Good news, Romero fans – Scream Factory is celebrating the 40th anniversary of Day of the Dead

with the exciting reveal that a brand-new 4K UHD restoration of the zombie horror classic will be coming soon.

A 4K release of Day of the Dead has been a long time coming – it's been 12 years since the studio's official Blu-ray release, and for a while it seemed as if the original negative of the film was lost to time forever. But thanks to Scream Factory and Shout Studios efforts, Romero's rotters will soon be resurrected in glorious high-definition, with the care and craftsmanship it has long deserved.

In the 1985 zombie horror, Lori Cardille, Terry Alexander, Joseph Pilato, Jarlath Conroy and Richard Liberty star as members of a group of survivors sheltering in an underground bunker in Florida, where they must determine the outcome of humanity's conflict with the undead horde.

Per Jeff Roland, Producer & Manager of Video Production at Shout!:

“I was ecstatic after finally locating it and can’t wait to begin the restoration process so this all-time classic can finally be presented in all of its gory glory. I would like to acknowledge the following people who helped along the way: Jessica Ronderos and Chad Wiley of Deluxe, Steve Johnson, Ashley Franks-McGill and Jeffrey Flam of Duplitech, Diane Levine of Lionsgate, and Debbie Zamiska of Fotokem.”

The Day of the Dead restoration news lines up nicely with the recent confirmation that Tom Savini's Romero remake, Night of the Living Dead, is also soon shuffling onto 4K with an uncut release.