While the ZRC had a chance to speak with some of the cast of the original Night of the Living Dead last weekend as part of The Lurch for the Cure fundraiser (specifically our successful poster signing and sale), it almost slipped past the radar here at ZRC Centrale that a new version of the old zombie-hating standard is about to arrive.

Our good friends at the Horror Society brought this atrocity to our attention via Twitter:

Rondo Award-nominated as Best Independent Horror Feature, Night Of The Living Dead: Reanimated is a collaborative artistic mash-up of George Romero’s cult classic. Nearly 150 International artists and animators chose their favorite scenes and re-envisioned them through their own artwork, with no restrictions on style, media or process – resulting in an eclectic ‘art show’ interpretation of the seminal 1968 film, all placed over the original’s audio.

With work ranging from oil paintings to comic illustrations and sock puppets to CGI and stop-motion – NOTLD:R not only pays the respect due to this most important work in horror history, but encourages viewers to experience the film in a brand new light that bursts with the humor and horror of a new generation of artists.

Most important work in horror history indeed. The cinematic stain of Night of the Living Dead rivals The Birth of a Nation for sheer negative cultural impact.

While I might hope for a serious and introspective cultural analysis of this seminal hate-work, brought to serious critical life through the modern arts, somehow I get the impression that this ‘Reanimated’ version (har-har) will be anything but. Still, we try to keep an open mind here at the ZRC, so we’ll acquire a copy and review it at the appropriate time.

Tags: Movies, Romero

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