Plot
The unburied dead return to life and seek human victims.
Release Year: 1990
Rating: 6.7/10 (14,375 voted)
Director:
Tom Savini
Stars: Tony Todd, Patricia Tallman, Tom Towles
Storyline In this remake of the original classic 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.
Writers: John A. Russo, George A. Romero
Cast: Tony Todd
-
Ben
Patricia Tallman
-
Barbara
Tom Towles
-
Harry Cooper
McKee Anderson
-
Helen Cooper
William Butler
-
Tom
Katie Finneran
-
Judy Rose
Bill Moseley
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Johnnie
(as Bill Mosley)
Heather Mazur
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Sarah Cooper
David W. Butler
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Hondo
(as David Butler)
Zachary Mott
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Bulldog
Pat Reese
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The Mourner
William Cameron
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The Newsman
Pat Logan
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Uncle Rege
Berle Ellis
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The Flaming Zombie
Bill 'Chilly Billy' Cardille
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T.V. Interviewer
Taglines:
There IS a fate worse than death.
Release Date: 19 October 1990
Filming Locations: East Buffalo, Pennsylvania, USA
Box Office Details
Budget: $4,200,000
(estimated)
Opening Weekend: $2,884,679
(USA)
(19 October 1990)
Gross: $5,835,247
(USA)
Technical Specs
Runtime:|
(cut)
Did You Know?
Trivia:
The Macgruder zombie was a man that director Tom Savini saw in a diner and told him that he would make a great zombie, the man agreed. He showed up to all of the premieres.
Goofs:
Continuity:
At the end, when the two country guys are at the cellar door, one is using a chainsaw to cut through the door. The film shows him cutting through the 2x4 on the inside of the door even though the hole in door shows he should have clearly cut through it already.
Quotes:
[first lines]
Johnnie:
They're coming to get you, Barbara! Barbara:
Stop it! Johnnie:
They're 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.
User Review
Romero and Savini create a horror masterpiece.
Rating: 10/10
Wanting to re-visit the genre he created, George Romero approached Tom
Savini to direct a remake of his 1968 masterpiece, Night of the Living
Dead.
While the film follows the original closely, it does have some
important changes. Notably the character of Barbara is no longer a
gibbering vegetable but now much more balanced. Other changes help
blend the film much better into Romeros Dawn and Day. The use of tools
by the zombies for example, is lessened and removed at times, creating
more continuity between Night, Dawn, Day and Lands time-line of the
undeads abilities.
Some seem to automatically shoot down the remake in favor of the
original, I've watched this version almost as many times as Dawn and
Day, and believe the film tops the original in almost every way.
Although the groundbreaking nature of the original will always remain,
Savini's Dead is a without doubt a classic Zombie flick and in my
opinion a perfect first chapter in the Romero Dead series.
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