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The five star rating I gave Night of the Living Slow is, of course, for the new, uncut, unadulterated edition. The fresh is, quite simply, the most shocking movie I’ve ever seen, even when compared to fright classics like Diabolique (the modern French version), Psycho, Rosemary’s Baby, Halloween and The Knowing. I saw NOTLD when I was 9 years aged on Creature Features at midnight after a funeral. I had nightmares for the next two nights. The film smooth gives me the chills whenever I search for it (usually at Halloween) .
When the 30th Anniversary Edition came out, I bought it on VHS as I was bright to perceive what they termed as “current footage.” What I got was a nefarious mess that butchered the modern film, removed the unusual music for a abominable synthesizer procure and added pointless footage that makes the viewer want to grind his teeth down to the gums. One of the additions is a unusual character: a fire and brimstone preacher. While the acting in the recent is amateurish, at best, the “actor” who plays the preacher makes the novel cast discover like Oscar winners by comparison. He snarls, and howls and gnashes his teeth like he has rabies. Even more ridiculous is the extra footage of Bill Hinzman — the “cemetary zombie” in the recent. The extra footage shows Hinzman’s character emerging from the grave, then cuts to the current 1968 opening footage with Judith O’Dea and Russell Streiner. It’s absolutely ridiculous as Hinzman looks 30 years older in the fresh footage. In addition, there are more zombies and a novel ending to the film that makes no sense whatsoever. This “modern” version is a share of trash that desecrates the most homely film of all time. Avoid it like the plague!
ORIGINAL VERSION: *****
30 Anniversary version: No Stars
This review pertains only to the Millennium Edition DVD of Night of the Living Slow.
Okay…as I’d feared, my negative review of the John Russo-massacred “30th Anniversary Edition” of Night of the Living Plain has been lumped unwittingly into this product’s review, so I’ m writing this one to elaborate.
This DVD edition is the best edition I’ve seen of the film yet. Anchor Bay may have raised the ires of legions of Living Insensible fans by releasing the sacrilegious 30th Anniversary Edition, but Elite Entertainment did apt by this current edition.
George A. Romero’s personal appreciation appears in the abet of this DVD — this immediately restores our faith. And the contents don’t disappoint — the record and sound are estimable, and though this doesn’t exactly have the richest batch of bonus materials (sets like the pleasurable 3-disc edition of Dario Argento’s Suspiria and the unique double-disc Re-Animator both feature loads of extras), it is a nice solid collection. You earn a Duane Jones interview (sadly with only audio and no image, but aloof tremendous) ; an on-camera chat between Judith Ridley (Judy) and Marilyn Eastman (Helen) ; the hilarious student-film spoof “Night of the Living Bread” by Kevin S. O’Brien (which also appeared in the double-cassette VHS edition) ; two commentary tracks with Romero, Russo, Russ Streiner, Eastman, Karl Hardman and others. One very illuminating fraction of this DVD for non-film-scholars is visually tedious but informative — several histories outlining the beginning of Romero’s Latent Image company, on Hardman and Eastman’s company, and how the two were married to acquire Night of the Living Tedious.
THIS is the lawful edition of Night of the Living Boring, the one to catch for both fans and non-fans alike. It includes all the critical people (peek that Russo, Streiner and Bill Hinzman were included in this release, despite their criminal participation in the 30th Anniversary Edition), and it presents the film the device it wants to be seen.
Now I’m waiting for a deluxe release of Dawn of the Stupid and Day of the Unimaginative…
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