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Summary: Aww, They're Dead, They're All Mess Up!
Review: "The News Report is THE DEAD ARE LIVING".
I'm not going to type up an endless review like others have, but I will mention the positive's. This film was seminal for the horror genre,with excellent camera shots and angles.A true art of its kind, not many horror films can compare to its representation of isolation.
Note: It's the minute art within the mise en scene which needs to be focused on.
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Summary: My NotLD review(s)
Review: 30TH ANNIVERSARY EDITION:
The ORIGINAL 1968 Night of The Living Dead is a true horror masterpiece. There are many versions of this film but this one (the 30th anniversary edition) remains the WORST.
They add a new beginning with two guys driving the casket of the first zombie (the first one we see in the cemetery played by Bill Heinzman) from the prison where he was just executed to the cemetery where he's to be interred. A cheesy bald priest and the parents of the little girl that the dead guy apparently killed are there waiting for the body. The girl's father wants to see his body to make sure...and then spits on it and leaves with the girl's mother. The dead guy stirs, gets up, and bites the priest...then he wanders away leading us to the REAL beginning of the movie. They took out the whole "driving up to the cemetery" stuff from the original, and begin the older footage with Barbara and Johnny stopping and getting out.
During the film, they've added a car crash family of zombies, as well as some zombies from the Diner where Ben came from (all played by family members and friends of the "flim makers"). Some feeding stuff...nothing big.
Finally, at the end, after Ben is shot, they superimpose a "One Year Later" and show some reporter going to visit the cheesy priest in the hospital. He didn't die from his wound, because of "prayer" and crap like that. Oh, and he has a dog named "Mewshew" (not sure if that's the spelling...but that's definitely the pronunciation) that he has so that, in case he DOES turn into a zombie, he can chow down on it rather than some person who's near by.
Anyway, it's HORRIBLE. The acting of the new people is just pathetic...especially the priest (who just happened to do the new score for the movie...which was equally horrible). Also, they said how they "seamlessly" intercut the old footage with the new, and how Bill Heinzman looked exactly how he looked back then due to the great make up FX...but that was utter *beep* Very sad. Very pathetic. Avoid it.
The original Night of The Living Dead is a true horror classic that should not be missed. Buy the "Millenium Edition" or, if you want to see a colorized version, pick up the OffColorFilms version. Avoid the rest.
MILLENIUM EDITION:
Arguably, the best version of the film to buy on DVD, this disc won't let you down. It boasts remastered picture and Dolby Digital 5.1 surround sound, and Dolby Digital 2.0 Stereo.
As for special features:
Audio commentary tracks featuring 'George A. Romero' and the entire cast
Film parody - "Night Of The Living Bread"
Still photo gallery featuring rare color photos
The history of romero's company, the latent image
Scenes from the "lost" Romero film "There's Always Vanilla"
Video interview with Judy Ridley
Final interview by "Living Dead's" Star Duane Jones
Foreign and domestic posters and collectibles
Original props
The entire original shooting script
Cast member's personal scrapbooks
Romero's television spots and short films
Liner notes by George A. Romero and Stephen King
Pick up the Millenium Edition today.
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Summary: Piece of Crap.
Review: Another terrible movie from that terrible Director George A. Romero. This time, there are only about twenty zombies waiting outside.The zombies in this look better than those in Dawn of the Dead (1978)but are still very boring and unrealistic. Like i've said before, zombies wouldn't be able to move without certain orgains opertating properly in their bodies. Another thing I have just discovered is the fact that if the heart and lungs were operating and moving the body, then the rest of the organs in the body would be recieving blood, so they would be operating too. Meaning the body would be alive. ALIVE!!!! The story is terrible. A group of people seek shelter in some house and, for some reason, are afraid to leave. There are about 15-20 zombies waiting outside. Why don't they just brake in the house? Because the man sets a chair on fire and throws it outside. Wait a minute. Why are they afraid of fire? They're dead. They don't know what fire is and they don't get hurt by the flames. Why does it scare them so? Romero never answered that question. It sounds to me like Romero just needed an answer. Another question not answered. Why are zombies walking around the earth? They put out the idea of radiation from Venus, but never confirmed it. In Dawn of the Dead (1978) they said that there was a possibility of a viral outbreak. So , they still haven't found the answer. I wonder when Romero will tell the answer. If Romero doesn't need to answer the question, why does James Gunn's and Zack Snyder's obviousley superior version of Dawn need an explanation. They set out the idea of a virus, just like the original Dawn. Who knows? It sounds to me like the people are just trying find away to make an argument between which version of Dawn was better. The answer to that is obvious. The new Dawn. The acting is terrible. I know it was low-budget, but you could get better women performances from the lady serving you at the resteraunt. The women in the movie were just terrible. The men were good, but the women were terrible. I couldn't stand them. This is a comedy that was poorly done. It wasn't very funny and...What? It's not a comedy? It looked like a comedy. It wasn't scary, or entertaining as a matter of fact. I thought they were trying to be funny. The way the zombies acted, the acting, the lines, the pathetic attempt to gas up the truck. I thought this was supposed to be a comedy. This is a terrible movie and a terrible DVD. I think it's about time George Romero died. He's just not a good director. Thank god they fired him from Resident Evil. I can't stand thinking of the name. George A. Romero's Resident Evil. It's the George A. Romero's part that I don't like. Paul Anderson did a better job than Romero would have ever done.
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Summary: "They're Going To Get You, Barbara!"
Review: As a space probe was returning from its exploration of the planet Venus, it mysteriously exploded before entering the atmosphere. Was this the real cause for the dead returning from the grave to feeding on the flesh of the living? Well, at least that is what we are led to believe. Seven strangers are trapped in an isolated farmhouse struggling with the horror that awaits them on the outside and the tension that will eventually destroy them on the inside. They quickly learn the only want to stop these creature is a blow to the head, preferably from a bullet, or to set them on fire. These zombies are slow moving and very defeatable, but their human counterparts are more worried about arguing over who's in charge than fighting back. The tension in this film is tremendous and I even find myself sometimes rooting for the zombies. Is that so wrong??? This low-budget cult-classic set the standards for modern horror. The zombies are simple, but effective. The filming in b&w truly adds to the atmosphere. The score is standard music library material, but very eerie. Romero is one of the few directors that can take a chance with this type of ending and succeed, too bad he didn't do the same with Dawn Of The Dead. This is the first course for anyone wanting to get into horror. Hopefully you will pass and not turn into a zombie.
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Summary: No , Really Barbra, They're Coming To Get You!
Review: Barbra and her goofball brother Johnny are putting a wreath on their father's grave one cold damp afternoon. Little do they know that across the eastern third of the united states, the dead are rising and feasting on the flesh of the living! One of the zombies attacks Barbra. Johnny comes to her rescue, only to be overpowered by the walking cadaver! Barbra runs, trying to escape in the car, which has no keys! The dead guy breaks out the passenger-side window with a rock, just as Barbra releases the emergency break, sending her down a hill and into a tree. Barbra gets out just in time and runs to a nearby farmhouse. Once inside, she finds a corpse at the top of the stairs, stripped of it's flesh from the neck up. Enter Ben (Duane Jones), the true hero of the story. He's a cool, smart, tough-under-pressure man who has just arrived after fleeing from a swarm of undead. Ben begins fortifying the house, nailing boards over the doors and windows. Barbra is in shock and remains mostly silent. Later, a group of living folks come up from the cellar, where they've been hiding. This includes a young man named Tom (Keith Wayne) and his girlfriend Judy (Judith Ridley), and the Coopers- Harry (Karl Hardman), Helen (Marilyn Eastman), and their daughter, who was bitten by a zombie sometime earlier. Well, Harry Cooper is a know-it-all type and immediately wants to take control of the situation. The problem is, he's also a gutless coward, and Ben has to put him in his place more than once. Can this motley group survive the night while a legion of flesh-eaters gathers outside? George A. Romero created THE classic zombie movie with NIGHT OF THE LIVING DEAD. Only his remarkable DAWN OF THE DEAD even comes close to (perhaps surpasses) it's visceral impact. Romero's use of radio and TV coverage of the zombie invasion adds realism and texture (you can just imagine the 24 / 7, wall-to-wall coverage on the 24 hr news channels of today). The "closed in / cut off" feeling of the characters is portrayed perfectly. I highly recommend this movie to all zombie-lovers everywhere, as well as those who hate most recent hollywood attempts at "horror"...
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Summary: NIGHT OF THE LIVING DEAD
Review: BY FAR THE ABSOLUTE BEST ZOMBIE MOVIE EVER!!! BEING IN BLACK AND WHITE ONLY MAKES THIS CLASSIC SCARIER.THE MOOD OF THIS FILM IS INCREDIBLE. JUDITH ODEA DESERVES AN AWARD FOR HER ACTING!!SHE GAVE AN EXTREMELY CONVINCING PERFORMANCE.NOT VERY GORY BUT DEFINITELY SCARY!!!!THE SOUNDTRACK IS AWESOME AND IS A BIG PART OF WHY THIS FILM IS SO FRIGHTENING.A DEFINITE TRUE HORROR MOVIE THAT SHOULD BE SEEN AT LEAST ONCE OR TWICE OR MANY, MANY TIMES LIKE MYSELF.A+++++ ALL AROUND!!!! GET THIS MOVIE.
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Summary: Scary but Unitentionally funny.
Review: Due to the age of the film, the zombies in this movie will get chuckles instead of screams, but somehow this movie still packs atmosphere. Most movies that have poor special effects or makeup usually to turn out to be good, but this one did. It is scary but you do have to watch it in the right state of mind. Don't watch it to make fun of it, but tell yourself ahead of time that you are going to get scared in this and ignore the poor makeup. If you can do that you'll enjoy this classic.
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Summary: About Elite's Millennium Edition DVD
Review: Elite's new "Millennium Edition" DVD of the 1968 horror classic NIGHT OF THE LIVING DEAD includes all of the material from Elite's 1997 DVD edition, plus a few more extras from Elite's '94 laserdisc edition. Both Elite DVDs contain the original unedited version of the film. The video transfer of the Millennium Edition (ME) looks to be identical to that of the '97 DVD version. To those who haven't seen either edition, the THX-certified video transfer is simply immaculate. Made from original negatives, the transfer has a kind of sharpness, clarity, and contrast that are, according to director George Romero himself, superior even to the print used for the film's original theatrical release. The mono audio is clean and strong, and it sounds identical in both editions except it's in Dolby Digital 1.0 on the '97 edition, but 2.0 on the ME. There is also a mildly effective Dolby Digital 5.1 track on the ME. The two audio commentary tracks (recorded circa '94) from the LD edition have been duplicated on the '97 and ME DVDs. All the principals except Duane Jones are featured, with the actors on one track and the director/producers on the other. Although the commentaries resemble a jovial get-together for the most part, they do provide considerable details about the making of the film -- the casting of Duane Jones was strictly color-blind, the Barbara character was originally to survive, the filmmakers managed to obtain a helicopter for free for some of the scenes, etc. The commentators also provide many insights to their crafts. For instance, co-producer/actor Karl Hardman says he decided he should play Mr. Cooper in a more demonstrative manner after seeing Jones' calmer portrayal of Ben. Compensating for the lack of Duane Jones in the commentaries, the ME DVD includes a 16-minute audio excerpt of a 1988 interview of him. In it, he expresses his gratitude for associating with the film, but stresses his need for privacy and anonymity. He recalls an amusing anecdote in which two people who sat next to him argued whether he was really Duane Jones. When they concluded that he WASN'T, he wasn't the least bit inclined to correct them. This interview was to be Jones' last, and he would pass away later that year. The ME DVD also includes a 10-minute video segment of an interview of Judy Ridley (who played Judy), who provides more anecdotes from the film as well as her experiences before, during and after the making of NIGHT OF THE LIVING DEAD. The interviewer is co-producer Marilyn Eastman. The other extras on the ME DVD include eight TV commercials made by Romero and company (the '97 DVD has only four), a 5-minute clip of Romero's followup film THERE'S ALWAYS VANILLA that features then-couple Judy Ridley and Russ Streiner, a few production photos from VANILLA, the hilarious 8-minute 1990 parody film "Night of the Living Bread" (in which Barbara is a brunette, Ben is shorter and chubbier, and hundreds of slices of what could truly be called "wonder bread" are used) that is also on the '97 DVD, text material on the history of the filmmakers, and the original shooting script (which spans over 300 frames). The shooting script is preceded by a brief rough draft which indicates the film was originally intended to be a comedy. Rounding out the extras is a "Scrapbook" section containing 100 or so still frames of memorabilia collected by the filmmakers, including correspondences, photos, newspaper clippings, etc. Both the '97 and ME DVDs are all-region and without subtitles and closed captioning.
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Summary: Radiation from a fallen satellite!?!? Watch the sequals!!!
Review: First off, great film, one of the ONLY good things that was ever filmed in the 60's...
...horror wise that is.
As for the explanation of the satellite. That is just the guys on the radio, repeating what the scientists are saying. If you will follow the series, you'll quickly realize that people are quick to jump to any explanation, so long as it adds a sence of comfort to there now VERY confused life.
That's what I love about the series, is not only the awsome concept, the deep thought George put into "his" brand of zombies, the gore, characters (always loveable, even if you hate them), and last but not least, the social commentary!! That is Goerge's strong point, that's what separates this guy from your run of the mill hollywood director. Too bad he rarely gets the respect he deserves. Heck The Dawn remake was AWSOME, but almost completely lost the social commentary. Well that and running zombies...
...ya right!
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Summary: A "Must Have" Cult Classic!
Review: From the first scene in the cemetary ("They're coming to get you Barbara..."), until the shocking, surprise ending, Night of the Living Dead is the ultimate cult classic of horror films! This is a must have for collectors and those with a true love of the macabre.
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