Night of the Living Dead
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Movie Reviews of Night of the Living Dead
Movie Review: Amazingly, even better than the original classic!
Summary: 5 Stars
If the internet had been nearly as popular in 1990 as it is now, I'll bet the IMDB message boards would be filled with protests from outraged fans of the original (the way the message boards on Dawn of the Dead are now). I'm pretty sure that when this came out, there were plenty of people screaming blasphemy. But, I'm almost ashamed to say this, I found this remake even better than the original, and the original is a classic! It launched the zombie genre of to incredible popularity, and it's a just plain amazing movie. I rented this earlier the other day, not really sure what to expect. What I found was that this movie was much more entertaining and exciting and suspenseful than the original. It moves faster, has better effects, better acting, the works. Also, it throws in plenty of little plot-twists so a scholar of the original could still be surpried. From the get-go, things aren't as they seem. We think we know what's going to happen, but then it's totally different and unexpected. The biggest change in this flick is the Barbara character. No longer is she a whiny little pansy who just sits around and cries. Now, she shoots zombies, she stabs zombies, she fights zombies, and she finally points out what I'm sure many fans of the Dead trilogy have known for a long time. "They're so slow!" she observes. "We could just walk right past 'em. We wouldn't even have to run."
The acting is very impressive. Tony Todd is outstanding as Ben, improving on Duane Jones' excellent performance from the '68 version. Patricia Tallman is probably the best in the movie. Stong, capable and determined. Tom Towles is great as the scumbag, and his wife performs admirably. William Butler is pretty good as Tom, but his girlfriend is definately the worst performer in the movie.
Tom Savini, as well as being an amazing make-up man, proves himself to be a capable director. The movie has plenty of style, and the action scenes are exciting. The make-up in the film is appropriatly gross (though nothing compared to Dawn or Day) and the zombies are a big improvement over the ones in the original.
Roger Ebert and other critics may have hated this movie, but trust me when I say that it not only lives up to the original, but also improves on it. The two movies are also different enough to warrant owning both (Millenium Edition for the original).
5/5
Movie Review: Best horror film of the 90's. Great DVD too.
Summary: 5 Stars
Im a great fan of the 68 version and this remake by Tom Savini is very impressive. I would have to say that I prefer it the slowly dating original. This film has genuinely good acting and great suspense. Also the Zombies are the best looking ones yet. One thing that I feel must be mentioned about this film in homage to Tom is how technically brilliant it is. The texas chainsaw massacre type soundtrack is very atmospheric and creates a good tension. I was very impressed by John Vulich'es special effects as well. The making of featurette clearly shows that they were aiming for realistic physical contact shots. For example the scene where Johnnie falls onto the tomb stone or the scene where the Uncle Rege zombie falls over the bannister, you really see his head smack on the floor. That would kill any man. Other parts show zombies being smashed in the head with iron bars or baseball bats and being kicked in the stomach. That is clearly the strength of this films special effects and makes up for the lack of head entry gunshots. I think it is very well directed too with great lighting and creepy shots of zombies. There are moments that make me jump as well such as the head hitting the window or the First appearance of a Zombie come to think of it. The Zombies ooze as much character as the protagonists in this version. Tom Savini has really followed the old school horror film guidelines and has crafted a film that in my opinion is as scary and technically proficient as Carpenters Halloween. The film manipulates fans of the original (plot changes) enough to warrant owning both versions. I hope he makes another Zombie or horror film. The picture on this DVD is incredible. Ive never seen NOTLD look this good and the sound is well ballanced. There is a good commentary track that mentions how the film has been strerilised from how it once was and Savini feels that this adds to the films atmosphere because when you dont see the violence you can imagine it in your head allot worse. The extras are enough to satisfy any fan. Id recomend this to any Romero Savini fan. Ill shut up now but I think its about time that this film was hailed in the Classics book. It is the best remake ever. OUT.Movie Review: One of the BEST Re-Makes Ever!!!!!!
Summary: 5 Stars
Despite the Super Cheap Cover Art on every Home video version (VHS, Laserdisc, and DVD)
Don't let the Poor Covers Fool you
Night of the Living Dead 1990 is one of the Best Horror Re-Make ever
As far as remakes go it should be put high up and looked at by any Hollywood Producer/Director on how to do a Re-Make the right way!
It's the bench mark of Remakes That actually in some ways Over Shadows the Original
Tom Savini does George Romero Proud putting out such a Great Film
Even though the MPAA at the time had such a Strange Agenda dissecting any and all Great Horror Films plus some Sci-Fi (cough cough ROBOCOP)
Even though the Original Version would have been Rated NC-17
The Rated R Cut is a True Zombie Masterpiece that much like any George Romero Film's has a Deep Social Commentary
The Location they used was such a Great find, All the small Details between the Zombie Make-up, ect. are Perfect
The Cast is One of the Best Dream Cast in the Horror Genre!
Tony Tod as Ben (Stunning Performance as a Actor he gets so over looked still to this day!
Patricia Tallman as Barbara is also another Perfect Casting (The only major difference in Both Films is The Barbara charter which is night and day)
The extras are Very good
Production Notes,
a Commentary Track by Director Tom Savini (Every Commentary Track Savini has done is very good!)
The Commentary Track alone makes this dvd **a Must Own**
The Dead Walk Featurette is very interesting with some of the Workprint Footage in it along with Interviews of Various People,
Theatrical Trailers
Columbia Needs to do the Right thing and Put The Director's Cut out on BR soon
This is One of those Unique Films that would do very good on BR I'm sure
A must See Horror Film Like i said before don't let the Cover fool you
It's a Personal Favorite 10/10
Movie Review: Is that a corpse at your door? Gotta love zombie minimalism!
Summary: 5 Stars
Some people don't get zombies; some people apparently think the idea of a deteriorated corpse stumbling after people is yawn-inducing. If you're one of those people, this movie probably isn't for you. . .
But I am not one of those people!
'Shaun of the Dead,' '28 Days Later,' and the recent 'Dawn of the Dead' resurrected the zombie genre, but each of these films modified the core principles of zombieology in order to do it. 'Shaun' camped it up, and humorized it. 'Dawn' beefed it up, gave it artillery, and made it "kick ass." '28 Days' injected it with Sartre and a heady brand of pessimistic existentialism.
All three movies worked quite well, but I kept thinking, "must we try SO hard?" Let's get back to the basics!
I'm a zombie minimalist, I have to admit. Zombies are scary because they represent the horror of seeing something that simply "is NOT supposed to be" stumbling without rhyme or reason into our otherwise complacent and secure bubble of existence. They're also about having to face a radically altered world apparently alone, or with only a tight-knit posse of "survivors" to unite with. Likewise, there is that concept of trying to stay "one step ahead" of a nightmare that is gradually approaching you from just beyond your field of vision.
"Night of the Living Dead" captures these qualities at their purest (at least in my opinion), and while the new zombie flicks are good, this re-make from 1990 is the good-old zombie minimalism that I hope is embraced by zombie film-makers in the future.
P.S. - Want to learn about zombies and philosophy? Check out David Chalmers' book "The Conscious Mind: In Search of a Fundamental Theory!"
Movie Review: So you wanna be an extra in a George Romero film?
Summary: 5 Stars
Tom Savini's Night of the Living Dead has some of the most interesting extras on film. This is a great movie! It is frightening on many levels, the cast is wonderful and the rewriting brings the movie into the present in a terrifying way.I prefer this version to the original, mostly because Barbara is not a catatonic fruitcake. Also, the ending of Romero's film just makes me so mad I want to scream!
Patricia Tallman makes her character real. She plays a frightened but strong and rational person dealing with an insane situation. She is definitely a predecessor of roles like Alice in 2002's Resident Evil, even if she does not have the amazing kung fu skills that all our modern genre heros seem to come with.
Tony Todd is an amazing actor, and any director is lucky to have him. His description of events offscreen is eerie and sets the perfect tone for the story until later, when things get a little more desperate.
Tom Towles makes a wonderful creep-I love to hate him! He's a cad, a jerk and worse as the family man who just wants to hide instead of accepting the truth.
The best thing about the DVD version is the really neat commentary by director Tom Savini. It's just him and the mic, but he has alot of interesting things to say about every aspect of the production. The story of how he came to direct this film is recounted, and Savini seems to have something fascinating to say about each and every actor, extra and crewperson on the set.
A featurette about the film is included in the disc with more good stuff to watch. The extra cost of the DVD is totally worth the money, and a must-have for living dead fans everywhere.
I am always finding more reasons to love this film!