I first saw Dawn of the Dead on BBC2 in February 2000. It was part of a horror season and followed Night of the Living Dead, shown the week before. At the time Night and Lucio Fulci's 'Zombie' were the only two zombie movies I had ever seen.
I waited in my lounge until 1:30am for the screening Dawn, bringing in my bed cover and a continuous supply of coffee in the process.
At first I was quite disappointed with the movie. Having visited numerous sites that day trying to find out info on it, I was expecting a total bloodbath. However, the gore was badly cut (as it was in ('Zombie') and I was left feeling a bit ripped off.

It was not until I found the recorded copy of Dawn two months later that I decided to re-visit it. The rest is history. I realised what a fantastic story it really was and viewed it continuously for days on end. My likening of Dawn grew to an obsession, which eventually led to the creation of this site in September 2000 as Call of the Zombie, Absolutely Dead and finally The Living Dead.

Me

Joe McEwan, birthdate: 20th November 1983.

Loves

Cycling (Tour de France), films, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Terminators, Zombies, film studies, proper music (e.g The Doors, Lynyrd Skynyrd, Stone Temple Pilots), Stephen King novels.

Hates

Racism, people who think they are hard, manufactured pop music, people who hate Dawn!

Top 10 Films

1) Mulholland Drive
2) Terminator 2: Judgment Day
3) Dawn of the Dead
4) Night of the Living Dead (1968)
5) The Terminator
6) Dazed and Confused
7) American Grafitti
8) Die Hard
9) City of God
10) American Pie

Favourite TV Show

The Sopranos

Favourite Character in DOTD

Roger De Marco - a cool, slick, funny guy who should not have died!

Favourite Scene in DOTD

The arrival at the mall in the Theatrical Cut (the music is far superior to the Directors Cut in this scene)