History Film / DayOfTheDead2008

* AdaptationalVillainy: Dr. Logan. He's an even worse mad scientist in this movie (although this is downplayed in that he was not much better in the original movie, since in the source material he was an Anti-Hero slowly going insane.)

* DaylightHorror: Both Averted. The remake takes place almost entirely at night. And is not at all horrific.

The movie opens with a group of [[DeathBySex teenagers who are engaging in sexual activities]] in a disused bunker. Trevor's girlfriend wants to leave and so with Trevor being the transportation they all leave and find that the military has blocked off the town and there are a bunch of sick people in town. At the same time Private Bud and Corporal Cross go to visit Cross's mother who has become sick (Cross is Trevor's sister). Trevor and his girlfriend and the two privates end up taking their mother to the local hospital. At the hospital suddenly all the infected take a turn for the worse and turn into [[OurZombiesAreDifferent zombies]] with super human strength and speed, their mother as well. Trevor and girlfriend rush over to a local radio station while Bud and Cross get stuck in a cupboard, after a quick AirVentPassageway escape they get out, rescue the teenagers and head over the bunker at the start of the film. Bud managed to get bit but doesn't turn against other humans. At the bunker they find that the zombie attack all part of a government study of viruses. They managed to burn all the zombies in the bunker that have followed them and are last seen driving off into the distance.

The movie opens with a group of [[DeathBySex teenagers are engaging in sexual activities]] in a disused bunker. Trevor's girlfriend wants to leave and so with Trevor being the transportation they all leave and find that the military has blocked off the town and there are a bunch of sick people in town. At the same time Private Bud and Corporal Cross go to visit Cross's mother who has become sick (Cross is Trevor's sister). Trevor and his girlfriend and the two privates end up taking their mother to the local hospital. At the hospital suddenly all the infected take a turn for the worse and turn into [[OurZombiesAreDifferent zombies]] with super human strength and speed, their mother as well. Trevor and girlfriend rush over to a local radio station while Bud and Cross get stuck in a cupboard, after a quick AirVentPassageway escape they get out, rescue the teenagers and head over the bunker at the start of the film. Bud managed to get bit but doesn't turn against other humans. At the bunker they find that the zombie attack all part of a government study of viruses. They managed to burn all the zombies in the bunker that have followed them and are last seen driving off into the distance.

* BullyingADragon: As soon as the survivors figure out Zombie!Bud isn't aggressive to humans, Salazar starts slapping him around gleefully. Nothing bad comes of it, but c'mon, WhatAnIdiot.

The 2008 remake of Creator/GeorgeARomero's ''Film/DayOfTheDead1985'' starring Creator/MenaSuvari, Nick Cannon, and Creator/VingRhames.

** For starters, the soldiers start off wearing old-style battle dress uniforms[[note]]said BDU's are actually Bulgarian pattern outfits that just have a US insignia added on them[[/note]] while deployed on the field, when they really should have the bare minimum of an assigned weapon, a load bearing vest, and a kevlar helmet.

* ArtisticLicenseMilitary: The film's depiction of the US military is ''very'' inaccurate:

* SadlyMythtaken: The zombies don't quite resemble zombies too much. Not only are they [[TechnicallyLivingZombie living, breathing humans]], they are also [[PlagueZombie caused by a virus]] [[ScienceIsBad that was created by scientists as a bio-weapon]]. The zombies, unlike most depictions, are fast, but they can also jump high and far, and [[WallCrawl they can also crawl on vertical surfaces]]. All in all, [[InNameOnly it's safe to say that these are not zombies]]. In fact, they more closely resemble [[OurVampiresAreDifferent ''vampires'' of all things]].

* SadlyMythtaken: The zombies don't quite resemble zombies too much. Not only are they [[TechnicallyLivingZombie living, breathing humans]], they are also [[PlagueZombie caused by a virus]] [[ScienceIsBad that was created by scientists as a bio-weapon]]. The zombies, unlike most depictions, are fast, but they can also jump high and far, and [[WallCrawl they can also crawl on vertical surfaces]]. All in all, [[InNameOnly it's safe to say that these are not zombies]]. In fact, they more closely resemble [[OurVampiresOurDifferent vampires of all things]]