Dawn of the Dead (1978)

Saw the original Dawn of the Dead. Whole lotta references make sense now. It was very good, very thrilling and with a certain sense humor that straddles the line between slapstick and morbid very well. It is unfortunately up to one guy to screw everything up all the time (why can't you even take your key-ring off without it turning into a fiasco, you moron pilot?) I'd heard the movie was a sort-of-satire of consumer culture, but it didn't seem particularly biting to me. Perhaps I'm just used to more dour condemnations.