Night of the Living Dead 3-D

136. Night of the Living Dead 3-D

Night of the Living Dead 3-D is the 2006 re-imagining of George Romero's classic.

Years ago, the rights to the Romero film fell into the public domain. Because of that, anybody can essentially do whatever they want with the movie without fear of reprisal. If myself and all of my friends wished to come together and do a remake, we could. If I wanted to press the original movie onto dvd and call it the "Ed Tellier Edition", again, not a problem. This film essentially exists due to that fact.

I call this a re-imagining rather than a remake because there are just enough variances to freshen it up some. I'm not saying that the changes are good, mind you. Just that it's not the same old stuff. The biggest change here is the introduction of Gerald Tovar, played by Sid Haig. Tovar is a mortician who works near the cemetery where the outbreak begins. Since Haig is the biggest star here, he gets top billing and is pretty involved in the movie's last 20 minutes.

All that being said, this is really not a good movie. The changes in plot actually make it rather silly. There is very little gore, which is kind of a surprise. Blood and guts are a huge staple of zombie flicks. The version I saw was not in 3-D but rather the standard 2-D I saw a couple of shots where the 3-D would have been and they looked fairly cheesy. Sid Haig and soap star Brianna Brown are the leads and turn in the only good performances here. And Haig, for that matter, isn't even particularly good here. He's a bit too far over the top at times.

If you need to see a Night of the Living Dead, stick with the original. Or even the 1990 remake. Skip this one.