Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #17854 in DVD
• Released on: 2008-03-27
• Formats: Full Screen, Surround Sound
• Number of discs: 1
• Running time: 96 minutes

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Night of the Living Dead is a 1968 black-and-white independent horror film directed by George A. Romero. Early drafts of the script were titled Monster Flick, but it was known as Night of Anubis and Night of the Flesh Eaters during production. The film stars Duane Jones as Ben and Judith O'Dea as Barbra. The plot revolves around the mysterious reanimation of the dead and the efforts of Ben, Barbra and five others to survive the night while trapped in a rural Pennsylvania farmhouse.

Night of the Living Dead was strongly criticized at the time of its release for its graphic content. In 1999 the Library of Congress entered it into the United States National Film Registry with other films deemed "historically, culturally or aesthetically important."

The film had a tremendous impact on the culture of Vietnam-era America. It is so thoroughly laden with critiques of late-1960s American society that one historian described the film as "subversive on many levels."

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Customer Reviews

Social commentary + Horror = George A. Romero's Classic
This is a classic and really the grand-daddy of the modern zombie movies. "Night of the Living Dead" is the most serious of the Romero Quartet (Night, Dawn of the Dead, Day of the Dead & Land of the Dead). Night, like Robert Wise's "The Haunting", is shot in B/W, and this adds dramatically to the feel of the film. Compare the B/W version to the colorized version and it's clear which one is more cinematically creative (the former!!). Well scripted and acted, Night is a must see during the Halloween season. The end sequence is the most disturbing - not gore-filled or scary, but disturbing - in the way the end of American History X is disturbing (racial prejudice being at the heart of both!). If you want a more "fun" zombie movie I suggest Dawn of the Dead - some really hilarious social commentaries on consumer America, or try the more recent and splendid homage to the living dead movies, Shaun of the Dead! 4 Stars.

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The Dawn of the Dead Prequel from 30+ years prior! George A. Romero is a mastermind and this movie is testament to that.

You can spend $4.99 on a copy of this movie and what you will get is exactly what you pay for. I would recommend that you spend the $14.95 on this copy. It does the movie justice. The picture quality is good and the sound transfer is crisp and clean. I purchased this movie on a Monday and it was delivered by Thursday of the same week.

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The five star rating I gave Night of the Living Dead is, of course, for the original, uncut, unadulterated edition. The original is, quite simply, the most terrifying movie I've ever seen, even when compared to horror classics like Diabolique (the original French version), Psycho, Rosemary's Baby, Halloween and The Shining. I saw NOTLD when I was 9 years old on Creature Features at midnight after a funeral. I had nightmares for the next two nights. The film still gives me the chills whenever I see it (usually at Halloween).