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Night of the Living Dead Still freaks me out to this day Night of the Living Dead is amazing. It might feature some cheesy performances and very little special effects (it was the 60's) but George A. Romero took an idea and turned it into an instant classic. Romero had a small budget and little special effects and he still managed to make one of the scariest movies ever made. I still enjoy watching this movie every now and then just to remind myself what started it all and how far we've come. Final Verdict: 4/5 Rent or Buy?: If you're a horror fan this is a must buy. If you're just looking to see what all the fuss is about rent this one today. IF YOU FIND THIS REVIEW HELPFUL PLEASE REMEMBER TO VOTE. Thank you.
There are many transfers out there of Night of the Living Dead, copied from various prints of the film. Some are in terrible condition. There's also the colorized version--I'd suggest you avoid that. The print from which this version, the "Millennium Edition," was rendered is a crisp, clean copy, generally devoid of the defects and problems one would expect to find in an old film. The contrast is great, the edges sharp, the picture clean and clear. There may be a better version out there now, I don't know, but this one certainly rates 'excellent.'
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One of the top 20 indie films of all time, and one of the top 10 horror films. Night of the Living Dead was filmed on a thumb tack and paper clip budget in rural Pennsylvania, but incredibly good. Director George Romero's first movie. It's a classic.
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A true black and white horror classic...don't let the black and white fool you...it has very graphic scenes of the living dead devouring their prey (people.) It starts out with a brother and sister visiting the grave of their mother. The brother taunts his sister at the gravesite...she is the nervous type..but, then the first of the living dead enters the picture. As the sister is about to be attacked the brother realizes something is really wrong and goes to her defense. She manages to escape, but her brother becomes the first victim in the movie. She ends up in a farm house with several other people that come together looking for a haven. The forced new "residents" of the home include a black man (with survival skills and a good head on his shoulders), the girl (a total basket case), a young man (courageous and competent), his girlfriend (another positive member in the group's survival) and a family consisting of husband (coward, selfish, argumentative, etc.), his wife (brave and helpful)and their young daughter (sick..because she has been bitten, a fact kept from the group until later in the movie.) The husband is the person in the movie that you love to hate and very early in the movie, it becomes apparent to the viewer that the biggest contribution he could make for the group would be being thrown out to feed and delay the zombies. This otherwise unlikely farmhouse of residents must come together to defend themselves from the living dead. The living dead move slowly, but their numbers are increasing and they have but one goal...living people for food. They do not communicate and therefore; there is no reasoning with this zombie enemy...just a constant bombardment and there is no way to reach the outside world. What do you do when you encounter someone that you love that has turned over to the other side? Watch and find out what these people do. The ending has a dark ironic twist to it..you sit there...like, I cannot believe what just happened.Read full review
The one that really started the genre off, sure there was movies before it but Romero set the stencil the way the zombies act for decades to come. Young Barbara & brother Jonny head to cemetery to lay flowers on their dead mothers grave stone, not long after Jonny is attacked and killed by zombie #1 (Bill Heinzman later to Write and Direct his own movie Zombie Nosh) Barbara seeks protection in what she thinks is an abandoned farmhouse. Not long after she is joined by an unlikely crew of characters including Ben () and whose wife and already bitten daughter is held up in the basement. Soon as you can say 'ghoul' the house is swamped by the living dead, the make up of each holding up even today. It is hard to believe that this was Romero's first feature film; Romero prior to this only directing TV adverts. He along with ten other investors created “Image Ten” to make this movie. To put the movie into context today it is held in as part of the permanent collection in the museum for modern art in America and is often shown to film students as a genuinely creative film on shoe-string budget (the intestines and entrails featured where sourced from a local butcher, also an investor in the movie). This DVD really lets every detail shine through, restored in THX this is really a wonder to behold. The picture is so crisp its hard to believe that its nearing 40 years old. Anyone with a sound system can take advantage of the 5.1 audio track. A must for Collectors.Read full review
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