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Dawna of the Dead

  • 2008
  • 1h 11m
IMDb RATING
5.1/10
97
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AdultHorror

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  • Director
    • Laume Conroy
  • Writer
    • Laume Conroy
  • Stars
    • Zoe Matthews
    • Aiden Starr
    • Gwen Foxxx
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  • IMDb RATING
    5.1/10
    97
    YOUR RATING
    • Director
      • Laume Conroy
    • Writer
      • Laume Conroy
    • Stars
      • Zoe Matthews
      • Aiden Starr
      • Gwen Foxxx
    • 4User reviews
    • 3Critic reviews
  • See production info at IMDbPro
  • See production info at IMDbPro
  • Top cast8

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    Zoe Matthews
    • Dawna
    • (as Zoe Mathews)
    Aiden Starr
    Aiden Starr
    • Anne
    Gwen Foxxx
    • Ejaculating Woman
    Roxy
    • Ass-to-Mouth Zombie
    Ginger Cash
    • Anal Zombie
    Drake Pharaoh
    • Michael
    Philip Baker
    • Additional Zombie
    Katt Morrison
    • Additional Zombie
    • Director
      • Laume Conroy
    • Writer
      • Laume Conroy
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    10drakepharaoh

    clasSICK!

    This is a really great adults only Zombie flick. Aiden Starr is a great piece and if you are a fan of hers you need to get your hands on this DVD ASAP! It starts out with the two main girls Anne (Aiden) and her friend Dawna (Zoe) going to a party in the cemetery, the same cemetery Dawna's dead boyfriend is buried at. So creepy Dawna decides to talk to the dead boyfriend via the old Ouija board. Dawna doesn't like what the board tells her and so she takes off, leaving poor Aiden all alone in a dark creepy cemetery. Without going into too much detail, or giving anything away lets just say that what happens next is my favorite part of the flick and thats when the fun starts! all in all, a sick, messed up movie that is a lot of fun and does not disappoint or annoy the viewer with slow boring parts, too much talking or trying to be "clever". There are no stupid jokes or bad comedy, its straight up adult horror that crosses the line every chance it gets.
    6thelovingdead

    Dawna is an interesting find.

    Some reviews are just trashing this movie, yet they're from people who don't understand how difficult it was to release in the first place.

    Granted, it wasn't much better than some other XXX zombie porn, but it was a lot better than anything which came before it. Erotic Nights of the Living Dead, Porno Holocaust, Zombi Hazard I & II, Porn of the Dead, Otto, LA Zombie.

    They all had interesting moments, or were in a specific niche attempting to fill, But Dawna specified in being Hetero, and pretty much ONLY the undead got the nookie. That beat every other "zombie-porn" by at least a couple years! It may not be the best (I still complain to the director about poor lighting), but it was the first adult movie with the zombies getting some real action!
    5jayveetolentino

    Dawna - Surely This Can't Be On IMDb ??

    Really not sure how to rate this.. When i first saw the title i was expecting a Tongue-in-cheek b-monster-movie with a few girls thrown in - watched it with the remote hope that maybe i'd find that rare gem; you know, when you think it should have been rubbish but actually i'm glad i found this movie! i watched - yes there's the girls, the dark, grave yard... but then before long i thought... they can't show that!...can they? True it's a b-movie alright but soon developed into a full blown (literally) XXX movie... with monsters! Don't think i'm being prudish when i say XXX if you like this kind of thing, maybe it's a 9/10.. if you don't-1/10. Sure, I'll remember this one alright, but not for the reasons i was hoping for. Be very careful who watches this...you have been warned. Well there's a memorable one for my very first review, I hope you find it useful.
    10zombielover247

    Disturbing and effective...

    I first heard about this when I picked up a flyer at a horror convention, I waited for it to come out and after about two years I saw that it was playing at a theater in Hollywood, so I had to go. let me say that what i saw shocked me, but in a good way. the film was extreme in both its graphic sexual content and gore. the makers of the film were obviously lovers of late 70s/early 80's zombie movies and it shows. the movie itself looked like a dirty 16 mm print and the score sounded like Goblin wrote it. The zombies in the film even look like the classic Italian zombies. I thought this movie was great and i recommend it, there isn't much "plot" to speak of, but there is plenty of payoff!

    10 out of 10 stars!

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      The real gravestone featured in the penultimate scene of the movie is that of Charles Norwell Damron (1835-1910) and Mary Jane Damron (1845-1926), whose remains are interred in the Pioneer Memorial Cemetery in San Bernardino, California.
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      Spoofs Dawn of the Dead (1978)

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    • Release date
      • August 14, 2008 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Official site
      • Official site
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Darkest Before Dawn
    • Filming locations
      • Pioneer Memorial Cemetery, 211 East 9th Street, San Bernardino, San Bernardino County, California, USA
    • Production company
      • Film Trauma
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      1 hour 11 minutes
    • Color
      • Color

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