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Still today, "Night of the Living Dead" is one of the most gruesome and terrifying films ever made. Guaranteed to frighten you out of your wits, this is the story of seven people barricaded inside a farmhouse while an army of flesh-eating zombies roams the countryside. An unrelenting shockfest that becomes a real cult classic. Don't watch it alone.
George Romero's NIGHT OF THE LIVING DEAD is a low-budget, homegrown classic that had great difficulty finding a distributor at the time of its 1968 release, and has since become one of the most influential horror films of all time. Aside from its visceral impact years before realistic gore became the fashion, the film is also important for its portrayal of a black man as the protagonist during a time when race relations were an extremely sensitive issue in the United States.
Seven people secluded in a Pennsylvania farmhouse face relentless attacks by reanimated corpses seeking to eat their flesh. The group, which includes a married couple and their daughter, a pair of young lovers, and an African-American man, try to keep their sanity as the living dead try endlessly to enter the house. The only way to stop the zombies is to burn them or issue a severe blow to their heads. Radio news reports tell of the plague taking over the eastern United States, while the ever-decreasing band of survivors rapidly loses ground in the battle to both keep peace with one another and stay alive.
Filmed in 1964 in the countryside around Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
NIGHT OF THE LIVING DEAD was added to the Library of Congress National Film Registry in 1999.
NIGHT OF THE LIVING DEAD was director George Romero's first feature film.
NIGHT OF THE LIVING DEAD produced two sequels, DAWN OF THE DEAD (1978) and DAY OF THE DEAD (1985); one remake, NIGHT OF THE LIVING DEAD (1990); and countless imitations.
William Hinzman, who appeared as the Cemetery Zombie at the beginning of NIGHT OF THE LIVING DEAD, also served as cinematographer on Romero's THE CRAZIES.
The film was made for $114,000. |
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Starring:
Duane Jones | Judith O'Dea | Karl Hardman | Marilyn Eastman | Keith Wayne | Judith Ridley | Kyra Schon | Charles Craig CLICK HERE TO SEE THE FULL CAST LIST
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| Directed By:
George A. Romero |
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| Genre:
Horror |
| Release Date:
October 1, 2008 |
| Format: Region 1 |
| Rating:
UNRATED |
| Year:
1968 |
| Regional Coding:
R1:
Will only play on North American Region 1 or multi-region DVD players.
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| Number of Discs:
1 |
| Screen Ratio:
Full Screen Edition - 1.33:1 |
| Sound System:
English (Dolby Digital 2.0 Mono) |
| Running Time:
96 minutes |
| Studio:
Deleted Titles
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| UPC/Barcode Number:
056775004699 |
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Black & White: Yes |
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