History Film / NightOfTheLivingDead1990

* MsFanservice: Just like the original, one of the zombies is a nubile, naked young woman, who is shown only in one shot with the camera aimed towards her [[MaleGaze rather attractive backside]].
** FanDisservice: On the other hand, she appears to have been wounded or partially decayed prior to her reanimation.

** Bill Cardille, who played a televison reporter in the original film, plays another reporter in this film.
** Russell Streiner, who played Johnny in the original film (and produced both versions), apears as the sheriff whom Cardille's character is interviewing.

** Russell Streiner, who played Johnny in the original film, apears as the sheriff whom Cardille's character is interviewing.

** A variation with Johnny. In the original he dies at the start but later comes back as a zombie. He just dies in this at the cemetery and doesn't come back - presumably due to a more serious head injury.

* DarkerAndEdgier: The remake is much more violent, compared to the original.

** Bill Cardille, who played a televison reporter in the original film, plays an another reporter in this film.

* InfantImmortality: Averted hard. One of the zombies that approaches Barbara is a young girl, still holding her doll. Barbara can barely bring herself to shoot her and screams "Oh God!" afterwards. And of course [[spoiler: the Cooper daughter still becomes a zombie]].

* AdaptationExpansion: The film has improved most of the original characters' development and gave them some relevance to the plot, rather than just being a bunch of random strangers meeting up in an abandoned house. For example: Three of the characters from the original were nothing but [[TheLoad useless and didn't manage to do a single thing while on the house other than tagging along]], the reason why [[spoiler:one of the survivors died]] was because one of them was ''only'' tagging along.

* AdaptationExpansion: The film has improved most of the original characters' development and gave them some relevance to the plot, rather than just being a bunch of random strangers meeting up on an abandoned house. For example: Three of the characters from the original were nothing but [[TheLoad useless and didn't manage to do a single thing while on the house other than tagging along]], the reason why [[spoiler:one of the survivors died]] was because one of them was ''only'' tagging along.

* HeWhoFightsMonsters: [[spoiler:Barbara says something to that extent when she notices the survivors lynching the zombies in the ending]].

* RelatedInTheAdaptation: In this version, the house they find is Tom's cousin's - and he's therefore related to the corpse upstairs.

* SparedByTheAdaptation: Barbara in the original is dragged off and implied to be devoured by a horde of zombies (among which, her brother is included) during the final siege. In this version, she becomes an ActionSurvivor.

%%* UglyGuyHotWife: The Coopers.

* MythologyGag: [[spoiler:Barbara surviving in the end could be seen as this, considering that she was meant to survive in the original]].

* CharacterDevelopment: Barbara started off as the typical ScreamingWoman that's commonly found in horror movies but as time went on, she proved to be one of the more [[OnlySaneMan saner characters]] as well as [[TookALevelInBadass taking a pretty big level in badass]].

* TheGlassesGottaGo: After Barbara is attacked by the first zombie, she loses her glasses. Strangely she doesn't seem affected by this for the rest of the film.

%%* HeWhoFightsMonsters: [[spoiler:Barbara]].

* TheLoad: Almost the moment Judy Rose shows up, she takes this mantle from Barbara, who overcomes her own fear and starts [[ActionGirl kicking butt]].

** Used ''twice'' in regards with the original film's DownerEnding.

* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: The dazed Hearse Driver's fate is never shown. But given his discombobulated state, it's extremely doubtful he survived much longer, especially wandering a cemetery shown to be crawling with zombies.

* CharacterDevelopment: Barbara started off as the typical ScreamingWoman that's commonly found in horror movies but as time went on, she proved to be one of the more [[OnlySaneMan saner characters]] as well as [[TookALevelInBadass taking a pretty big level in badass]] by the end of the film.

* {{Irony}}: Ben spends the film arguing why it's better to stay upstairs while Cooper does likewise with the cellar. [[spoiler: Ben ends up fleeing to the cellar while Cooper goes to the attic. Ben dies and Cooper lives.]]

* AdaptationalBadass: The most notable change from the original is upgrading the character of Barbara from TheLoad into an ActionGirl.

* DeathByAdaptation: Johnny's and Barbara's mother. In the original it's their father's grave and their dialogue confirms that their mother is still alive. In this version it's their mother's grave but no confirmation on whether or not their father is still alive.

* MsFanservice: Just like the original, one of the zombies is an attractive naked young woman, who is shown only in one shot with the camera aimed towards her [[MaleGaze rather impressive backside]].

* MrsFanservice: Just like the original, one of the zombies is an attractive naked young woman, who is shown only in one shot with the camera aimed towards her [[MaleGaze rather impressive backside]].

* RemakeCameo: Bill Cardille, who played a tv reporter in the original film, plays an another reporter in this film.