Night of the Living Dead [1968 film]
by George A. Romero (Director, Screenwriter, Cinematographer, Film Editor, Actor), John A. Russo (Screenwriter, Actor)
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A simple, peaceful countryside is being terrorized by killer zombies with only one thing on their minds--destroy all humans. A small stronghold of survivors must hold the zombies at bay outside an old, abandoned house for any future hope of humanity.Tags
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2024 movie #185. 1968. I like zombie movies yet somehow I missed seeing this, the granddaddy of all zombie movies. Filmed very cheaply but groundbreaking all the same. Even considering the subject matter, it's got quite a shocking ending.
Several strangers defend an isolated house from zombies.
Aaah, it's such a relief to watch a well-written movie... Why is it that we're watching a Bad Movie marathon again? Just because we can? Curse you, Night of the Living Dead, for reminding me what it was like in the before times, when we watched good movies.
Concept: C
Story: A
Characters: B
Dialog: B
Pacing: B
Cinematography: C
Special effects/design: C
Acting: B
Music: B
Enjoyment: A
GPA: 2.9/4
Aaah, it's such a relief to watch a well-written movie... Why is it that we're watching a Bad Movie marathon again? Just because we can? Curse you, Night of the Living Dead, for reminding me what it was like in the before times, when we watched good movies.
Concept: C
Story: A
Characters: B
Dialog: B
Pacing: B
Cinematography: C
Special effects/design: C
Acting: B
Music: B
Enjoyment: A
GPA: 2.9/4
96 minutos
Feb 18, 2012Portuguese (Brazil)
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While there have been better-made horror movies in the 50 years since, some even directed by Romero himself, and there have been bigger budgets, better actors and more scares, there may not be any single denouement and message more frightening than the one George Romero leaves us with at the end of Night of the Living Dead.... Since the film’s release, viewers and critics have placed their show more own political understanding on the film, uncovering subtext that while often unintentional is fascinating nonetheless.... Duane Jones, as the first black lead in the horror genre, is anything but secondary. Jones’ image has carried the film’s social message and become, perhaps unfairly, the surviving symbol of blackness in horror.... As a police sheriff says the final lines, “That’s another one for the fire,” we’re shown still images of Ben’s lifeless body stacked on the pile of the dead — an effigy to be burned on a lawn. Ben survived the night of the living dead but could not survive America. In the end, they got him too. show less
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No brutalizing stone is left unturned: crowbars gash holes in the heads of the living dead, monsters are shown eating entrails, and – in a climax of unparalleled nausea – a little girl kills her mother by stabbing her a dozen times in the chest with a trowel.... The rest of the pic is amateurism of the first order. Pittsburgh-based director George A. Romero appears incapable of contriving show more a single graceful set-up, and his cast is uniformly poor. show less
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George Andrew Romero was born in the Bronx, New York on February 4, 1940. He received a degree in graphic arts from Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh in 1960. He learned the film business working on the sets of movies. He created the modern zombie genre with his 1968 film Night of the Living Dead. His other films included Dawn of the Dead, show more Knightriders, Creepshow, Day of the Dead, Bruiser, Land of the Dead, and Diary of the Dead. He created the comic book series The Empire of the Dead in 2014. He died from lung cancer on July 16, 2017 at the age of 77. (Bowker Author Biography) show less
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Midnight Movies: From the Margin to the Mainstream. The Shocking Story of How Six Cult Films Re-invented Cinema! [3 Film Deluxe Edition Featuring 240 Mins of Extra Features Including Two Full Length Films 'Night of the Living Dead' & 'Reefer Madness'.] by Stuart Samuels
Ring of Terror / The Ghost / Night of the Living Dead / The Snake People (Videos) by Clark L. Paylow
Horror: House on the Haunted Hill / The Bat / The Terror / Night of the living Dead (Videos) by William Castle
Great Scary Movies (The Terror / House on Haunted Hill / Night of the Living Dead) by William Castle
Night of the Living Dead / Flesh for the Beast / Flesh Eater / Carnival of Souls by George A. Romero
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- Canonical title
- Night of the Living Dead [1968 film]
- Alternate titles
- George A. Romero's Night of the Living Dead; Monster Flick; Night of the Flesh Eaters; Die Nacht der lebenden Toten (Germany's title) (Germany's title)
- Original publication date
- 1968-10-01
- Important places
- Evans City Cemetery, Evans City, Pennsylvania, USA; Evans City, Pennsylvania, USA; Pennsylvania, USA
- Important events
- Zombie Apocalypse
- Related movies
- Night of the Living Dead (1968 | IMDb)
- Original language
- English
- Canonical DDC/MDS
- 791.4372
- Canonical LCC
- PN1997
- Disambiguation notice
- 1968 film directed by George A. Romero
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- 791.4372 — Arts & recreation Recreation, sports, and performing arts Movies, TV, Video Motion pictures, radio, television, podcasting Motion pictures Films; screenplays Single films
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- PN1997 — Language and Literature Literature (General) Literature (General) Drama Motion pictures Plays, scenarios, etc.
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- Reviews
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- English, French, Russian, Spanish
- ISBNs
- 25
- UPCs
- 20
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- 73
