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"it seems to be a sudden, general explosion of mass homicide... eyewitnesses say they are ordinary looking people, some say they appear to be in a kind of trance..."

a violent sickness intrudes a nation, fuelling its anxieties, exacerbating its tensions, eroding any and all social bonds that (barely) keep us from savagery—and still a police state is maybe the scariest result. this is brutally stark filmmaking and perhaps the most ferocious, unflinching portrait of the american psyche in the heat of the vietnam war and civil rights movement. rest in peace romero, you will be sorely missed.

full discussion on episode 36 of my podcast SLEAZOIDS.

Watched this for a podcast (not sure i can say which but i'll update when I can) and I honestly found the first 30 minutes or so pretty boring– it doesn't help that it reminds me of every student film it likely influenced– but the "resolution" is still so good it's hard to complain. Also, it's like 96 minutes! The way movies should be!

George A. Romero's Night of the Living Dead is immeasurable, not just in terms of stature within the realm of horror cinema, but in ways that reflect the grand unraveling of its respective time-period. Tragically disturbing, beautifully grainy, and relentlessly bleak; Romero's film is an unforgettable beginning to the modern Zombie subgenre.

I'm afraid of Americans

Prescient & downright discouraging that in the wake of a national crisis we submit to a police state that still ultimately buries the other in the name of "peace". Whenever systems break down we build the same systems right back up. All of this is delivered under the guise of a Zombie narrative, but it is also the story of the United States of America for the last sixty years. The scariest thing in this movie is the fact that even if you survive an apocalypse you're still at the whims of our sociopolitical functions. Jump to 2017 and Jordan Peel's "Get Out". The most horrifying image in that movie is the red and blue of the police arriving on a crime scene where our hero cannot be seen as such in the lens of the police state. We know what those colours mean in America for black men & women. The Snake eats its tail. America is the walking corpse.

podrá haber redefinido el subgénero de las películas de zombis con un presupuesto pobrísimo todo lo que me quieran decir pero: malarda. me frustró un montón que no entendieran que tenían que dispararles en la cabeza para matarlos y que actuaran hablando a los gritos. igual algunas partes me dieron miedo porque tengo 12 añitos y ver de chica el video de Thriller y el episodio del mago de Las chicas superpoderosas me dejó con pesadillas recurrentes sobre el tema que hasta el día de hoy con prácticamente 20 años sigo teniendo

"uhhh what was that"

Hooptober 7.0

1/2 films with a black director or predominantly black cast or lead

Well this was surprisingly disturbing, and intense for the time it was released, and that’s not to say it has lost its edge since. Night of the Living Dead, was an incredible entry in the zombie sub genre, obviously also acting as the first entry in said genre. It was creatively shot, well lit, and had a score that although certainly is at times what you’d expect from a horror movie from this time period, definitely tries some creative things that ended up being perfectly ominous and atmospheric. The actors here were all good, but Duane Jones was great, his frightened yet commanding performance really carried me through this film. Excited to see more stuff from Romero after this.

Watched the “In Color” version of this on Amazon Prime. It was a super surreal experience. I’ve seen this movie at least a dozen times but this was an absolutely altering way of watching the film. No, this colorization isn’t perfect but it’s pretty decent in most places and it gives the film such a fun feel that makes it seem almost like a 70s B-horror. The cemetery scene in particular felt like something out of Texas Chainsaw Massacre. Was very fun to have a new appreciation for this movie I hold so dearly.

There is nudity in this film.

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79

I wasn't a big fan of this one. It's passable but even as a fan of old hollywood scares, it didn't hold my attention at all.

This film is somehow genre-defining and genre-bending at the same time, by having many of the tropes set out for horror films throughout the years, but it ahs many trope breaks during the film. Creepy from the beginning, it may limit itself from the production time and budget, but it still offers a creepy, tense ride.

most contemporary zombie movies really do not capture what Romero did with this film. zombies are the perfect monster to reflect societal horror and Romero depicts that fantastically, whilst also showcasing distrust/panic amazingly. the actors’ performances propel this film. it’s so clear how this movie resulted in a paradigm shift for horror

This film was pretty cool. Cant lie I didnt pay full attention to it but like at one point the character Johnny says 'They're coming for you Barbara' which is a reference to the movie 'Shaun of the Dead' (2004) starring Simon Pegg and Nick Frost

Imagine having a load of zombies outside the house and Barbara keeps going on about Johnny having them keys. 

So smart in so many places. I loved the huge increase in the soundtrack during the zombie attack at the end, and the THUD THUD of the slow zombie heat rate that accompanied it. 

Excited to watch more and see what Romero can do with more money.