nickname is, "Nicotine".
I am referring to Sarge, that is. Lol.
Guys! Loving all of the reviews!! Fucking legit!
I will take this moment and ... send a prayer to HBO, Netflix, Amazon or ... well, Disney+ ffs ... to buy the rights for the BOOKS World War Z... and make a TV series/Anthology out of it...I want that battle of Yonkers. The battle of Five Colleges to Roxy Music Soundtrack, Soldiers shooting zombies with Iron Maiden pumping them up, and General Raj Singh forming a square with hundred thousand zombies surrounding him...
But all those low budget z-movies plageuing the DVD-stores and C-Movie-Business is wearing one out ....
Survival of the Dead review got unblocked from TH-cam, let's gooooo
It's Thursday! 😊
Did geo write direct and edit?
you ever do a count down rating of all the dead movies?
6:52 Sarge is , to me not a good character let alone to care to follow into this series with either.
12:15 to 12:35
that accent
😂
You guys have quickly become my favorite reviewers
awesome video. wish I could do this.
the kid was in land of the dead
Captain Rhodes and his men wouldn’t be having any of the crap that’s going on in this awful movie. That sarge would have been on Steel’s shit list for sure.
I went to see this abomination even after being burned by George with Land and Diary. There's a few hours of my life that I won't get back.
Whiny b**** go change your tampon
Have you guys seen joker yet ?
Please review SHAWSHANK REDEMPTION! 👌
This film is that bad, It's enough to bring anyone back from the dead.
i follow your channell very much.I have one sugestion for the review : Babadook .Its a fantastic film, take under consideration ! :)
*Turn Up!*
Yes they eat everything as shown in Walking Dead and here. Which is why the dead are causing extinctions of other animals besides humans. They won't eat each other.
It's better then Dairy of the Dead! It's decent up till the dead!
Land of the Dead is Romero's masterpiece... but the remake of Dawn of the Dead is still the best zombie movie in my opinion.
Plot twist...saw films are next