History YMMV / DawnOfTheDead2004

** Special attention is given to a fictional store called Metropolis, that gets destroyed when the protagonists first arrive in the mall. Quite amusing since Zack Snyder ended up directing ''Film/ManOfSteel'' and ''Film/BatmanVSupermanDawnOfJustice''.

** Special attention is given to a fictional store called Metropolis, that gets destroyed when the protagonists first arrive in the mall. Quite amusing since Zack Snyder ended up directing ''Film/ManOfSteel'' and ''Film/BatmanVsSuperman''.

* {{Narm}}: Just when you've got a handle on who all the characters are, the movie throws a literal truckload of new people at you.

* AlasPoorScrappy: Bart generally comes off as an unlikable putz for most of his screentime, but it's hard not to feel sorry for him when we see his utter horror at realizing he's been bitten and hear his pitiful begging for C.J. not to leave him behind while zombies close in from behind.

** Seeing Lindy Booth as a sweet DistressedDamsel becomes rather amusing as she'd eventually get typecast into playing murderers. Likewise she ends up trapped in a gun shop, which makes it hard not to think of ''Film/CryWolf'' where [[spoiler: she plants a gun to frame someone for murder and then fools everyone with her NiceGirl façade]].

* SpecialEffectsFailure: Looking at this version, a lot of the CG shots are pretty apparent (especially in the scene where society collapses around Ana as she's escaping from her neighborhood). Takes away a bit from the scare factor.

* RetroactiveRecognition: When did [[ModernFamily Phil Dunphy]] become such a jerk?

** RichardCheese's version of "[[Music/{{Disturbed}} Down With The Sickness]]" too.

* DamselScrappy: Nicole, whose stupidity forces them to abandon the safety of the mall (though Steve shares equal blame). [[spoiler: Unlike Steve however, she survives right to the end.]]

* SpecialEffectsFailure: Looking at the 04 version now, a lot of the CG shots are pretty apparent (especially in the scene where society collapses around Ana as she's drawing from her neighborhood). Takes away a bit from the scare factor.

* DamselScrappy: Nicole, who's stupidity forces them to abandon the safety of the mall (though Steve shares equal blame). [[spoiler: Unlike Steve however, she survives right to the end.]]

* DamselScrappy: Nicole. [[spoiler: And she survives right to the end.]]

* CrowningMomentOfFunny:
--> C.J.: These are all your problems, not mine.
--> Kenneth: If I put my foot up your ass, would that be your problem?

* FridgeBrilliance: See [[spoiler: C.J.'s]] HeroicSacrifice below. Not only does [[spoiler: he take out a whole mess of zombies by blowing up the bus,]] but the [[spoiler: flaming wreckage effectively barricades the marina, allowing the others to cast off unimpeded.]]
* FridgeHorror: When Kenneth meets Ana, he has a rifle on her and tells her to "Speak." Has he killed anyone "normal" who was simply too [[ThousandYardStare shell-shocked]] from the ZombieApocalypse to speak?
* HeyItsThatGuy: The late [[Series/BabylonFive Richard Biggs]] as a news anchor in the special features.
** And Tom Savini as a sheriff dealing with zombie clean-up in Pennsylvania.
* HeyItsThatVoice: [[Series/BabylonFive Commander Sheridan]] is the President of the United States!

* TearJerker: Nicole having a final moment with her dad before he dies and reanimates as a zombie and is shot by Kenneth.

* HeyItsThatGuy: The late [[Series/BabylonFive Richard Biggs]] as a news anchor in the special features.

* NauseaFuel: Both versions have this potential.

* HeyItsThatGuy: The late [[BabylonFive Richard Biggs]] as a news anchor in the special features.
* HeyItsThatVoice: [[BabylonFive Commander Sheridan]] is the President of the United States!

* FridgeHorror: When Kenneth meets Ana, he has a rifle on her and tells her to "Speak." Has he killed anyone "normal" who was simply to [[ThousandYardStare shell-shocked]] from the ZombieApocalypse to speak?

* HeyItsThatVoice: [[BabylonFive CommanderSheridan]] is the President of the United States!

* HeyItsThatGuy: The late [[BabylonFive Richard Briggs]] as a news anchor in the special features.

** Richard Cheese's version of "[[Music/{{Disturbed}} Down With The Sickness]]" too.