Night of the Living Dead

Director: Tom Savini Tom Savini

Overview

"Tom Savini's remake of George A. Romero's highly influential horror classic gets a dignified presentation on DVD. Night of the Living Dead has been given two transfers for this edition, a letterboxed version in the widescreen aspect ratio of 1.85:1 (which is also enhanced for anamorphic playback on 16 x 9 monitors), and a pan-and-scan transfer at 1.33:1. The original English-language audio has been mastered in Dolby Digital Surround, while a dubbed track in Portuguese appears in Dolby Digital Mono. Optional subtitles in English, Spanish, Portuguese, Chinese, Korean, and Thai are included. Among the bonus materials on this release are a commentary track from director Savini, a short documentary on the making of the movie, notes on the production, biographies of the cast and crew, and the original theatrical trailer."

Product Details

Release Date:	10/05/1999
UPC:	0043396771796
Original Release:	1990
Rating:	R
Source:	SONY PICTURES
Region Code:	1
Presentation:	[Full Frame, Wide Screen]
Language:	English
Time:	1:28:00

Special Features

Interactive menus; Audio: English two-channel (Dolby Surround), Portuguese (mono); Subtitles: English, Spanish, Portuguese, Chinese, Korean, and Thai; Digitally remastered audio and anamorphic video; Production notes; Director Tom Savini's audio commentary; "The Dead Walk" making-of featurette; Theatrical trailers; Talent files; Scene selections

Cast & Crew

Performance Credits

Tony Todd	Ben
Patricia Tallman	Barbara
Tom Towles	Harry
McKee Anderson	Helen
William Butler	Tom,Hondo
Katie Finneran	Judy Rose
Bill Moseley	Johnnie
Heather Mazur	Sarah
Zachary Mott	Bulldog
Pat Reese	The Mourner
William Cameron	The Newsman
Pat Logan	Uncle Rege
Berle Ellis	The Flaming Zombie
Bill 'Chilly Billy' Cardille	TV Interviewer,TV Interviewer
Greg Funk	Cemetary Zombie
Tim Carrier	Autopsy Zombie
John Hamilton	Crowbar Zombie
Dyrk Ashton	Truck Zombie
Jordan Berlant	Porch Zombie
Albert Shellhammer	Cousin Satchel
Jay McDowell	Front Door Zombie
Walter Berry	McGruder
Kendal Kraft	Bob Evans Zombie
Stacie Foster	Doll's Mom Zombie
Charles Crawley	Window Zombie
William Anderson	Actor
Katie Finnerman	Judy Rose
David Grace	Policeman Zombie
Paul McCollough	Composer

Technical Credits

George A. Romero

John A. Russo

Tom Savini	Director
Everett Burrell	Special Effects
Menahem Golan	Executive Producer
Phil Neilson	Stunts
George A. Romero	Executive Producer,Screenwriter
John A. Russo	Producer,Screenwriter
Russ Streiner	Producer,Producer
Matt Vogel	Special Effects
John Vulich	Special Effects
Ami Artzi	Producer
Declan Baldwin	Producer

Editorial Reviews

Made for reasons of profit (by writer/producer George Romero's own admission), Tom Savini's remake of Night of the Living Dead doesn't seem so much mercenary as perfunctory. Highly watchable and reasonably frightening, it suffers from familiarity for most of its running time, a final third offering the only significant departure from the original. Still, it's a pretty rich story and Savini does right by it, serving up tension, jolts, and gore in good measure. Helping out are good performances by Patricia Tallman and especially Tony Todd, probably the best actor to work almost exclusively in the horror genre. Not a necessary film, and, thanks its familiarity, lacking most of the impact of the original, it's still a superior effort when compared to most of its horror contemporaries.