

The film centers on a throng of military survivors holed up in an underground bunker as a rabid army of flesh-starved zombies invades from the outside.

RELATED: Every George Romero Zombie Movie, Ranked According To Rotten Tomatoesĭay of the Dead was released in the U.S. Even the third leg in his zombie series, Day of the Dead, is Romero's personal favorite despite being the least successful financially. The independent filmmaker and Pittsburgh native made several horror movies in his time, but will always be remembered for his seminal zombie outings such as Night of the Living Dead and Dawn of the Dead. Romero is universally recognized as the godfather of the modern-day zombie film.
