Review Double Feature: Night of the Living Dead (1968) and Night of the Living Dead (1990)

It's zombie time! Another double feature, this time original vs. remake. In advance of the Spooky Picture Show's screening of the director's cut of the 1990 remake of Night of the Living Dead at Cinema Salem this past Saturday night, I went back and watched the 1968 original to both see how it holds up and have something to compare the remake to. Given that the original is a stone-cold classic, I think this competition is a foregone conclusion... or is it?

First, the original...

Night of the Living Dead (1968)

Rated R

Review: Y2K (2024)

Y2K (2024)

Rated R for bloody violence, strong sexual content/nudity, pervasive language, and teen drug/alcohol use

Review: Don't Look Up (2021)

 Don't Look Up (2021)

Rated R for language throughout, some sexual content, graphic nudity and drug content

Review: The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes (2023)

The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes (2023)

Rated PG-13 for strong violent content and disturbing material

Review: Blood Quantum (2019)

Blood Quantum (2019)

Not rated

Review Double Feature: Yummy (2019) and The Beach House (2019)

Another drive-in double feature courtesy of Popcorn Frights and the horror streaming service Shudder, this time of two movies with very different tones. One worked, the other didn't. Which was which? Read on...

Yummy (2019)

Not rated

Review: Snowpiercer (2013)

Snowpiercer (2013)

Rated R for violence, language, and drug content

Review Double Tap*: Zombieland (2009) and Zombieland: Double Tap (2019)

*Sorry. Couldn't resist.

Zombieland (2009)

Rated R for horror violence/gore and language

Review: A Quiet Place (2018)

A Quiet Place (2018)

Rated PG-13 for terror and some bloody images

Review: The Girl with All the Gifts (2016)

The Girl with All the Gifts (2016)

Rated R for disturbing violence/bloody images, and for language

Popcorn Frights 2019, Day 4: The Unthinkable (2018), Artik (2019), Infection (2019), Satanic Panic (2019), Z (2019)

Popcorn Frights 2019's second weekend gauntlet was another doozy, packed with a diverse lineup of films that included a war thriller, torture porn, zombies, Satanic horror-comedy, and supernatural horror.

First up, it's Red Dawn, Swedish style.

The Unthinkable (Den blomstertid nu kommer) (2018)

Not rated

Review: Dead Set (2008)

Dead Set (2008)

Network: E4

1 season, 5 episodes

Review: The Dead (2010)

The Dead (2010)

Rated R for bloody zombie violence and gore

Review: Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991)

Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991)

Rated R for strong sci-fi action and violence, and for language

Review: 10 Cloverfield Lane (2016)

10 Cloverfield Lane (2016)

Rated PG-13 for thematic material including frightening sequences of threat with some violence, and brief language

Review: Day of the Dead (1985)

Day of the Dead (1985)

Not rated

Review: Maze Runner: The Scorch Trials (2015)

Maze Runner: The Scorch Trials (2015)

Rated PG-13 for extended sequences of violence and action, some thematic elements, substance use and language

Review: Mad Max: Fury Road (2015)

Mad Max: Fury Road (2015)

Rated R for intense sequences of violence throughout, and for disturbing images

Review: The Divergent Series: Insurgent (2015)

The Divergent Series: Insurgent (2015)

Rated PG-13 for intense violence and action throughout, some sensuality, thematic elements and brief language

Review: The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 1 (2014)

So, we're on the third Hunger Games movie now, based on the first half of the trilogy's final and most divisive book. I'm someone who enjoyed the first two-thirds of Mockingjay but was seriously pissed off by the ending, so I've been waiting to see just how they handle that book's biggest problems, as well as whether they can keep up the hot streak established by the first two films. How did they do?

The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 1 (2014)

Rated PG-13 for intense sequences of violence and action, some disturbing images and thematic material