Dawn of the Dead showed how a group of people was trying to evade a zombie apocalypse, while the Mist should how people can shift to the monster role after random creatures emerge from the mist. The idea of Dawn of the Dead core theme began to show how consumerisms are somewhat evil. Stephen Harper discusses that paying for certain things can make an individual seem like more of a monster than what they truly appear to be. This is interesting in a sense of that it is somewhat. I thoroughly enjoyed Dawn of the Dead and truly like how it elevated from Night of the Living Dead. The zombies were only stronger in mass multitudes and help little to no weight from an individual level. Being that it is a survival movie, it shows the sense of fear that can be developed from feeling helpless and could be seen in both Dawn of the Dead and The Mist. Though these types of horror films are nice to watch visually, they cannot always be seen as scary. Unlike Dawn of The Dead, The Mist was an overall great movie from a visual and contextual perspective. It enabled the audience to see how people react when placed into areas of the unknown and how mass hysteria can be one of the most dangerous types of fear. The zombie apocalypse movie mainly focused on individuals and how their level of consumerism affected their overall well-being. Yet, the Mist showed how scary the one-dimensional characters could be.
Something that stood apart as a comparison between the two movies was steadfastness to their gathering of individuals. They were eager to place their own lives in peril to secure those inside their gathering. Additionally, we saw troublesome guarantees kept in the two films. In the Mist, David guaranteed his child that he wouldn't let the beasts get him and ended his life when he believed that was the lone alternative to evade it. In Dawn of the Dead, Peter guaranteed his companion that he wouldn't allow him to stroll around with the zombies on the off chance that he returned as one and Peter did the ghastly errand of shooting him.
The consummation of the two movies felt miserable yet their last activities were diverse by the way they reacted to the sadness. In The Mist, they surrendered and chose to end their own lives as their final hotel. In Dawn, Peter appeared to have settled on that equivalent decision however in that last second, he chose to take his risks with the obscure. Overall, this portion of the class allowed me to get a better insight into how individuals react to events that come about in areas of the unknown. Fear is often associated with a lack of knowledge and I feel that both directors did an excellent job of portraying that in each of their movies. While they were not necessarily my preference for horror movies, they were still thrilled and ultimately fit each of the known characteristics of a horror movie.