
Breck Eisner’s remake of a 1973 George A. Romero creepfest — about the accidental release of a bioengineered virus (it causes insanity) near a small town — has the imprimatur of the master: Mr. Romero is executive producer of the new film. Unfortunately, it doesn’t have his style or sense of humor.
The filmmakers (the tepid screenplay is by Scott Kosar and Ray Wright) seem so determined to make a serious, respectable horror movie that they have only the bare…