Night of the Living Dead (1968)

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Directed by

George A. Romero

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Duane Jones
Ben

Judith O'Dea
Barbra

Karl Hardman
Harry Cooper

Marilyn Eastman
Helen Cooper

Keith Wayne
Tom

Judith Ridley
Judy

Kyra Schon
Karen Cooper / Corpse in House

Charles Craig
Newscaster / Zombie

Written by

John A. Russo

George A. Romero

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14 years, 5 months ago at Sep 5 12:17

Citizen Caine

2 votes

On the surface it's just a low budget zombie film. The fact that it became the defining film of its genre ,and even a social commentary at a moment of civil-rights unrest in the United States, just goes to show that great films can be made without a lavish production schedule. Sure, the acting isn’t great. Whilst Duane Jones is pretty good, it’s his character that really sets the film alight (... read more

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3 years, 12 months ago at Feb 27 7:43

hulkargh

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1968: George Romero undoubtedly realizes THE classic of the film of the living dead which is also a great film on human stupidity endowed with a political (anti-political?) resonance totally subversive.
1978: ten years later, he would make THE masterpiece of the zombie film with "Dawn of the Dead".
Look. And enjoy!

Night of the Living Dead (1968)

17 years, 1 month ago at Jan 21 1:04

samira

1 vote

**First of all, I'm not American or British, so forgive me, readers, if my English has a few mistakes.

One of the greatest horror films ever made, the original Night of the Living Dead proves that you don't need astronomical budgets to develop a solid, well-done and most important for the genre, scary story.

Initiating with a relatively simple story, the film develops... read more

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Description: Shot outside Pittsburgh on a shoestring budget, by a band of filmmakers determined to make their mark, Night of the Living Dead, directed by horror master George A. Romero, is a great story of independent cinema: a midnight hit turned box-office smash that became one of the most influential films of all time. A deceptively simple tale of a group of strangers trapped in a farmhouse who find themselves fending off a horde of recently dead, flesh-eating ghouls, Romero’s claustrophobic vision of a late-1960s America literally tearing itself apart rewrote the rules of the horror genre, combined gruesome gore with acute social comme ... (more)

Release date: 4 October 1968
UPC: 056775020293

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