"Night Of The Living Dead" is the first in director George A. Romero's classic series of zombie films, and is one of the greatest horror films ever made.
The story takes place in the countryside of Pennsylvania. A young woman and her brother have gone to visit their mother's grave...when the two are attacked by a strange man. On the run for her life, the woman finds her way to a remote farmhouse. She is joined by another man, and later discover five other people in the basement. With no phone, no car, and no help in sight, the unwitting band of survivors must work together to stay alive and fight for morning.
While "Night Of The Living Dead" may not be the first zombie movie ever made, it is now the movie by which all other zombie films are now measured. Shot on a small budget, it has since become one of the classic horror movies ever...and was one of the first movies added to the National Film Registry in the Library of Congress. While it is obvious that this was a low-budget movie, the story is intense and engrossing. What is most intriguing about this movie is that for its time, this movie was a lightning rod for criticism. Here you have a movie where the dead rise from the grave, you see human beings being devoured...and several other gruesome moments. It is also ground-breaking to note that a movie made in the late 1960's (a time of racial turmoil in the United States) has an African-American as the hero.
While this movie has been remade twice, and followed by several sequels and remakes...it remains a classic example of a small film that captures a huge audience.
"Night Of The Living Dead"...a horror classic that has endured and will continue to do so.
Starring - Duane Jones, Judith O'Dea, Karl Hardman, Marilyn Eastman, Keith Wayne, Judith Ridley, and Kyra Schon. Directed by George A. Romero.
Time - 1 hour, 36 minutes. Rated - Unrated (Rating as of 1968)
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