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Release Date:
1 October 1968 (USA)
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Tagline:
They keep coming back in a bloodthirsty lust for HUMAN FLESH!...
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User Comments:
Classic bit of low budget horror
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Additional Details
Also Known As:
Night of the Living Dead: 30th Anniversary Edition (Philippines: English title) (recut version) (USA) (recut version)
George A. Romero's Night of the Living Dead (Australia)
Laugh Track: Night of the Living Dead (USA) (video title (redubbed comic version))
Monster Flick (USA) (working title)
Night of Anubis (USA) (working title)
Night of the Flesh Eaters (USA) (working title)
A Noite dos Mortos-Vivos (Brazil) (Portugal) [pt]Die Nacht der lebenden Toten (West Germany) [de]Elävien kuolleiden yö (Finland) [fi]I nyhta ton zontanon nekron (Greece) (DVD title) [el]La noche de los muertos vivientes (Spain) [es]La noche de los muertos vivos (Argentina) [es]La notte dei morti viventi (Italy) [it]La nuit des morts vivants (Canada: French title) [fr]La nuit des morts-vivants (France) [fr]Noc zywych trupów (Poland) [pl]
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Runtime:
96 min
Aspect Ratio:
1.33 : 1
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Fun Stuff
Trivia:
During the filming of the cemetery sequence, shot on two separate days, an unexpected accident caused a fast change of script. The car driven by Barbara and Johnny into the cemetery was actually owned by the mother of
Russell Streiner. Unfortunately, sometime between the two filming sequences, someone ran into the car and put a dent in it that would easily be visible on camera.
George A. Romero rewrote the scene so the car would come to a stop by crashing into a tree.
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Goofs:
Audio/visual unsynchronized: When Harry and Tom first enter from the cellar, Tom yells "Don't shoot! We're from town!" We hear him say "We're from town" but his lips never move.
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Quotes:
[
first lines]
Barbara:
They oughta make the day the time changes the first day of summer.
Johnny:
What?
Barbara:
Well, it's eight o'clock, and it's still light!
Johnny:
A lot of good the extra daylight does us. You know, we've still got a three-hour drive back; we're not gonna be home until after midnight.
Barbara:
Well, if it really bugged you, Johnny, you wouldn't do it.
Johnny:
Heh, you think I'd wanna blow a Sunday on a scene like this? Now, I think we should have mother move down to the city or have father's body moved down to Pittsburgh.
Barbara:
She can't make a trip like this!
Johnny:
Yeah, well I bet she can.
[
Reach for the wreath in the backseat]
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A wave of mass murder sweeps across America as the recently dead return to life to kill and feast on their victims. A group of people board themselves up in an abandoned house to try and hold out against a small army of the undead. This is the classic low-budget horror film that is the model for recent hits such as the Evil Dead and The Blair Witch Project. George Romero stages a national disaster but reduces it to a single house for greater effect. The story focuses on the weaknesses of each of the characters in the house - their cowardice, their greedy, their stupidity etc. This makes the drama inside the house almost as palatable as the danger from outside and makes the characters more believable and important.
The undead are not huge works of special effects, nor are they anything other than lumbering beasts. But the threat they pose is well demonstrated - the film makes them feel unstoppable and relentless and makes their lingering presence more menacing and less comical than it could have been. The use of an unknown cast also makes it more realistic as none of them have any baggage. Duane Jones is the standout actor as Ben - who is not without flaws himself.
The downbeat, realistic atmosphere to the film gives it a greater sense of tension and continues right through to the very depressing conclusion. An excellent flagship for low budget horrors.