Night of the Living Dead (1968)
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Reviews Counted: 38 Fresh: 36 Rotten:2 Average Rating: 8.5/10
Runtime: 1 hr 40 mins
Synopsis:
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 release in 1968, and has since become one of the most influential horror films of all time. (Aside from its visceral impact years before realistic gore... [More]
Genre: Horror/Suspense
Starring: Duane Jones, Judith O'Dea, Karl Hardman, Marilyn Eastman, Keith Wayne
Director: George A. Romero
Screenwriter: John A. Russo, George A. Romero
Producer: Russell W. Streiner, Karl Hardman
Screenwriter: John A. Russo, George A. Romero
Producer: Russell W. Streiner, Karl Hardman
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Reviews
Seldom have so many pundit parses and public praises owed so much to so little as in the case of the career-launching 'Night of the Living Dead.'
11/06/07 11:24 AM
A quarter of a century old and it is still absolutely terrifying.
09/19/07 06:29 PM
George Romero's remarkably assured debut, made on a shoestring, about a group of people barricaded inside a farmhouse while an army of flesh-eating zombies roams the countryside, deflates all genre clichés.
09/19/07 06:27 PM
Top Critic Over its short, furious course, the picture violates so many strong taboos -- cannibalism, incest, necrophilia -- that it leaves audiences giddy and hysterical.
09/19/07 06:26 PM
Top Critic I felt real terror in that neighborhood theater last Saturday afternoon. I saw kids who had no resources they could draw upon to protect themselves from the dread and fear they felt.
09/19/07 06:25 PM
Top Critic This is horror at its most probing, subversive and socially aware, with a truly harrowing ending that reveals the dangers of misdirected fear and prejudice.
08/02/07 07:34 AM
Chuckle, if you can, during the first few minutes; because after that laughter catches in the throat as the clammy hand of terror tightens its grip.
01/26/06 03:16 AM
One of the best films ever made, and possibly the most influential horror movie of all time.
10/18/05 02:53 AM
A tightly-edited, claustrophobically-framed horror film that retains, along with its relevance, its ability to startle and appall.
10/05/04 08:00 AM
The latest "Ultimate Edition" features a digitally colourised version as well as an audio commentary by Mike Nelson.
09/29/04 12:09 AM
Night of the Living Dead happens to rank squarely with the greatest films ever made, period.
05/25/04 08:16 AM
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