Undead Again: The Making of 'Land of the Dead' (2005 Video) User Reviews

"This isn't just bullsh*t for the DVD." - Simon Baker. Decent but short documentary.

[poolandrews · 7/10 · 27 December 2006]

Undead Again: The Making of 'Land of the Dead' is a brief just under 13 minute long look at the making of George A. Romero's 2005 film Land of the Dead & is an OK way to pass 10 minutes but there's not much to it when all said & done.

The documentary consists of various cast & crew members mainly talking about Romero & that he invented the zombie genre & that he's a great guy. You know it's the sort of shameless sucking up & back patting that these things usually entail.

What saves it are the cool behind-the-scenes footage that thankfully represents most of the running time including lots of shots of people with camcorders filming people filming the film, if you know what I mean. Pleasingly there are numerous snippets of footage showing the gore scenes from various angles, some on set close-ups, some of the fake props & what they looked like 'on set' while they were being filmed.

As a whole it's an OK watch if you have the DVD which this documentary is part of but it's far from exhaustive or essential.

Good Featurette

[Michael_Elliott · 15 January 2012]

Undead Again: The Making of Land of the Dead (2005)

*** (out of 4)

This 20-minute featurette is about the making of LAND OF THE DEAD but for the most part it's a love feast for its director, George Romero. Dennis Hopper, Asia Argento, John Leguizamo, Robert Joy and Eugene Clark are among the people interviewed as well as producers and a few other crew members. As you'd expect, everyone is pretty much talking about what an honor and pleasure it is to work with Romero and several of them talk about their opinion on his work. This includes Argento talking about how she pretty much grew up on a couple of his sets and Hopper discusses how NIGHT OF THE LIVING DEAD was that same type of film that his EASY RIDER was. We even get a brief clip with Tom Savini talking about his old buddy. The main draw for fans is that they get plenty of behind-the-scenes stuff, which allows them to watch Romero work. There's a lot of footage of him directing and just hanging out with a few of the cast members on the set. Of course, he talks about what he wants from this film. In the end this is your typical promotional piece to help sell the film but for fans of Romero it's certainly better than nothing and is worth watching.