Dawn of the Dead (2004)
Action, Horror, Science Fiction • 1h 41m
Director: Zack Snyder
Cast: Sarah Polley, Ving Rhames, Jake Weber, Mekhi Phifer, Ty Burrell, Michael Kelly, Kevin Zegers, Michael Barry, Lindy Booth, Jayne Eastwood, Boyd Banks, Inna Korobkina, R.D. Reid, Kim Poirier, Matt Frewer, Louis Ferreira, Hannah Lochner, Bruce Bohne, Ermes Blarasin, Sanjay Talwar, Kim Roberts, Tim Post, Matt Sadowski-Austin, Philip DeWilde, Colm Magner, Luigia Zucaro, David Campbel, Phillip MacKenzie, Geoff Williams, Mike Realba, Laura de Carteret, Georgia Craig, Tino Monte, Chris Gillett, Derek Keurvorst, Dan Duran, Neville Edwards, Sandy Jobin-Bevans, Natalie Brown, Liz West, Scott H. Reiniger, Tom Savini, Ken Foree, Darren Marsman, Zack Snyder, Kim Kerns
Scream Factory 4K Blu-ray
Best English-friendly & video release · updated 1 year ago
UHD tiers
Overview
A group of survivors take refuge in a shopping mall after the world is taken over by aggressive, flesh-eating zombies.
WB 4K Blu-ray
Caveat: No Dolby Vision metadata
Director: Zack Snyder
The Complete Experience Blu-ray has more extras
Director: Zack Snyder
Regular AR: 2016 WB 4K Blu-ray
IMAX Version: 2021 WB 4K Blu-ray
More Action on Blu-ray
Director: Guillermo del Toro
WB 4K Blu-ray teased by Guillermo Del Toro
CA Alliance Blu-ray or dutch Blu-ray are the same masters but have additional sharpening.
The original DVD has an isolated score and a exclusive easter egg
Director: Nicolas Winding Refn
UK Second Sight Trilogy Boxset 4K Blu-ray
US Magnolia Pictures 4K Blu-ray uses the same source but with worse encoding
Director: Terence Young
WB 4K Blu-ray despite frozen grain
Director: Mamoru Oshii
Video format: UHD Blu-ray
Has English subtitles, better than 2015 Maiden Blu-ray which lacks the original mix
Bandai 4K Blu-ray? vs 2008 Japan Bandai Blu-ray (BCXA-0085): same video but includes Bandai English dub and original mix
2026 Bandai 4K Blu-ray
Director: James Cameron
Sources: movie-censorship.com (opens in a new tab)
Fox Blu-ray for original cuts without the extra scene added in the re-release and AI upscaling
Newer Blu-ray/4K has the extra scene, but is poor and has excessive AI upscaling
An additional scene was added to the ending of the movie in the 2022 re-release: https://www.movie-censorship.com/report.php?ID=493908
Sources: fanrestore.com (opens in a new tab) · originaltrilogy.com (opens in a new tab)
2017 StudioCanal 4K Blu-ray and subsequent 4K Blu-rays are notorius for being heavily denoised and smoothened. Alternatively, 35mm scans for the theatrical cut is also available.
For the Ultimate Edition with the T-1000 searching John's room and the happy future ending, the 2009 Skynet Blu-ray, which is the older pre-2017 transfer, but has DNR.
Director: Michael Arias
Sources: slow.pics (opens in a new tab)
GKIDS 4K Blu-ray is a sharpened upscale. Caps
GKIDS 4K Blu-ray has a true lossless English dub and correct volume levels for the Japanese audio
Director: Roger Christian
Theatrical Version: Mill Creek Blu-ray
Home Video Version: Concorde Blu-ray
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