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Dawn of the Dead (1978)

★ 7.5 · 2,283 ratings on TMDB

When there’s no more room in HELL, the dead will walk the EARTH!

Dawn of the Dead poster★ 7.5

During an ever-growing epidemic of zombies that have risen from the dead, two Philadelphia SWAT team members, a traffic reporter, and his television-executive girlfriend seek refuge in a secluded shopping mall.

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Dawn of the Dead keeps every mind human — it fights its subject at zero distance. The story fights on E9/E10 of the E0–E14 reality ladder, compressing consumerism, class, survival.

zero-distanceITconsumerismclasssurvival
⇄ Parameter shift — the dial this world turnsrigor: loose
E6mortalitydead bodies reanimate as flesh‑eating zombies (biology · universal)