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Content Advisory: Not For Children, Profanity, Gore Movie Release: 1968 DVD Release: 06/16/1998 Format: DVD - Black and White Edition: Special Collection SwapaDVD Credits: 1 Number of Discs: 1 Run Time: 1 hrs 36 mins Studio: Madacy Total Copies: 2 Genres: Horror, Creature Film See Also: Night of the Living Dead, Night of the Living Dead [Fright Night], Night of the Living Dead [30th Anniversary Edition], Night of the Living Dead [30th Anniversary Limited Edition], Night of the Living Dead [Silver Screen Collector's Edition], Night of the Living Dead [Special Collector's Edition], Night of the Living Dead, Night of the Living Dead [Fright Night], Night of the Living Dead [Millennium Edition], Night of the Living Dead, Night of the Living Dead, Night of the Living Dead [Classic Collector's Edition], Laugh Track: Night of the Living Dead, Night of the Living Dead, Night of the Living Dead, Night of the Living Dead, Night of the Living Dead, Night of the Living Dead, Night of the Living Dead, Night of the Living Dead [With T-Shirt], RiffTrax: Night of the Living Dead, Halloween Fright Night [CD/DVD]

When unexpected radiation raises the dead, a microcosm of Average America has to battle flesh-eating zombies in George A. Romero's landmark cheapie horror film. Siblings Johnny (Russ Streiner) and Barbara (Judith O'Dea) whine and pout their way through a graveside visit in a small Pennsylvania town, but it all takes a turn for the worse when a zombie kills Johnny. Barbara flees to an isolated farmhouse where a group of people are already holed up. Bickering and panic ensue as the group tries to figure out how best to escape, while hoards of undead converge on the house; news reports reveal that fire wards them off, while a local sheriff-led posse discovers that if you "kill the brain, you kill the ghoul." After a night of immolation and parricide, one survivor is left in the house.... Romero's grainy black-and-white cinematography and casting of locals emphasize the terror lurking in ordinary life; as in Alfred Hitchcock's The Birds (1963), Romero's victims are not attacked because they did anything wrong, and the randomness makes the attacks all the more horrifying. Nothing holds the key to salvation, either, whether it's family, love, or law. Topping off the existential dread is Romero's then-extreme use of gore, as zombies nibble on limbs and viscera. Initially distributed by a Manhattan theater chain owner, Night, made for about 100,000 dollars, was dismissed as exploitation, but after a 1969 re-release, it began to attract favorable attention for scarily tapping into Vietnam-era uncertainty and nihilistic anxiety. By 1979, it had grossed over 12 million, inspired a cycle of apocalyptic splatter films like The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (1974), and set the standard for finding horror in the mundane. However cheesy the film may look, few horror movies reach a conclusion as desolately unsettling. ~ Lucia Bozzola, All Movie Guide

Judith O'Dea - Barbara
Russ Streiner - Johnny
Duane Jones - Ben
Karl Hardman - Harry
Keith Wayne - Tom

This DVD by Madacy Entertainment of Night of the Living Dead is an uninspired version of director George Romero's 1968 shockfest about flesh-eating zombies out on a dinner break. Nothing special has been done to enhance the quality of the black-and-white, full-frame film transfer, which gives the movie a drive-in kind of look and feel. The same goes for the movie soundtrack, which has a tinny, drive-in speaker quality to it. This is especially true when the music comes in. As far as special features go, the disk contains a movie lobby poster, a short biography of one of the film's stars, Duane Jones, and a slight trivia quiz that even a brain-dead ghoul could score big numbers on. This DVD will leave viewers who are searching for the ultimate version of this film much like the zombies in the movie: still hungry. ~ Russell Roberts, All Movie Guide