
Surpasses The Original

The remake of NIGHT OF THE LIVING DEAD sticks to the basic premise of the original, but it's even better. 1. It's in color. 2. Barbara grows a backbone. She kicks ass, shoots zombies, logically points out that the zombies are so slow she can probably outrun them, and best of all she is NOT wearing a wig that threatens to fall off at any minute, as Barbara does in the original version. Barbara's brother is still a hopeless dork. 3. TONY TODD, cast against horror-movie type as the hero, has almost all the lines in the first half of the movie. He practically delivers a monologue, since Barbara is still in shock and the other characters are zombies. If anyone other than Todd tried this, it would come off as cheesy, but his hypnotic voice makes it work. Even as the gruesome Candyman, Todd was sexy; as a hero, his sex appeal is magnified tenfold. 4. I live in Western Pennsylvania, and the gun-toting inbred hicks portrayed in the movie are, sadly, not much exaggerated. Verdict: One of the best of the LIVING DEAD series, right up there with the remake of DAWN OF THE DEAD and the social satire but still action-packed LAND OF THE DEAD.
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