31 DAYS OF CHRISTMAS WITH DAWN OF THE DEAD: DAY 27

Today’s post is another modern day shot re-creation and comparison to what you see in DAWN OF THE DEAD. Everyone seems to love these and I realized that I had not included any in this back hallway in this month’s posts. 

You can find the original shot in the movie at the point where the guys have escaped from JC Penney’s and they are jumping down from the ceiling duct outside the door to this back hallway. Peter grabs the wagon from the top of the main hallway where he staged it. They had filled with the supplies that they gathered earlier. Stephen heads back first in this shot, with Peter and Roger coming behind him. Unbeknownst to them, Fran is being attacked by the Hare Krishna zombie at that exact same moment. The guys get back in time and save Fran and kill that pesky zombie. 

Comparing the shots above, things have changed in that hallway a bit. There is a wooden sort of wall covering, painted brown that runs down the length of the hallway to protect the walls from being gouged or nicked by people bringing things through the hallway. The door has even been changed here, it’s not the same door that you see in the movie. The emergency lighting up above the doorway is the same though and still there in the same spot. While many things have changed minutely here, the geography or shape of the area is the same with a bit of wall protruding on the left in both pictures, which creates a small alcove on that side of the hallway. It’s definitely the spot and they used this one hallway extensively throughout DAWN OF THE DEAD in many many scenes.

Each day this month I will be showing you something cool, rare, or even noteworthy concerning DAWN OF THE DEAD as a Christmas Present to the fans from me. I hope that you enjoy this holiday look at DAWN OF THE DEAD.