When the unburied dead return to life and seek human victims, seven refugees shelter in a house in the Pennsylvanian countryside.When the unburied dead return to life and seek human victims, seven refugees shelter in a house in the Pennsylvanian countryside.When the unburied dead return to life and seek human victims, seven refugees shelter in a house in the Pennsylvanian countryside.
- Awards
- 2 nominations
Bill Moseley
- Johnnie
- (as Bill Mosley)
David W. Butler
- Hondo
- (as David Butler)
Bill Cardille
- T.V. Interviewer
- (as Bill 'Chilly Billy' Cardille)
Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaTom Savini originally wanted to start the film in black-and-white, then slowly add color.
- Goofs(at around 12 mins) After Ben shoves a body out the kitchen door, you can see a cameraman's reflection in the door window.
- Alternate versionsThere are at least two known versions of the end credits montage: one in black and white, the other in black and orange.
- ConnectionsEdited into Cent une tueries de zombies (2012)
- SoundtracksLiving Monstrosity
Written by Chuck Schuldiner
Performed by Death
Courtesy of Combat Records
Featured review
Not needed--but OK
The dead come back to eat the flesh of the living. A small group of people are holed up in a farmhouse. They have to fight the dead from getting in...and each other.
There was no reason (that I can see) to remake the 1968 classic "Night..." but George Romero (director and co-writer of the original) wanted it. He scripted it and got makeup artist Tom Savini to direct. The results are OK. It could have been a disaster but wasn't. It's not a scene by scene remake but it does have some of the original dialogue. Still it makes some pretty extreme changes.
Barbara in the first movie was little more than a basket case. Here she is strong and intelligent and can hold her own. It's never really explained how she became such a crack shot though. Tony Todd is a good actor--but not here. He has the unenviable job of playing the part that Duane Jones played so well in the original. He is good...but not enough. The other actors are all pretty OK--the same as the originals were.
There are some cute visual and verbal references to the first film and the gore has been upped drastically (though not as much as it could have been). There is also an eerie and very effective music score throughout the movie. I found this a little slow but that's because I've seen the first multiple times in the past. And this one tacks on a screamingly obvious "ironic" finale.
It's OK--but the original is still the best. I give it a 7.
There was no reason (that I can see) to remake the 1968 classic "Night..." but George Romero (director and co-writer of the original) wanted it. He scripted it and got makeup artist Tom Savini to direct. The results are OK. It could have been a disaster but wasn't. It's not a scene by scene remake but it does have some of the original dialogue. Still it makes some pretty extreme changes.
Barbara in the first movie was little more than a basket case. Here she is strong and intelligent and can hold her own. It's never really explained how she became such a crack shot though. Tony Todd is a good actor--but not here. He has the unenviable job of playing the part that Duane Jones played so well in the original. He is good...but not enough. The other actors are all pretty OK--the same as the originals were.
There are some cute visual and verbal references to the first film and the gore has been upped drastically (though not as much as it could have been). There is also an eerie and very effective music score throughout the movie. I found this a little slow but that's because I've seen the first multiple times in the past. And this one tacks on a screamingly obvious "ironic" finale.
It's OK--but the original is still the best. I give it a 7.
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- preppy-3
- Jan 18, 2006
Details
- Release date
- Country of origin
- Language
- Also known as
- George A. Romero's Night of the Living Dead
- Filming locations
- Production companies
- See more company credits at IMDbPro
Box office
- Budget
- $4,200,000 (estimated)
- Gross US & Canada
- $5,835,247
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $2,884,679
- Oct 21, 1990
- Gross worldwide
- $5,835,247
- Runtime1 hour 32 minutes
- Color
- Sound mix
- Aspect ratio
- 1.85 : 1
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