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"The One Time the Living Dead were truly Terrifying "
In 1968 George A. Romero took the world by storm with an incredibly violent, low-budget, horror film that introduced what would grow to be the modern day interpretation of the living dead (referred to as zombies by most modern day moviegoers). These creatures are the reanimated corpses of the recently deceased, they shuffle, moan and eat the flesh of the living, and the only ways to kill them being incineration and a fatal blow to the head (via gunshot or clubbing). Naturally these aspects would lead these monsters into being the most common form of canon-fodder in today's video games.

In recent years the zombies, due to their stupidity, and the fact that they are easy to kill, have made them nothing more than things for the heroes of a film to blow apart in increasingly gruesome manners (so long as they're zombies the MPAA does not care how the characters go about killing them). So what is it about Romero's first Dead film that makes these creatures so darn scary? Two out of the three sequels to this cult classic (the classic Dawn of the Dead, and the more resent Land of the Dead) have used these creatures to create socially satirical environments exploiting human nature, while never bringing real spine tingling moments, the concepts (at least in Dawn) were equally frightening to the horror of Night of the Living Dead, just in a more psychological aspect.

How do these pitiful excuses for monsters bring in the scares within this low-budget exploitation film? I'd have to place my bet on the claustrophobic atmosphere Romero creates within the farmhouse, where ninety-five percent of the film takes place. In films such as Dawn, and Day of the Dead the characters had a lot more maneuverability. They could run, they could hide, and easily out maneuver these slow, clumsy creatures. Here, there is no room to move about, and you can feel that there truly is no way out, and no place to hide.

The film starts as a brother and sister drive to apply the annual decoration to their father's grave. The two individuals are Barbra and Johnny, and as the two leave they are assaulted by a man. Barbra flees to a nearby farmhouse, and the story begins. Soon after she arrives she encounters a strong willed man by the name of Ben, who quickly establishes that Barbra is hysterical and must be taken care of. Taking responsibility for both their survival Ben soon boards up the doors and windows, preparing to sit the infestation out until help arrives.

During the stay they discover some more survivors living in the house's cellar. There's the eager to help young man by the name of Tom, and his loyal girlfriend Judy, and then the paranoid Harry Cooper, his wife Helen, and their ill daughter Karen. Mister Cooper instantly protests against the command of Ben, saying that they all should retreat to the cellar, because there's only one way in and out of the cellar, as opposed to the house with its many doors and windows. Ben denies this, not wanting to be enclosed in a death trap without any means of escape if things were to go badly (which you know they will). In the end it seems only ironic as to how each character meets his or her fate.

I must point out the Ben character played by Duane Jones because he is obviously the star of this film, and for good reason. Considering this was the 1960s, and racism was still a huge factor throughout the country it feels remarkable to see such a well done performance by an African American actor, with such great intensity, especially with such a low-budget. He is strong willed, and won't let people change his mind, even to the point of ignorance, but he does so with such passion we, the audience, can't help but side with him as the character, even when he is clearly wrong at times with his decisions. His survival techniques are not perfect, but with his strong attitude he is able to make the survivors inside the house side with him, over the over-cautious (yet, in all fairness, intelligent) Harry Cooper.

This film has rightfully earned its reputation as one of the best horror movies to date, and still beats out all of today's zombie films by a mile. Here the zombies really are scary, without resorting to being anything more than slow moving, clumsy beings (unlike the remake of Dawn of the Dead where they felt inclined to super power the creatures). Also, the setting is so normal it further increases the scare factor. How many people haven't been in houses like the one in this film? Imagine being trapped in one of these houses, surrounded by vicious flesh-eaters in the late hours of the night. This is where Night of the Living Dead succeeds where others of the genre have miserably fallen. If it wasn't for the original Night of the Living Dead, and Dawn of the Dead (both of which have been remade with a less positive response from critics and audiences alike) zombies would be some of the worst movie monsters ever conceived. This film innovated and created the concept of the living dead which have been embraced by mainstream audiences, and it is fitting that it is perhaps the ONLY film involving the creatures that has legitimately frightened me. Maybe it was watching it at night with the lights turned off, but I can say that few films have actually scared me when I watched it. Let me put it this way, most classic horror films that truly deserve their status don't scare me when I'm watching them, but end up poking my mind later on in the day (Examples are The Shining and the original Nightmare on Elm Street). With this film I was constantly holding my breath, and looking about the room nervously.

The reason I was frightened (and surprised) by this film was due to its incredibly fast pacing, which is very similar to the way films are made today. This film just never has its dull moments (not to say I like all action, I was just surprised how quick it was). The plot is extraordinarily simple, and could've easily been covered in thirty minutes, but Romero was careful to grab the audience in the first attack scene, and keep their attention through means of suspense and violence.

Now that brings us to the violence, and there is nothing that the undead are more associated with then excessive amounts of blood and gore. For the 1960s this film is incredibly violent, especially when it shows the undead feeding on the flesh of their victims. Being low-budget the victims are not seen being torn apart like they are in the sequels, but you still are given some disgusting shots of flesh from the bones, or fighting over intestines, which in some perverse way reminded me of people fighting over a chicken wing at a local KFC buffet. The images are just truly grotesque, maybe not to the avid, modern day gore lover, but to the common moviegoer it still holds up as being disturbing.

This is the best film of the living dead subgenre, followed closely by its sequel, Dawn of the Dead, and certainly holds up in all regards to the modern, brainless horror film. The film goes out to scare, and manages to pull it off, even to this day. Though the zombies are most associated with gore, and for the 60s this film surely had it, this is a film with more brain than blood, and that's why it has terrified people for so long, and will continue to do so, even as the creatures continue to become even less threatening through video games and modern interpretations (which happen to be video game based, for the most part). With their decline as an actual icon of terror, at least we can still return to the gut wrenching human struggle, and terror of George A. Romero's definitive horror picture.

5/5 stars; a classic that has endured the test of time with more strength, emotionally, and in the form of pure terror, than many films of the same era which possessed a larger budgets, certainly being on par with some of Hitchcock's greats.




"The Best of the Colored Versions"
This is by far the best of the colorized versions of this film.

They did a pretty good job with it overall, although there are some spots were it seems weird (the car is bright orange and looks like the General Lee from Dukes of Hazzard...and whats up with the psychodelic colored walls???) it is solid overall. The fire is mesmerizing looking, but Ben's skin tone isn't quite right (at least i hope not).

The quality of the picture isn't bad, but it still is not as sharp as some of the remastered black and white versions of this film. so this version is a little more blurry, but not enough to detract from the overall enjoyment of what you're looking at.

The movie itself is unchanged. No new cuts, edits, or soundtracks, just the original stuff.

The bonus features are lame, and the commentary track is retarded and not even worth listening too.

Basically, if you want to see what this movie is like in color, buy this one. It actually makes it feel like a whole new movie, and you find yourself thinking ahead and trying to guess what color various things in the film are going to end up being.

I think overall they did a good job, and it is worthy of a place in my Romero collection.

"What A Great 40th Edition Of This Classic Film Dead."
I like many other night of living dead fans i have been scratching my head over which version of this film to get. because it seems like every tom,dick and harry who is in film company biz has release their version of this classic film, which explain why there are so many versions. it's a headache too choose which one to get, i know george and his associates are bit upset over this problem too. well i got this version because it was endorsed by george himself and was filled with goodies that the others didn't have like duane jones last interview in audio form on this DVD which is great and all the other extra have interviews with the surviving cast members of this classic dead film. showing where they shot most of key shots in the film and fun stuff like that, plus the film has been cleaned up with the scratches and dirt removed from so it looks as if it was shot today with exception of the vintage automobiles etc. it is a pristine print , clear and vivid . This definitely the one to get out of all the ones on the market.

Highly Recommended.

"Oh what a night!"
Simply put: If you have not seen this classic film, then you are missing
THE zombie film that started a legacy.

"Best Movie Ever!!!"
The one and only. The oringinal Night of the Living Dead was by far the best horror movie ever made. If you like scary movies its a must see film.

  

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"NIght of the living dead is great", The original Zombie movie. If you like Zombie movies at all and you haven't seen this... then you need to check it out. This is a nice DVD release, digitally remastered in the original creepy black and white.

"Great Original", This movie was great! I enjoy the original in all of its black and white glory compared to its remake.

"NOTLD 68-40-08", This review is for the Genius 40th edition. Cover, film quality, and extras all excellent. NOTLD is a 1 zombie film, and need to be treated with respect. I own this movie on vhs, and dvd. So far the Genius Extreme is the best. NO TRUE HORROR FAN SHOULD BE WITHOUT THIS MOVIE!

"NIGHT OF THE LIVING DEAD", This is an excellent edition of Night of the living dead because of the extras. It contains interviews with the living cast members except for Judith Ridley who played Judy.It was nice to see Barbra and Johnny back in the cemetary 40 years later.Unfortunately Duane Jones(Ben),Karl Hardman(Mr.Cooper)and Keith Wayne(Tom)are no longer with us.May they rest in peace!But it was nice to see the others talk about this classic movie! This will always be George Romero's one and only masterpiece!!The film quality is excellent considering all the bad copies of this movie out there. I will always be a loyal fan of this film and it will always remain my favorite.

"Excellent Old Classic Horror", I bought this movie recently and is superb. The sound is crispy and the visual rich.

For the Extras, i was happy to watch and see for the first time most of the actors talking in the present and an interview with Duane Jones (rip).



 
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"even if you already own it, get this edition!", Like its zombies, Night of the Living Dead just seems to keep coming back from the grave. The latest DVD release of the classic is a 40th anniversary edition that comes with an outstanding set of extras. There's no doubt that Night of the Living Dead is one of the most influential horror films of all time. George Romero and John Russo didn't invent zombies on film, but their prototype of the shambling, flesh-eating, shoot-the-head to kill them, has become the zombie of choice in popular culture. Without Night of the Living Dead we probably wouldn't have Max Brooks' World War Z or other popular zombie fiction novels; we probably wouldn't have video games and film series like Resident Evil. When you consider the film was made on a budget of around $100,000, produced and acted by essentially amateurs, it makes its status all the more incredible. The film was a community effort. The actors served as producers, directors, and make-up artists. Everyone did multiple duties. If the film did have a bigger budget it likely would not have the same impact. Can you imagine it being in color rather than its stark black & white?

The lack of funds forced the crew to be creative. Chocolate syrup stood in for blood, mortician's makeup was used to fashion the zombies, and a fireworks expert created the gunshot effects. The eerie soundtrack was stock music taken from a variety of sources. If some of it sounds like it came from a campy 1950's Sci-Fi film you'd be right on the money as some of it did come from the 1959 film Teenagers from Outer Space. Karl Hardman and Marilyn Eastman who played Mr. and Mrs. Cooper, also provided the sound effects and Eastman did the makeup. Modern critics have lauded the film for its subversive qualities and Vietnam-era take on American Society. But when you hear the actors talk about the film you don't get the idea that they were trying to send any messages to viewers. They were just trying to make a scary horror film. Night of the Living Dead is an instance where the planets aligned just right and in a remarkable confluence of events and efforts, a near perfect horror film was created. The amateur actors work because they are real people and not professionals.

This 40th anniversary edition features a fully restored and re-mastered cut of the film with features overseen by George Romero himself. First, there are two audio commentaries: One featuring Romero, Karl Hardman, Marilyn Eastman, and John Russo. The second features Producer/Actor Russ Streiner (Johnny), Judith O' Dea (Barbra), Kyra Schon (Karen Cooper), and Karl Hinzman (cemetery zombie).

The main attraction of the 40th Anniversary Edition is the brand new, 83-minute documentary that covers the film from beginning to end. The documentary opens in black & white as an SUV drives through a cemetery. The film switches to color as Streiner and O'Dea visit the same grave where they placed a wreath forty years earlier. The documentary features comments from almost all the surviving cast members including Eastman, Hardman (who just passed away recently), Schon, Hinzman, George Kosana (Sheriff McClelland) Bill Cardille (reporter who played himself), and Ella Mae Smith who played a zombie, along with Romero, Russo, and others in the crew.

It's fascinating to hear their stories and memories about making the movie. Russo and Streiner returned to the infamous basement where little Karen killed and ate her mother. The basement was actually in an office building in Pittsburgh and looks much the same today. Streiner laments about a flood, which destroyed a number of the film's assets including prints and press kits. Hinzman (who looks actually younger now than he did as the Cemetery Zombie) talks about the problems he had breaking the window of Barbra's car with a rock. They also discuss the mistake made in not copyrighting the film, which fell into public domain a few years after the release where it remains today. The documentary alone makes this edition a must have.

"Speak of the Dead" is a 15 minute Q & A with George Romero that took place at the Bloor Cinema in Toronto in August of 2007. Romero discusses many of the film's influences including the EC Comics from his youth.

"Ben Speaks" is an audio only interview with Duane Jones. The last interview the reclusive actor and professor gave in December 1987. He would pass away the following Summer.

There's also a still gallery and a copy of the script in .PDF format.

Because of its public domain status there are a lot of versions of the DVD available but this is the only one you MUST own!


"The Original Zombie Nightmare!!!", Blood and Rain
Blood for the Masses

(Article originally written for SavageNight)

Creature Feature

Night Of The Living Dead
Double feature DVD
With
Dementia 13

B.L.Morgan


"Come on over here children and listen to your Grandpaps. He's a goin to tell ya a little somethin about the way it used to be. Before you had five hundred cable channels that play uncut movies, before you had VCR's and DVD players. Back in the days when if you yelled, I want my MTV, someone would of locked you up in a padded room."

"I'm going to tell ya something about the days when if you wanted to see a movie without commercial interruptions, ya had to go to a movie theatre. And, believe it or not, that weird place with the big white wall standing up at the end of that open gravel lot with all those little posts with wires stickin out of them where the flea market is, use to be what we called a drive-in. We saw movies there too. There's still a few of them places around."

"You don't believe me?"

"Well, the world is a different place now. Things have changed."

* * *

Diamond Entertainment has issued a low-cost, stripped down, Double Feature DVD of the movies "Night Of The Living Dead" and "Dementia 13." The extras on the DVD are next to non-existent. Just some stills galleries and background info. Both movies are worth a look, especially the excellent, "Night Of The Living Dead," and there are some surprises in store for anyone who hasn't seen these films before.

When "Night Of The Living Dead," came out in theatres in 1968 it shocked audiences everywhere it played. The Americans of that era just weren't ready to see swarming packs of zombies tearing apart and eating any warm-blooded person they found. The movie was immediately condemned by Readers Digest, who demanded that it be banned. Which, caused "Night Of The Living Dead," to be a huge drive-in hit.

The story is simple. It starts out in a graveyard with a brother and sister going to visit their parents graves. When they see a weird looking guy, the brother, Johnny, starts teasing his sister, Barbara, saying, "They're coming to get you. They're coming to get you." He didn't know they were coming to get him too.

The weird guy is a zombie who attacks them, killing Johnny.

Barbara flees and takes shelter in a house with a group of people who definitely don't get along. At the house, "Night Of The Living Dead," becomes a siege picture. Outside there's a mob of hungry zombies. They think the people inside are finger-licking good and want to have them for dinner.

The people inside the house are unfriendly types who won't invite the zombies in for a snack. I guess that's what you get for digging yourself out of the ground and showing up uninvited for dinner and eating bugs off trees.

The background story, that's given through radio and television broadcasts, are that zombies are everywhere, chewing up the scenery and people too. The cause appears to be extraterrestrial and it's never fully explained. The reason's why these people have to fight to survive are not as important as the fight for survival itself.

"Night Of The Living Dead," was shot on grainy, black and white, 35mm film on an ultra-low budget. The low grade film actually lends a type of old-time documentary feel to the film, which the radio and television broadcasts add to.

The acting in this movie is very convincing. This was in the days before it was in fashion to crack jokes at every horrible thing that happens. "Night Of The Living Dead," is humorless and it's a much better horror film because of it. Just think about it. If you had fifty people outside your door who want to beat you to the ground and eat you alive, would you really be spitting out one-liners about it. I don't think so.

This movie is about a grim struggle to survive in the face of incredible odds. The ending of "Night Of The Living Dead," is one of the darkest of any movie ever made.

If you like horror films, you owe it to yourself to see "Night Of The Living Dead. The first and maybe the best zombie epic.

* * *

Director Profile
George A. Romero

Known primarily for the three "Living Dead," movies, George A. Romero has directed many other excellent horror films during his career. His credits include, "The Dark Half," "CreepShow," and "Monkey Shines." While known as a genre director, Romero has expanded that same genre and produced some surprising results.

"Martin," is a vampire movie that debunks the vampire myth and sets the blood sucker in question, right square in the real world. "Monkey Shines," is about a depressed paraplegic ex-athlete, who gets a monkey trained to take care of him. The monkey has other plans. The recently released "Bruiser," is a strange stalker-style, serial killer movie, about a man who loses his sense of identity and takes revenge.

All of these movies have wildly different storylines and styles. To pigeonhole George A. Romero as just another horror director is to do him a grave injustice.

Romero is simple a director of very good movies. He frequently has to make do with a low budget but he always delivers the goods.

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"Dementia 13," is not a very good movie, so I'm not going to waste too much of your time reading about it or my time writing about it. Some interesting facts about this picture is that while this is Francis Ford Coppola's first credited work as a director, he didn't finish the movie. When Roger Corman saw the first cut of the film he was so angry that he fired Coppola.

Cult director Jack Hill was brought in and the best parts of the movie are what he did. I have no information whatsoever on Jack Hill. If anyone knows anything about him, let me know.

The things that are good about "Dementia 13," are the riveting harpsichord score and a gruesome watery murder scene. The murder takes place in a murky lake at night time. It's realistic enough to make you squirm in your seat. The harpsichord score is suitably unnerving and grating on the ears.

That's about all this movie has to recommend it. For the most part it's a ponderously slow moving murder mystery. By the end of "Dementia 13," you really don't care who killed who. You're just glad it's over.

* * *

"So children, did you learn anything from your good ole Grandpaps? If you paid about as much attention to me as what I paid to my elders you probably don't remember one word I just done said."

"There is one thing I do want ya to take with ya though. If ya have a friend over for dinner and they start looking at ya with hungry eyes, if it ain't love, shoot-em in the head real quick. You got to destroy the brain or they'll keep coming after ya."

"I knowed this from the zombie outbreak we had back in fifty-five. And take those grins off a your faces before I slap-em off. There's lots a things the government don't let out."

"You can believe your ole Granpaps. When one of them there zombies starts chewing on your head, you'll wish you had."



"The Dead Walk Again!!", This film is a Masterpiece, most people who have seen this film should agree with me if you do not then you do not like Cinema or you do not have any respect for great films of the past and their Directors.

There seem to be a lot of these people who i have mentioned above do not have respect for great classic films and there directors they would go out and see or buy garbage like Charlies Angels, Titanic, Bridget Jones Diary, Basic Instinct 2, etc, instead of buying any classic films of the past or recent memory, these people piss me off and insult me you should stay out of watching or owning movies!!!.

Anyway to this DVD, this 40th Anniversary Edition of The Night Of The Living Dead is a great film but it does not have enough extras to make it as good as Dawn Of The Dead UE 4 Disc set.

With this Restored and Remastred Edition the Black and White picture is sharp and i have spotted no grain whatso ever the picture is also so very clear to the Eye.
The sound is also very good with the music roaring to the sound of the extreme horror which dominates my HDTV.

Again going back to the extras i just wished there was more and i was hoping for either a 2/4 Disc set but nether mind thats life eh, the extras consist of the following:-
A 83 minute Making off Production Documentary
2 Audio Commentaries by the usual Suspects!
Q/A Session with George Romero
Ben Speaks The last interview with Duane Jones
Trailer
Still Gallery
Original Script
could of been so much more.

So final verdict
George Romero's 40th Anniversary Edition Of Night Of The Living Dead Restored and Remastered is a great classic Horror movie but with average extras.



"There's Always A Beginning", This is the movie that started it all. If you love horror movies, and more specifically, if you love zombie movies you owe a lot of your enjoyment to this film. Shocking for it's time and still holds up. What is most important about this film is that it gave director and creator George Romero a path to make the movies he wanted to make. For that alone it deserves immense respect as one of the all time classic films. 5 stars because I can't give 5 million stars.

"THE ULTIMATE ZOMBIE CLASSIC!!!", This is the Godfather of Zombie films! It's been 40 years since George A. Romero directed this classic, and all these years later, we still enjoy it! The storyline is awesome! The gore is awesome! The twist ending is awesome! It has the classic look and feel of the late 60's. If you love classic horror and zombies, you'll love NIGHT OF THE LIVING DEAD!!!

  
 
 

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