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Night of the Living Dead 3D 
Poster artDirected by Jeff Broadstreet Produced by Jeff Broadstreet Written by 1968 screenplay:
George A. Romero
John A. Russo
Screenplay:
Robert ValdingStarring Brianna Brown
Joshua Desroches
Johanna Black
Greg Travis
Sid HaigMusic 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 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 Magenta/Green (Trioscopic) 3D glasses, and a 2D version that does not require nor include any 3D glasses.
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 - Andrew Yost
- Judy - Cristin Michele
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
Living Dead series Romero's Dead films - Night of the Living Dead (1968)
- Dawn of the Dead (1978)
- Day of the Dead (1985)
- Land of the Dead (2005)
- Diary of the Dead (2007)
- Survival of the Dead (2010)
Dead series remakes - Night of the Living Dead (1990)
- Dawn of the Dead (2004)
- Day of the Dead (2008)
Return of the Living Dead films - The Return of the Living Dead (1985)
- Return of the Living Dead Part II (1988)
- Return of the Living Dead 3 (1993)
- Return of the Living Dead: Necropolis (2005)
- Return of the Living Dead: Rave from the Grave (2005)
Unofficial sequels and remakes - Zombi 2 (1979)
- Zombi 3 (1988)
- Children of the Living Dead (2001)
- Day of the Dead 2: Contagium (2005)* Night of the Living Dead 3D (2006)
- Night of the Living Dead: Origins 3D (2011)
Parodies - Night of the Living Bread (1990)
- NOTDOT (1991)
- Knight of the Living Dead (2005)
- Poultrygeist: Night of the Chicken Dead (2006)
Homages - Flesheater (1988)
- Shaun of the Dead (2004)
- Fido (2006)
- Dance of the Dead (2008)
- Zone of the Dead (2009)
Related topics - Return of the Living Dead (1977 novel)
- Document of the Dead (1985)
- City of the Dead
- Escape of the Living Dead (2005)
- Land of the Dead: Road to Fiddler's Green (2005 video game)
Categories:- American films
- 2006 films
- American horror films
- English-language films
- Film remakes
- Independent films
- Living Dead films
- 2000s horror films
- 2000s 3D films
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