NIGHT OF THE LIVING DEAD
Genre
Horror
Language
VOA
Duration
96
Rating
About
Presented as a double feature with Black Zombie on October 24:
- BLACK ZOMBIE — 5:00 PM
- NIGHT OF THE LIVING DEAD — 8:00 PM
Black Zombie filmmaker Maya Annik Bedward will be present for a Q&A following the first screening and will introduce Night of the Living Dead.
Synopsis
When corpses emerge from a graveyard in search of fresh humans to devour, a disparate group of individuals takes refuge in an abandoned house. The pragmatic Ben does his best to control the situation, but when the murderous zombies surround the house, the other survivors begin to panic.
‘’Shot outside of Pittsburgh at a fraction of the cost of a Hollywood feature by a band of filmmakers determined to make their mark, George A. Romero’s Night of the Living Dead is one of the great stories of independent cinema: a midnight hit turned box-office smash that became one of the most influential films of all time. A deceptively simple tale of a group of strangers trapped in a farmhouse who find themselves fending off a horde of flesh-eating ghouls newly arisen from their graves, Romero’s claustrophobic vision of a late-sixties America (literally) tearing itself apart rewrote the rules of the horror genre, combined gruesome gore with acute social commentary, and quietly broke ground by casting a black actor (Duane Jones) in the lead role. After decades of poor-quality prints and video transfers, Night of the Living Dead can finally be seen for the immaculately crafted film that it is thanks to a new 4K restoration, scanned from the original camera negative and supervised by Romero himself. Stark, haunting, and more relevant than ever, Night of the Living Dead is back.’’ (JANUS FILMS)
Directed by
George A. Romero
Actors
Duane Jones, Judith O'Dea, Karl Hardman
Country
United States
Version
Original English Version
Release year
1968