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Night of the Living Dead

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This black and white masterpiece by "Sir" George Romero is any low budget-horror-movie fan's dream come true. The movie is fully equipped with fantastic performers, especially Duane Jones, and tremendous makeup. The farmhouse in which most of the movie is shot provides an eerie aura which compliments the nerve-racking script. By far, the greatest horror film of all time.

I had heard many things about this movie praising it for its scare factor and originality but didn't personally take much stock in those opinions until I actually saw it for myself. I was not expecting to be scared as much as find myself laughing at what I saw on screen, but I physically cringed at some of the events. The title is somewhat self explanatory, The Living Dead are rising from the grave to consume human flesh (brains that is). The opening scene is a flawless example of a film maker deftly tricking the audience into believing that everything is ok, and then WHAM! a quiet country cemetery turns into a zombie factory. George Romero's use of an African-American protagonist seems truly groundbreaking for its time, and what a performance Duane Jones gives as the reluctant organizer of a stranded band of "living" survivors stuck in a farm house. At first you think "why don't they run?" but the realization that the living will eventually tire and that the dead keep coming brings the hope of escape to a screeching halt. The understanding that the odds of these people making it out alive are nothing short of impossible will have you whispering "Oh No" to yourself again and again as you watch this movie. The action is violent and intense, overly disturbing, making the critics and censors gasp alike. Here you can see it in its original, uncut edition in Black and White. The first in a trilogy and only surpassed by its sequel Dawn of The Dead this is a must for any horror movie fan!

what's there to say? this movie stands alone, perhaps with texas chainsaw massacre and, i agree with an earlier reviewer, herk hervey's carnival of souls, as the only really scary movies ever made. don't look for a happy ending in this one. a groundbreaking low budget horrow masterpiece.

What makes this movie work so well is that it relies on real scarry creatures, eerie direction and great use of black and white film while later versions relied on gory special effect body mutilations.
The movie starts right out with a funeral in a grave yard. A man and his sister are visiting their mother's grave and the woman is quite unnerved about being in the graveyard. The man starts to play on her uneasiness saying things like "Barbara, they're coming to get you Barbara." Suddenly up walks a kind of frightening man and her brother than says "here comes one of them now." We the audience still think nothing of it and the brother is still laughing and taunting his sister, when the strange man gets real close and then just starts attacking the brother. We experience real horror as we realize that it is not really a scarry looking man but a kind of zombie. After quickly dispatching her brother, the zombie starts to chase the already shaken Barbara.

What follows is a very tense, well directed chase. Barbara somehow gets away from the man/zombie and makes it to a house. In the house she meets a few people that have taken refuge from the apparent army of zombies that are now walking around the area trying to kill anyone they see.

We then meet the real star of the movie, a black man who serves as the "sane" leader of the refugees giving them direction on how to fortify the house against the attacking zombies.

What follows are many tense moments inside the house as the people argue about what they need to do to surivive.

Don't watch this movie at home alone!

This history-making zombie film from 1968 is incredibly atmospheric and disturbing in its nature. After Barbra's brother, Johnny, is killed by a zombie loose in her father's cemetery, she seeks shelter in an abandoned house nearby. She soon discovers that other people are in the house as well, and have been in similar situations as Barbra. As the group of people begin finding more resources during this trauma, they discover that the zombies lurking outside are not just desiring their deaths...they are planning the menu for their next meal!
Extremely graphic for its time, "Night of the Living Dead" is a classic of the genre, and anyone seriously interested in the genre should find something great about it. Even if you're not usually interested in horror, you should still watch it. A masterpiece of terror and suspense.

I often wonder what horror movies would be like had "Night of the Living Dead" never been made. "Night of the Living Dead" paved the way for all movies containing scenes of horrific gore and terrible spine tingling suspense. Since it was made in 1968, one should not expect to see the gorey effects of a modern day slaher flick, but still, you will not be dissapointed. Romero is a genius and this was the film that introduced Romero to the world. The reason I gave this movie only 4 stars is because it will never be anywhere as good as its sequel, "Dawn of the Dead". Its very rare that a sequel is better than the original, but keep in mind, this is Romero we are talking about, the man is a underrated genius. So if you watch "Night of the Living Dead" you will know that without it, we would never of seen "Scream" or any thing else that tries to be scary.

What can I say about this movie that has not been said before?It is the definitive horror film and the ultimate zombie film.Anyone that truly loves the art of horror loves this movie.This shows that horror is not bad acting,poor plots,and lots of cheap gore and sex.This movie seemed real.Think of how it would be if suddenly and strangely corpses started coming out of the ground attacking and eating the living.You look out your window and you see your favourite aunt from when you were a kid who has been dead for years shambling towards your house.Only she is not the aunt you knew.Her flesh runs off her face in dripping strings and worms crawl in her hair.That favourite dress of hers she was buried in mouldering and decaying.No she is not here to give you a hug.She wants to bite into your flesh and rip you apart.What can you do?You have a gun and point it at her but you loved this woman who once took you to the zoo and used to always buy you icecream and listen to you when you were sad.Pretty horrible situation right?Well this film shows how people would truely react and think inside if something like this began happening.This is one of the movies that could not be made in our fake and conformist little teenie bopper society.This was a product of the cold war and Vietnam when we all knew the American dream was a flyblown corpse.The music is great.When the zombies tear apart the burnt bodies when they tried to fill the truck with gas but set it on fire you hear this music that sounds like pulsing and cold radioactive death as the walking corpses feast on various human limbs and organs.This is the movie that made me love horror.Do not waste your time watching all the idiot modern horror of today if you wish to be scared just buy this and watch it.You will not be disappointed.Oh and by the way avoid that 30th anniversary addition!This movie was not made to be tampered with and given some corny new scene with bad acting and terrible music.Stick to the original deal that is best.This thing is too good to really be changed like they try to do on the 30th anniversary addition.Watch Night of the Living Dead!Love the movie!Burn it into your mind!

THE COLORED VERSION HAS A BETTER CAST "AND" THAT CHICK BARBRA DOES NOT DIE