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Summary: A Groundbreaking Film
Review: The "Halloween" film series and the "Nightmare on Elm Street" film series marked the beginning of the *popular* film genre I call 'scare me flicks' -- films characterized by *unrelenting irrational terror*. Director George Romero's 1968 film "Night of the Living Dead" actually began this genre, but "Night ..." never received popular acclaim."Night ..." tells the story of people seeking sanctuary from a growing army of stiff murderous flesh-eating zombies. The zombies are weak, slow and awkward, but the zombies' numbers keep growing. Some people fleeing the zombies barricade themselves inside a farmhouse. In addition to keeping the zombies out of the farmhouse sanctuary, the people inside the farmhouse must master their own paralyzing fears and must survive their own infighting for leadership. This is an ugly *long* 90 minute film. It was shot in black-and-white, the growing zombie army is unclean and hideous, and most of the people are not attractive. Grasping zombies are everpresent and the terror only stops during infighting. "Night of the Living Dead" illustrates many societal analogies. I think it best illustrates economic life after a region's major employer fails and the region's economy gradually stagnates.
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Summary: Scarriest movie ever
Review: What can i say? this is the best zombie movie ever made. True, the dawn of the dead was equally awesome. but nothing beats the original. Scary as hell itself. The story is great and the interaction of the humans is believeable. What would you do if an army of the undead wanted you for dinner? Find out in this all time horro masterpiece.
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Summary: The classic still delivers the goods!
Review: I bought this movie directly after I first viewed it. I never watched it again until just today. Well, let me tell you, I still love it. However, I cannot stand Judith O'Dea's part. This movie is awesome and the climax is really cool. A+
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Summary: Horror Cult Classic - Accept No Substitutes!
Review: Still today "Night of the Living Dead" is one of the most gruesome and terrifying films ever made. Guaranteed to frighten you silly, this is the story of seven people barricaded inside a remote farm house while an army of flesh-eating zombies creep around the countyside in search of edible victims. Made in 1968, this unrelenting shock-fest has long achieved cult status. Without the benefit of a million-dollar special effects budget, this shoe-string independent production nonetheless delivers the goods as far as visual and implied horror. They won't ever again come any better than this!*****
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Summary: Great movie Bad DVD
Review: Now I've heard and read that there are terrible versions of this movie out there, and I was told that this was in fact the best version, and it still very well may be the very best version of the movie on DVD. But it is still inferior. There are constant blips and pauses with camera cuts, the dvd programing is not very smooth and there is no widescreen available. I'm not sure if it gets any better than this, but if you are hoping for something earth shattering or even smoothly programed, be ready for a slight let down.
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Summary: A bloody piece of history.
Review: Here's the movie that revolutionized a flm genre and maybe even the film business. This 1968 black-and-white shocker was made for nothing in the outskirts of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania and went on to become a huge hit. After "NOTLD," horror movies would get grittier and gorier, and independent films suddenly became viable money-making propositions. For better or for worse. 35 years after its release, NOTLD is still a wonder of economic storytelling (literally and otherwise). The action begins almost immediately -- we're maybe five minutes into the picture before that first zombie appears, killing a young woman's brother and chasing her until she finds refuge in a farmhouse. She's soon joined by six other folks -- they've had run-ins with zombies too. They should all band together to fight off the ever-growing horde of zombies massing outside, but they can't stop fighting each other. That's pretty much it. Call it a horror haiku. NOTLD is also an interesting product of its time. Race is clearly an issue -- our hero is a black man, the only one in the film -- and the general tone is one of frustration and pessimism. The surprise ending even recalls the nihilistic French thriller "Wages of Fear." This is a world gone crazy, and if you get a break, chances are it won't last. There are also great moments of high camp in all this, of course -- most notably the news broadcasts our heroes watch for updates on the zombies' progress. "They're dead," explains a zombie-slaying sheriff to a reporter, "They're all messed up." You can probably find a better DVD edition of this film -- hence my three-star rating. The interactive trivia game feature is techically interesting but brief, and *really* easy. There's one text biography (of the lead actor), one lobby card reproduction, and a list of credits. Feels pretty half-assed to me, considering the importance of the film.
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Summary: Great movie.
Review: This anniversary edition is very well done and the added parts fit in well with the film and are hardly noticeable except for showing a sharper picture than the rest of the movie. The soundtrack is appropiate and fit well with the mood of the movie. Only complain is that some parts were cut to make room for the extra footage and it is noticeable. Overall: GOOD.
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Summary: A very good Zombie movie!!
Review: This is my favorite Zombie movie ever! There is nothing like a classic Zombie movie. This has everything. Gore, horror, everything a good movie needs. The only thing it lacks is some special features. It should have a lot more. This is one of my favorite horror movies!! Go out and buy this classic!!
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Summary: This film transcends genre
Review: Excellent piece of film making and genuinely scary without any real make up or fx. The opening sequence in the cemetary always gets to me no matter how many times I see it. The end sends a powerful mention about society in America. It's breath taking. Oh yeah, the middle's pretty good too!
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Summary: Shows no respect for the living dead....
Review: This "30th anniversary edition" of "Night of the Living Dead" is obviously somebody's idea of a joke. The print is marvelous. The new scenes and new music, however, destroy the mood and pace of the movie--a movie that was pretty much without a plot to begin with. Here, it may as well have none. The new music is the same repetitious, "Halloween"-clone droning heard in a million other horror flicks, and many of the new scenes feature a very poorly played fire-and-brimstone preacher apparently intended to function as a parody of a fire-and-brimstone preacher. Why, is anyone's guess. The prologue, in which the cemetery zombie climbs out of his coffin just before he can be buried, destroys the impact of the scene that formerly opened the film. Before, the ghoul had appeared out of nowhere, and we didn't know who, or what, he was. Now we do. Way to go, new producers. This 30th-anniversary farce demonstrates how easily an effective film can be destroyed by ill-advised alteration.
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