#35 - Night of the Living Dead (1990)
You know something I've found really useful during all of this? Firefox's tabbed windows. I normally don't use them, but today I've got so many windows open (12 web windows, plus WinAmp and a Microsoft Word document) that they've just been invaluable. I'd be drowning in desktop windows otherwise.
Now I have a confession to make. I like this film. Even though it technically classes as an 'unnecessary remake' and I'm a terrible, terrible elitist when it comes to this sort of thing, I still like it. In my defense, I did see it before I saw the original Night..., but still...
The plot is, for the most part, the same as the original, but with a couple of noticable differences. Primary among those is the evolution of Barbara's character. In the original she was, I hate to say, a negatively stereotypical female - scared, useless and mostly catatonic when the going got tough. Here, she's embracing her inner bitch to the fullest and leading feminism to victory against the zombies. Or something like that, at any rate. She is played by Patricia Tallman (Lyta Alexander in Babylon 5), which certainly didn't do her any harm...
It is more gory than the original, obviously, as there's a bigger budget and Tom Savini to supervise everything, but the gore is realistic - the dead people actually look dead - wasted and withered where necessary, as well as deformed. Sometimes it's almost too real, and borders on being uncomfortable to watch, even.
Now I have a confession to make. I like this film. Even though it technically classes as an 'unnecessary remake' and I'm a terrible, terrible elitist when it comes to this sort of thing, I still like it. In my defense, I did see it before I saw the original Night..., but still...
The plot is, for the most part, the same as the original, but with a couple of noticable differences. Primary among those is the evolution of Barbara's character. In the original she was, I hate to say, a negatively stereotypical female - scared, useless and mostly catatonic when the going got tough. Here, she's embracing her inner bitch to the fullest and leading feminism to victory against the zombies. Or something like that, at any rate. She is played by Patricia Tallman (Lyta Alexander in Babylon 5), which certainly didn't do her any harm...
It is more gory than the original, obviously, as there's a bigger budget and Tom Savini to supervise everything, but the gore is realistic - the dead people actually look dead - wasted and withered where necessary, as well as deformed. Sometimes it's almost too real, and borders on being uncomfortable to watch, even.