From the giant screaming spider - scorpion hybrids the «Gladers» call «Grievers,» to the virus - infected
zombies they call «Cranks,» to a return of a shady, long - thought - dead character from their past (who could've been an entirely new character and it wouldn't have mattered), to Thomas» middle - finger salute to Janson, the callbacks to the
previous two
films don't do much but add padding to the narrative.
On Disc One, which contains the theatrical version of the
film, there's Cholo's Reckoning, an interview with actor John Leguizamo; Charlie's Story, an interview with actor Robert Joy; The Pillsbury Factor, an interview with actor Pedro Miguel Arce; Four of the Apocalypse: The
Zombies of Land of the Dead, interviews with actors Eugene Clark, Jennifer Baxter, Boyd Banks, and Jasmin Geljo; the Dream of the Dead IFC TV special with optional audio commentary by director Roy Frumkes; deleted footage from Dream of the Dead; a set of deleted scenes (titled The Remaining Bits on
previous releases); the
film's theatrical trailer; and a photo gallery with 111 images.