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Night of the Living Dead (1990 Remake) [DVD]

Tony Todd , Patricia Tallman , Tom Savini    Suitable for 18 years and over   DVD
4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (17 customer reviews)
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Product details

  • Actors: Tony Todd, Patricia Tallman, Tom Towles
  • Directors: Tom Savini
  • Format: PAL
  • Language: English
  • Subtitles: English, French, Dutch, Spanish, Italian, Portuguese, Arabic, Czech, Greek
  • Region: Region 2 (This DVD may not be viewable outside Europe. Read more about DVD formats.)
  • Aspect Ratio: 16:9 - 1.85:1
  • Number of discs: 1
  • Classification: 18
  • Studio: Uca
  • DVD Release Date: 4 April 2005
  • Run Time: 85 minutes
  • Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (17 customer reviews)
  • ASIN: B0007WQE6U
  • Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 9,520 in Film & TV (See Top 100 in Film & TV)

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Celebrated special-effects artist Tom Savini ('Friday the 13th') directs this remake of George A. Romero's horror classic. The story is the same - a group of strangers fight for survival when they are trapped together in farmhouse surrounded by an army of flesh-eating zombies - but the effects are much more gruesome.


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11 of 12 people found the following review helpful
3.0 out of 5 stars Not bad for a remake but I prefer the 1968 version 24 April 2010
By Jeremy W. Newbould TOP 1000 REVIEWER
Format:DVD
This 1990 remake of George A. Romero's classic 1968 horror film isn't bad at all (as far as remakes go). This version was written by Romero (he was also co-executive producer) but directed by Tom Savini. The good cast features Babylon 5's Patricia Tallman (who at 5' 9" is quite a tall woman), Candyman's Tony Todd, Tom Towles, from Henry: Portrait Of A Serial Killer and Bill Mosley from House Of 1000 Corpses and The Devil's Rejects.

On the whole, this remake sticks pretty close to Romero's original film but the opening scene where Barbara and Johnnie encounter Zombies in the cemetery is slightly different, the ending has been changed and does not pack as big a wallop as the original and some other aspects are a bit different. The main difference of course is that the 1968 film was filmed in black and white (although it was reissued in an awful computer-colourised version) whereas this 1990 version is in colour.

Quite a few 1960s horror films that could have been filmed in colour were filmed in black and white instead in order to achieve a certain look and create a creepy atmosphere. Prime examples of this are Alfred Hitchcock's "Psycho", Mario Bava's "The Mask Of Satan", Robert Wise's "The Haunting" and, of course, George A. Romero's "Night Of The Living Dead". I must say that the 1968 version of "NOTLD" is much creepier than the 1990 version largely because of the way it was filmed - the eerie black and white photography really adds to the overall effect and creates the right sort of mood for this type of film.

If you have not seen the original film then you will probably enjoy this remake much more than if you have seen it, if you know what I mean. It virtually goes without saying that the original has become something of a horror classic and did not really need to be remade but the remake is still an entertaining and enjoyable horror film in its own right.

This DVD features the film in its correct aspect ratio of 1.85:1 and the special features include a director's commentary, filmographies, a featurette and a trailer.
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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars beast. 14 Dec 2010
By LCor
Format:DVD|Amazon Verified Purchase
A very good film. If your into zombie films & such, you'll Feckin love this. Although it's considered old now & re-make. It's still amazing. So it doesn't have all the fakey computer rubbish. That's what's so good! It still gives me the creeps to watch it over 20 years later! I watch these newer zombie films & think yeh it's good, it's got action, adventure & realistic make-up & really grusome scenes. But they don't scare me. They don't build any tension for me.
This stuff has it all! Buy it. Now....right now.
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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
4.0 out of 5 stars How do you reinvent innovation? 30 Nov 2000
Format:VHS Tape
Tom Savini, famous for being the biker gang leader in Dawn of the Dead and the special effects man behind Friday the 13th (not to mention the guy with a pistol in his pants in From Dusk till Dawn...) bravely attempted to remake a film which defined 60s horror - and he didn't do a bad job. Obviously, someone from an FX background is going to pile on the gore (why not, eh?) but the biggest twist for me in this film was the main character, Barbara. Rather than being a typically 60s feeble heroine, eventually eaten by her undead brother, Patricia Tallman takes her life into her own hands (it seems her time on Star Trek wasn't wasted) and comes out guns blazing - a welcome twist well in with the tradition of Romero's original trilogy and in keeping with the idea that the better horror films get most of their ideas from a contemporary public consensus. It's true, should the dead walk now we'd be much better prepared than we would have 30 years ago; women wouldn't run around screaming for help like Penelope Pitstop, they'd be up there shotguns 'tchk-tchking' right beside us blokes....
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Most Recent Customer Reviews
5.0 out of 5 stars Wooooo
I loved the original version of this film even though it was in B&W but this remake is great a great horror for all zombie movie fans I'd recommend this DVD to everyone
Published 3 months ago by Keith O'Donnell
5.0 out of 5 stars awesome...
Love this, sorry, I know its sacrilege, but it prefer this to the original. Same story, virtually exact same direction, damn near shot for shot most of the way through, but a bit... Read more
Published 4 months ago by Jimbob
4.0 out of 5 stars A worthwhile remake.
Tom Savini remakes an absolute classic and just about gets away with it.
I bought this to replace my VHS copy, especially as the recent Blu Ray limited edition was such a... Read more
Published 5 months ago by M. Crossman
4.0 out of 5 stars Savini pays homage to Romero- and it's all in good taste
Long before Michael Bay and Hollywood remakes of literally every horror film known to man, we had this remake from 1990. Read more
Published 9 months ago by Colonel Decker
4.0 out of 5 stars Nice remake
This is an almost shot-to-shot remake of George A. Romero's original Night of the Living Dead, The movie is excellent and features some creepy looking zombies. Read more
Published 13 months ago by S.B
4.0 out of 5 stars Bub's revenge^ ?
I really liked the original. When I first saw this version (on Sky many years ago well before the Dawn remake) I thought it was excellent. Read more
Published 15 months ago by Man from poundstretcher
2.0 out of 5 stars They're coming to get you, Barbara!
I admit that I don't like horror movies, especially not the horror stereotypes: blonde girl with big you-know-what screaming, vampires, zombies, even more vampires, etc. Read more
Published 21 months ago by Ashtar Command
1.0 out of 5 stars Waste of Money
"Brains!..Brains!" Thats not one of the zombies calling, thats me wishing someone had used some brains when making this movie. First of all the plot. Read more
Published on 23 Mar 2011 by Monkeysocks
5.0 out of 5 stars exception that proves rule
This film is the exception to the rule that remakes are always worse than the original. It is actually better than the original night of the living dead. Read more
Published on 8 Mar 2011 by Frank8472
3.0 out of 5 stars Shambling along
In the late 1980s George A Romero, the man who popularised the zombie survival horror and made it a genre all of its own, realised that due to a copyright oversight he could be in... Read more
Published on 21 Nov 2009 by Phil H
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