Synopsis
In this remake of the classic 1968 film, a group of people are trapped inside a farmhouse as legions of the walking dead try to get inside and use them for food.
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Cast
- Tony ToddBen
- Patricia TallmanBarbara
- McKee AndersonHelen Cooper
- Bill MoseleyJohnnie
- Heather MazurSarah Cooper
- Tom TowlesHarry Cooper
- William ButlerTom
- Pat ReeseThe Mourner
- Katie FinneranJudy Rose
- Stacie FosterDoll's Mom Zombie
Recommendations
- 80
The New York Times
[A] witty, entertaining remake. - 75
Slant Magazine
So yeah, if you can’t tell already, my giddiness has by this point evaporated, but my staunch belief in this muddled little gem has not yet substantially wavered. - 75
Chicago Tribune
Though the broad outlines of the plot are the same - a disparate group of human survivors takes desperate refuge in a Pennsylvania farmhouse while waves of flesh-eating zombies roll up from the surrounding countryside - the characters have been deepened and the thematic emphasis shifted. [19 Oct 1990, p.C] - 50
Variety
The story faithfully follows the original except for the bonehead decision to replace the ending with a ‘meaningful’ twist that reeks of pretentiousness. - 50
TV Guide Magazine
The primary difference between the original and the remake is that the latter is in color, though a deliberately subdued color. In addition, the zombies created by Everett Burrell and John Vulich, are far more elaborate than those in the first film. - 50
Boston Globe
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] - 40
Washington Post
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. - 33
Entertainment Weekly
In the history of bad ideas, George Romero’s decision to produce a color remake of his disturbingly frenzied 1968 zombiefest Night of the Living Dead has to rank right up there with New Coke.
