Children of the Living Dead is a 2001 American zombie film written by directed by Tor Ramsey and executive produced by John A. Russo.

Russo had previously developed a colorized version of Night of the Living Dead (1968) for the films 30th anniversary and would add additional scenes added to it.

Director Tor Ramsey said that production was difficult, with Russo and producer and screenwriter Karen Wolf having him hire many of their friends as crew members.

Fourteen years after the last zombie attack, a businessman relocates bodies from a local cemetery to pave the way for progress, but sets in motion Abbott's next undead assault.

[3] Director Tor Ramsey felt the production was difficult, with producers Russo and Karen Wolf telling him to cast many of their friends as crew members rather than the people he originally had in mind.

"[4] In an interview with Tom Savini about his career, he referred to the film as "the biggest piece-of-shit movie ever made" and that his lines were dubbed.

"[8] An unnamed reviewer in Fangoria opined that "It's hard to tell what the primary problem is here: the awful actors, the nickel-and-dime budget or the wretched, childish script; let's call it a three-way tie.