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Day of the Dead was given a limited release on July 3, 1985 and a wide release on July 19, 1985.

It opened to generally mixed reviews, with some critics complaining that the film was too depressing and slow.

Roger Ebert, who reacted favorably to other films of Romero's Dead Series, gave Day of the Dead one and a half stars.

BBC reviewer Almar Haflidason stated " It benefits from a far larger budget than its predecessors, but suffers from a story as malnourished as the zombies that are chewing it up ," Haflidason would go on to give the film three out of five stars.

As noted by the New York Times reviewer Janet Maslin " Yes, there are enough spilled guts and severed limbs to satisfy the bloodthirstiest fan.

But these moments tend to be clustered together, and a lot of the film is devoted to windy argument.

" Allmovie reviewer Keith Phipps stated that: " The last, to date at least, of George Romero's living dead films is in many respects the least interesting, although it's not for a lack of ambition.

" Variety wrote that the film was the most unsatisfying of the original three films and that " The acting here is generally unimpressive and in the case of Sarah's romantic partner, Miguel ( Antone DiLeo Jr ), unintentionally risible.