Night of the Living Dead 3D

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Night of the Living Dead 3D is a 2006 American horror film shot in 3D. It is the second remake of the 1968 classic Night of the Living Dead. Unlike the 1990 remake, this version has no involvement from the original creators, and the original’s public-domain status allowed the film to be made. Directed by Jeff Broadstreet and written by Robert Valding, it stars Brianna Brown, Joshua Desroches, Johanna Black, Greg Travis, and Sid Haig. The movie had a budget of about $750,000 and grossed around $1.55 million, running 80 minutes. It was released on DVD in 2007 in two versions: a 3D edition with red/blue glasses and a 2D edition.

Plot
Barb and her brother Johnny arrive late for their aunt’s funeral and find the cemetery overrun with zombies. After Johnny abandons her, Barb is rescued by Ben, and they head to the nearby farmhouse of the Cooper family—Henry and Hellie Cooper, their daughter Karen, farmhands Owen, Tom, and his girlfriend Judy—along with mortician Gerald Tovar Jr. Zombies attack as Barb and Ben, trying to convince the Cooper family, hide inside. Tom and Judy are attacked in the barn while having sex; Judy screams, and the group cannot save her. Henry and Hellie barricade themselves upstairs as the chaos spreads. Karen reappears as an undead after being found by her mother, and Henry is bitten; but Karen bites him first and Ben shoots her. Tovar arrives, fighting the dead with a shovel. Owen is bitten and becomes undead, then is killed by Tovar. Barb and Ben, with Tovar, flee to safety while Henry and Hellie stay hidden. After their child’s death and Henry’s fear of reanimation, Henry and Hellie commit suicide. Tovar captures Ben and reveals that he has been reanimating the dead, even his own father. Barb sets Tovar’s reanimated father on fire and tries to escape in Tovar’s car. Tovar pursues Barb, knocks her out, and brings her and Ben back to the mortuary. He plans to have Barb reborn as a zombie, but Barb knocks him into a group of zombies and escapes back to the car. She and Ben manage to lock some zombies in the garage, but Ben is later impaled and becomes a zombie. Barb uses her last bullet to kill him to prevent reanimation, and she becomes the final survivor as the zombies close in.

Reception and related works
The film received mostly negative reviews, with Rotten Tomatoes around 18% and Metacritic noting generally unfavorable opinions. Critics described it as a cynical cash-in and boring. A prequel, Night of the Living Dead 3D: Re-Animation, was released in 2012, directed by Jeff Broadstreet and featuring Andrew Divoff and Jeffrey Combs. The end credits song, Control, comes from Radford’s 2004 Sleepwalker album, and the DVD release includes both 3D and 2D versions.