Product: Night of the Living Dead (1990)
Rating: 5.0
Great Remake of a Classic
Tom Savini brilliantly directs this color remake of George Romero's 1968 horror classic. The story is the same, seven strangers are trapped in a farmhouse while zombies rampage outside. As a huge fan of the original "Night of the Living Dead" I was a bit skeptical about this movie. After watching it, however, I was thoroughly pleased with this movie. It is just as good as the original film, and in some ways a little bit better.Obviously the movie was gorier and the special effects were much improved, which is a plus in any zombie movie. However, the most important aspect of the film that makes it better is the growth of the Barbara character played by Patricia Tallman. Instead of being passive and quiet, she took action, killed some zombies and was more important to the plot. The argument scenes between Cooper (Tom Towles) and Ben (Tony Todd) were much more heated and intense than the original. Overall the acting by the entire cast was surprisingly good. The movie was much better than I expected and I highly recommend it to anybody who is a "Dead" trilogy fan or a zombie fan.