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Once upon a time a young girl and her brother traveled three hours from home to place flowers on the grave of their father. The brother started teasing his sister, telling her in a creepy voice, "They're coming to get you, Barbara." However, the joke ended up being on him because they were coming to get Barbara, only they got him first.

I first saw "Night of the Living Dead" when I came home one afternoon and discovered that the Iowa City Public Library Channel on cable was showing the film. I have to admit, I was rather surprised that this cult classic horror film would be on at a time when kids could come home and discover it on television (one of the living dead is naked and they do like to eat human flesh), but Iowa is a state that thinks caucuses are a good way of selecting presidential nominees, so what can I say? But this is a horror movie that is even scary in the daytime with all the lights on.

"The Night of the Living Dead" is a horror classic, which is rather surprising when you take into account that director George A. Romero made the film in 1968 for $114,000 without a cast of first time actors (extras who playing the zombies were paid $1 and a t-shirt that said "I was a zombie on Night of the Living Dead"). Filmed in black and white with Romero as the cinematographer, this film has a technical proficiency that is missing from other low-budget classics like "Dementia 13" and "Carnival of Souls." You can take or leave the various sequels to this film, but this one has to be on everyone's Top 10 list when it comes to horror films. Romero has upped the ante on the social satire along with the blood and guts in his next three zombie films, including the recent "Land of the Dead," but this first one remains special.

The horror comes from the situation and the simple effectiveness of the slow moving, silent zombies in their growing numbers, their arms reaching out to find human flesh to eat. Barbara (Judith O'Dea) runs to an abandoned house, where she is joined by Ben (Duane Jones). After fending off the first attack of the living dead, they discover five more people hiding in the basement: Harry Cooper (Karl Hardman), his wife, Helen (Marilyn Eastman), and their daughter (Kyra Schon), along with a young couple, Tom (Keith Wayne) and Judy (Judith Ridley). Harry wants to hide out in the basement, but refuses to be trapped down there, and the two spend more time arguing about what to do than doing anything. They listen to the radio and watch the TV, learning that the dead are rising to eat the living, and try to figure out a way of getting out of the death trap in which they find themselves. Meanwhile, the little girl in the basement is getting weaker and weaker.

The only real weakness in the film is the attempt to explain why the dead are walking around as flesh-eating ghouls (which is, I believe, redundant), which has something to do with a satellite and scientific mumbo-jumbo that really does not mean anything to the people trying to survive against the growing horde of zombies. Fortunately, the "why" does not matter in this story; just the "how" in terms of taking these creatures down. Besides, if anything clinches this one it is the end of the film, both with its final twist, and the use of grainy still photographs to show the end of the tale. Few horror movies, whatever their budgets, have an ending this memorable.

Once upon a time a young girl and her brother traveled three hours from home to place flowers on the grave of their father. The brother started teasing his sister, telling her in a creepy voice, "They're coming to get you, Barbara." However, the joke ended up being on him because they were coming to get Barbara, only they got him first.

I first saw "Night of the Living Dead" when I came home one afternoon and discovered that the Iowa City Public Library Channel on cable was showing the film. I have to admit, I was rather surprised that this cult classic horror film would be on at a time when kids could come home and discover it on television (one of the living dead is naked and they do like to eat human flesh), but Iowa is a state that thinks caucuses are a good way of selecting presidential nominees, so what can I say? But this is a horror movie that is even scary in the daytime with all the lights on.

"The Night of the Living Dead" is a horror classic, which is rather surprising when you take into account that director George A. Romero made the film in 1968 for $114,000 without a cast of first time actors (extras who playing the zombies were paid $1 and a t-shirt that said "I was a zombie on Night of the Living Dead"). Filmed in black and white with Romero as the cinematographer, this film has a technical proficiency that is missing from other low-budget classics like "Dementia 13" and "Carnival of Souls." You can take or leave the various sequels to this film, but this one has to be on everyone's Top 10 list when it comes to horror films.

The horror comes from the situation and the simple effectiveness of the slow moving, silent zombies in their growing numbers, their arms reaching out to find human flesh to eat. Barbara (Judith O'Dea) runs to an abandoned house, where she is joined by Ben (Duane Jones). After fending off the first attack of the living dead, they discover five more people hiding in the basement: Harry Cooper (Karl Hardman), his wife, Helen (Marilyn Eastman), and their daughter (Kyra Schon), along with a young couple, Tom (Keith Wayne) and Judy (Judith Ridley). Harry wants to hide out in the basement, but refuses to be trapped down there, and the two spend more time arguing about what to do than doing anything. They listen to the radio and watch the TV, learning that the dead are rising to eat the living, and try to figure out a way of getting out of the death trap in which they find themselves. Meanwhile, the little girl in the basement is getting weaker.

The only real weakness in the film is the attempt to explain why the dead are walking around as flesh-eating ghouls (which is, I believe, redundant), which has something to do with a satellite and scientific mumbo-jumbo that really does not mean anything to the people trying to survive against the growing horde of zombies. Fortunately, the "why" does not matter in this story; just the "how" in terms of taking these creatures down. Besides, if anything clinches this one it is the end of the film, both with its final twist, and the use of grainy still photographs to show the end of the tale. Few horror movies, whatever their budgets, have an ending this memorable.

Once upon a time a young girl and her brother traveled three hours from home to place flowers on the grave of their father. The brother started teasing his sister, telling her in a creepy voice, "They're coming to get you, Barbara." However, the joke ended up being on him because they were coming to get Barbara, only they got him first.

I first saw "Night of the Living Dead" when I came home one afternoon and discovered that the Iowa City Public Library Channel on cable was showing the film. I have to admit, I was rather surprised that this cult classic horror film would be on at a time when kids could come home and discover it on television since one of the living dead is naked and the whole point is that they have risen from the dead to eat human flesh. All of this only goes to prove that "Night of the Living Dead" is a horror movie that is even scary in the daytime with all the lights on and the sun shining brightly through the window.

"The Night of the Living Dead" is a true classic horror film, which is rather surprising when you take into account that director George A. Romero made the film in 1968 for $114,000 without a cast of first time actors (extras who playing the zombies were paid $1 and a t-shirt that said "I was a zombie on Night of the Living Dead"). Filmed in black and white with Romero as the cinematographer, this film has a technical proficiency that is missing from other low-budget classics such as "Dementia 13" and "Carnival of Souls." You can take or leave the various sequels to this film, some of which definitely ahve their moments, but this one has to be on everyone's Top 10 list when it comes to horror films.

The horror comes from the situation and the simple effectiveness of the slow moving, silent zombies in their growing numbers, their arms reaching out to find human flesh to eat. Barbara (Judith O'Dea) runs to an abandoned house, where she is joined by Ben (Duane Jones). After fending off the first attack of the living dead, they discover five more people hiding in the basement: Harry Cooper (Karl Hardman), his wife, Helen (Marilyn Eastman), and their daughter (Kyra Schon), along with a young couple, Tom (Keith Wayne) and Judy (Judith Ridley). Harry wants to hide out in the basement, but refuses to be trapped down there, and the two spend more time arguing about what to do than doing anything. They listen to the radio and watch the TV, learning that the dead are rising to eat the living, and try to figure out a way of getting out of the death trap in which they find themselves. Meanwhile, the little girl in the basement is slipping away.

The only real weakness in the film is the attempt to explain why the dead are walking around as flesh-eating ghouls (a redundantphrase to be sure), which has something to do with a satellite and scientific mumbo-jumbo that really does not mean anything to the people trying to survive against the growing horde of zombies. Fortunately, the "why" does not matter in this story; just the "how" in terms of taking these creatures down. Besides, if anything clinches this one it is the end of the film, both with its final twist, and the use of grainy still photographs to show the end of the tale. Few horror movies, whatever their budgets, have an ending this memorable.

night of the living dead is my all time favorite movie after all these years i still watch it highly reccomended

I saw this movie at a drive-in theater in Memphis Tennessee when it was first released.
It was the first of it's kind and scared the bejabbers out of everybody who saw it.
I told a friend about it and invited him to go but (Believe it or not) the local censor had banned it after the first showing.
The censor was taken to court and told he couldn't ban a movie and shortly thereafter it was showing again.
The thing was so scary for it's time that the drive-in had to extend the concession period, (The break between movies so people could go to the concession stand and buy food and popcorn) because people were afraid to leave their cars.
I took friends on several occasions to see it and almost every time when the movie was over people would sit in their cars waiting for someone else to make the first move.
After a short period the first car door would open, then another and then another.
People would line up and head for the concession stand together.
Inevitably some joker somewhere in the line would loudly begin to moan and go into his staggering zombie routine.
The girls would scream and everybody would break and run for the concession stand at the same time.
Years later when my son was about ten and had a friend spending the night we rented some movies including this one and I told them they were going to see the scariest movie ever made.
Fifteen minutes into it they were bored and wanted to watch something else.
Go figure.
The thing still gives me the willies.
I guess you had to be there when it first came out.
As a piece of movie history it's worth owning and knowing some of the history might make it more enjoyable for those who were not there.

This is the reason zombie flicks are made and almost all other horros, the film in 1968 by George Romero is a classic and for the price its great. How a movie like this is being sold for so little i could never understand. But for those who dont know its in black and white, but that means nothing, to me atleast. If you know what great horror is then this is one to have. Like I said the one that started it all and if you know whats best for your collection you will get this flick highlyrecomended. Also loook to buy the other 2 ZOMBIE flicks by Romero Dawn of the dead 1978 and day of the dead 1985 also the remake of night of the living dead 1992, I believe is directed by Tom savini.

Some blu rays are region one(north america) some are region 2 (europeon) and most are all region. The blu ray of this movie is ONLY region 2 and will not play on us players unless you have a all region blu ray player. There are lists online of which blu rays play all region. Like the movie "zulu' which while made in the uk will play on you blu ray player. This one will NOT. And the reviews here are for standard dvd editions of this item. The movie is one of the most important horror movies ever made though, a true classic that changed everything that horror movies would become.

The master film used for this Miracle Pictures productions DVD is an original Night Of The Living Dead flick running 96 minutes. If you like drive-in movies and enjoy vertical black lines in every film frame, then this is the DVD for you. But if have a large wide screen TV, then look for a cleaner or re-mastered version of the film for a clearer picture that doesn't have those darn vertical black lines.

I didn't care for this movie. I guess that has to due with the fact that the film looks old, and the storyline is basically the same as any other zombie movie. You will know where the plot is going without having to even see the film! It seems every zombie film has the same story direction.

However, this is an older film we're talking about here, which means it can be considered one of the originators. That makes it an above average movie on my scale, but one that would be quite okay to skip.