Night of the Living Dead

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Summary: Saw a review copy....fun for fans of the genre
Review: A true cult classic `Night of the Living Dead' features an army of flesh-eating zombies terrorizing a group of frenzied survivors who have barricaded themselves in an abandoned farmhouse. Appearing for the first time in color and a restored black and white version the picture shows no deterioration however there is a slight sound distortion. Special features on the DVD include a humorous audio commentary track by Mike Nelson of TV's `Mystery Science Theater 3000,' several trailers and a novelty item that illustrates the actors before and after their make-up sessions.
Whereas the main feature picture and audio quality is great the same cannot be said of the trailers. We have two versions of the main feature trailer that are both terrible with a blurry washed out picture and off balance audio, this is also true of the third trailer for `Carnival of the Souls.' Curiously the oldest trailer on the DVD (for `Flesh Eaters') is in b;ack and white and is the best preserved of all. Lovers of the genre will no doubt eat this DVD up.


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Summary: Color??? That'll be the death of this movie!
Review: Black and White made the atmosphere of this Romero classic perfect. Even on some levels, the Black and White helped in the racial undertones that you feel in the movie where the black man is the hero for the scared white people in the farmhouse. But colorized?

The effects work in B&W. In color they'll just look campy.

This was a bad marketing idea.

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Summary: NIGHT OF THE LIVING DEAD 1968- COLORIZED
Review: EXCELLENT COLOR TRANSFER. ANY REAL FAN OF NIGHT OF THE LIVING DEAD SHOULD CHECK IT OUT. EVEN THOUGH MANY PEOPLE FEEL THAT COLORIZING THIS FILM DIMINISHES ITS EFFECT, ITS DEFINITELY WORTH IT AND IS STILL THE BEST ZOMBIE MOVIE EVER!!! A++++++++++

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Summary: great new version of a classic horror film
Review: Great remastering job, and the color was great. Great dvd great price, get this one now.

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Summary: Still great
Review: I got this after hearing that Mike Nelson would be doing the commentary track. I love the original movie, and truthfully I don't like the colorization job they did on it. While skillful, it just takes away from the atmosphere that the drab black and white version had. Other than that, it's still wonderful. And Mike's commentary is hilarious, although jarring at first because I wasn't used to hearing him all on his lonesome. I missed the little silohuettes and the comments from the 'bots. But Mike is great all by himself. Definitely recommended.

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Summary: dont bother with this version
Review: I just picked up this version of night of living dead. I already have all the other special editions of the film, However this one had a commentary from Mike Nelson from Mystey Science Theater 3000 which i figured would be quite funny. Much to my suprise the quality of the film was about the same as my old VHS version, and the commentary was just rotten he tried so hard to be funny but he fell flat no humor at all. Such a waste!!!!!!

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Summary: for mike nelson fans only
Review: I'm sure all huge NOTLD fans hate this colorization. I am mediocre on it I think when it works it is great but when it doesn't work it is absolutely horrible. I hated the colorization of the flesh eating parts and in one scene that was shot day for night was a lot more obvious in the colorized version because they made the sky blue. you think they could have tried to help he film by colorizing it like night at least. and when you get to where they watch the TV it is left in black and white which makes you salivate wishing you were just watching the original version.
Mike nelson fans will of course want this but i think it is the worst of the three commentaries he has done. overall if you want to see how Mike nelson does alone try Reefer Madness or get the autographed Carnival of souls dvd from ebay those colorizations are better as well. if you have a good dvd version already and don't care about mike nelson skip it.

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Summary: Get it this B & W version
Review: My favorite horror film of all time is NOTLD and when I heard of the new colorized version I was naturally curious. The colorized film looks ok, but not all together too natural looking. I found that the colors worked best on inanimate objects such as trees etc, and in outdoor settings. The flesh tones are acceptable but none the less a good effort. Bottom line is that you can almost pass this off in some places as a color film but only for seconds at a time as frequently something will catch your eye that will shatter the illusion. A bright red shirt for example or an off grouping of strange, clashing colors almost make this too surreal in parts. The fire however colored really nice. I think that it would have benefited also if the contrast was toned down slightly as I think the film looks too colorful at times. Instead of blending, the colors clash too strongly sometimes. The colorized version was taken from a restored version of the film thus the quality and sharpness looks quite good and there are 5.1 and DTS audio tracks available. The special features include a restored black and white version of the movie, not as good as the Millennium Edition DVD transfer which is THX approved but this is very good and the next best edition available at the moment for such a cheap price. The B&W edition only offers the original mono track though but no chapter stops. Also included is a game where you have to guess what celebrity looks like one of the zombies from the film. A pretty useless extra that you will only ever look at once. The commentary track by Mike Nelson is pretty useless too in my opinion. It offers very little info besides the names of the actors, all the while Nelson throws out little comments that are an attempt at humor, mostly putting down the film. There are a few funny comments but most of them aren't. This is comparable to sitting around with a bunch of friends making fun of a movie where everyone just throws in their own comment mocking something. But since this is one of the best horror films ever made, there is little to mock. Overall, I enjoyed at least checking out the results of the color experiment, but the B&W original version is where it's at. The price can't be beat and I would definately recommend that you pick it up for the restored B&W version primarily and treat the colorized version as if it were an extra. I don't think you can be disappointed in this if you don't own any other version of NOTLD. Get this for the original B & W restored version of the film. You will not find such a good transfer at such a good price. The film by itself gets the full 5 stars, so I have no problem giving this release 5. The audio on the B & W could have been better but the original mono is acceptable. If this dvd had only include the colorized version I would have only given this 2 stars, because for one, this movie should not be cheapened by offering a colorized version only, (major points for including both) and the color 'experiment' wasn't entirely successful to stand on its own as something extra special.

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Summary: Zombies in COLOR! Very Fun Edition!
Review: Sure there are a million versions of Night of the Living Dead, but this one is a must for any lover of the film. The colorization job in this special edition looks a thousand times better than when this movie was colored many years ago. And in case you aren't digging the color, an excellent transfer of the original black and white is included. There are a lot of fun extras too including a hilarious audio commentary by MST3K's Mike Nelson, and a stupidly funny celebrity zombie lookalike game. Definitely worth a look!

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Summary: mike nelson rocks
Review: we've all seen the movie and we all know colorization sucks, so the important thing here is Mike Nelson's commentary. i see a lot of people don't "get it", but if you're into Nelson's acerbic wit then you should enjoy this DVD. it does nothing to further your love foe NOTLD but it's plain funny. so piss on all these bad reviews, if your an MST:3K fan, please realize, these people take themselves WAY too seriously.