"WHEN there's no more room in hell, the dead will walk the earth."

Strikes me Satan should adopt a stricter entrance policy as Dawn of the Dead clearly demonstrates the fiery place is taking no new visitors.

Instead, the undead are parading around American suburbs biting chunks out of the living and transmitting their zombie virus.

The first most striking element of the film was the fact the creators do not balk at pushing the demonisation of children in viewers' faces.

The first zombie we see is a sweet young girl who just moments before we watched demonstrating her roller-skating skills.

Another disturbing image was that of the back of a school bus where two youngsters rip their schoolmate to shreds as he desperately tries to understand what's happening.

As in all good horror films, there's a handful of the living who group together to survive, locked away in a deserted shopping mall.

And as with all excellent horrors, one of the survivors always has the "each to his own" attitude and continually lets his team down - so much so you find yourself calling for his gruesome death.

This remake of the 1979 classic is a great film with sound acting, excellent special effects and plenty of heart-stopping moments.

HC