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Night of the Animated Dead
2021
- R2021 · Horror · 1h 10m
Sep 21, 2021 · Night of the Animated Dead: Directed by Jason Axinn. With Josh Duhamel, Dulé Hill, Katharine Isabelle, James Roday Rodriguez. Visiting their dad's grave in the countryside, two siblings are attacked by a zombie. Barbara escapes to a farmhouse.
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- Animation, Horror
- Jason Axinn
- 2021-09-21
- This disappointingly animated Night of the Living Dead remake sadly doesn't deliver.
- What's George Romero's best zombie film?
- Night of the Animated Dead
- Verdict
By Rosie Knight
Updated: Sep 24, 2021 6:20 pm
Posted: Sep 24, 2021 6:16 pm
Night of the Animated Dead is now available for digital purchase and will be available on Blu-ray and DVD on Oct. 5.
Why would anyone make an animated version of Night of the Living Dead? That's the resounding question which immediately comes to mind when hearing that someone's done just that. There's an easy and historically interesting answer to that question: Night of the Living Dead is in the public domain. That means that anyone can adapt, remake, or reimagine it with absolutely no payment to the studio, creator, or his estate. How did it come to be that one of the most famous zombie movies in the world doesn't belong to anyone?
Well, that would be because the studio didn't correctly copyright the reels of the original movie before sending them to theaters with the updated title Night of the Living Dead. This mistake is arguably one of the reasons it’s so famous, being able to live on in a way that most studio movies don’t, but it’s also one of cinema’s greatest travesties. Why is this relevant to Night of the Animated Dead, the new take on the classic George A. Romero zombie flick? Obviously, this movie wouldn't exist without that mistake. And, sadly, it does absolutely nothing to justify its own existence. Instead, it's a tired retread that weakens the impact of the original without adding anything of value including, most importantly, good animation.
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Director Jason Axinn recently spoke to The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette about his vision for the movie. "It's essentially a way to make a classic more accessible to modern audiences. ... This is in color and there's a lot more gore and violence. But we wanted to make sure it's still 'Night of the Living Dead.'" It definitely is still Night of the Living Dead. In fact, at moments it seems like the film was just traced from frames of the original movie. This quote also explains why the movie doesn't work. Romero's original film is all about creeping dread, paranoia, and fear. It doesn't need added gore or to be in color; also, a colorized version already exists. And the concept of making the story more accessible by rereleasing a version that viewers have to pay a $14.99 premium for when anyone can legally watch the original for free on YouTube seems... misguided.
That much-talked-about added gore also leads to the film's worst choice. Romero's original movie ends with one of the most impactful deaths in cinema. After surviving the night and the zombies, Jones' Ben is shot dead by a police officer. It's brutal and heartbreaking, and it's also wildly frustrating, as we know that if the others had listened to Ben, they too might have survived. The obvious relevance and power of a horror movie that ends with an innocent Black man being murdered by the police has never been lost on horror fans. But Axxin and his team treat it as a moment for exploitation. They brutalize Ben's body as the movie comes to a close. Whereas Romero slickly used still photography to hint at Ben's gruesome fate after he's shot, here it's laid out in detailed technicolor motion. It's a choice that muddies the power of the original ending and feels almost grotesque in its execution.
It's a tired retread that weakens the impact of the original.
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This dreary retread doesn't have anything new to offer horror fans. It could've been better if the animation was better, but this feels like low level rotoscoping at best. Sadly, a stellar voice cast can't bring this flick back from the dead. Just watch the original, it's free!
- Rosie Knight
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Night of the Animated Dead. In this dark, animated retelling of the 1968 cult classic Night of the Living Dead, bloodthirsty zombies suddenly begin amassing everywhere. 243 IMDb 4.6 1 h 10 min 2021. HDR UHD R. Horror · Action · Adventure · Animation. Available to rent or buy. Rent. UHD $3.99. Buy. UHD $9.99. More purchase. options.
In this dark, animated retelling of the 1968 cult classic Night of the Living Dead, bloodthirsty zombies suddenly begin amassing everywhere. As Barbara, Ben and an odd group of...
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An animated retelling of ‘Night of the Living Dead’, in which a group of people in a rural farmhouse struggle to survive the threat of bloodthirsty zombies.
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