Second Sight delays limited edition box set of Romero’s Dawn of the Dead

Last Updated on July 30, 2021

Earlier this year, UK distributor Second Sight announced that they would be giving the George A. Romero classic DAWN OF THE DEAD a limited edition Blu-ray and 4K Ultra HD box set releases on October 26th. Unfortunately, fans who have been anxiously waiting for that date (and their box set) to arrive will have to wait a few weeks longer. Second Sight took to Twitter to announce that the release has been pushed back to November 16th, because "due to current circumstances, manufacturing and packing are going to take longer than expected." At least the wait has only been extended three weeks.

Here's the details on the 4K Ultra HD box set: 

‘When there’s no more room in hell, the dead will walk the earth.’

With the U.S. in the grip of a zombie apocalypse, four desperate survivors find refuge in a shopping mall. But the flesh-eating hordes, still possessed by an instinctive desire to consume, are drawn to the same destination. What follows is a nail-biting fight for survival.

George A Romero’s Dawn of the Dead remains one of the greatest horror films ever made, often imitated but never equalled, and is now presented in a brand new restoration.

Special Features:

UHD DISC 1: THE THEATRICAL CUT

New 4K scan and restoration of the Original Camera Negative by Second Sight at Final Frame New York and London supervised and approved by DoP Michael Gornick
Presented in HDR10+
Audio: DTS-HD Master Audio 1.0 Mono – New restoration of the original OCN Optical / DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1 
Commentary by George A Romero, Tom Savini, Christine Forrest
NEW commentary by Travis Crawford
New optional English subtitles for the hearing impaired

UHD DISC 2 – THE EXTENDED (‘CANNES’) CUT

Produced using 4K scan of the Theatrical Cut Original Camera Negative and 4K scan of the Extended Cut Colour Reversal Internegative
Presented in HDR10+
DTS-HD Master Audio 1.0 Mono
Commentary by Richard P Rubinstein
New optional English subtitles for the hearing impaired

UHD DISC 3 – THE ARGENTO CUT

4K scan of the Interpositive by Michele De Angelis at Backlight Digital, Rome 
Audio: DT-HD Master Audio Mono 1.0 / Surround 5.1 / Stereo 2.0
Commentary by Ken Foree, Scott Reiniger, Gaylen Ross, David Emge
New optional English subtitles for the hearing impaired

BLU-RAY DISC 4: SPECIAL FEATURES

NEW Zombies and Bikers – With John Amplas, Roy Frumkes, Tom Savini, Christine Forrest, Tom Dubensky, Tony Buba, Taso Stavrakis and a whole host of zombies and bikers! (59 mins)
NEW Memories of Monroeville – A tour of the mall with Michael Gornick, Tom Savini, Tom Dubensky and Taso  Stavrakis (34 mins)
NEW Raising the Dead: The Production Logistics – With Michael Gornick, Christine Forrest, John Amplas, Tom Dubensky (23 mins)
NEW The FX of Dawn with Tom Savini (13 mins)
NEW Dummies! Dummies! – An interview with Richard France (12 mins)
NEW The Lost Romero Dawn Interview: previously unreleased archive interview (20 mins)
Super 8 Mall Footage by zombie extra Ralph Langer with option of archive commentary by Robert Langer and new commentary by Ralph Langer (13 mins)
Document of the Dead: The Original Cut with optional commentary by Roy Frumkes (66 mins)
Document of the Dead: The Definitive Cut (100 mins)
The Dead Will Walk 2014 Documentary (80 mins)
Trailers, TV and Radio Spots (TBC)

LIMITED EDTION CONTENTS

AUDIO CD DISC 1

The Goblin Soundtrack – 17 tracks including Alternate and Bonus Tracks

AUDIO CD DISC 2

The Complete De Wolfe library Cues Part 1

AUDIO CD DISC 3

The Complete De Wolfe Library Cues Part 2

Rigid box with lid featuring the original iconic artwork
2 inner digipaks 
150 page hardback book featuring 16 new essays, archive article, archive George A Romero interview and rare Behind-The-Scenes stills
Dawn of the Dead: The novelisation book by George A Romero and Susanna Sparrow with exclusive artwork

The Blu-ray edition contains the same extras. However, 4K Ultra HD discs are Region Free, while the Blu-ray discs are Region B. So if you're outside of that region, you'll need a Region Free player to watch the Blu-rays discs.

Since I don't have the ability to play 4K Ultra HD discs and don't have a Region Free Blu-ray player, I'm going to have to miss out on this release myself, but it sounds awesome. 

The Blu-ray set can be pre-ordered HERE. In the UK, you can get the 4K Ultra HD set at THIS LINK. If you're in the US, use THIS LINK.