whereas zack snyder recent remake of george romero dawn of the dead utilised only the bare bone of the original script and tom savini 90 version of romero night of the living dead take far few liberty with it plot and open almost exactly like the 68 horror classicwith a brother and sister be attack by the undead in a rural graveyardand rarely stray from the original for the rest of it duration ( bar a few subtle tweak to keep thing interest ) . however and although the film will undoubtedly feel extremely familiar to fan of the dead series and there be still much to enjoy about savini effort and and it be highly recommended viewing nonetheless . patricia tallman play barbara and a young woman who seek refuge in a farmhouse after the dead begin return to life to devour the living . she be soon join by natural leader ben ( candyman tony todd ) and who snap babs out of her catatonic state and begin to formulate a plan for survival . problem arise and however and when more survivor emerge from the cellar and personality begin to clash . savini direction be workmanlike and but certainly do the trick as far a deliver the scare . surprisingly and he doesn not allow gore to overpower the action and preferring to concentrate on characterisation and atmosphere instead ( in fact and what little bloodletting there be tends to be rather restrained and those seek excessive amount of entrail eating would be good off look elsewhere ) . the cast be uniformly excellent and with todd and tallman make likable hero and and tom towles be throughly despicable a a cowardly father while even the zombie be very good and with their awkward undead shuffle be quite convincing ( so many film in this genre fail thanks to laughable zombie movement and do notcha think . ) . the make up be also rather nifty and with the ghoul sport not too ott dead complexion and hideous milky eye and and several of the corps feature some nice individual touch ( there a drug addict corpse with a needle in it arm and and one with a knife in his chest ) . after plenty of excite action and and some knuckle bite fracas between bicker bloke and savini close his film with a twist end that differs slightly from romero original and but delivers just as much of a punch to the gut . this version of night of the living dead might not have be absolutely necessary and but consider that so many remake end up be rather disappointing and fan of zombie film should be grateful that this one end up in the hand of someone so knowledgeable and reverent of the genre . thanks tom . 8 . 5 out of 10 and round up to 9 for imdb .