Review of Night of the Living Dead (1990) by Allan C — 23 Jun 2015
This remake doesn't get enough respect. George A. Romeo didn't get his original film copyrighted, so he needed up not making any money on the film because it ended up in the public domain. With this 1990 remake, he scripted a remake o this original film that's quite loyal to the original story and vision, though this time it's in color and amped up with plenty of gore and quite realistic special effects.
Of all the zombie movies ever made (and that's quite a few of late), this film is the only one I can think of where the zombies really look like corpses (though the zombies on "The Walking Dead" are quite good too).
Romeo turned the directing reigns over to special effects maestro Tom Savini who does a competent job behind the camera, though the special effects in the film are top notch, even if Savini wasn't credited as the special effects or make up person on the film.
Tony "Candyman" Todd takes on the role of Ben, Patricia Tallman is Barbara, Tom Towles is a nicely obnoxious Mr. Cooper and Bill Moseley is great as the short lived Johnnie. What's most fun about this film is that the story stays so loyal to the original films that when the film deviates from the original for the last 25 minutes, it's kind of a mindblower for anyone who grew up repeatedly viewing this film.
On the downside, the film does feel rather stiff and even corny and quaint at times.
This review of Night of the Living Dead (1990) was written by Allan C on 23 Jun 2015.
Night of the Living Dead has generally received positive reviews.
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