Scarecrowber: Night of the Living Dead (4K Restoration)
Opens October 12, 2024
George Romero will argue that having an African-American lead in this movie was no attempt by him at social commentary. I disagree, but what isn’t up for debate is how effective and shocking a film this is, the granddaddy of all zombie movies, and a reminder that Romero was a great director who happened to make horror films. —Greg
New 4K Restoration.
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Shot outside of Pittsburgh at a fraction of the cost of a Hollywood feature by a band of filmmakers determined to make their mark, George A. Romero’s Night of the Living Dead is one of the great stories of independent cinema: a midnight hit turned box-office smash that became one of the most influential films of all time. A deceptively simple tale of a group of strangers trapped in a farmhouse who find themselves fending off a horde of flesh-eating ghouls newly arisen from their graves, Romero’s claustrophobic vision of a late-sixties America (literally) tearing itself apart rewrote the rules of the horror genre, combined gruesome gore with acute social commentary, and quietly broke ground by casting a black actor (Duane Jones) in the lead role. After decades of poor-quality prints and video transfers, Night of the Living Dead can finally be seen for the immaculately crafted film that it is thanks to a new 4K restoration, scanned from the original camera negative and supervised by Romero himself. Stark, haunting, and more relevant than ever, Night of the Living Dead is back.
- Director: George Romero
- Principal Cast: Duane Jones, Judith O’Dea, Karl Hardman, Marilyn Eastman, Keith Wayne, Judith Ridley
- Country: USA
- Year: 1968
- Running Time: 96 min.
- Producer: Karl Hardman, Russell Streiner
- Screenplay: John A. Russo, George A. Romero
- Filmography: Dawn of the Dead (1978), Day of the Dead (1985), Creepshow (1982)
- Language: Engilsh
- Format: DCP
- US Distributor: Janus Films