Night of the Living Dead
Night of the Living Dead • 1h 36m
Directed by George A. Romero • 1968 • United States
Starring Duane Jones, Judith O’Dea, Karl Hardman
Shot outside Pittsburgh on a shoestring budget, by a band of filmmakers determined to make their mark, NIGHT OF THE LIVING DEAD, directed by horror master George A. Romero, is a great story 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 recently dead, flesh-eating ghouls, Romero’s claustrophobic vision of a late-1960s 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 its lead role. Stark, haunting, and more relevant than ever, NIGHT OF THE LIVING DEAD is back.
Restored by the Museum of Modern Art and The Film Foundation, with funding provided by the George Lucas Family Foundation and the Celeste Bartos Preservation Fund.
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NIGHT OF THE LIVING DEAD Commentary 1
This 1994 commentary features NIGHT OF THE LIVING DEAD cowriter-director-editor George A. Romero, producer-actor Karl Hardman, actor Marilyn Eastman, and cowriter John Russo.
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NIGHT OF THE LIVING DEAD Commentary 2
This 1994 commentary features NIGHT OF THE LIVING DEAD producer-actor Russell Streiner, pruduction managers Vincent Survinski, and actors Judith O’Dea, S. William Hinzman, Kyra Schon, and Keith Wayne
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Night of Anubis
This uncorrected 16 mm work print of NIGHT OF THE LIVING DEAD features the alternate opening title and a day-for-night ghoul shot that was removed at the request of the original distributor. It is missing part two of the second reel. Unrestored audio from the finished film has been conformed as c...
