George A. Romero’s Dawn of the Dead, arguably the greatest zombie horror film of all time, hasn’t been the easiest title for horror fans to get ahold of lately. Between Anchor Bay’s Ultimate Edition DVD set followed by their blu-ray going out of print along with the UK Arrow Video blu-ray, the Japanese blu-ray boxed set and the Australian blu-ray, the only real way to see Dawn of the Dead now seems to be paying an exorbitant amount on Amazon or eBay to a third party seller, usually exceeding the $100 range. This is one of the rare cases where a film wound up being discontinued not just in the United States but seemingly in every country in the world. Not to worry, however, as there are massive things ahead with George A. Romero’s film happening in Europe and eventually the world over. As part of the 2016 Venice Film Festival programming, Danish filmmaker Nicolas Winding Refn and Italian horror maestro Dario Argento jointly presented on September 2nd, 2016 the world premiere of a newly restored 4K high definition digital remaster of Argento’s 115 minute European cut of Dawn of the Dead alongside a limited theatrical reissue in Italy.







