Night of the Living Dead
Directed by George Romero. US. 1968. NR. Running time: 96 min.
- Fri, Apr 4, 9:45 pm
Hitting theaters as the unrest of the '60s drew to a climax, Night Of The Living Dead took the notion of a world turned upside down to its literally visceral extreme. As if the overturning of accepted notions had seeped down to a biological level, the dead prey on the living without hesitation, and the film's many imitators, even its fine sequels, have done little to dull the impact of Romero's original. Shot in creepy black and white, its technical proficiency is rendered all the more remarkable by the Pittsburgh production team's lack of previous feature experience and its budgetary constraints. (Keith Phipps, The Onion AV Club).
This film will be shown on DVD.
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