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Night of the Living Dead

Not who you're looking for? Others named Night of the Living Dead: 1968 American independent zombie horror film by George A. Ro · 1979 EP by Misfits · original song written and composed by Glenn Danzig · A ragtag group barricade themselves in an old Pennsylvania f

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Night of the Living Dead (also known as George A. Romero's Night of the Living Dead) is a 1990 American horror film directed by Tom Savini (in his feature directorial debut) and starring Tony Todd and Patricia Tallman. It is a remake of George A. Romero's 1968 film of the same title; Romero rewrote the original 1968 screenplay he had originally co-authored with John A. Russo. Like the original, the film follows seven strangers as they meet and survive in a rural farmhouse, following the awakening of cannibalistic zombies. It is the only "official" remake of the 1968 film, with other "unofficial" remakes coming out after, as a result of the source material's lack of copyright ownership (resulting in being in the public domain). Night of the Living Dead was released by Columbia Pictures in the United States on October 19, 1990. The film received negative reviews upon initial release and grossed $5.8 million against a $4.2 million budget. Modern reviews have been more positive. Plot One August afternoon, siblings Barbara and Johnny visit their mother's grave in a remote Pennsylvania cemetery. An elderly man with blood on his forehead bumps into them there, garbles something and bolts in terror. While offering to help him, they are attacked by a zombie. Johnny is killed while Barbara flees the cemetery and discovers what appears to be an abandoned farm house. She seeks shelter there, only to find another pack of zombies. Ben, a man who fled Evans City, arrives at the scene and helps Barbara dispatch the zombies. The two clear the house of the undead and begin barricading the doors and windows as night falls. They soon discover other survivors holed up in the cellar: a man named Harry Cooper; his wife Helen; their daughter Sarah, who was bitten by a zombie and has fallen ill; and teenage lovers Tom Bitner and Judy Rose Larson. The group is divided over what their next course of action should be. Harry insists that everyone retreats to the cellar and hunker down to wait for the authorities. Ben disagrees believing that they would be better off fortifying the house and fending off the horde. Noticing the zombies' limited mobility, Barbara suggests that the group leave the house on foot. A scuffle between Ben and Harry leaves the Coopers in the basement to tend to Sarah, while the other survivors continue reinforcing the doors and windows upstairs.

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Not who you're looking for? Others named Night of the Living Dead: 1968 American independent zombie horror film by George A. Ro · 1979 EP by Misfits · original song written and composed by Glenn Danzig · A ragtag group barricade themselves in an old Pennsylvania f

Overview

Night of the Living Dead (also known as George A. Romero's Night of the Living Dead) is a 1990 American horror film directed by Tom Savini (in his feature directorial debut) and starring Tony Todd and Patricia Tallman. It is a remake of George A. Romero's 1968 film of the same title; Romero rewrote the original 1968 screenplay he had originally co-authored with John A. Russo. Like the original, the film follows seven strangers as they meet and survive in a rural farmhouse, following the awakening of cannibalistic zombies. It is the only "official" remake of the 1968 film, with other "unofficial" remakes coming out after, as a result of the source material's lack of copyright ownership (resulting in being in the public domain). Night of the Living Dead was released by Columbia Pictures in the United States on October 19, 1990. The film received negative reviews upon initial release and grossed $5.8 million against a $4.2 million budget. Modern reviews have been more positive. Plot One August afternoon, siblings Barbara and Johnny visit their mother's grave in a remote Pennsylvania cemetery. An elderly man with blood on his forehead bumps into them there, garbles something and bolts in terror. While offering to help him, they are attacked by a zombie. Johnny is killed while Barbara flees the cemetery and discovers what appears to be an abandoned farm house. She seeks shelter there, only to find another pack of zombies. Ben, a man who fled Evans City, arrives at the scene and helps Barbara dispatch the zombies. The two clear the house of the undead and begin barricading the doors and windows as night falls. They soon discover other survivors holed up in the cellar: a man named Harry Cooper; his wife Helen; their daughter Sarah, who was bitten by a zombie and has fallen ill; and teenage lovers Tom Bitner and Judy Rose Larson. The group is divided over what their next course of action should be. Harry insists that everyone retreats to the cellar and hunker down to wait for the authorities. Ben disagrees believing that they would be better off fortifying the house and fending off the horde. Noticing the zombies' limited mobility, Barbara suggests that the group leave the house on foot. A scuffle between Ben and Harry leaves the Coopers in the basement to tend to Sarah, while the other survivors continue reinforcing the doors and windows upstairs.

From Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).