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Overview

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Director:
Tom Savini
Writers (WGA):
John A. Russo (earlier screenplay) and
George A. Romero (earlier screenplay) ...
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Release Date:
19 October 1990 (USA) more
Genre:
Horror more
Tagline:
There IS a fate worse than death.
Plot:
The unburied dead return to life and seek human victims. full summary | add synopsis
Awards:
2 nominations more
NewsDesk:
(39 articles)
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User Comments:
Not needed--but OK more

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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Additional Details

Runtime:
92 min | 88 min (cut)
Country:
USA
Language:
English
Color:
Color (TVC)
Aspect Ratio:
1.85 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Ultra Stereo

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Trivia:
The man who comes through the door after they throw Macgruder out was a cab driver who Tom Savini took a ride from. more
Goofs:
Revealing mistakes: When the zombies are eating the remains of some people outside the house, one of them picks up a hand which is obviously made of rubber. more
Quotes:
[first lines]
Johnnie: They're coming to get you, Barbara!
Barbara: Stop it!
Johnnie: There coming!
[evil laughter]
Johnnie: They don't like being awaken this way!
Barbara: Why do you have to be so mean?
Johnnie: 'Cause I'm your older brother. Being mean and heartless is part of the job.
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Movie Connections:
Referenced in Shaun of the Dead (2004) more

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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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9 out of 14 people found the following comment useful:-
Not needed--but OK, 18 January 2006
7/10
Author: Wayne Malin (wwaayynnee51@hotmail.com) from United States

The dead come back to eat the flesh of the living. A small group of people are holed up in a farmhouse. They have to fight the dead from getting in...and each other.

There was no reason (that I can see) to remake the 1968 classic "Night..." but George Romero (director and co-writer of the original) wanted it. He scripted it and got makeup artist Tom Savini to direct. The results are OK. It could have been a disaster but wasn't. It's not a scene by scene remake but it does have some of the original dialogue. Still it makes some pretty extreme changes.

Barbara in the first movie was little more than a basket case. Here she is strong and intelligent and can hold her own. It's never really explained how she became such a crack shot though. Tony Todd is a good actor--but not here. He has the unenviable job of playing the part that Duane Jones played so well in the original. He is good...but not enough. The other actors are all pretty OK--the same as the originals were.

There are some cute visual and verbal references to the first film and the gore has been upped drastically (though not as much as it could have been). There is also an eerie and very effective music score throughout the movie. I found this a little slow but that's because I've seen the first multiple times in the past. And this one tacks on a screamingly obvious "ironic" finale.

It's OK--but the original is still the best. I give it a 7.

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