10 Horror Movies That Got Scarier YEARS Later

Day of the Dead's central theme is about communication - or rather, how the failure to communicate will doom us all.

The scientists and soldiers holed up together in an underground bunker find themselves struggling to adhere to the basic principles of social dialogue as an undead apocalypse unfolds around them, ensuring that the majority of them end up dead before the credits roll.

Humanity's inability to cleanly communicate in a crisis wasn't exactly a revelation in 1985, let alone today, but it does feel ever-more pressing through a contemporary lens.

In an era where social media algorithms strive to perpetuate the culture war and drive an ever larger wedge between political divides, where civil discourse across party lines becomes increasingly rare, Day of the Dead's lessons feel more relevant today than ever.

And so it's perhaps fitting that Day of the Dead released to relatively mixed reviews compared to predecessors Night of the Living Dead and Dawn of the Dead, with its esteem only growing more positive over the years.