I completely agree. While I like the Dawn Of The Dead remake Zack Snyder did it doesn't compare to George A Romero's original, but Night I've always loved the 1990's remake more and part of that Is because of Tony Todd.
@@seanhudson5090 I also enjoyed seeing Patricia Tallman playing a strong and smart woman. Bill Mosley having what basically was a cameo was memorable. “There coming to get you Barbara”. The irony of Tony Todd’s character finding the gas pump key after being shot and locked in the basement. Made me wonder if the a-hole family guy was right. If everyone holed up in the basement they might’ve found the key sooner.
This movie was great. It showed respect to the original movie but in a way was its own thing. I liked that Barbara was revamped into someone who got thru her shock and became a voice of reason. All the actors did a great job.
People don't realize that the creative team responsible for making the first Resident Evil Game in the mid 1990's, cited this re-make as a huge inspiration for the design, and premise aesthetics for the Resident Evil game on Playstation.
As a lifelong RE fan and collector...I nearly only collect RE stuff ...when j was a kid. I used to play with my RE toys and watch this movie all the time. This movie made me feel like I was watching RE2 on the tv screen. And when I grew up and learned all that you typed...i was like....huh...now it all makes sense
That makes sense because the hallway music for RE1 sounds VERY similar to the music in the movie. Especially the scene where Ben is trying to lite his last cigarette, when he notices the gas pump key.
That's good to know! I've been playing the RE games on and off since the first one, but I never knew that. I never watched the remake, but now I will because Tony Todd is in it. They did him dirty in The Wishmaster.
I'm a big fan of the original movie and generally not a fan of remakes, but I like this. Any movie with Tony Todd is worth a watch, I would suggest horror fans see this at least once.
I always loved both versions. I really liked what they did with the character of Barbara in the remake, allowing her to overcome her shock and get her shit together. She becomes as much a leader (if not a bit more of one) as Tony Todd's Ben. My gf at the time and I went to see it opening weekend. We both loved it, loved the heightened gore, loved the changes made.
I agree with you. It's not woke because Barbara does not START out as a perfect, fearless, resourceful, proactive survivor. She's not a "Mary Sue" type character. She begins as quite the opposite, and probably would have been killed if she had not encountered Ben when she did. She has a realistic reaction to the initial zombie attack as she makes her desperate attempt to escape. We watch her slowly come around and build confidence throughout the film. She eventually becomes the voice of reason in the group, trying to de-escalate the constant bickering between Ben and Cooper, and proposes that they flee before they become overwhelmed.
This is my favorite zombie movie. It has an atmosphere unlike any other zombie movie out there, and I believe that like Jaws, with it being cut, that it was blessed with the "less is more" end result. Another thing I learned early on was to never use Rotten Tomatoes as a movie guide and do not listen to Siskel and Ebert and it has worked out great.
First saw this version of NOTLD when I was a kid after watching TNT Monstervision. It was one of those strange double features not double features of Monstervision where they featured Halloween II(1981), and then NOTLD 1990 as part of TNT’s “100 Weird” programming. Very memorable double feature for me! I still have the original recording on a VHS somewhere!
Absolutely love this movie. It is one of the first horror movies that i vividly can remember watching as a kid and it helped foster my love of the genre. I'll watch it every Halloween and even throw it on every once in a while if I'm just scrolling through Netflix, Prime, Max or what have you with nothing catching my eye. I think the zombies look amazing and Tony Todd's, Patricia Tallman's and Tom Tawles' performances are perfect.
Yes i always remember this film along with return of the living dead part 1 and 2 low budget as there was back then there still classic iconic films. I even find these films much better to watch than day of the dead and dawn and loved them . When zombies look like zombies and walk like zombie's no running like athlete's on crack lol like world war z or army of the dead.
Saw it back in 1990 and loved it. Definitely needs an uncut version. I like this version better than the B/W version even though the Tallman character is something that I've had issues with over the years.
I still have my original vhs coloured version of the original Night of the living dead . I rented it from vision video in Fort William in the 80s. Forgot to return it and I've still got it to this day. Watched it last weekend whilst camping in glencoe .
I saw it in the theater. At the time, I thought it was better in some ways than the original. I still do. Patricia Talman was, and is, awesome. Edit-I'd buy an uncut version in a minute.
Me as well as long as it had a good 4k transfer i already have the latest blu ray new scan and yes i am with you it is better than the original considering even that was a good film
saw it as a kid randomly on one of the black box cable channels. It was one of the first "pure" zombie horrors I saw aside from the Thriller video. And i spent the next week watching out the windows at night hoping not to see any walking towards the house. Other horror movies did not have this kind of effect on me. The eerie music and ambiance and the overall aesthetic was very memorable. I like the growth of the Barbara character too. She was the only one with the voice of the audience "they are so slow, lets just walk around them" Great little horror movie.
this is a great example of a "Strong female lead" without it being the point. Both barberas were totally believable in their given circumstance but watching someone kick ass rather than scream and cry is a lot more entertaining.
I remember how unfairly sandbagged this movie was just like I remember loving it in the theater. The last 10 minutes are basically the next 20 years of zombie anything 🤷♂
I remember this film got me through some of the toughest days of high school during the 90s. I would re-watch it lots back then. It’s got something special. Good tight casting. ❤❤❤
love this one, was one of the very fist zombie movies I've seen... TV didn't show B&W movies in the 90's anymore, so I wouldn't see the original until the 00's
one of my favorite movies of all time! such a bummer story about romero and his copyright issue. i feel like if there weren't also 500 other "night of the living dead" remakes, rip offs and spin offs this would have a lot more room to shine as it deserves! this movie RULES!
*This is one of my favorite movies in general. First saw this when they aired it on MONSTERVISION for the original's 25th anniversary. This movie gives me nostalgic vibes because to me it's just a really good flick to watch on a Friday night.*
I first watched this in 1998 when I was 14 years old and become obsessed with Romero’s work. Playing Resident Evil a year or two before got the cogs turning. I got the DVD which I had signed by Tony Todd, a Sony Blu-ray, and German limited steelbook. It’s the best horror remake of all time in my opinion. It’s what sparked my interest in filmmaking. Before the zombie craze, discovering this late at night on cable. It blew my mind.
I was helping out a friend sell their wares at a medium sized sci-fi convention. We were neighbors with a pair of gentlemen who were selling a wide array of various candies. I got to talking with one of them, and he brought up this film. It turns out that it was partially filmed at his late grandparents farm house in southwestern PA.
This movie is awesome, I remember the first time I saw it on TMC with Joe Bob, at the time I was confused as I did not realize there had been a remake, it creeped me out and it was gory. Tony Todd as Ben was a great choice Patricia Talman as Barbra and the role reversal from the original was excellent in my opinion.
I saw the remake as a kid in the 90s.I actually didn’t realize till some years later there was an original night of the living dead. I did shy away from the original when I found out it was black and white. I finally gave it a watch and loved it. I’m a fan of both the remake and the original. I watch them both around every Halloween.
I saw this film when I was 11yrs old at the Chinese Theater. Mom took my twin brother and I. The three of us are big fans of the original. We all enjoyed the film. This remake is great remake.
NOTLD 1990 is actually the first zombie movie I've ever seen, and it was definitely a great gateway to my love for zombie media. It's more visceral and real compared to the original, which had that artistic, unreal nightmare touch, but you can't deny the good story beats, which was present in the remake too. It's not bad by all accounts and I can only wonder how the hate was when it came out. Savini did a great job respecting the original film while adding his own touch. And the makeup and practical effects, too! That was pretty amazing.
watched this film finally for the first time the other day. and i absolutely loved it and was really taken in by the acting and atmosphere. Im just shy of 30 and really enjoyed the original as a teen. I saw the DVD for this movie several times at a local store and would always pass it up. found a copy just in the last year and watched it for halloween. i can understand the ire for it at the time but its just an amazing movie to me. I love how it ends, I love how its different and subtly subverts expectations from the original. Russo and Romero finally got some money for their original creation. the gore was cut severely but honestly dont feel its hurts the film too much. I feel you could show this film to more people that could get into it more than the original as great as the og is.
If you're a true fan of the original film, you should like this one too. Savini made this movie as a pure labor of love to the original and to Romero himself, the man that gave him one of his first professional jobs. But I like that it's enough of it's own film with it's own changes that actually benefits the story. Barbara is much better in this one. I feel it totally belongs with the Romero films. I feel this movie could be retold every 30 years like Invasion of the Body Snatchers. The story has a relevance that transcends time. Or gets more relevant as time goes on. Because when you really boil those films down, it's about us. They're about society and where exactly humanity lays within it.
If you’re going to remake a movie, this is how it’s done. A true masterclass. NOTLD 1990 and John Carpenter’s The Thing are two of my favorites (not a 1:1 comparison). What’s always been interesting to me is the remake almost makes the house a character in and of itself. Farm houses like the one in this movie give me the creeps to this day because of this film.
@@Master-Works The worst part of this movie was Judy and Tom... especially her God-awful screaming that they put on a loop. It's not a perfect movie, but I love it nonetheless.
Marked for Death spent three weeks at number one? I only liked a couple Seagull movies when I was a kid BECAUSE I was a kid. Three weeks at number one means adults were all about it. I think of Daria all the time: Sick, Sad World!
This is one of the best remakes of all time. Tom Savini captures everything from Romero and does it in a way that’s respectful and authentic. Tony Todd and Patricia Tallman are amazing, I’ve had the honor of meeting the three and they are amazing people
Here in Brazil we had a television afternoon program called “Cine Trash”, presented by Jose Mojica Marins aka Coffin Joe, which presented horror movies. It was there that I watched this Tom Savini film for the first time. A very dear memory to me.
I actually saw this version first randomly one night on very late night cable and had no idea what it was until years later. Then when I finally watched the original version, I was massively disappointed with how it handled Barbara cause she was my favorite part of the 1990 version.
First saw this in like 97 when it was a feature on TNT Monstervision. I could tell Joe Bob loved this film and so did I. As far as negativity. Its a victim of a certain cynical mentality people generally have adopted the last few decades. They viewed this as a cash grab, and to a certain degree that's holds true. But if you pay careful attention to Patricia Tallman and Tony Todd's performances are artful and phenomenal. As far as characters go,when viewing the original film, Tom Savini had little to work with and somehow came out with something much better than what the cult classic brought.
What happened to it and why, that's a good question. Compared to the '68 classic, it always looked inferior especially after Savini suddenly thought it'd be 'cool' if he messed with its grading and go revisionist on us by making it all blue, you'll need the Australian Blu-ray release for its original color scheme.
As someone that grew up on the original...literally, i saw it as early as age 5 and would watch the original like other kids my age watched ET..I love this version and I still love it. Both my kids have grown up with both versions and love them as well. Yes I agree nothing can ever hold a candle to the original but Tom did a great job and I still watch it once or twice a month to this day. I'll always recommend it to people and I stand by it. I still dare someone to put it on after 11am and see if it doesn't make you feel uneasy.
Been watching this since I was 3 years old. I always tell people that this film is a TRUE zombie flick which I believe if zombies did exist one day this film would be accurate. Also the unsettling score in this sends chills through my spine every single time. Considering the time this was made it ages pretty well. Can’t wait for the uncensored version one day.
This movie (or rather its previews) were one of two things to ever give me nightmares as a kid in the 80s--the other being Unsolved Mysteries 😂... I still love this flick, as it was my Introduction to the zombie genre, which I loved long before it blew up in the 2000s, and still love to this day. I really wish the studio had left Savini alone to wholly realize his vision.
This was one of those remake done well i was so impressed with this one i don't care what people think. This stayed to the original and done better even the original Romero black and white was good. I love the German blu ray steelbook hoping this film will come in a 4k steelbook with a good art work on the front
I’m a big fan of this film. I like the way the farm and surrounding areas is handled and shot. It really brings out the farm being invaded by zombies vibe. I love it.
Men I love this movie more than the original, and to hear that it was 60 or 70% of the original Savini vision left me with the thought of what it could have been.
This was a worthy successor to the original. Both movies are great. I liked how Barbara was more than just a paperweight in the remake. I also liked how the subtle changes they made to the story kept you on your toes, especially who actually makes it to the ending.
I love it because… a) I must have first caught this film on TV in the 90’s when I was kid and I was so scared! b) I didn’t know it was a remake until YEARS later (so I had no bias) c) It’s simple and scary! It’s my favorite zombie film ever!
I never really understood the hate here, I remember when this remake came out, and I loved it as did friends. The cast was great for the most part. Sure, it had little issues here and there, but nothing that really took anything away from the film itself.
I grew up on this movie, in the age of double taping 😄 I wonder where it ultimately found it's audience? Word of mouth? Cable? VHS? All three? Upon first watch, I might've been 10 or 11, I didn't even know it was a remake at the time, but it was one of those films that's so haunting, it sticks with you long after it's over. So, in that regard, it does it's job as an effective horror movie. I haven't seen it in awhile & I could've sworn Patricia Tallman was a young Téa Leoni. Oops. 😅
I really like how this remake changed things in the story, adding some characters and changing the overall direction. Because why make a shot for shot remake? Not much of a point there. And while one can also argue "why remake at all?", This version had the balls to flip the script and try to do its own thing.
IMO The movie as a whole is on par with the original. What this one (the 1990 version) has that is head and shoulders above the original are the performances. I will stand by my opinion that Patricia Tallman has the best performance of any female lead in any horror (don't confuse horror with sci-fi) film ever. And Tony Todd is just on the same level, both of their performances lift the film to an elite horror class. The rest of the cast is great as well, I HATE Cooper! So obviously I love the ending haha. I have loved this movie for 30 years, and I also love the original. There's just something about that original. Night of the Living Dead (1990) is one of if not the most underrated zombie movie, I think people write it off because it's a remake, BUT this is before remakes became garbage. This is one of the last great remakes along the lines of The Fly, The Blob, and The Thing. Anyone who writes it off as trash because it's a remake, it's their loss.
This Is one of the best horror remakes , Tony Todd's acting was outstanding , Patricia Tallman's too. George was great at casting absolute nobodies and turning them Into horror Icons bringing out powerful performances , - Ken Foree (Dawn) - Lori Cardille / Joseph Pilato (Day) - Tony Todd / Patricia Tallman (Night Remake). All these actors carried each part of the trilogy on their own equally as strong , one role just as memorable yet different as the other. *The right casting means everything imo* , and If I had the option I would always use unknown or lesser known actors , that's the best way and nowdays the only way I can believably be Immersed and feel like the film remains the star. We're too oversaturated with A-list actors today , we can see them everyday on social media so there's no mystique anymore , which causes over-familiararity then you can no longer buy Into any role they play because you know too much who they really are now , but using good unknown actors keep things fresh with no previous mental frame of reference or biased pre-judgements.
I loved both movies. The differences were kind of refreshing. Tony Todd was a great addition as well. Zombie movies are one of my favorite genres. Plant Terror was a very creative movie.
If you're going to do a remake, this is the way to do it. Respect the original, but put your own spin on it so it isn't a pointless retread.. If you go the Gus Van Sant shot-for-shot Psycho remake style, you wind up with a film that has no reason to exist. Savini's remake keeps everything that made the first one a classic, altering it just enough to make it worth seeing. Loved the alternate ending this one provided.
I love this Movie. Couldn't count how many times a year i watch Halloween 4 & Night of the Living Dead 1990 those movies hold a Special Place in my Heart.
This was probably the last decent entry into Romeros trilogy. I loved it and actually prefer it to the original. The twist with jhonny and barbs in the cemetery and the zombie attacking from the side of the screen was fantastic. And the zombie that was stuck in the ground with his back twisted was brilliant. I just wish that barbra and Ben survived and walked away into the night. I applause any zombie movie that's made where they make them walk slowly rather than turn them into olimpic athletes running all over the place like 99 percent of zombie movies made after the year 2000! Savini needs to make more zombie films.
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I absolutely love this movie. Tony Todd was awesome as Ben!
Absolutely, perfect for the job.
One of the few times I prefer the remake over the original. Both are good but the remakes casting was next level.
I completely agree. While I like the Dawn Of The Dead remake Zack Snyder did it doesn't compare to George A Romero's original, but Night I've always loved the 1990's remake more and part of that Is because of Tony Todd.
@@seanhudson5090 I also enjoyed seeing Patricia Tallman playing a strong and smart woman. Bill Mosley having what basically was a cameo was memorable. “There coming to get you Barbara”. The irony of Tony Todd’s character finding the gas pump key after being shot and locked in the basement. Made me wonder if the a-hole family guy was right. If everyone holed up in the basement they might’ve found the key sooner.
I agree. I really liked it. I'm not sure why people hate on it so much.
This movie was great. It showed respect to the original movie but in a way was its own thing. I liked that Barbara was revamped into someone who got thru her shock and became a voice of reason. All the actors did a great job.
Lol!
The movie sucked
People don't realize that the creative team responsible for making the first Resident Evil Game in the mid 1990's, cited this re-make as a huge inspiration for the design, and premise aesthetics for the Resident Evil game on Playstation.
As a lifelong RE fan and collector...I nearly only collect RE stuff ...when j was a kid. I used to play with my RE toys and watch this movie all the time. This movie made me feel like I was watching RE2 on the tv screen. And when I grew up and learned all that you typed...i was like....huh...now it all makes sense
That makes sense because the hallway music for RE1 sounds VERY similar to the music in the movie. Especially the scene where Ben is trying to lite his last cigarette, when he notices the gas pump key.
That's good to know! I've been playing the RE games on and off since the first one, but I never knew that. I never watched the remake, but now I will because Tony Todd is in it. They did him dirty in The Wishmaster.
This is a damn good movie! I can't understand why more people today don't appreciate this.
It's really not that scary . The zombies do not feel like a real threat.
@@LannieLord did you say that in 1990 or after watching it recently when the market is completely over saturated with zombies?
@@jarg8 22 years isn't quickly
@@jarg8 I guess you big mad now because yes 20 years is a long time but die on that hill and clutch your pearls😂😂
I loved this movie as a kid I was born in 83
I'm a big fan of the original movie and generally not a fan of remakes, but I like this. Any movie with Tony Todd is worth a watch, I would suggest horror fans see this at least once.
IMO one of the FEW times the remake is BETTER than the original.
I always loved both versions. I really liked what they did with the character of Barbara in the remake, allowing her to overcome her shock and get her shit together. She becomes as much a leader (if not a bit more of one) as Tony Todd's Ben. My gf at the time and I went to see it opening weekend. We both loved it, loved the heightened gore, loved the changes made.
This was a fantastic remake. You can tell Savini was a huge fan of the original.
The best remake ever in my opinion
Savini was supposed to be involved with the original, but "Vietnam Called".
Why was Jacob's Ladder remade? I'll never understand that.
Tony is PERFECTION in this role as Ben. I also LOVED how he transformed Barbara into a strong woman.
People would call it woke nowadays 😂
I agree with you. It's not woke because Barbara does not START out as a perfect, fearless, resourceful, proactive survivor. She's not a "Mary Sue" type character. She begins as quite the opposite, and probably would have been killed if she had not encountered Ben when she did. She has a realistic reaction to the initial zombie attack as she makes her desperate attempt to escape. We watch her slowly come around and build confidence throughout the film. She eventually becomes the voice of reason in the group, trying to de-escalate the constant bickering between Ben and Cooper, and proposes that they flee before they become overwhelmed.
@@DeanWinchester69 perfect... I agree very much...
This is my favorite zombie movie. It has an atmosphere unlike any other zombie movie out there, and I believe that like Jaws, with it being cut, that it was blessed with the "less is more" end result. Another thing I learned early on was to never use Rotten Tomatoes as a movie guide and do not listen to Siskel and Ebert and it has worked out great.
This movie is very good for a remake. I loved it as a kid
First saw this version of NOTLD when I was a kid after watching TNT Monstervision. It was one of those strange double features not double features of Monstervision where they featured Halloween II(1981), and then NOTLD 1990 as part of TNT’s “100 Weird” programming. Very memorable double feature for me! I still have the original recording on a VHS somewhere!
Me too. I was born in 1981
This movie came out of nowhere. I was 13 and this came on cable. Being a Romero fan, I loved it!
I watch this version very often it never gets boring, also like the thing (1982) masterpieces.
Absolutely love this movie. It is one of the first horror movies that i vividly can remember watching as a kid and it helped foster my love of the genre. I'll watch it every Halloween and even throw it on every once in a while if I'm just scrolling through Netflix, Prime, Max or what have you with nothing catching my eye. I think the zombies look amazing and Tony Todd's, Patricia Tallman's and Tom Tawles' performances are perfect.
Yes i always remember this film along with return of the living dead part 1 and 2 low budget as there was back then there still classic iconic films. I even find these films much better to watch than day of the dead and dawn and loved them . When zombies look like zombies and walk like zombie's no running like athlete's on crack lol like world war z or army of the dead.
Same here, it has been a Halloween tradition since as long as I can remember.
Saw it back in 1990 and loved it. Definitely needs an uncut version. I like this version better than the B/W version even though the Tallman character is something that I've had issues with over the years.
I still have my original vhs coloured version of the original Night of the living dead . I rented it from vision video in Fort William in the 80s. Forgot to return it and I've still got it to this day. Watched it last weekend whilst camping in glencoe .
this was hands down one of the best remakes.Along withe 88 BLOB, 1 of my faves!!!
I saw it in the theater. At the time, I thought it was better in some ways than the original. I still do. Patricia Talman was, and is, awesome.
Edit-I'd buy an uncut version in a minute.
Babylon 5 all the way.
Me as well as long as it had a good 4k transfer i already have the latest blu ray new scan and yes i am with you it is better than the original considering even that was a good film
saw it as a kid randomly on one of the black box cable channels. It was one of the first "pure" zombie horrors I saw aside from the Thriller video. And i spent the next week watching out the windows at night hoping not to see any walking towards the house. Other horror movies did not have this kind of effect on me. The eerie music and ambiance and the overall aesthetic was very memorable. I like the growth of the Barbara character too. She was the only one with the voice of the audience "they are so slow, lets just walk around them"
Great little horror movie.
I actually like this version more. I love how this Barbara reacts.
Me to
Same she's an actual character in the remake instead of just being there shell-shocked like in the original
@@capncrunch6209 And then she was a bigger badass in Babylon 5.
this is a great example of a "Strong female lead" without it being the point. Both barberas were totally believable in their given circumstance but watching someone kick ass rather than scream and cry is a lot more entertaining.
@@NeilMo25 She got her crying out earlier on, now she's just pissed.
The make up for this movie was top tier and very true to the original. One of my favorites still gives me the creeps
This movie was great. It was my first intro to the property when it aired on tv when I was a small child in ‘90 or ‘91
Low-key I love the end credits theme. A spectacular remake. Thanks for the vid, mate!
I remember how unfairly sandbagged this movie was just like I remember loving it in the theater. The last 10 minutes are basically the next 20 years of zombie anything 🤷♂
I remember this film got me through some of the toughest days of high school during the 90s. I would re-watch it lots back then. It’s got something special. Good tight casting. ❤❤❤
love this one, was one of the very fist zombie movies I've seen... TV didn't show B&W movies in the 90's anymore, so I wouldn't see the original until the 00's
i thought it was ok when i saw back in 1990 but definitely need to revisit and have been waiting for the full uncut savini edition
This was a really good remake. The Dawn remake was bloody good too 👍
Yes
I believe there is talk of this getting the 4K treatment so maybe one day we’ll see that uncut version restored
one of my favorite movies of all time! such a bummer story about romero and his copyright issue. i feel like if there weren't also 500 other "night of the living dead" remakes, rip offs and spin offs this would have a lot more room to shine as it deserves! this movie RULES!
I hate that I live in a world where a Steven Seagal movie did better than a Night of the Living Dead movie with Tony Todd in it.
*This is one of my favorite movies in general. First saw this when they aired it on MONSTERVISION for the original's 25th anniversary. This movie gives me nostalgic vibes because to me it's just a really good flick to watch on a Friday night.*
I first watched this in 1998 when I was 14 years old and become obsessed with Romero’s work. Playing Resident Evil a year or two before got the cogs turning. I got the DVD which I had signed by Tony Todd, a Sony Blu-ray, and German limited steelbook. It’s the best horror remake of all time in my opinion. It’s what sparked my interest in filmmaking. Before the zombie craze, discovering this late at night on cable. It blew my mind.
I was helping out a friend sell their wares at a medium sized sci-fi convention. We were neighbors with a pair of gentlemen who were selling a wide array of various candies. I got to talking with one of them, and he brought up this film. It turns out that it was partially filmed at his late grandparents farm house in southwestern PA.
That’s awesome! I always wondered if it was a real house.
This movie is awesome, I remember the first time I saw it on TMC with Joe Bob, at the time I was confused as I did not realize there had been a remake, it creeped me out and it was gory. Tony Todd as Ben was a great choice Patricia Talman as Barbra and the role reversal from the original was excellent in my opinion.
This was the movie that started my love of horror movies when I was a kid! It’s still my favorite “of the Dead” movies!
I saw the remake as a kid in the 90s.I actually didn’t realize till some years later there was an original night of the living dead. I did shy away from the original when I found out it was black and white. I finally gave it a watch and loved it. I’m a fan of both the remake and the original. I watch them both around every Halloween.
I saw this film when I was 11yrs old at the Chinese Theater. Mom took my twin brother and I. The three of us are big fans of the original. We all enjoyed the film. This remake is great remake.
NOTLD 1990 is actually the first zombie movie I've ever seen, and it was definitely a great gateway to my love for zombie media. It's more visceral and real compared to the original, which had that artistic, unreal nightmare touch, but you can't deny the good story beats, which was present in the remake too. It's not bad by all accounts and I can only wonder how the hate was when it came out. Savini did a great job respecting the original film while adding his own touch. And the makeup and practical effects, too! That was pretty amazing.
Easily one of my favorite remakes. Awesome cast and atmosphere.
I wanted more movies following Barbara in the Romero universe. Absolutely love this film. My favorite right after Day of the dead.
watched this film finally for the first time the other day. and i absolutely loved it and was really taken in by the acting and atmosphere. Im just shy of 30 and really enjoyed the original as a teen. I saw the DVD for this movie several times at a local store and would always pass it up. found a copy just in the last year and watched it for halloween.
i can understand the ire for it at the time but its just an amazing movie to me. I love how it ends, I love how its different and subtly subverts expectations from the original. Russo and Romero finally got some money for their original creation.
the gore was cut severely but honestly dont feel its hurts the film too much. I feel you could show this film to more people that could get into it more than the original as great as the og is.
This Barbara is what Hollywood tries to re-capture as the female lead hero.
And they all fail, while this remains a classic.
Just saw this for free on Facebook yesterday. It’s really good!
I watch this movie 3x a week. My son even loves it. This made my evening.
If you're a true fan of the original film, you should like this one too. Savini made this movie as a pure labor of love to the original and to Romero himself, the man that gave him one of his first professional jobs. But I like that it's enough of it's own film with it's own changes that actually benefits the story. Barbara is much better in this one. I feel it totally belongs with the Romero films. I feel this movie could be retold every 30 years like Invasion of the Body Snatchers. The story has a relevance that transcends time. Or gets more relevant as time goes on. Because when you really boil those films down, it's about us. They're about society and where exactly humanity lays within it.
Imagine a time in which a Steven Seagal schlock action flick stayed three weeks at the box office top spot.
It was 1990. Steve was at the top of his game. My dad took me to see it, and its still one of my fave Seagal movies.
If you’re going to remake a movie, this is how it’s done. A true masterclass. NOTLD 1990 and John Carpenter’s The Thing are two of my favorites (not a 1:1 comparison).
What’s always been interesting to me is the remake almost makes the house a character in and of itself. Farm houses like the one in this movie give me the creeps to this day because of this film.
No, it sucks
@@Master-Works The worst part of this movie was Judy and Tom... especially her God-awful screaming that they put on a loop. It's not a perfect movie, but I love it nonetheless.
AWESOME movie!! Personally I prefer it to the original... Praying for that uncut extended version on blueray to become available at some point soon..
Marked for Death spent three weeks at number one? I only liked a couple Seagull movies when I was a kid BECAUSE I was a kid. Three weeks at number one means adults were all about it. I think of Daria all the time: Sick, Sad World!
This is one of the best remakes of all time. Tom Savini captures everything from Romero and does it in a way that’s respectful and authentic. Tony Todd and Patricia Tallman are amazing, I’ve had the honor of meeting the three and they are amazing people
Love this. One of my favorite zombie movies and the best remake.
Plus always thought Patricia Tallman was so pretty in it.
Here in Brazil we had a television afternoon program called “Cine Trash”, presented by Jose Mojica Marins aka Coffin Joe, which presented horror movies. It was there that I watched this Tom Savini film for the first time. A very dear memory to me.
Good times.Cine Trash broadcasted Night of the living Dead,Re-Animator and Peter Jackson's Dead Alive uncensored at 5-7 PM in 1997.
I actually saw this version first randomly one night on very late night cable and had no idea what it was until years later. Then when I finally watched the original version, I was massively disappointed with how it handled Barbara cause she was my favorite part of the 1990 version.
I loved the pumping music at the end... and still love it.
Yes, during the corpse burning!
First saw this in like 97 when it was a feature on TNT Monstervision. I could tell Joe Bob loved this film and so did I.
As far as negativity. Its a victim of a certain cynical mentality people generally have adopted the last few decades. They viewed this as a cash grab, and to a certain degree that's holds true. But if you pay careful attention to Patricia Tallman and Tony Todd's performances are artful and phenomenal.
As far as characters go,when viewing the original film, Tom Savini had little to work with and somehow came out with something much better than what the cult classic brought.
What happened to it and why, that's a good question. Compared to the '68 classic, it always looked inferior especially after Savini suddenly thought it'd be 'cool' if he messed with its grading and go revisionist on us by making it all blue, you'll need the Australian Blu-ray release for its original color scheme.
As someone that grew up on the original...literally, i saw it as early as age 5 and would watch the original like other kids my age watched ET..I love this version and I still love it. Both my kids have grown up with both versions and love them as well. Yes I agree nothing can ever hold a candle to the original but Tom did a great job and I still watch it once or twice a month to this day. I'll always recommend it to people and I stand by it. I still dare someone to put it on after 11am and see if it doesn't make you feel uneasy.
Been watching this since I was 3 years old. I always tell people that this film is a TRUE zombie flick which I believe if zombies did exist one day this film would be accurate. Also the unsettling score in this sends chills through my spine every single time. Considering the time this was made it ages pretty well. Can’t wait for the uncensored version one day.
Which movie is that at 0:15 with the girl waking up?
Lifeforce (1985)
This movie (or rather its previews) were one of two things to ever give me nightmares as a kid in the 80s--the other being Unsolved Mysteries 😂... I still love this flick, as it was my Introduction to the zombie genre, which I loved long before it blew up in the 2000s, and still love to this day. I really wish the studio had left Savini alone to wholly realize his vision.
This was one of those remake done well i was so impressed with this one i don't care what people think. This stayed to the original and done better even the original Romero black and white was good. I love the German blu ray steelbook hoping this film will come in a 4k steelbook with a good art work on the front
Sad, that he was in Vietnam during the original was being made. Lotta good movies came out in 1990. Goodfellas too.
First zombie movie I ever watched. It’s still one of my favorites of the genre.
I’m a big fan of this film. I like the way the farm and surrounding areas is handled and shot. It really brings out the farm being invaded by zombies vibe. I love it.
Really liked this film. A great twist to the original tale.
Men I love this movie more than the original, and to hear that it was 60 or 70% of the original Savini vision left me with the thought of what it could have been.
I saw this in the theater, it's my favorite of the "dead" movies. Purely on atmosphere.
Almost ALL the gore was cut from this movie.
This was a worthy successor to the original. Both movies are great. I liked how Barbara was more than just a paperweight in the remake. I also liked how the subtle changes they made to the story kept you on your toes, especially who actually makes it to the ending.
This is one of the few excellent remakes.
I love it because…
a) I must have first caught this film on TV in the 90’s when I was kid and I was so scared!
b) I didn’t know it was a remake until YEARS later (so I had no bias)
c) It’s simple and scary!
It’s my favorite zombie film ever!
This is one of my favorites. I wish they would restore and remaster this movie. It truly deserves it.
The Blu-ray print is pretty decent.
Second greatest remake ever made after The Thing
I never really understood the hate here, I remember when this remake came out, and I loved it as did friends. The cast was great for the most part. Sure, it had little issues here and there, but nothing that really took anything away from the film itself.
I love this 1990 remake and absolutely love the original. They're both perfect 👍.
I really like this version.. nothing compares to the original, but this is still good!
This remake was a pure gem, which is very rare.
I grew up on this movie, in the age of double taping 😄 I wonder where it ultimately found it's audience? Word of mouth? Cable? VHS? All three?
Upon first watch, I might've been 10 or 11, I didn't even know it was a remake at the time, but it was one of those films that's so haunting, it sticks with you long after it's over. So, in that regard, it does it's job as an effective horror movie.
I haven't seen it in awhile & I could've sworn Patricia Tallman was a young Téa Leoni. Oops. 😅
This is easily one of THE BEST remakes in film history.
And you'd be a bunch of yoyos if you disagree.
This was the main zombie movie I grew up on. Love this movie.
I really like how this remake changed things in the story, adding some characters and changing the overall direction.
Because why make a shot for shot remake? Not much of a point there. And while one can also argue "why remake at all?", This version had the balls to flip the script and try to do its own thing.
While Tom Savini did play the sheriff in the Dawn Of the Dead remake, the photo you used was from Planet Terror.
AH! Thank you! I was wondering about whether there was some sort of deleted scene from Dawn 2004 that I didn't know about.
IMO The movie as a whole is on par with the original. What this one (the 1990 version) has that is head and shoulders above the original are the performances. I will stand by my opinion that Patricia Tallman has the best performance of any female lead in any horror (don't confuse horror with sci-fi) film ever. And Tony Todd is just on the same level, both of their performances lift the film to an elite horror class. The rest of the cast is great as well, I HATE Cooper! So obviously I love the ending haha. I have loved this movie for 30 years, and I also love the original. There's just something about that original. Night of the Living Dead (1990) is one of if not the most underrated zombie movie, I think people write it off because it's a remake, BUT this is before remakes became garbage. This is one of the last great remakes along the lines of The Fly, The Blob, and The Thing. Anyone who writes it off as trash because it's a remake, it's their loss.
This Is one of the best horror remakes , Tony Todd's acting was outstanding , Patricia Tallman's too.
George was great at casting absolute nobodies and turning them Into horror Icons bringing out powerful performances ,
- Ken Foree (Dawn)
- Lori Cardille / Joseph Pilato (Day)
- Tony Todd / Patricia Tallman (Night Remake).
All these actors carried each part of the trilogy on their own equally as strong , one role just as memorable yet different as the other. *The right casting means everything imo* , and If I had the option I would always use unknown or lesser known actors , that's the best way and nowdays the only way I can believably be Immersed and feel like the film remains the star. We're too oversaturated with A-list actors today , we can see them everyday on social media so there's no mystique anymore , which causes over-familiararity then you can no longer buy Into any role they play because you know too much who they really are now , but using good unknown actors keep things fresh with no previous mental frame of reference or biased pre-judgements.
This is my favorite version of night of the living dead
Unpopular opinion: I love this movie better than the original. It's like NOTLD meets Resident Evil. Perfect vibe, suspense and action.
It was ok
But nothing beats the Original
Such a good remake
I didn't hate this remake but do like the original much better
But hey, if it made the original people money, that's great.
I ADORE this remake. Long live the ‘90 Night
I loved this remake. I'd recommend it to any horror fan
BOTH versions are great!
This movie was so damn good. I'll watch it every Halloween forever
No, it sucks
@@Master-Works no one said you had to like it.
No, but you said it was good, which it is not
@@Master-Works lol do you have a life bro? Good is a relative term. It's a fun goofy zombie movie, why don't you link me to the movie you made.
@@Master-Works oh I'm sorry do you not have a movie that you made?
I loved both movies. The differences were kind of refreshing. Tony Todd was a great addition as well. Zombie movies are one of my favorite genres. Plant Terror was a very creative movie.
Two 90s remakes that were really solid that stand out are Night if the Living Dead and Cape Fear. Both are truly awesome. ~_~
If you're going to do a remake, this is the way to do it. Respect the original, but put your own spin on it so it isn't a pointless retread.. If you go the Gus Van Sant shot-for-shot Psycho remake style, you wind up with a film that has no reason to exist. Savini's remake keeps everything that made the first one a classic, altering it just enough to make it worth seeing. Loved the alternate ending this one provided.
I love this Movie. Couldn't count how many times a year i watch Halloween 4 & Night of the Living Dead 1990 those movies hold a Special Place in my Heart.
I've seen the 68 original.... It was fine.
But I saw the 90 remake in the THEATER.... AND F'KN LOVED IT!
This was probably the last decent entry into Romeros trilogy. I loved it and actually prefer it to the original. The twist with jhonny and barbs in the cemetery and the zombie attacking from the side of the screen was fantastic. And the zombie that was stuck in the ground with his back twisted was brilliant. I just wish that barbra and Ben survived and walked away into the night. I applause any zombie movie that's made where they make them walk slowly rather than turn them into olimpic athletes running all over the place like 99 percent of zombie movies made after the year 2000! Savini needs to make more zombie films.