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- 1990
- R
- Columbia Pictures
- 1 h 32 m
- 1990
- R
- Columbia Pictures
- 1 h 32 m
Summary The undead return to life and seek the brains of human victims.
Directed By: Tom Savini
Written By: John A. Russo, George A. Romero
- 1990
- R
- Columbia Pictures
- 1 h 32 m
- 1990
- R
- Columbia Pictures
- 1 h 32 m
Night of the Living Dead
54
7.9
Where to Watch
Summary The undead return to life and seek the brains of human victims.
Directed By: Tom Savini
Written By: John A. Russo, George A. Romero
Where to Watch
Top Cast
Metascore
Mixed or Average
Based on 18 Critic Reviews
54
39% Positive
7 Reviews
7 Reviews
44% Mixed
8 Reviews
8 Reviews
17% Negative
3 Reviews
3 Reviews
Metascore
Mixed or Average
Based on 18 Critic Reviews
54
39% Positive
7 Reviews
7 Reviews
44% Mixed
8 Reviews
8 Reviews
17% Negative
3 Reviews
3 Reviews
No breasts. Twenty-one dead bodies. Exploding pickup. Exploding supporting
actors. Neck-crunching. Zombie corral. Zombie target practice. Zombie bonfire.
Eighteen gallons of blood. A 74 on the Vomit Meter. Kung Fu. Zombie Fu. [2 Nov 1990, p.13]
'Night' is the kind of horror movie where a zombie puts his hand through a window, grabs the hero's face with a decayed hand and fellows in the audience laugh, knowingly. The laugh I can understand. The "knowingly" part I don't even want to think about it...As horror movies go, it's a little better than average. [22 Oct 1990, p.F1]
Savini seems to lose his grip in the second half, and what began
as exhilaratingly horrendous settles into comfortable predictability. [24 Oct 1990]
Romero's remake jettisons just those qualities that lent class to the 1968 original. [5 Nov 1990, p.79]
Particularly because Savini obviously feels a responsibility to the original, it's impossible for this new film to unfold with any sense of discovery or surprise. It's almost all just at the level of dutiful replication. [19 Oct 1990, p.35]
Romero and his original partners apparently made no money from the original, and Romero admitted to the Wall Street Journal that the reasons for remaking the film were "purely financial." It shows...This Night of the Living Dead is resurrected, but it's never brought to life.
The remake is so close to the original that there is no reason to see both, unless you want to prove to yourself that black and white photography is indeed more effective than color for this material.
User Score
Generally Favorable
Based on 31 User Ratings
7.9
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User Score
Generally Favorable
Based on 31 User Ratings
7.9
71% Positive
22 Ratings
22 Ratings
29% Mixed
9 Ratings
9 Ratings
0% Negative
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Production Company
21st Century Film Corporation,
Columbia Pictures
Release Date Oct 19, 1990
Duration 1 h 32 m
Rating R
Genres
Tagline In 1968 George Romero took you to the edge of terror. In 1993 he's about to push you over. (UK release poster)
Awards
Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Films, USA
• 2 Nominations
