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Night of the Living Dead (1990)
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Release Date:
19 October 1990 (USA)
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Tagline:
There IS a fate worse than death.
Plot:
The unburied dead return to life and seek human victims. full summary | add synopsis
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Awards:
2 nominations
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(52 articles)
Moseley, Mos Def Join 'Night of the Living Dead: Origins 3D' Cast
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Mos Def, Bill Moseley Join Living Dead Voice Cast
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(From Bloody-Disgusting.com. 20 November 2009, 10:46 AM, PST)
Mos Def, Bill Moseley Join Living Dead Voice Cast
(From shocktillyoudrop. 20 November 2009)
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Romero and Savini create a horror masterpiece.
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Cast
(Cast overview, first billed only) | Tony Todd | ... | Ben |
 | Patricia Tallman | ... | Barbara |
| Tom Towles | ... | Harry Cooper |
| McKee Anderson | ... | Helen Cooper |
| William Butler | ... | Tom |
 | Katie Finneran | ... | Judy Rose |
 | Bill Moseley | ... | Johnnie (as Bill Mosley) |
 | Heather Mazur | ... | Sarah Cooper |
| David W. Butler | ... | Hondo (as David Butler) |
| Zachary Mott | ... | Bulldog |
| Pat Reese | ... | The Mourner |
| William Cameron | ... | The Newsman |
| Pat Logan | ... | Uncle Rege |
| Berle Ellis | ... | The Flaming Zombie |
| Bill 'Chilly Billy' Cardille | ... | T.V. Interviewer |
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92 min | 88 min (cut)
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Color (TVC)
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1.85 : 1 more
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Certification:
Finland:K-18 |
Denmark:15 |
Singapore:PG (cut) |
Canada:18+ (Quebec) |
Belgium:16 (video rating) |
Netherlands:16 |
Ireland:18 |
Argentina:18 |
Australia:R |
Canada:18A |
Chile:14 |
Germany:(Banned) |
Germany:18 |
UK:18 |
USA:R (certificate #30628) |
Australia:M (cable rating)
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Tom Savini's originally wanted to start the film in black-and-white, then slowly adding color.
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Continuity: The string that pulls the stairs to the attic down is not seen until the very end. It is not present in any other scenes where they are upstairs.
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References Night of the Living Dead (1968)
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What movies are in the "Dead" series?What are the differences between the R-Rated version and the Workprint?
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Wanting to re-visit the genre he created, George Romero approached Tom Savini to direct a remake of his 1968 masterpiece, Night of the Living Dead.
While the film follows the original closely, it does have some important changes. Notably the character of Barbara is no longer a gibbering vegetable but now much more balanced. Other changes help blend the film much better into Romeros Dawn and Day. The use of tools by the zombies for example, is lessened and removed at times, creating more continuity between Night, Dawn, Day and Lands time-line of the undeads abilities.
Some seem to automatically shoot down the remake in favor of the original, I've watched this version almost as many times as Dawn and Day, and believe the film tops the original in almost every way.
Although the groundbreaking nature of the original will always remain, Savini's Dead is a without doubt a classic Zombie flick and in my opinion a perfect first chapter in the Romero Dead series.