Night of the Living Dead

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Summary: The Movie That Spawned The Greatest Sequels In Zombie Films
Review: This is the movie that started it all. I don't care if it is in black & white. This movie is a true legend. If you look in t.v. guides, you'll see three stars. You can notice a change in George A. Romero's zombies. In 'Night of the Living Dead', the zombies run after their victims. But when 'Dawn of the Dead' came out, the zombies were slow and lazy.

This movie is truly excellent. There is no reason not to rent it. I used to own it, but sold it, so I can get the Collector's Editions.

If you've seen 'Dawn of the Dead' and 'Day of the Dead', then rent 'Night of the Living Dead' to see how it all started.

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Summary: From a true fan of the film.
Review: Hi,

I actualy bought the Limited Edition of this version but the only difference is the music CD that is not included with the Standard version.

I highly recommend this version over all others as it included new footage that was originaly in the script but was cut only due to costs. A new socre has ben written which puts the film in the same catagory as the sequals.

If you can find the 30th Anniversary Linited Edition, that is the better value, but it is becoming harder to find.

If you are a die hard fan also get the Elite Special Edition. This is a very no frills version of the original film with no editing.

Read my other reviews on the different version for perseptive.

I hope this help.

Joe

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Summary: From a true fan of the film.
Review: This version (The Elite Special Edition) Is a very good quality version of the original film in it's original form. No additional footage or music has been added and the quality is about as good as they could get it.

If you are just interested in a plain no frills, but great quality copy of the original release, this is it.

The menus are cheesy, there are no inserts or books listing the scene numbers and the DVD does not even have any title on it except for around the the center hole where it says the movie name one side and a note to play the opposite side on the other.

All you get is the case with a nice colored cover and the DVD... PERIOD.

The DVD does include some small commentaries and a funny movie called "Night of the living bread", sort of a spoof.

When I first was looking for a good quality copy of this film I read all the reviews for both this one and the 2 30th Anniversary versions.

I bought this one due to all of the suggestions. I was fairly dissapointed, for the money it cost.

I then found the 30th Annaversary (Limited Edition) and bought that and was pleasently surprized.

If you are a die hard fan of the film, as I am, buy both. This will give you literaly 3 different versions of the film. The original, in this version, and 2 others in the 30th Annaversary version.

Buy this only as a last resort, as the 30th Annasversary edition is getting hard to come by, especialy the Limited Edition (see my review for those other 2)

I hope my review has been of some help.

Cheers,

Joe

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Summary: great movie!!!!!
Review: The last few reviews of this movie have been of the 30th anniversary edition. This is the special edition of the original Night Of The Living Dead. This does not have any new footage or an alternate music score. What you get here is excellent picture and sound quality of the original film plus two commentaries with George Romero and the cast. Romero had nothing to do with the 30th anniversary edition. Get this special collector's edition and avoid the silly, money hungry 30th anniversary edition.

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Summary: greedy idots try to capitalize, end up brutalizing a classic
Review: Night of the living dead is not only a cult classic, but a great film, frightening, suspenseful, intelligent, beautiful because its cheap budget made it rely on subtle mechanisms and strong acting, but 30th ANNIVERSARY EDITION has BUTCHERED that simple brilliance. The edition offers two versions of the film, neither of which are original. One is a 1998 version, mostly identical to the '68 cut, but with a new score by a composer of campy 'horror flick' music. This may be a cheap rip-off of the success the ACCLAIMED composer, philip glass, had with re-scoring the original Dracula with bela lugosi, but the new score for Living Dead does nothing but take away from the film's suspense and beauty.

The other version is labled as the 30th Anniversary Edition, with NEW, (not original deleted), scenes. They were filmed recenly, with new technology, so the scened don't mesh well, and they have no bearing on the original plot.

This edition is ostentatious and campy. it is a cheap effort to capitalize on an old success. The effect is a worsened film, no better than the multitudes of B movies that rushed at its heels like so many gold-diggers to a brand new mine.

DO NOT BUY THIS EDITION OF NIGHT OF THE LIVING DEAD

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Summary: Please what ever you do, DO NOT WATCH THIS MOVIE!!!!!!!!
Review: Ok look i will get right to the point this movie is a disgrace to night of the living dead, the added scenes(which include some hick preacher, with the worst fake accent i have ever seen!!!)totally ruin this movie. Not to mention they added a new ending, which i do not understand, because there was nothing wrong with the old one to begin with. Look if you are a big fan of Romeros movies chances are you are curious to what this movie is all about, But I am warning you chances are this movie will ruin the Night of the living dead for you.(I gave this movie 1 star only because it was the lowest rating i could give it)

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Summary: AVOID AT ALL COSTS! I Implore you...
Review: If you're looking for a definitive version of this classic, AVOID THIS VERSION! I cannot begin to express my disgust and contempt for Executive Producer Joseph Wolf, the studio, and all involved for adding amateurish 'new footage' and a new score to one of the most terrifying films of all time. This is now worse than the worst of the Sci-Fi Channel; it's not even good enough for public access. What an abomination.

I cannot believe that these hacks thought they had the right to exhume the best parts of this film and tack cheesy embellishments upon it; it's like putting salt on an ice cream sundae. I hope the dead do arise and attack John A. Russo and Joseph Wolf- but then again, I wouldn't want them living on.

I implore ANYONE interested in obtaining the 'definite' version of this film on DVD to wait- hopefully Criterion will release a worthwhile version, as they did with "Carnival of Souls".

I've heard the Elite Entertainment version is closer to the original; all I know is, I'm returning this ASAP. What a disappointment.

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Summary: NIGHT OF THE LIVING DEAD
Review: NIGHT OF THE LIVING DEAD is The Godfather of All Horror Films! The story is about a space satellite carrying a deadly radiation that crashes on Earth, and causes the dead to rise from there graves and walk around with a hunger for human flesh. The center of the film is on seven survivors who lock themselves up in a abandoned farmhouse in order to survive the night and get away from the living dead. The film is directed by George Romero, who would go on to make more classic horror films that would become famous. Get the 30th Anniversary Edition of this film on DVD, because it's the only way to see it!

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Summary: A Landmark in Horror of the 60's.
Review: This film may look like a silly B movie to people back in the 60's but it was really a important and powerful Horror film that terrified the daylights of the viewers. The Story deals with a Girl who hides out with five people in a House and being surrounded by hordes of Maneating Zombies, This film can still be scary today and it still is.

Recommendations: Dawn of the Dead, Day of the Dead, The Evil Dead, Evil Dead 2, Psycho, Rosemary's Baby, The Exorcist, and Resident Evil.

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Summary: This is the worst
Review: This is the worst! I can't possible say anymore!