Product: Night of the Living Dead (1990)
Rating: 5.0
Even Better Than The Original!!!!!
I know some people think Tom Savini is the devil for even daring to think about touching the classic original, but he made a lot of good, smart changes to the story and we all know the effects are WAY better. I really like the Romero movies because they have a lot of slow, spooky, get-in-your-head scenes, but this version of Night kicks butt on the first one. For the most part the characters are much smarter! But why would anybody barricade themselves in a basement when all you have to do is go upstairs and then block or break the stairs, right? Even if you couldn't do that, you'd crawl out the second-story window and then go sit on the roof where the zombies couldn't get you and maybe a helicopter would save you. The basement is dumb. Barbara is also much smarter in this version. I thought Patricia Tallman made a great heroine and I liked it that she was good with a gun and good with her brains instead of being a wimpy little screamer. I totally recommend watching this one after the original!!!