Night of the Living Dead (1968)

Night of the Living Dead is a 1968

American independent zombie film directed by George A. Romero, starring Duane Jones, Judith O'Dea and Karl Hardman. It premiered on October 1, 1968, and was completed on a US$114,000 budget. The film became a financial success, grossing $12 million domestically and $18 million internationally. It has been a cult classic ever since.

Night of the Living Dead was heavily criticized at its release owing to explicit content, but eventually garnered critical acclaim and has been selected by the Library of Congress for preservation in the National Film Registry as a film deemed "culturally, historically or aesthetically significant."[1][2] The film has entered the public domain due to an error by the distributor.[2][3]

The story follows characters Ben (Duane Jones), Barbra (Judith O'Dea), and five others trapped in a rural farmhouse in Pennsylvania which is attacked by unnamed "living dead" monsters, drawing on earlier depictions in popular culture of zombies. Night of the Living Dead was the basis of five subsequent Living Dead films (1978–2010) also directed by Romero, and has inspired remakes.

Film really kicked off the horror genre.

I do like this film and it's been a while since i last saw it but i remember the ending annoying me..

De Niro, have you started watching, The Strain on fx yet? Real good

No not watch it..

It just started.

"A Boeing 767 arrives at JFK and is on its way across the tarmac, when it suddenly stops dead. All window shades are pulled down. All lights are out. All communication channels have gone quiet. Crews on the ground are lost for answers, but an alert goes out to the CDC. Dr. Ephraim "Eph" Goodweather, head of their Canary project, a rapid-response team that investigates biological threats, gets the call and boards the plane. What he finds makes his blood run cold.

In a pawnshop in Spanish Harlem, a former professor and survivor of the Holocaust named Abraham Setrakian knows something is happening. And he knows the time has come, that a war is brewing.

So begins a battle of mammoth proportions as the vampiric virus that has infected New York begins to spill out into the streets. Eph, who is joined by Setrakian and a motley crew of fighters, must now find a way to stop the contagion and save his city - a city that includes his wife and son - before it is too late."

And the other one is The Last Ship on TNT.

"The crew of a naval destroyer is forced to confront the reality of a new existence when a pandemic kills off most of the earth's population."

Fun fact, Tom Savini was picked to work on this movie as his first job in the movie business, but was drafted to Vietnam instead. The movie really did start off the horror genre in a different way.

I prefer Tom Savini's remake, but there both good.

"There coming to get you Barbara."

Another film cell i have in my collection at the moment.



Night Of The Living Dead 1968 Mini Film Cell