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Night
of the Living Dead (1990)
Who
could have predicted the phenomenal success of George
Romero's low budget black and white thriller made in
the late sixties. It's grizzly, ghoulish other-worldliness
made it instantly eerie and immediately frightening.
Romero followed with two sequels; "Dawn of the Dead,"
and "Day of the Dead" (both in color.) When somebody
colorized the original black and white, I guess Romero
decided it was time to re-film it.
In 1990, Tom Savini directed the re-make produced by
Romero. Savini had created the remarkable grizzly original
special effects in the first version and had went on
to be as successful as Romero in the horror film genre.
Savini's version is as terrifying and as original as
the Romero black and white. Flesh eating zombies always
seem to be eerie and scary. And Savini makes his zombies
as ghoulish as the originals.
What is different in the re-make is the strength of
the women characters. In the original the women are
meek and terrified. In Savini's version, the women are
strong and in control, in fact, the main character emphasis
in this version is shifted from the black man to the
woman.
This "Night of the living Dead" is an interesting film
experience for the uninitiated as well as for the faithful
fans of the original. The ending is as surprising as
the original's ending without copying it. A very good
film.
Final
Grade: B
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