Night of the Living Dead 3D

Night of the Living Dead 3D
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Directed by	Jeff Broadstreet
Produced by	Jeff Broadstreet
Written by	1968 screenplay: George A. Romero John A. Russo Screenplay: Robert Valding
Starring	Brianna Brown Joshua Desroches Johanna Black Greg Travis Sid Haig
Music by	Jason Brandt
Cinematography	Andrew Parke
Editing by	Robert Valding
Distributed by	Lux Digital Pictures
Release date(s)	November 10, 2006
Running time	80 min.
Country	United States
Language	English
Budget	$750,000
Box office	$1,553,837

Night of the Living Dead 3D is a 2006 horror film made in 3D. It is the second remake of the 1968 horror classic Night of the Living Dead. The first was released in 1990 and was directed by Tom Savini from a revised screenplay by George A. Romero. Unlike the first remake, no one involved with the original is involved with this new version. The original film was never properly copyrighted, and so it has fallen into the public domain, making this remake possible with no permission from the original's creators (the original movie can actually be seen playing on TV in this version). It was released on DVD on October 9, 2007 in two separate versions, the original 3D format which includes four pairs of anaglyph (red/blue) 3D glasses, and a 2D version that does not require nor include any 3D glasses. Since it's 2006 release the 3D remake has attained worldwide cult status and opened at #5 at the Russian theatrical box office in limited release in 2007.

Plot

In this new interpretation, the characters Barb and her brother Johnny arrive late for their aunt's funeral and find the cemetery overrun with zombies. Barb, after Johnny abandons her, flees the cemetery and is rescued by Ben, a local college student. The two seek refuge in the nearby farmhouse of the Cooper family (Henry & Hellie Cooper, Henry's daughter and Hellie's stepdaughter Karen, farmhand Owen, and farmhand Tom and his girlfriend Judy), and attempt to live through the night along with other survivors, including the pyrophobic mortician, Gerald Tovar, Jr. As Barb and Ben attempt to convince the Cooper family that the zombies are heading to the house, Tom and Judy are attacked while having sex in the barn. After hearing Judy's screams, Barb and the rest of the household attempt to save her, but they are too late. When Tovar arrives, he explains what is happening. Owen the farmhand and Karen succumb to zombie bites and become undead.

Barb and Ben leave with Tovar to what they believe is safety, while Henry and Hellie barricade themselves upstairs. Henry, who was bitten by a reanimated Karen and thus doomed to become a zombie, and Hellie, who is completely distraught over the death of her stepdaughter and the eventual reanimation of Henry, decide to commit suicide, and do so. After reaching his house, Tovar knocks Ben out and reveals that he was the one who brought the zombies back to life, even so much as bringing his own father back and feeding him with his own blood. Barb sets the house on fire, but Tovar catches her and brings her back to the mortuary along with an unconscious Ben in the trunk. Ultimately, Tovar plans to have Barb reborn as a zombie, but Barb gets the upper hand and throws him to a pack of zombies, who devour him. Barb and Ben escape and lock the other zombies in the garage. Ben realizes that he has been impaled with a tire iron, but is apparently unharmed — moments later, he transforms into a zombie. Barb uses the last bullet to kill him, and the zombies break through the gate. Barb gives up on any chance of survival, so she makes no attempt to escape. The screen fades and her screams can be heard as the zombies kill her.

Cast

• Barb - Brianna Brown
• Ben - Joshua DesRoces
• Gerald Tovar, Jr. - Sid Haig
• Henry Cooper - Greg Travis
• Hellie Cooper - Johanna Black
• Owen - Adam Chambers
• Johnny - Ken Ward
• Karen Cooper - Alynia Phillips
• Tom - Max Williams
• Judy - Cristin Michele

Prequel

Main article: Night of the Living Dead 3D: Re-animation

A prequel, titled Night of the Living Dead 3D: Re-Animation, was screened at a Sneak Preview screening on January 15, 2012 in Los Angeles, California. It stars Sarah Lieving as Cristie Forrest, Andrew Divoff as Gerald Tovar, Jr., Jeffrey Combs as Harold Tovar, the brother of Gerald and Denice Duff as Sister Sara. It is directed by Jeff Broadstreet. A plot summary has also been revealed at joblo.com:

In NIGHT OF THE LIVING DEAD 3D: RE-ANIMATION, pyrophobic mortician Gerald Tovar, Jr. (ANDREW DIVOFF) inherits the family mortuary and accidentally exposes hundreds of uncremated bodies to toxic medical waste. As the corpses reanimate, Gerald’s inheritance-seeking younger brother, Harold (JEFFREY COMBS) unexpectedly shows up and stumbles upon Gerald trying to keep the zombie outbreak under control. Sibling rivalry gives way to madness as Harold discovers Gerald’s dark secret – the freshly exhumed and zombified corpse of their father.

External links

• Official website
• Night of the Living Dead 3D at AllRovi
• Night of the Living Dead 3D at Box Office Mojo
• Night of the Living Dead 3D at the Internet Movie Database
• Night of the Living Dead 3D at Rotten Tomatoes