Night of the Living Dead
May 27th 2011 00:23
Director: George Romero
Screenplay: George Romero & John A. Russo (working title during production was Monster Flick)
Production: USA
Year: 1968
Sub-genre tags: zombies, living dead, science fiction
Tagline: They keep coming back in a bloodthirsty lust for HUMAN FLESH!
Logline: Several men and women and a young girl find themselves holed up in a farmhouse trying to survive hordes of attacking zombies from eating them.
Core cast: Dwane Jones (Ben), Judith O’Dea (Barbra), Karl Hardman (Harry), Marilyn Eastman (Helen), Kyra Schon (Karen)
Memorable moment: The opening cemetery scene where Barbra’s brother teases by lurching after her and repeating “They’re coming to get you Barbra!” and in the background a zombie approaches.
Curious Facts: The word "zombie" is never used. The most common euphemism used is "those things". The media refer to them as “ghouls”. Made for approx. $US114k it has since gone on to gross over $US30m.
Intensity levels:
Blood & gore: low
Fear factor and/or frights: medium
Likelihood of bad dreams (disturbing content): medium
Horrorphile’s two cents: An excellent example of low-budget, indie filmmaking; paring back to the essentials of cinematic storytelling, making sure everything is a believable as it can possibly be, despite the inherently implausible premise. There are numerous goofs and technical trappings, but the atmosphere and pacing is so good, you forget these trifles.
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