Another ‘Dawn,’ with extras

Dawn of the Dead

Sarah Polley, Ving Rhames

Universal, $30

You can’t keep the undead down in this fast-paced, thrilling remake of the George Romero classic. It marks a more than promising feature debut for its young director, Zack Snyder, who imbues the old zombie formula with style, zest and gore aplenty. This time around, a disastrous worldwide viral outbreak causes the undead to rise and attack the living.

The digital edition is as much fun as the movie. There’s the unnerving “Lost Tape: Andy’s Terrifying Last Days Revealed,” which features a video diary of one of the uninfected; a clever mock newscast, “Special Bulletin: We Interrupt This Program”; deleted scenes; an extensive look at the creation of the makeup and special effects; and juicy commentary from director Snyder and producer Eric Newman.

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Ed Wood

Johnny Depp, Martin Landau

Touchstone, $30

Tim Burton’s affectionate tribute to the legendary 1950s hack director flopped at the box office back in 1994. But Johnny Depp, now a superstar, gives a sweet performance as the cross-dressing cult director of such turkeys as “Plan 9 From Outer Space” and “Glen or Glenda?” And Burton lovingly re-creates the making of his shoestring budget films. The real standout is Martin Landau, who won an Oscar for his poignant performance as the elderly, drug-addicted Bela Lugosi.

Among the extras on the DVD: a quirky behind-the-scenes featurette; a look at the production design; whimsical deleted scenes, including one sequence with costar Bill Murray singing “Que Sera, Sera”; and thoughtful and funny commentary with Burton, Landau, screenwriters Scott Alexander and Larry Karaszewski and others.

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White Chicks

Shawn Wayans, Marlon Wayans

Columbia TriStar, $29

Keenen Ivory Wayans directed his two younger brothers is this lowbrow, one-note comedy about two FBI agents who go undercover as privileged, dimwitted white girls -- picture Paris and Nicole -- to stop a kidnapping plot.

A look at how the Wayans’ makeup was created and applied is the most interesting extra on the DVD; the commentary among the three brothers is sleep-inducing.

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The Legacy Collection

Various

Universal, $30 each

Ever since Lon Chaney starred in “The Hunchback of Notre Dame” and “The Phantom of the Opera” for Universal in the 1920s, the studio has been the king of monster movies. Over the years, Universal has given the world such golden ghouls as Frankenstein’s monster, Dracula and the Wolf Man.

Universal Home Video has just released three installments in its well-produced “Legacy Collection” series: “The Creature From the Black Lagoon,” “The Mummy” and “The Invisible Man.”

Each two-disc set includes the original classic, all of its sequels, plus audio commentaries and documentaries. There are also a few surprises in the mix: Clint Eastwood shows up briefly in 1955’s “Revenge of the Creature,” and Drew Barrymore’s grandfather, John, plays an absent-minded scientist who creates “The Invisible Woman.”