DIE ANOTHER DAY
NO CONNOISSEUR OF THE undead needs to be told about Day Of The Dead. George Romero’s third zombie movie is also his bleakest; set months on from the initial outbreak, it centres on a bunker where a small group of scientists and military personnel (led by the unhinged Captain Rhodes) are at one another’s throats. It’s beloved for its gory set-pieces – most notably one where Rhodes gets his comeuppance – and Bub, a zombie “tamed” by a scientist.
So on hearing of the advent of a Day Of The Dead TV series, your thoughts initially head in this direction: will they open out the world? Won’t all that bickering get tiresome stretched over 10 episodes? Irrelevant questions, as it turns out, since this new Day tells a very different tale.
For starters, it’s an outbreak story. It takes place in a small town,
