I'm reposting this review from before, because this is the way I should have done it - I have now seen Dawn Of The Dead and Day Of The Dead as well, so I can present reviews of all three of Romero's zombie trilogy masterpieces.
In fact, it seems to be better timing also - there's news not only of a fourth Return Of The Living Dead film (they have a less wider appeal but I still like them) and rumours that a fifth is planned, but also news of a remake of Dawn Of The Dead (hopefully it will do it similar justice to this re-make of Night Of The Living Dead)

Note that although this is the most recent of the Living Dead trilogy of films, it is effectively interchangeable with the original as far as continuity is concerned. This is still the film that "introduces" the viewer to the zombie plague, and whilst it is in theory possible to watch each film on its own, i'd recommend you watch all three in as short a time period as possible. But then i am slightly crazy

Ok, first off, I haven't seen the original. I intend to though. Why is this important? Because I'm not going to be comparing this (1990s version) to the original, instead I'm going to judge it on it's own. In case you hadn't guessed, this is very much a zombie movie. It's also supposed to be a horror movie, and there are some shocks to be had (at least first time round), but i imagine (as with most horror flicks) it'd be more scary when watched in a near-pitch-black room. At night. With someone hiding behind the sofa ready to jump up at a particularly tense moment in the film.

The emotional side of the film does work quite well - you can feel the despair of the people trying to hold out against the zombies, especially at certain times in the movie (I try not to give spoilers in my reviews though so you'll have to see these for yourself).

This is the first "proper" zombie movie I've seen (I think I've seen other movies that feature a zombie or two though), and whilst I'm pretty sure there are both scarier and plain better zombie flicks out there, this is a worthy re-make.
Thoroughly enjoyable, and even scary at times. The strong female lead is also refreshing, and the ending has a nice, subtle hint of darkness (is that the briefest of smiles I can see on her face? she looks ready to go out and kick zombie ass with the brutal rednecks and gun freaks now).