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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!... more
Plot:
A group of people hide from bloodthirsty zombies in a farmhouse. full summary | full synopsis
Awards:
1 win
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Big Autopsy Of The Dead Giveaways! DVD's, Posters And Rare Autographed 8X10's!
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The Crazies to Run Amok in 2010
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Low Budget Horror That Redefined The Genre
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Cast
(Cast overview, first billed only)| Duane Jones | ... | Ben | |
| Judith O'Dea | ... | Barbra | |
| Karl Hardman | ... | Harry Cooper | |
| Marilyn Eastman | ... | Helen Cooper / Bug-eating zombie | |
| Keith Wayne | ... | Tom | |
| Judith Ridley | ... | Judy | |
| Kyra Schon | ... | Karen Cooper | |
| Charles Craig | ... | Newscaster / Zombie | |
| S. William Hinzman | ... | Cemetery Zombie (original and new scenes) (as Bill Heinzman) | |
| George Kosana | ... | Sheriff McClelland | |
| Frank Doak | ... | Scientist | |
| Bill 'Chilly Billy' Cardille | ... | Field reporter | |
| A.C. McDonald | ... | Zombie / Posse Member | |
| Samuel R. Solito | ... | Zombie / Posse Member | |
| Mark Ricci | ... | Washington scientist |
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)
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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)
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Runtime:
96 min
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1.33 : 1 more
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Certification:
Canada:R (Nova Scotia) (original rating) |
Canada:AA (Ontario) |
USA:Unrated (1968) |
Finland:K-16 (cut) |
Finland:K-18 (uncut) |
Singapore:NC-16 (30th anniversary edition) |
Iceland:16 |
Canada:14A |
Spain:13 |
UK:15 (video rating) (2007) |
Australia:R |
USA:TV-14 (TV rating) (cut) |
USA:TV-MA (TV rating) (uncut) |
South Korea:18 |
Spain:18 |
Italy:T (original DVD rating) |
Italy:VM18 |
Australia:M |
Canada:13+ (Quebec) |
Canada:14 (Nova Scotia) (DVD rating) |
Canada:R (Manitoba) |
France:-16 |
Germany:16 (re-rating) (uncut) |
Ireland:18 |
Norway:15 |
Singapore:PG |
Sweden:15 |
Switzerland:16 |
UK:X (original rating) |
West Germany:18 (original rating) (cut) |
Philippines:R-18 |
Argentina:18 |
Germany:BPjM Restricted
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Trivia:
S. William Hinzman based his characteristic saunter (and, subsequently, that of each other zombie) on a film with Boris Karloff, the title of which he could not remember. In that film, Karloff played a man risen from the dead, and walks with a characteristic ungainly saunter.
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Goofs:
Continuity: When he first appears, the cemetery zombie's coat is open and unbuttoned. During the fight with Johnny and in subsequent scenes, two of the buttons are fastened. Would a zombie button up his coat?
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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 Sunday on a scene like this? You know, I figure we'll have to get mother to move down here or have the grave moved down to Pittsburgh.
Barbara: Well, she can't make a trip like this!
Johnny: Yeah, I know that she can't.
[Reach for the wreath in the backseat]
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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 Sunday on a scene like this? You know, I figure we'll have to get mother to move down here or have the grave moved down to Pittsburgh.
Barbara: Well, she can't make a trip like this!
Johnny: Yeah, I know that she can't.
[Reach for the wreath in the backseat]
[...]
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Movie Connections:
Featured in A Mother's Justice (1991) (TV)
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Why is Barbra so catatonic throughout the film?Why is this film in the public domain?
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Night of the Living Dead, directed by Geoage A. Romero, is a horror masterpiece and the first of three of his "Dead" movies. This low budget horror has changed the way movies are made. This didn't need an "A" grade cast and a huge budget to become one the world's greatest and most influential horror movies.
This is the simple story of seven strangers who board themselves up in a farmhouse from the ravenous hoards of flesh eating zombies that are rising. But peace doesn't last for long as the tension rises, chaos and tragedy breaks out.
This movie today is still shocking. There isn't a lot of gore but the scenes with gore a shocking and disturbing, even though they are in black and white. This is still regarded as one of the best horror movies in the world.
5/5.