Night of the Living Dead

1968
R
1h 36m

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7.8/10

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Marilyn Eastman, Duane Jones, and Judith Ridley in Night of the Living Dead (1968)

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A ragtag group of Pennsylvanians barricade themselves in an old farmhouse to remain safe from a horde of flesh-eating ghouls that are ravaging the Northeast of the United States.A ragtag group of Pennsylvanians barricade themselves in an old farmhouse to remain safe from a horde of flesh-eating ghouls that are ravaging the Northeast of the United States.A ragtag group of Pennsylvanians barricade themselves in an old farmhouse to remain safe from a horde of flesh-eating ghouls that are ravaging the Northeast of the United States.

Director
- George A. Romero
Writers
- John A. Russo
- George A. Romero
Stars

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IMDb RATING

7.8/10

143K

YOUR RATING

POPULARITY

851

Director
- George A. Romero
Writers
- John A. Russo
- George A. Romero
Stars

See production info at IMDbPro

Awards
- 7 wins

Zombie
(as Bill Heinzman)

George Kosana

Sheriff McClelland

Frank Doak

Scientist

Bill Cardille

Field Reporter
(as Bill 'Chilly Billy' Cardille)

A.C. McDonald

Zombie…

Samuel R. Solito

Zombie…

Mark Ricci

Washington Scientist

Lee Hartman

Zombie…

Jack Givens

Zombie

Rudy Ricci

Zombie
(as R.J. Ricci)

Director
- George A. Romero
Writers
- John A. Russo
- George A. Romero
All cast & crew
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Trivia
This is one of the most profitable independent movies ever made. Made for $114,000 (equivalent to $977,841 in 2024), it grossed approximately $30 million (equivalent to $257,326,430 in 2024) - over 263 times its budget.

Goofs
The first time the dead body is seen at the top of the stairs, the face has been eaten away. Later when the body is being dragged away, the rug conveniently covers the face, but the face can be seen for a split second, and it is clearly normal.

Quotes
Johnny: [in a creepy voice] They're coming to get you, Barbra!
Barbra: Stop it! You're ignorant!
Johnny: They're coming for you, Barbra!
Barbra: Stop it! You're acting like a child!
Johnny: They're coming for you!
[points to the cemetery zombie]
Johnny: Look, there comes one of them now!
Barbra: He'll hear you!
Johnny: Here he comes now! I'm getting out of here!

Crazy credits
There is no on-screen copyright notice, nor any of the usual legal disclaimers typically found in movie credits; this is the main reason the film has been in the public domain since its release.

Alternate versions
Despite being billed as a collectors' edition and containing many extras, the UK Contender DVD appears to be missing several sequences including most of the cannibalism scenes following the attack on the car, as well as heavily reducing the trowel murder from 14 blows to three. None of these cuts were imposed by the BBFC as all video/DVD releases in the UK have always been uncut.

Connections
Edited into The Epic of Detective Mandy: Book Two - Spoof of the Living Dead (1991)

Soundtracks
Battle to the Death
(uncredited)
Music by Harry Bluestone and Emil Cadkin

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8/10

The king of low budget horror films

The budget was low.The actors were not the top of the heap,yet Night of the Living Dead is a very effective horror film.It was the film that no doubt set the standard for horror films of today.The whole idea of freshly dead corpses returning from the grave to feed on the living makes my hair stand up,even without the movie.I find myself comparing this film with 1999's The Blair Witch Project.They are similar,not in what they are about,but in how they were made.Both films took very little money to make,used no big name actors,and were very successful and effective in presenting their respective stories.Night does get rather gory and disgusting in places,but overall is worthy of the title of "classic".