With its radical rewriting of a genre in which good had always triumphed over evil, Romero's first feature shattered the conventions of horror and paved the way for the subversive visions of directors like David Cronenberg, Tobe Hooper and Sam Raimi. The film's opening scene immediately signals its own subversiveness. In broad daylight, a brother and sister visit their father's grave; seeing a tall man lumbering towards them, Johnny tries to frighten Barbara with a daft Boris Karloff impersonation; suddenly the figure lurches forward and kills him. With the presumed hero dead within the first few minutes, the inexorable logic of the modern 'nightmare movie' is set in motion, and from this moment on the terror never lets up. Together with a small group of fellow survivors, Barbara holes up in a nearby farmhouse, besieged by an ever-swelling tide of flesh-eating zombies. Trapped inside the house, they fight for their lives, but nothing works out as it should; whenever it seems there might be a glimmer of hope, Romero cruelly reverses our expectations. The nihilistic ending, in particular, has to be seen to be believed. Chuckle, if you can, during the first few minutes; because after that laughter catches in the throat as the clammy hand of terror tightens its grip.
brill now as it ever was still best zombie movie ever only one other stands as good its remake in coulour and both films identical and as good as each other
One of the oldest but surprisingly one of the most realistic zombie movies ever made, believable characters, simple yet very effective story. No Hollywood Heroes here. Just pure instinct for survival. Highly recommended classic.
Classic horror for one of the old films really good from start to finish got some good parts some not so good but well compared to some of the new horrors been released great dont think if it was remade to colour it would be as good got the gore tells enought about the charactors wouldnt say needed to add more cause might of lost interest to say it was from the 60s got the scenes gore and the parts to make the audience jump . thats all making of a good classic horror
This low budget film by George A Romero is a classic in its own right. What you will admire about this film is that the plot is relatively simple, it’s nicely shot thanks to Romero’s directing and film-making and the film possesses a very talented set of actors which enhances the film’s credibility. This is a must see film as it continually grabs your attention from the very beginning to the very end. It has everything that you come to expect from a horror movie – its creepy and scary and given the era that it was filmed in (the 60s), the film is certainly unique. Unlike the cheap, ineffective and recent horror movies out there, this film doesn’t really focus on the blood and guts gore but actually on the realistic depiction of horror – showing enough to the audience to disturb us but not enough at the same time to lose focus or touch with the plot and the characters.
Night of the Living Dead
night of the living dead
Highly recommended classic.
Classic Horror
horror classic