One of the most nightmarish films ever made, and one that's still hard to laugh off today.
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10/16/08
Night of the Living Dead (1968)
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Reviews Counted: 44
Fresh: 42
Rotten:2
Average Rating: 8.5/10
Consensus: George A. Romero's debut set the template for the zombie film, and features tight editing, realistic gore, and a sly political undercurrent.
Runtime: 1 hr 40 mins
Genre: Horror/Suspense
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... [More]
Starring: Duane Jones, Judith O'Dea, Karl Hardman, Marilyn Eastman
Director: George A. Romero
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Reviews for Night of the Living Dead
Although pic's basic premise is repellent -- recently dead bodies are resurrected and begin killing human beings in order to eat their flesh -- it is in execution that the film distastefully excels.
10/03/08
Top Critic George Romero set a new standard for horror with this low-budget opus.
07/23/08
This little seat-of-the-pants regional production chewed up and spit out taboos like raw meat in a feral feeding frenzy.
07/20/08
Arguably the greatest horror film ever made - and one of the greatest in any genre - 'Night' is also the ultimate B-movie.
06/19/08
There's a brute force in Night of the Living Dead that catches one in the throat.
05/27/08
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
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
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
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
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
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
One of the best films ever made, and possibly the most influential horror movie of all time.
10/18/05
A tightly-edited, claustrophobically-framed horror film that retains, along with its relevance, its ability to startle and appall.
10/05/04
The latest "Ultimate Edition" features a digitally colourised version as well as an audio commentary by Mike Nelson.
09/29/04
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