meine das Remake von 1990, wie ider der Film und lohnt es sich den auszuleihen ?

Es gibt davon ein Remake aus 1990? Davon habe ich ja noch gar nichts gehört. Ein richtigs offizielles Remake?

Müßte ein offizielles sein, hier mal Infos:

NIGHT OF THE LIVING DEAD 1990


NIGHT OF THE LIVING DEAD 1990

Remaking a classic is always dangerous territory. If a movie is generally regarded as a masterpiece in its genre, why bother to risk alienating fans by telling its story again? Sure sometimes remakes update the story for the current generation (the 1970s version of Invasion of the Body Snatchers) or to take advantage of advances in filmmaking technology (Peter Jackson's recent update of King Kong). Sometimes a remake actually advances the concept of the original and actually turns out to be a classic itself (Carpenter's The Thing and Cronenberg's The Fly come to mind).

And then there's the sequel made for the money.

Welcome to Tom Savini's version of Night of the Living Dead.

Any horror fan in his right mind would probably think that a newer NOTLD, with special effects wizard Tom Savini helming a script by the godfather of the genre himself, George Romero, could only amount to a gory classic, with some profound, updated social commentary. This should've been a masterpiece in the making. And yet, this movie fails on all cylinders. It's important to discuss the reason for that before examining the disappointing results. The makers of the original NOTLD left the copyright symbol off the prints when they changed the film's title. So though the movie made millions and was on the midnight movie and drive in circuit for years, Romero and the others saw scant profits. And so every so often, one or more of them tried to recoup those losses with variations on the original. Enter Romero's motivation for creating this remake.

Romero's first mistake was remolding Barbara in the likeness of Ripley from the Alien movies. Though critics invariably have always complained about Barbara's catatonic state in the original, they never seem to realize that if a ghoul attacked your brother and killed him, then tried to eat you, catatonia would be one likely reaction. Also, because her body's functioning without a mind behind it, I always thought it neat that Barbara is another example of a zombie. Plus, there were two other women in the besieged farmhouse, neither of which were sleepwalking in terror. But Romero gave in to public pressure and crafted a new Barbara who goes from schoolmarm to John J. Rambo in the course of a few short hours. Her character may represent a new feminist take on NOTLD, but it does the movie no favors.

In rewriting, Romero also changed the fates of many of the characters. Though the plot remains very much the same, the ending is markedly different, and removes the nihilistic view of the original, replacing it with a cheap "let's kill the prick even though he's not actually a zombie" ending that may have audiences cheering, but should have them questioning themselves for applauding. The acting is over the top from all parties involved, despite the presence of Tom Towles and a pre-Candyman Tony Todd; this does the script no favors.

The script isn't the only problem here. Perhaps even a larger flaw is the special effects. I always thought Savini did the special effects for this film, but his directorial duties forced him to turn the reins over to John Vulich who, based on the rancid results here, should never have been allowed to make up a kid for trick or treating on Halloween. Bad special effects pull a horror audience right out of suspension of disbelief; Vulich's work is so laughably bad, the gags so obviously phony, that he single handedly would have ruined this project even if it were otherwise flawless.

Savini waited for years to get a chance to direct a film. To this day, this is his only feature film as director. So I thought it would be interesting to get his take on the commentary track. Considering he's always lively and has delivers interesting anecdotes on the tracks I've heard him do for Romero's films, I was underwhelmed here. Yes, he gives plenty of background information here, but the track is thoroughly boring. He barely addresses the controversy with the MPAA over getting an R rating, or the behind the scenes troubles with producers and the like. Had he discussed these, perhaps I would have at least been entertained.

The disc also has a featurette about the history of the project. It features the typical behind the scenes stuff, and a few deleted scenes (but why weren't they cut into the film for release as a director's cut? Perhaps the studio didn't care enough about this film). It's almost half an hour long. You could skip it and not miss much. A few trailers round out the disc.

Is it worth remaking a classic? Most times I come down against the idea. But Romero and Savini thought it a solid idea with NOTLD 1990. If only the results were as solid.

Habe son Horror-Buch aus der Zeit ( also 1990) und da ist ein ausführlicher Bericht mit Screenshots dieses Films drin! Romero hatte da zwar nicht die Regie aber irgendwie noch seine Finger mit im Spiel....muß zuhause nomma gucken....wenns interessiert....

Also mich interessert´s auf jeden Fall. ^^

So, habe soebent nochmal in meinem schlauen, Fähnlein Fieselschweif Büchlein für Horror u.mehr nachgesehen und folgende, wichtige Einzelheiten zum Remake von Night o.t.living dead behalten, als da wären...:

- der Film heißt, haltet euch fest,...: Die Rückkehr der lebenden Toten...doll,wa???

-federführend in der ganzen Geschichte war unser guter George´Dschordschi´Romero, indem er das Drehbuch schrieb( fleissig!) und außerdem noch als Produzent fungierte ( verzweifelt!)

- Regie führte sein Meisterschüler Tom Savini ( n alter Kumpel von mir, aus Hihg school tagen)
High falsch geschrieben!!....cool!!!...Huh, huh,huh,....
- gedreht wurde in Pennsylvania ....da gibbets eh mehr Tote als lebende...
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Aha, das klingt ja durchaus interessant. Hätte nicht gedacht, daß er da tatsächlich wirklich seine FInger mit im SPiel hatte.

Is aba so!!!

Der Film heißt übrigens"Die Rückkehr der Untoten", hatte ich falsch in Erinnerung!!!

So,hab grad NotLD3D bzw.NotLD2007 Remake gesehen.
Schade.Zwar hält man sich grob an die Vorlage,jedoch fehlt das Herz und die Seele des Originals.Auch werden im TV immer wieder Szenen aus dem Original gezeigt,was noch stärker unterstreicht,daß man hier schnell Geld machen wollte.Mir scheint auch,daß diese Version starke Schnitte aufweist.Zwar sieht man Blut und Gekröse,jedoch fehlen etliche Kopftreffer.

Da rettet auch der Schauspieler aus Haus der tausend Leichen (Capt.Spaulding) nichts mehr.
Es gibt auch starke Abweichungen im Vergleich zur Vorlage.Im Original waren da als Schauplätze:Friedhof,Landstraße und Haus.In der Reihenfolge.In der Neuauflage geht das jetzt:Friedhof,Krematorium,Landstraße,Haus,Landstraße,Krematorium.Außerdem ist das haus nun eine Drogenfarm(WTF).Als plus muß ich hier erwähnen,daß die Zombies,wenn sie als Zombies wiederkehren zuerst normal scheinen,sogar sprechen können.Wenige Minuten später erst setzt das wahre"Zombie-Ich"ein.Die Idee gefällt mir,hat potenzial.
Abschließend kann ich sagen,netter Versuch,kann man sich geben.Jedoch Fans würde ich von dieser Version abraten.Es sei denn ihr erwartet Enttäuscht zu werden/oder stellt gar keine Ansprüche an den Film.

Hmm, irgendwie interessiert mich diese Fassung ja schon, aber irgendwie bin ich auch ziemlich abgeschreckt von dieser Beschreibung. KLingt ja nun doch nicht nach etwas, wofür ich sonst gerne Geld ausgebe.

@Raami: Na toll, deine Beschreibung hat mich unterbewusst wohl mehr beeindruckt, als ich dachte.



Hab doch tatsächlich genau sowas geträumt. . Ich schreib mal im Alptraum-Thread darüber.^^