 "Obsolete" | 2008-08-10 |
| - Reviewed By retobuch5 |
| Obsolete remake, indeed. From the very beginning this film is a bad joke. The terrible non-stop screaming from the women makes you want to see them become zombie-food as fast as possible. Barbara's brother in this film is an i.d.i.o.t., blablaing his text down already in the arriving-scene inside the car. George must have thought: Well, let's have Tom bullfrogging his ego with a remake, it will always be... this. I don't wanna be mean to Mr. Savini, I really appreciate his work, his acting in some films too, but this here: Was a mistake. Or, I miss the point and this was meant as a comedy, but nevertheless, I say it doesn't work. |
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 "One Of The Best Zombie Movies Ever, And Essential Horror" | 2008-07-30 |
| - Reviewed By devotedfan |
The 1990 version of the immortal "Night Of The Living Dead" tale - the newly dead rise from the graves and a group of strangers seeks safety by barricading themselves in a farmhouse that is quickly beseiged - is in many ways actually even better than its legendary predecessor. Certain elements from the original are admittedly truncated - the 'news-reel' footage from the first in which a tv set in the farm house plays out reports across the country as the characters inside go about making preparations - is virtually absent, for example. But that was one of the better parts of the first NotLD, and shortening the parts that were already perfect, and building up other aspects that weren't as developed the first time around, may have been wise. The character of Barbara is a good example of this. One of the pair of siblings (in both versions) that first encounters a zombie in the graveyard, in the first movie the character had little to do once inside the farmhouse; the male characters took over the focus of the movie. In this remake the character (played by Patricia Tallman) becomes one of the two leading figures of the survivors, along with Ben (Tony Todd). With the other characters, the 1968 original set them up very well with differing reactions to the situation and differing personalities; in the 1990 remake those same characters are expanded on and used to even greater effect.
The action this time is ratcheted up, with a more violent, intense and gory assault by the dead; excellent special effects stand up brilliantly 18 years after this one's release. Inividually not as dangerous as the fast, savage zombies in the Dawn of the Dead (Widescreen Unrated Director's Cut) remake or 28 Days Later (Widescreen Edition)/28 Weeks Later (Widescreen Edition) the zombies are a bit more aggressive and monsterous-looking than in the '68 original. All the different takes on the living dead - the slow, human-looking shamblers of the original, the berserk beasts of 28 Days/28 Weeks, or the ones sort of inbetween, can work great if done well; this remake may be the definitive take on this particular breed of living dead. And the movie itself is a quintessential horror film, definately one of the field's essentials. |
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| "Excellent Remake! Thanks Tom!!" | 2008-07-22 |
| - Reviewed By User: A3RW6BJOJV172K |
Tom Savini pulled it off...to make a spooky, creepy, dead film!!
I especially like the sound track during the film...that soft, twingy, sound during the moon rise at the beginning and other times in the film.
For me, that spells SPOOKY man!! Where is Tom now and when is his next collaboration with George?
RM Leal
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 "I LOVED IT!" | 2008-07-21 |
| - Reviewed By User: A2ILXJN4SCJWMI |
| I thought this version was just as good (if not a little better) as the first one. i loved how barbara kicked butt in this movie! im a big zombie movie fan and was so excited to get this DVD. |
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| "Better Than Expected" | 2008-07-10 |
| - Reviewed By User: A1ZT7E186FJQEY |
| I loved the original Night of The Living Dead and was pretty skeptical of a remake. I am glad that I tried it though, as I really enjoyed this movie and felt that it did the original justice. If you liked the original and just enjoy zombie movies in general, then pick up this one. It was worth every penny. |
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| "People just don't get it." | 2008-06-11 |
| - Reviewed By morisey2 |
| One thing i come to understand with george romero's movies is that they all have moral meaning.he uses images from the evil of mankind to put his movies together. tom savini served in the vietnam war and a lot of his work is influenced from what he experianced there.to the tortures and cruel inhumane acts thats took place there.people adore his movies because of the gore and i constantly here people say how cool he is and always compare him to luci fulci.the evils of mankind is not cool george romero expresses his feeling through horror on the cruel ways of mankind. at least that is what i felt when i watched this movie when she watches the living hang the dead upside down and they start laughing a shot them. reminds me of the germans of world war 2. she then says we are them and they are us. the images that really stuck to me was the end with the pictures and creepy music. This film creeps me out and really makes u think how scary it would be if something like this really happend. |
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| "Great Remake of a Classic" | 2008-06-03 |
| - Reviewed By User: A27VY7BUVD09I2 |
Tom Savini brilliantly directs this color remake of George Romero's 1968 horror classic. The story is the same, seven strangers are trapped in a farmhouse while zombies rampage outside. As a huge fan of the original "Night of the Living Dead" I was a bit skeptical about this movie. After watching it, however, I was thoroughly pleased with this movie. It is just as good as the original film, and in some ways a little bit better.
Obviously the movie was gorier and the special effects were much improved, which is a plus in any zombie movie. However, the most important aspect of the film that makes it better is the growth of the Barbara character played by Patricia Tallman. Instead of being passive and quiet, she took action, killed some zombies and was more important to the plot. The argument scenes between Cooper (Tom Towles) and Ben (Tony Todd) were much more heated and intense than the original. Overall the acting by the entire cast was surprisingly good. The movie was much better than I expected and I highly recommend it to anybody who is a "Dead" trilogy fan or a zombie fan. |
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| "Not a bad zombie horror movie" | 2008-05-31 |
| - Reviewed By sillygoose55 |
I am not too familiar with George A. Romero's original Night of the Living Dead movie (if you can believe it, me a big-time horror movie fan has *not* seen that movie! I know, what's wrong with me? LOL).
So, I am reviewing this movie on its own merits and won't be able to delve into comparisons between the original and the remake.
This movie takes place in the countryside of, I believe, Pennsylvania. A young woman, Barbara, and her brother are visiting the grave of their relative. It's a bright, sunny day out, such a beautiful day that you don't expect zombies to suddenly appear out of nowhere, but that's exactly what happens! I was not expecting it, and I actually jumped when a zombie came out of nowhere attacking Barbara.
Barbara flees the zombies and finds herself at an empty farmhouse near the cemetery, where she eventually meets Ben (the other main character, my favorite character. He's the type of person you want in a disaster situation, such as the dead coming back to life!) and other human survivors. Everyone decides they should sit tight in the house and barricade the windows against the zombies.
I enjoyed this movie, I didn't think it was great, but it was entertaining to watch. Of course, I enjoy zombie horror movies (books too!) so give me some undead in a movie and I'm a happy camper!
There were some annoyances I had. In the beginning, the character Barbara was hysterical and crying a lot. At first, I thought, "Oh no, not another hysterical useless woman!" (I really hate those types of characters in horror movies. No, not all us women would act useless and with half a brain!!). Like Ben, I wanted to shake some sense into her and get her to snap out of it. Fortunately, her helplessness didn't last more than 10 minutes or so, and throughout the movie she kicked some zombie butt, and I cheered her transformation from stupid, helpless woman to a woman that could take charge. So while it annoyed me in the beginning, it was only a temporary annoyance but I thought I'd point it out anyways.
Another annoyance also had to do with a character, an older gentleman named Cooper who had a wife and daughter, but was the most selfish and rude man. He was a complete jerk to his wife (even slapped her once), and never did anything to help the other survivors fight off the zombies or to barricade the farmhouse. Oh well, I suppose there is always the jerk character who only thinks for themselves and you can't stand and hope would get eaten by zombies first!haha.
I liked the old fashioned, slow motion zombies. Most of the movies I've watched lately had the more "modern" fast zombie (Dawn of the Dead remake, 28 days later and 28 weeks later) so it was nice to see some old school zombies for a change. The special effects was alright. There was some parts where Ben or Barbara was bashing the zombies in the head and you could tell it was a fake zombie (not a real person) they were hitting. But, overall the zombies looked realistic and quite, well...dead.LOL. There wasn't a lot of gore or blood, so if you expect a lot of blood and gore you'll be disappointed, but it wasn't an issue for me.
This movie wasn't that scary, but there were some tense moments when Ben and a few other survivors tried to make it to the gas pumps to fill up the truck so they could leave.
Decent zombie horror movie and if you're a big fan of zombies (like I am) give it a try. |
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| "Night of the Living Dead......." | 2008-04-15 |
| - Reviewed By blackaciddevil01 |
| Night of the Living Dead is a 1990 remake of George Romero's 1968 classic of the same name. Directed by Tom Savini; it stars Tony Todd, Patricia Tallman and Tom Towles. For this remake, Romero rewrote the original screenplay with John A. Russo(whom he had originally wrote it with). It tells the story of a group of humans who fend off hordes of the walking dead in a secluded farmhouse in Western Pennsylvania, only fueding between themselves proves to be just as deadly. The story follows the same core story of the original but with slight alterations & changes. It was made on a budget of $4,200,000 but proves that great movies can be made on low budgets. This is a worthy remake of an old classic that every zombie fan should have in their collection. I really enjoyed it. |
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| "A must have Romero remake..." | 2008-02-10 |
| - Reviewed By elaire26 |
"Night of the Living Dead" (1990) is a must have Romero remake. Noted special effects master and Romero henchman Tom Savini takes the legendary story and puts a modern ('90's) spin on the tale. All the elements from the original are there (read: farmhouse, two strangers, family, lovers), but are then taken in a completely different direction.
The special effects are out of this world due to the work of Savini, turning the gore up a very special notch for zombie fans. There is even a great deleted scene of some effects the MPA cut from the movie that would put the headshot Wooly did in the original "Dawn..." to shame. The ending is an outstanding twist on the traditional tale.
All zombie horror fans have no excuse to not have this homage to the almighty high priest of zombie horror, George A. Romero, in their DVD library. Get it now. |
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