Night of the Living Dead
Dir: Tom Savini
Star: Tony Todd, Patricia Tallman, Tom Towles, McKee Anderson
[10] If you liked the
original, you'll probably hate this remake but I'm not really a fan of
Romero's first zombie pic - a milestone film that looks badly dated and
cheap now - so found this fun. Savini drags NotLD into the 80's: not quite
the 90's, but significantly further on. The original plot needs no
description, and is almost exactly reproduced, though tweaked (especially
towards the end) to keep your interest going. 'Barbara' is beefed up to
almost Sigourney Weaver standard and the gore is too, though it's well
short of Dawn or Day. About the only change that I felt didn't help was
the removal of 95% of the TV scenes, which for me were one of the
original's strongpoints.
7/10
