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Night of the Living Dead -- People hide in a house from carnivorous walking corpses revived by radiation fallout.
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Night of the Living Dead -- A group of people hide from bloodthirsty zombies in a farmhouse.
Night of the Living Dead -- In this recreation of  Romero's 1968 cult classic NIGHT OF THE LIVING DEAD, seven strangers find themselves trapped in an isolated farmhouse while menacing zombies--awakened from death by the return of a radioactive space probe--wage a relentless attack.

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Director:
Writers:
John A. Russo (screenplay) &
George A. Romero (screenplay)
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Release Date:
1 October 1968 (USA) See more »
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Tagline:
They keep coming back in a bloodthirsty lust for HUMAN FLESH!... See more »
Plot:
A group of people hide from bloodthirsty zombies in a farmhouse. Full summary » | Full synopsis »
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1 win See more »
User Reviews:
Low Budget Horror That Redefined The Genre See more (509 total) »

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Additional Details

Also Known As:
"Laugh Track: Night of the Living Dead" - USA (video title (redubbed comic version))
"Night of the Living Dead: 30th Anniversary Edition" - Philippines (English title) (recut version)
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Runtime:
96 min
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1.33 : 1 See more »
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Certification:
Canada:R (Nova Scotia) (original rating) | Canada:AA (Ontario) | USA:Unrated (1968) | Finland:K-16 (cut) | Finland:K-18 (uncut) | Singapore:NC-16 (30th anniversary edition) | Iceland:16 | Canada:14A | Spain:13 | UK:15 (video rating) (2007) | Australia:R | USA:TV-14 (TV rating) (cut) | USA:TV-MA (TV rating) (uncut) | South Korea:18 | Spain:18 | Italy:T (original DVD rating) | Italy:VM18 | Canada:18+ (Quebec) (original rating) | Australia:M | Canada:13+ (Quebec) | Canada:14 (Nova Scotia) (DVD rating) | Canada:R (Manitoba) | France:-16 | Germany:16 (re-rating) (uncut) | Ireland:18 | Norway:15 | Singapore:PG | Sweden:15 | Switzerland:16 | UK:X (original rating) | West Germany:18 (original rating) (cut) | Philippines:R-18 | Argentina:18 | Germany:BPjM Restricted
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The body upstairs in the house was made by director George A. Romero, who used ping-pong balls for the eyes.See more »
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Revealing mistakes: When Barbra runs the car into the tree, it is already dented before the impact.See more »
Quotes:
[first lines]
Barbara:They oughta make the day the time changes the first day of summer.
Johnny:What?
Barbara:Well, it's eight o'clock, and it's still light!
Johnny:A lot of good the extra daylight does us. You know, we've still got a three-hour drive back; we're not gonna be home until after midnight.
Barbara:Well, if it really bugged you, Johnny, you wouldn't do it.
Johnny:Heh, you think I'd wanna blow Sunday on a scene like this? You know, I figure we'll have to get mother to move down here or have the grave moved down to Pittsburgh.
Barbara:Well, she can't make a trip like this!
Johnny:Yeah, I know that she can't.
[Reach for the wreath in the backseat]
[...]
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Referenced in Children of the Living Dead (2001) (V)See more »

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37 out of 48 people found the following review useful.
Low Budget Horror That Redefined The Genre, 23 August 2005
Author: LoneWolfAndCub from Australia

Night of the Living Dead, directed by Geoage A. Romero, is a horror masterpiece and the first of three of his "Dead" movies. This low budget horror has changed the way movies are made. This didn't need an "A" grade cast and a huge budget to become one the world's greatest and most influential horror movies.

This is the simple story of seven strangers who board themselves up in a farmhouse from the ravenous hoards of flesh eating zombies that are rising. But peace doesn't last for long as the tension rises, chaos and tragedy breaks out.

This movie today is still shocking. There isn't a lot of gore but the scenes with gore a shocking and disturbing, even though they are in black and white. This is still regarded as one of the best horror movies in the world.

5/5.

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Why Wouldn't There Be Legal Issues With The 30th Anniversary Release? jbartelone
Radical for 1968 and even today lschwartz106
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