Night of the Living Dead: Re-Animation (2012)

Corpses reanimate after Pyrophobic mortician accidentally exposes hundreds of uncremated bodies to toxic medical waste.To director Jeff Broadstreet's credit he does manage to bag some great actors including Andrew Divoff and Jeffrey Combs in his prequel to his 2006 film. Here Divoff replaces Sid Haig, the 3D is as gimmicky Broadstreet's first offering. It shockingly tries to cash-in on the Re-Animator series as well as the Night of the Living Dead. The acting is slightly better thanks to Divoff and Combs. If you liked Night of the Living Dead 3D (2006) expect more of the same as Re-Animation is just as bad (or good depending on your opinion), for everyone else you may want to watch Re-Animator (1985) and Night of the Living Dead (1968) again.

As an indie horror film maker, I try hard to watch most indie films, and give those indie film directors a chance. I look at the work involved and imagination the same passion going into said project as I would my own!But then you get some indie films, much like this, and you wonder how the hell they ever got released.Yes, some effects might be fantastic. Yes it might star cult horror stars and fun actors. And yes, it might even have some amazing box art!But when it comes to a terrible script, poor performances and lazy direction, there is nothing that can help pull it back from the dead.Night of the Living Dead 3D: Re-Animation doesn't even need to be in 3D, because it does damn all for it other than slow it down even more and add to the annoyance of how crap it is overall.Sorry to say, but this is one stiff that should be left dead!

i don't understand what i just watched, it is not a remake of 'night of the living dead' it isn't a sequel, it's just a shameless cash in, and the lack of any zombie action at all, makes this one deppressing movie to watch, some of the references to romero's work are cringe worthy and cheap, and the acting don't get me started, the special effects and make up was OK, but there should of been much more than there was. the 3d was OK and some scenes were quite cool, but too much of it was just sitting around talking. my main problem with the movie though is that there was no zombie action, and minimal gore, not asking a lot there, it comes standared with the genre, so how this movie has the cheek, to even come out with the night of the living dead name is an insult, this is a bad zombie movie, a shame too because, it could of been a good one

The George A. Romero original Night of the Living Dead has been the basis for all things zombie over the years, including remakes. In 2006 a remake was released titled Night of the Living Dead 3D directed by Jeff Broadstreet. Now Broadstreet returns again to the genre with Night of the Living Dead 3D: Re-animation, a prequel to his previous entry. Will it be a respectful worthy entry to a classic genre or just another forgettable zombie film to add to the countless others? Night of the Living Dead 3D: Re-animation follows a mortician who exposes un-cremated bodies to toxic medical waste that cause them to reanimate. When his younger brother shows up and stumbles upon him trying to keep this zombie outbreak from getting outside the mortuary, their rivalry escalates as the dark family secret is revealed. This film had the chance to be a pretty fun zombie movie, but ended up just being average. Most of the issues here are pacing and lack of urgency. The first half has a lot of set up and takes a little long to get there than needed. Once the zombie fun begins it's a pretty fun movie but the characters just never seem to be all that freaked out about what's happening. What really steps this movie out of the realm of just average is the over the top performances by genre favorites Jeffery Combs and Andrew Divoff. These guys are polar opposites in acting style and really play well off of each other. Most of the best moments of the film come in the form of just watching these guys banter. There are some decent gore moments and the zombie make up effects are really well done keeping this film on par as one of the better to come along in a while.While there are lots of areas this film could have been better, it is still a fun addition to the series. Unlike most zombie films that are just tossed out left and right these days, this one tried to stick to the rules set forth by Romero while still telling their own story. Yeah this is a bit slow, but it is a prequel so required more set up for the story they are trying to tell. In addition to the fun zombie movie itself it also sports the old school red and blue glasses 3D which works pretty well and adds the old school monster movie vibe.