Night of the Living Dead
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Movie Reviews of Night of the Living Dead
Movie Review: You bunch of yo-yo's!
Summary: 5 Stars
Having been a fan of Romero's "Dead" films, It was kind of weird to find out that "Night of the living dead" was being remade, by non other then the makeup master of "Dawn of the dead" Tom Savini. The plot is essentially the same to the 1968 original: the recently deceased are being reanimated by an unknown force and are attacking the living. While they are weak and uncoordinated, they are extremely dangerous when encountered in large numbers. A bullet to the brain or some sort of incapcitation to the brain will render them truly dead, but I feel that the success of Romero's "Dead" films was that while the reanimated bodies were essentially weak, the fact that they were both dead AND attacking people was their strength, coupled with the fact that extreme measures must be taken to dispose of them, rendering normal burial rituals wholly inadequate. A bullet to the head, mass graves, cremations; it all sounds like the (...) camps of World War II. People would not want to deal with that, no matter how necessary.
Tony Todd(Candyman) is perfect as Ben, as is Patricia Tallman as a new souped up Barbara. Tom Towle's Harry Cooper is as despicable as ever, a perfect example of those indviduals who deny a crisis and refuse to help their fellow man. The DVD transfer is excellent, with commentary by director Tom Savini and a featurette on the making of NOTLD '90. For some reason, a Portuguese soundtrack is also included, which is kind of cool to listen to. A great addition to any Romero fan or zombie fan's library.
Movie Review: Modernized. Butchered ending...still good.
Summary: 5 Stars
Yeah Yeah. Don't start with me on the obvious negative aspects about this film's remake some 20 plus years after the original. I am aware of them and while many are tempted to start knocking off stars let me explain my rating the film what I have. First, I gotta award an extra star for the features because horror film DVDs seldom have any extras and they fit a decent amount in this "regular" DVD and not reserving it for some (insert exciting word here) edition. Second, while I like Tom Savini I haven't liked his special effects in the past Romero movies they seem exaggerated even by the standards of "zombie" movies. The dead look great in this movie and while goofy signature zombies are still all over the film they are more sparse then the other films. I like that they were even more vague in this film about the mysterious cause of all the events. Tony Todd makes a great Ben in the film. Now the ending isn't as good as the original, but in defense for the film most people complain it is to similiar to the original. Guess you can't keep some people happy. I'm a huge fan of the original and I agree with many compliants about this film, but I don't see how people can bare the animousity towards the film that they do. I think it's a respectible remake and it's almost as good as the original in it's own right. I consider it a sort of modern tribute. It's a fun and scary film even in color.Movie Review: Good Watch, Nice Price
Summary: 5 Stars
Better than the 1930's version??
Mmmm, I'd love to know WHAT version that is :-) ??
Anyways, nice to see this film in widescreen. Disappointing to some degree that the sound is not full 5.1 surround... and what is this 2.0 surround ??? However, the plus is that the sound uses left, right front as well as center... so it does provide some ambience, but little use of the subwoofer.
The print is a good transfer.
If you are after this version, I will assume that you know the original story, and likely this edition as well. However, if not, just suffice to say that the edition is a fun horror blast.
The Featurette has some edited content, that shows that the producers could have done an unrated cut, but unfortunately did not. Savini is very informative in the feature, and the few cast members who participate in interviews reveal a lot of the elements in production, and behind the scenes work... a nice touch.
Savini's commentary has a nice touch, and adds a lot of background info, but he kind of "zones" out at points, and just stops talking, but mostly he has some interesting comments.
Overall, for the price that Amazon is selling this for, it is a decent item, and a far better edition than the VHS version that you might have seen.
Movie Review: classic
Summary: 5 Stars
This and the Exorcist are the only two horror films that still scare me. Night Of The Living Dead for different reasons.
If black and white was ever essential, it is here. Even in the opening scene, the cloudy, grainy cinamatography gives the absolute creeps. The plot-which I won't deal with-only gets doomier, and so the tention gets heavier throughout the film. The lights go out, it is dark outside, and the camera makes the house look claustraphobic. Shadows, big, deep ones, lurk all over this film: the icing on this nuance cake. In color, you could not achieve this effect with this ecconomy.
The acting is great. From what I know, these were not professionals. So Ramero is able to set up an unthinkable situation, then see how ordinary people would react.
Subtext also adds to creepiness here. 1968: race riots, slaughter in Vietnam, nuclear threat. Is it accidental that Night Of The Living Dead has a black and a white antagonist, random killing in open fields, radiation induced madness? Absolutely not.
Watch how, in the TV sequences, the news reader reports with cold, old style objectivity. This makes the events just out the window all the more chilling.
You could write a book on this film. See it.
Movie Review: Good Remake!
Summary: 5 Stars
"Their coming to get you Barbara", but this time Barbara is ready for them. A remake of the original classic "Night of the Living Dead". A modern retelling based on a updated scripted by George Romero and directed by Tom Savini. This is pretty much the same story as NOTLD '68, but with better effects and a few new twists. The recent dead have returned to life and now seek the flesh of the living. Seven strangers are trapped in an isolated farmhouse struggling with the horror that awaits them on the outside and the tension that will eventually destroy them on the inside. Romero re-introduces all our favorite character: Ben (Tony Todd), Cooper (Tom Towles), etc. There are even striking reminiscences between the cast in 68 and 90, and that wasn't a coincidence. Barbara (Patricia Tallmen) has been miraculously been transformed from a comatose broad into a female Rambo. She seemingly being the only one with any grasp of the situation and this time she's not waiting for Johnny.
Not overly gory, but the zombie make-up was fantastic. The twists breath new life into this classic movie. Tom Savini did an exceptional job in his big screen directorial debut and maybe someday we'll be lucky enough to see his director's cut of this modern classic.