Review: Night of the Living Dead (2026)
By William Pattison
This time I got the third remake of the George Romero
classic that started the man eating zombie craze.
Let me make it clear that no remake will be as good as the
original, but there are aspects of the remakes, well except the 2016 remake,
which was a complete cluster fuck. I will speak of it no more. Still the first remake
was a really good film, except turning Barbara into a tough assed bitch, I still love the Tom Savini remake and it
actually works better than the original when watching all the other Dead series
movies.
What I really like about this film is they managed to add
the coffee shop scene and the formation of the militia. I also like the
addition of the Romero lookalike reporter “Bill”. I thought that was a real
nice homage to the filmmaker and nearly added the new material to the
narrative. Also I loved some of the rewriting on the Harry and his family
scenes. I actually think it works a lot better than the original. Also I loved the
changes to Barbara. I think they made her a stronger character without over
doing it, like in the original and the Savini remake.
Now, let’s talk about
what I didn’t like. I didn’t like them
turning Ben into Ellie. What the fuck. You changed the best character into an
angry tough black lady. Give me a fucking break. I nearly chocked on my coffee
seven years ago when I read about this sex change. This was not nessedary. I’m
fine with the actress’ performance, but I still thing Ellie is no Ben. Not
because she is a woman but because he was a stronger character and her scene
weren’t even close to being as powerful
of either the Ben in the original or the Savini remake. Ben was the hook for
the film and without him it feels like something important is missing.
Also what the hell! The scenes with Barbara and her brother
at the cemetery is missing and when she finds out he is a zombie happens in the
first act? Excuse me. I don’t mind that Barbara escapes the encounter, but
those were important scenes and these assholes cut them out? WRONG!!!
Also, where is the gore? This is supposed to be a Romero
style zombie film. Romero zombie films are gory, meaning lots of blood, zombies
eating flesh. This was cleaner than the original…
All in all this is an ok remake. The Savini remake is better
as a whole, but these guys had the best Barbara of the remakes. So, if you want
to see the scenes that Romero couldn’t
do? Here you go…
