Night Of The Living Dead is a 2012 American horror film remake of the George A. Romero 1968 classic of the same name which is considered as the first official zombie film of all time.
The remake is written by J.J Abrams and is directed by Brett Ratner starring Lily Collins, Zoë Saldaña, Blake Lively, Jason Bateman, Columbus Short, Henry Cavill, Stellan Skarsgård, Bob Geldof and Steve Carrell.
The film contains the highest budget of all the Night Of The Living Dead remakes and is the sixth remake overall.
The film was shot in Hillsborough, New Hampshire and was released theatrically on May 31st, 2012 and released on DVD and Blu-Ray Disc on October 22nd, 2012.
Plot
The film begins with the Strenchov family in the sleepy, New Hampshire farming town of Greening undergoing a horrific car accident as a lumpy faced little girl runs out before their vehicle.
The car crash only leaves Strenchov 19 year old daughter Barbara and her only months older brother Paul alive.
Their 23 year old sister Diane and parents perish as the overturned family car explodes killing them.
After the explosion whilest Paul by cell-phone is calling the police Barbara comes to the body of the disfigured little girl which is on the side of the road.
We then come to the funeral of the Strenchov family and of the little girl identified as Juliet Mason whose ecstatic Rob requests she not be buried but rather cremated.
We then follow on four months later where we meet Barbara's bestfriend Maria and a squabling couple Abby and Jensen Cook, local doctor Hampton Phillips, Visiting Boxer Julius Price and lonely accountant, widow and farm-propietor James Anville.
Then we come to Barbara and Paul who visit the local Greening cemetary to pay their respects to their sister and parent's graves.
Barbara brings up with Paul this feeling she's been having ever since little Juliet Mason ran across the road and caused their car to crash that something's coming.
Paul then mocks her with that little Juliet is coming to get her before brushing her off and assuring what happened was a tragedy and little Juliet Mason concocted a horrible disease and unfortunatley no longer is with them.
Barbara becomes angry with Paul and abandons him at the cemetary taking off.
Paul is then approached by Rob Mason who tells him she's right and that he's going to take his daughter's body away, so no one else can infected.
Juliet's body in her grave then rots away and a horrible liquid passes through the earth between all the graves in the cemetary and brings forth the undead.
Former Greening mechanic Bill Prixton arises from his grave and snaps Rob's neck from behind onto the side.
Paul then runs down the dirt road overpass and is eventually ran into by Bill and a horde of the undead.
Bill bites into his jugular and the rest shred his skin.
From there we come to Barbara at her and Paul's residence where she is with Maria.
Their neighbours Abby and Jensen are having an argument next door in which Jensen leaves and drives off to his bestfriend James' farm property.
Abby then joins Barbara and Maria but Barbara tells she can't stay as Paul hasn't been home for eight hours and she has to go out and get him home.
We then see all of the undead from the Greening Cemetary attack the town and kill and convert everyone in the town.
Barbara, Maria and Abby are attacked and Maria has a scratch dealt to her hand whilest Abby takes a clawing across the left arm.
They escape in Barbara's truck who drives out of the town to the hills where they come to the property of James Anville.
There they are brought in by James, Dr. Hampton, Boxer Julius Price and Abby's husband Jensen who are all holding up weapons.
They ask to see wether they have sustained any injuries from the people out there, they check Abby first and find her arm claw marks and state that she has to be placed in the basement despite Jensen's objection.
Maria upon witnessing the commotion hides her arm scratch with a cloth and claims and only Julius sees the scratch and claims she is clean out of having an interest in her.
They finally check Barbara and determine she too is clean.
What follows is a nightmarish night as all the town turned into the undead as well as all the risen undead from Greening cemetary surround the boarded up farmhouse of James Anville and attempt to bust their way in as Maria and Abby transform into the undead.
Jensen unchains Abby from the basement and is bitten on the neck by her which in makes his eyes go bloodshot and him become one of the undead.
Unlike Maria and Abby he does not possess incredible resistance to the virus and within a period of 10 minutes becomes one and opens way for the surrounding undead to come in.
Leading zombie brute Bill Prixton breaks his way into the house and attacks.
He bites James' shoulder and is then killed by Boxer Julius Price who blows his head apart with a shotgun.
Dr. Hampton is then attacked by his wife Meredith and converted almost instantly upon being kissed.
He is about to be killed by Julius but his face rots away and his body drops to the ground.
Julis then kills Meredith and he, James, Barbara and Maria lock the rest of the zombies out.
Maria then deteoriates into nothing before the eyes of James, Julius and Barbara.
James then asks Barbara and James to lock him out with the rest of the undead as he was bitten by Bill Prixton.
James then cocks his shotgun and tells him to get out however Barbara tells him he is staying here and he'll be fine.
She kisses him passionatley.
Julius then tells him he can't risk it and tells them they both must get out with the rest.
James then goes to advance Julius and is shot in the chest.
Julius then chases Barbara around the house until as the zombies come inside a crazed homeless man who had been overwatching storms in and stabs Julius in the back allowing Barbara to finish him by stabbing him with a kitchen knife in the front.
We then see Abby briefly in the kitchen pulling forth a concealed pistol and then coming back to Barbara we hear a gunshot.
The sun then comes out and the rest of the undead outside deteoriate away.
She leaves and as she walks outside she deteoriates as her and James' passionate kiss converted her.
Cast
Starring
- Lily Collins as Barbara Strenchov
- Zoë Saldaña as Maria Tatum
- Blake Lively as Abigail Cook
- Jason Bateman as James Anville
- Columbus Short as Julius Price
- Henry Cavill as Jensen Cook
- Stellan Skarsgård as Dr. Hampton Phillips
- Bob Geldof as Crazed Homeless Saviour Albert
- Steve Carrell as Rob Mason
Co-starring
- Mackenzie Foy as Juliet Mason
- Chad Lowe as Paul Strenchov
- Ebony Jo-Ann as Grandma Cecille Tatum
- Maureen Lipman as Jeanine Strenchov
- Randal Kleiser as Corbin Strenchov
- Eric Peterson as Earth
- Derek Mears as Bill Prixton
- Phyllis Smith as Meredith Phillips
- Montana Marks as Diane Strenchov
Soundtrack
- Dans Mon ile- Henri Salvadore
- Wondrous Place- Billy Fury
- Little Darlin- The Diamonds
- Ev'ry Time We Say Goodbye- Ella Fitzgerald
- Foi Deus- Amalia Rodriques
- One For My Baby- Frank Sinatra
- Blue Monday- Fats Domino
- Dust My Broom- Elmore James