George A. Romero's Night of the Living Dead (1968) The Original Zombie Horror Classic

George A. Romero's Night of the Living Dead (1968)

A disparate group of individuals takes refuge in an abandoned house when corpses begin to leave the graveyard in search of fresh human bodies to devour. The pragmatic Ben does his best to control the situation, but when the reanimated bodies surround the house, the other survivors begin to panic. As any semblance of order within the group begins to dissipate, the zombies start to find ways inside - and one by one, the living humans become the prey of the deceased ones.

Directed, photographed, and edited by George A. Romero, written by Romero and John Russo, produced by Russell Streiner and Karl HArdman.

Cast:
* Duane Jones as Ben
* Judith O'Dea as Barbra
* Karl Hardman as Harry Cooper
* Marilyn Eastman as Helen Cooper
* Kyra Schon as Karen Cooper
* Keith Wayne as Tom
* Judith Ridley as Judy
* Bill Hinzman as the first ghoul
* George Kosana as Sheriff McClelland
* Bill "Chilly Billy" Cardille as himself

Night of the Living Dead premiered in Pittsburgh on October 1, 1968. It grossed $12 million domestically in the U.S. and $18 million internationally, earning more than 250 times its budget and making it one of the most profitable film productions ever made at that time.

The film's explicit violence and gore were considered groundbreaking, leading to five official sequels: Dawn of the Dead (1978), Day of the Dead (1985), Land of the Dead (2005), Diary of the Dead (2007) and Survival of the Dead (2010), as well as three remakes. Romero's debut set the template for countless zombie films and TV series that we've enjoyed in the decades since it's original release.

Night of the Living Dead was awarded two distinguished honors decades after its debut. The Library of Congress added the film to the National Film Registry in 1999 with other films deemed "culturally, historically or aesthetically significant". In 2001, the film was ranked No. 93 by the American Film Institute on their AFI's 100 Years 100 Thrills list.

In the United States, Night of the Living Dead immediately fell into the public domain because the original distributor failed to replace the copyright notice when changing the film's name. Image Ten displayed a notice on the title frames of the film beneath the original title, "Night of the Flesh Eaters", but the Walter Reade Organization removed it when changing the title to "Night of the Living Dead".

George A. Romero's Night of the Living Dead is presented here in it's original full version for entertainment and historical purposes.

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