Product: Night of the Living Dead (1990)
Rating: 3.0
Savini's remake of Romero's classic is good.
Tom Savini gives his motion picture directing debut with Night of the Living Dead, a 1990 remake that tries to add some more gore, but is ultimately hindered by the MPAA's strict R policy, which has lightened up since, considering films like DOTD 2004 is much more grisly than this one, which cuts away after a half second of gore to satisfy the MPAA. Would have given this four stars had Savini created an unrated director's cut.Still, he stays true to Romero's classic, adding color and a few new concepts here and there, like a strong heroine rather than Barbara being a squeamish little mouse like in Romero's original.The zombies look good, but this could use more gore and guts for zombie fans to feast on. Nonetheless, a solid, though somewhat repeated entry into the zombie genre. The original still rules, but this is a nice compliment worth noting.