Product: Night of the Living Dead (1990)
Rating: 3.0
Good, but not vintage Romero!
I really can't knock this movie, but being that it is a bigger budget remake of a low budget classic, it's hard to help!One of the things I love about the original "Night of the Living Dead" is Romero's ability to do so much with so little. Part of what made the original so frightening was the low budget black-&-white effects that made the zombies look more menacing, the blood look grotesque, the munchings look more grisly.This remake also lacks the claustrophobic effect that George Romero pulled off the first time around. With so much of the original being shot from the inside looking out, coupled with the "low budget echo-pitch" dialogue, gives off a creepy presence, as if the zombie attack was actually happening, and some 8MM Film student happened to have his camera on hand...This remake is a good zombie flick, but not a classic. Every time I bring it up, hard as I try, I can't help but compare it to the original. This version is too polished, too thought out. This version starts with the same meek woman character who is the first to run from the carniverous cadavers, but in this version, the character takes a new twist that leaves you going "HUH?" How did she turn from bashful to brazen?The flick is genuinely scary at times, but lacks the ambience that makes the one...and, in my opinion, ONLY "Night of the Living Dead" famous.