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Night of the Living Dead
Night of the Living Dead is a 1968 American independent zombie horror film directed, photographed, and edited by George A. Romero, written by Romero and John Russo, and produced by Russell W. Streiner and Karl Hardman. The film's ensemble cast — which includes Duane Jones, Judith O'Dea, Marilyn Eastman, Karl Hardman, Judith Ridley, and Keith Wayne — star as a group of people trapped in a farmhouse in rural Pennsylvania, under assault by flesh-eating reanimated corpses. Although the monsters that appear in the film are referred to as "ghouls", they are credited with popularizing the modern portrayal of zombies in popular culture.
Having gained experience creating television commercials, industrial films, and Mister Rogers' Neighborhood segments through their production company The Latent Image, Romero, Russo, and Streiner decided to make a horror film to capitalize on interest in the genre. Their script primarily drew inspiration from Richard Matheson's 1954 novel I Am Legend. Principal photography took place between July 1967 and January 1968, mainly on location in Evans City, Pennsylvania, with Romero using guerrilla filmmaking techniques he had honed in his commercial and industrial work to complete the film on a budget of approximately US$100,000. Unable to procure a proper set, the crew rented a condemned farmhouse to destroy during the course of filming.
Night of the Living Dead premiered in Pittsburgh on October 1, 1968. It grossed US$12 million domestically and US$18 million internationally, earning more than 250 times its budget and making it one of the most profitable film productions of all time. Released shortly before the adoption of the Motion Picture Association of America rating system, the film's explicit violence and gore were considered groundbreaking, leading to controversy and negative reviews. It eventually garnered a cult following and critical acclaim, and has appeared on lists of the greatest and most influential films by such outlets as Empire, The New York Times and Total Film. Frequently identified as a touchstone in the development of the horror genre, retrospective scholarly analysis has focused on its reflection of the social and cultural changes in the United States during the 1960s, with particular attention towards the casting of Jones, an African-American, in the leading role. In 1999, the film was deemed "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant" by the Library of Congress and selected for preservation in the National Film Registry.
Night of the Living Dead created a successful franchise that includes five sequels released between 1978 and 2009, all directed by Romero. Due to an error when titling the original film, it entered the public domain upon release, resulting in numerous adaptations, remakes, and a lasting legacy in the horror genre. An official remake, written by Romero and directed by Tom Savini, was released in 1990.
Siblings Barbra and Johnny drive to a cemetery in rural Pennsylvania one night to visit their father's grave, where a pale man in a tattered suit kills Johnny and attacks Barbra. Fleeing to a nearby farmhouse, she finds the resident's corpse lying half-eaten on the stairs. The man from the cemetery has followed Barbra to the house, and as a growing horde of sinister figures like the man surround the house, a stranger, Ben, arrives and initially mistakes Barbra for the homeowner. After driving back several of the figures, he attempts to gather supplies so they can flee, but instead boards the windows and doors after more of the attackers break in. He and Barbra share stories of how they arrived, which escalates into a fight after she attempts to leave the house to retrieve Johnny, refusing to accept that he is dead. Barbra, traumatized by the events, enters a near-catatonic state whilst Ben discovers a lever-action rifle whilst searching upstairs.
Barbra is startled to discover other people already taking shelter in the home's cellar: an angry married couple, Harry and Helen Cooper, and their young daughter Karen, who fled there after ghouls overturned their car and bit Karen on the arm, leaving her seriously ill. A teenage couple, Tom and Judy, had taken shelter in the farmhouse after hearing an emergency broadcast when at the lake. Tom comes upstairs to help Ben secure the farmhouse, while Harry protests that it is unsafe aboveground. Tension rises in the group as more of the monsters arrive to besiege the farmhouse.
Through radio and television reports, the survivors learn that cannibalistic corpses, referred to as "ghouls", are reanimating and committing mass murder across the East Coast of the United States and that posses of armed men are patrolling the countryside to exterminate the living dead. Reports confirm that the ghouls can die again from heavy blows to the head, bullets to the brain, or being burned. Various rescue centers offer refuge and safety, and scientists theorize that radiation from an exploding space probe returning from Venus caused the reanimations.
Ben proposes a plan to obtain medical supplies for Karen and transport the group to a rescue center after refueling his truck at a pump on the farm. Ben, Tom, and Judy drive there together, holding the ghouls off with torches and Molotov cocktails. However, spilled gas catches fire and causes the truck to explode, killing Tom and Judy. Ben returns, but when Harry refuses to unlock the door, Ben breaks it down.
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Night of the Living Dead
Night of the Living Dead is a 1968 American independent zombie horror film directed, photographed, and edited by George A. Romero, written by Romero and John Russo, and produced by Russell W. Streiner and Karl Hardman. The film's ensemble cast — which includes Duane Jones, Judith O'Dea, Marilyn Eastman, Karl Hardman, Judith Ridley, and Keith Wayne — star as a group of people trapped in a farmhouse in rural Pennsylvania, under assault by flesh-eating reanimated corpses. Although the monsters that appear in the film are referred to as "ghouls", they are credited with popularizing the modern portrayal of zombies in popular culture.
Having gained experience creating television commercials, industrial films, and Mister Rogers' Neighborhood segments through their production company The Latent Image, Romero, Russo, and Streiner decided to make a horror film to capitalize on interest in the genre. Their script primarily drew inspiration from Richard Matheson's 1954 novel I Am Legend. Principal photography took place between July 1967 and January 1968, mainly on location in Evans City, Pennsylvania, with Romero using guerrilla filmmaking techniques he had honed in his commercial and industrial work to complete the film on a budget of approximately US$100,000. Unable to procure a proper set, the crew rented a condemned farmhouse to destroy during the course of filming.
Night of the Living Dead premiered in Pittsburgh on October 1, 1968. It grossed US$12 million domestically and US$18 million internationally, earning more than 250 times its budget and making it one of the most profitable film productions of all time. Released shortly before the adoption of the Motion Picture Association of America rating system, the film's explicit violence and gore were considered groundbreaking, leading to controversy and negative reviews. It eventually garnered a cult following and critical acclaim, and has appeared on lists of the greatest and most influential films by such outlets as Empire, The New York Times and Total Film. Frequently identified as a touchstone in the development of the horror genre, retrospective scholarly analysis has focused on its reflection of the social and cultural changes in the United States during the 1960s, with particular attention towards the casting of Jones, an African-American, in the leading role. In 1999, the film was deemed "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant" by the Library of Congress and selected for preservation in the National Film Registry.
Night of the Living Dead created a successful franchise that includes five sequels released between 1978 and 2009, all directed by Romero. Due to an error when titling the original film, it entered the public domain upon release, resulting in numerous adaptations, remakes, and a lasting legacy in the horror genre. An official remake, written by Romero and directed by Tom Savini, was released in 1990.
Siblings Barbra and Johnny drive to a cemetery in rural Pennsylvania one night to visit their father's grave, where a pale man in a tattered suit kills Johnny and attacks Barbra. Fleeing to a nearby farmhouse, she finds the resident's corpse lying half-eaten on the stairs. The man from the cemetery has followed Barbra to the house, and as a growing horde of sinister figures like the man surround the house, a stranger, Ben, arrives and initially mistakes Barbra for the homeowner. After driving back several of the figures, he attempts to gather supplies so they can flee, but instead boards the windows and doors after more of the attackers break in. He and Barbra share stories of how they arrived, which escalates into a fight after she attempts to leave the house to retrieve Johnny, refusing to accept that he is dead. Barbra, traumatized by the events, enters a near-catatonic state whilst Ben discovers a lever-action rifle whilst searching upstairs.
Barbra is startled to discover other people already taking shelter in the home's cellar: an angry married couple, Harry and Helen Cooper, and their young daughter Karen, who fled there after ghouls overturned their car and bit Karen on the arm, leaving her seriously ill. A teenage couple, Tom and Judy, had taken shelter in the farmhouse after hearing an emergency broadcast when at the lake. Tom comes upstairs to help Ben secure the farmhouse, while Harry protests that it is unsafe aboveground. Tension rises in the group as more of the monsters arrive to besiege the farmhouse.
Through radio and television reports, the survivors learn that cannibalistic corpses, referred to as "ghouls", are reanimating and committing mass murder across the East Coast of the United States and that posses of armed men are patrolling the countryside to exterminate the living dead. Reports confirm that the ghouls can die again from heavy blows to the head, bullets to the brain, or being burned. Various rescue centers offer refuge and safety, and scientists theorize that radiation from an exploding space probe returning from Venus caused the reanimations.
Ben proposes a plan to obtain medical supplies for Karen and transport the group to a rescue center after refueling his truck at a pump on the farm. Ben, Tom, and Judy drive there together, holding the ghouls off with torches and Molotov cocktails. However, spilled gas catches fire and causes the truck to explode, killing Tom and Judy. Ben returns, but when Harry refuses to unlock the door, Ben breaks it down.