I had never seen the original movie, and I only saw this, the remake, after I bought it on DVD. The movie itself was classic, typical zombie fare. I found the lack of character development a bit frustrating, but overall, the story was told in a way that made all the charaters seem in place. I was expecting Ving Rhames to have more of a leadership role in the movie, but as an actor he never dissappoints. The DVD really shined in the extras. I am a big fan of horror movie, and amazingly, I'm also VERY easily scared. Even after watching the superlative "behind the scenes" selections and seeing that the zombies were, indeed, fake, the movie still managed to chill me. And that's what a good horror movie does. Five stars all the way.