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Night of the Living Dead (1968) is ranked overall as out of 4 stars

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Avg Critic Score:3.3327

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eFilmCritic.com (--)

With the remake of 'Dawn of the Dead', the horror spoof 'Shaun of the Dead' and the recent '28 Days Later', all highlighting the current vogue for all things zombie, it's easy to forget the impact that Romero's original flick had. Before this zombies ...read the complete Night of the Living Dead movie review at eFilmCritic.com (--)

VideoVista

After the thousand and one imitations (not to mention the entire Italian zombie subgenre) how does George A. Romero's original Night Of The Living Dead look after all these years? Certainly, its history on video and DVD has been chequered, with a variety ...read the complete Night of the Living Dead movie review at VideoVista

The Film Asylum

When it came out in 1968, George A. Romero's Night Of The Living Dead was a huge shock to the system. The concept and content just completely horrified people. It was a truly unique and fresh horror film. Besides doing new things in the realm of film, it ...read the complete Night of the Living Dead movie review at The Film Asylum

filmdeculte.com (Pascal Lafitte)

Voici le film de rÃ©fÃ©rence en matiÃ¨re de morts-vivants et surtout le premier de la passionnante trilogie de Romero consacrÃ©e Ã ce thÃ¨me (suivront Zombie, en 1978, et Le Jour des morts-vivants, en 1985). Ce qui frappe dans ce film de 1968, ce n'est ...read the complete Night of the Living Dead movie review at filmdeculte.com (Pascal Lafitte)

Cinescape

Well, here's something else we can blame on George Lucas and his STAR WARS Trilogy Special Editions. This atrocity is actually a full year late for NIGHT OF THE LIVING DEAD's 30th anniversary. What John Russo has done is taken a horror classic and, in ...read the complete Night of the Living Dead movie review at Cinescape

Night of the Living Dead (1968) Critic Reviews continued...

Classic Horror

It's rare when a movie transcends pop culture's usual 15 minutes of fame and becomes a time-tested classic. It's rarer still when the movie is a low-budget, black and white independent feature produced so far off Hollywood's radar that it didn't receive ...read the complete Night of the Living Dead movie review at Classic Horror

MediaCircus (Anthony Leong)

More than thirty years have elapsed since George A. Romero's horror classic "Night of the Living Dead" first scared audiences, yet the influence of this shocking film can still be seen today. The image of chompin' zombies climbing in through windows to ...read the complete Night of the Living Dead movie review at MediaCircus (Anthony Leong)

Cinema Laser (Derek M. Germano)

I didnâ��t have the opportunity to see Elite Entertainmentâ��s original deluxe issue of NIGHT OF THE LIVING DEAD, when it was originally released for Halloween 1995. Of course, I heard high praise from the fans of the film who stated that the disc was ...read the complete Night of the Living Dead movie review at Cinema Laser (Derek M. Germano)

Cinema Laser (Derek M. Germano)

Elite Entertainmentâ��s THX certified DVD edition of NIGHT OF THE LIVING DEAD takes their already fantastic black and white transfer to new heights with the improved resolution of the DVD format. The blacks are purer on the DVD edition and image is ...read the complete Night of the Living Dead movie review at Cinema Laser (Derek M. Germano)

DVD Review e-zine

There are certainly many horror films that justify the use of the term "seminal," but if there has ever been a film that has had a profound impact on how the horror film genre has developed as a whole, George A. Romeroâ��s "Night Of The Living Dead" is ...read the complete Night of the Living Dead movie review at DVD Review e-zine

DVD Town (Dean Winkelspecht)

There is a reason that George A. Romero is considered the king of zombie films. His trilogy ("Night of the Living Dead," "Dawn of the Dead" and "Day of the Dead") is considered the greatest and his films have influenced countless filmmakers, including ...read the complete Night of the Living Dead movie review at DVD Town (Dean Winkelspecht)

DVD Town (John J. Puccio)

This DVD's designation is something of a misnomer. Actually, there are two complete movies on the disc. There is the digitally mastered 1998 "edit" of George Romero's original film; and there's a second rendering with over fifteen minutes of newly filmed ...read the complete Night of the Living Dead movie review at DVD Town (John J. Puccio)

The Rewind Forums DVD Review

Regarded as the grandfather of the modern zombie film, â��Night of the Living Deadâ�� transformed the zombie from the (more realistic) human afflicted by a voodoo trance into the flesh eating undead. It may not have been the first film to treat zombies ...read the complete Night of the Living Dead movie review at The Rewind Forums DVD Review

Cinema Laser

Over the history of the horror cinema, there have been films that define and redefine the genre. NOSFERATU, FRANKENSTEIN, HORROR OF DRACULA, PSYCHO and HALLOWEEN are just a few of the films that have had an enormous impact on horror cinema. Equally ...read the complete Night of the Living Dead movie review at Cinema Laser

The Terror Trap

To be sure, movies about zombies had been around long before Night of the Living Dead. Among the early films involving the dead coming back to life were White Zombie (1932), The Walking Dead (1936) and I Walked With a Zombie (1945). ...read the complete Night of the Living Dead movie review at The Terror Trap

DVD Net (Terry Oberg)

George A. Romero's Night of the Living Dead is one of the most influential horror films of all time. Released in 1968, it was darker, gorier and nastier than anything that had come before. The fact that it can still shock viewers weaned on a diet of ...read the complete Night of the Living Dead movie review at DVD Net (Terry Oberg)

Expanded Cinemah

USA. Pennsylvania, nei pressi di Pittsburgh. Lâ��automobile di Johnny e Barbra lenta si avvicina al cimitero: fratello e sorella stanno andando a far visita alla tomba del padre. Dopo aver deposto i fiori, sono aggrediti da un uomo e solo Barbra riesce a ...read the complete Night of the Living Dead movie review at Expanded Cinemah

Hammer Film Reviews (Jason Henderson)

Horror was made for marathoning. No genre lends itself as easily to taking in two, three or more films at a sitting, preferably with all the accouterments, darkened living room, popcorn and all. NI've prepared a few horror "evenings" to get you started. ...read the complete Night of the Living Dead movie review at Hammer Film Reviews (Jason Henderson)

New York Times (Vincent Canby)

Night of the Living Dead is a grainy little movie acted by what appear to be nonprofessional actors, who are besieged in a farm house by some other nonprofessional actors who stagger around, stiff-legged, pretending to be flesh-eating ghouls. ...read the complete Night of the Living Dead movie review at New York Times (Vincent Canby)

At-A-Glance Film Reviews (--)

This low budget cult film was frightening for its time and still packs a punch, thanks to some edgy cinematography and editing. Unfortunately, it's bogged down by long stretches of desultory dialogue and uneven acting. And it's a little too gruesome in ...read the complete Night of the Living Dead movie review at At-A-Glance Film Reviews (--)

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Juicy Cerebellum (Alex Sandell)

None. This movie is perfection. If you're partying, there would be nothing wrong with having a few drinks while watching the film, but don't let alcohol cloud your judgment and make this movie appear to be anything less than the horror classic that it ...read the complete Night of the Living Dead movie review at Juicy Cerebellum (Alex Sandell)

Boulder Weekly (Thomas Delapa)

Maybe the best movie ever made in Pittsburgh. ...read the complete Night of the Living Dead movie review at Boulder Weekly (Thomas Delapa)

Austin Chronicle (Marjorie Baumgarten)

"...Here in Austin, although there's no way to tell exactly how many weekly viewers The Midnight Shadow Show actually has, Fotinos' patter-mad blackout sketches, which traditionally bracket a public-domain thriller such as George Romero's original Night ...read the complete Night of the Living Dead movie review at Austin Chronicle (Marjorie Baumgarten)

Time Out

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 ...read the complete Night of the Living Dead movie review at Time Out

Salon (Daniel Kraus)

It began as your basic, heartfelt film about six strangers boarded up in a house defending themselves from an atomic plague that makes the dead arise and crave human flesh. OK, so maybe the original concept was a tad convoluted. But its execution and ...read the complete Night of the Living Dead movie review at Salon (Daniel Kraus)

25frames.org (Christoph Huber)

George A. Romeros DebÃ¼t hat bis heute kaum von seiner low-budget-Macht verloren. Tote steigen aus den GrÃ¤bern heraus, ein verzweifelter Trupp verbarrikadiert sich in einem klaustrophobischen Haus, eine kurzsichtige Frau friÃ�t eine Spinne, die ...read the complete Night of the Living Dead movie review at 25frames.org (Christoph Huber)

Cinescape

Director-cinematographer-editor (and co-writer) George Romero set a new standard for horror with the low-budget opus, which launched a trilogy later continued with DAWN OF THE DEAD and DAY OF THE DEAD. The film's minimal budget actually enhances the ...read the complete Night of the Living Dead movie review at Cinescape

Teleport City Movies

I never really had any intention of writing a review of Night of the Living Dead, not because I don't love the film or don't consider it worthy of mention, but simply because the bulk of commentary pertaining to it is surpassed only by the internet's ...read the complete Night of the Living Dead movie review at Teleport City Movies

Scifilm Review

The Zombie film has had a comparatively small role in the terror genre, at least prior to 1979, when Zombie fever was lit by DAWN OF THE DEAD and ZOMBI. The earliest zombie film is probably the 1932 WHITE ZOMBIE, starring Bela Lugosi and set in Haiti, ...read the complete Night of the Living Dead movie review at Scifilm Review

Shadow's B-Movie Graveyard

Every now and then a movie comes along that changes the cinematic landscape. Something that turns traditions and conventions on their earâ�¦indeed, even creating new conventions in the process. Star Wars virtually created the special FX laden "event" ...read the complete Night of the Living Dead movie review at Shadow's B-Movie Graveyard

Best-Horror-Movies.com

I sit here, in front of my laptop, staring at the screen pondering on where one begins when writing a review on the greatest horror movie ever made (IMHO). Night of the Living Dead is the film that started not just me, but many people on the path of ...read the complete Night of the Living Dead movie review at Best-Horror-Movies.com

Doogie's 5-Yak Reviews

As much as I know Doug is counting on me, his Friend and Colleague, to write scathing, mocking reports of movies -- be they single or quintuple yak flicks -- "Night of the Living Dead" is one hard flick to find a fault with. So it is with great ...read the complete Night of the Living Dead movie review at Doogie's 5-Yak Reviews

filmcritic.com survives the Night of the Living Dead

The shuffling zombie with one arm outstretched -- he got his start here on George Romero's groundbreaking horror flick of rampaging zombies and a citizenry that holes up in the hopes of keeping them at bay. The cause for this zombification is typically ...read the complete Night of the Living Dead movie review at filmcritic.com survives the Night of the Living Dead

DVD Monsters and Critics (Andy McKeague)

For the remainder of the extra content; there is an audio interview with the late Duane Jones against some black and white snapshots from the movie, and an 11 minute video interview with actress Judith Ridley (Judy). For geek value, thereâ��s some ...read the complete Night of the Living Dead movie review at DVD Monsters and Critics (Andy McKeague)

Digital Monkey Box DVD Review

Night of the Living Dead is one of my favorite horror flicks, and since I was in a Halloween mood the other day I decided to rent this puppy. There are a lot of different editions of Night of the Living Dead out there. It suffers some strange voodoo ...read the complete Night of the Living Dead movie review at Digital Monkey Box DVD Review

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The Onion A.V. Club (Keith Phipps)

Night Of The Living Bread, a short film included on the new DVD edition of George Romero's horror classic Night Of The Living Dead, may be as obvious a parody as its title suggests, but it essentially takes the backdoor route to the same destination as ...read the complete Night of the Living Dead movie review at The Onion A.V. Club (Keith Phipps)

Urban Cinefile (Andrew L. Urban)

The unburied dead (in Middle America) rise and begin to kill â�� and eat â�� the living. ...read the complete Night of the Living Dead movie review at Urban Cinefile (Andrew L. Urban)

PopMatters

Filmed in stark black and white and featuring mostly unknown actors, Night of the Living Dead is one of the most inspired, celebrated, and influential horror films to haunt the screen. Made on a low budget, George A. Romero's first zombie flick combines ...read the complete Night of the Living Dead movie review at PopMatters

The Village Voice (Elliott Stein)

Night of the Living Dead (1968) came out of nowhere, or to be more precise, Pittsburgh, and turned into the most influential horror film since Psycho. George Romero's remarkably assured debut, made on a shoestring, about a group of people barricaded ...read the complete Night of the Living Dead movie review at The Village Voice (Elliott Stein)

San Francisco Examiner

If someone handed you $114,000 and said go to Pittsburgh and make the scariest movie you can in black-and-white with no sound effects or real actors, you probably couldn't top George Romero's "Night of the Living Dead." It's the funniest but most ...read the complete Night of the Living Dead movie review at San Francisco Examiner

Celluloid Dreams

This film was first released in the states in 1968, a true horror pioneer, it bridged the gap between the old style horror and the new. Up until NOTLD horror films did not show violent murders on screen, they didnÂ´t show gory sequences of this ...read the complete Night of the Living Dead movie review at Celluloid Dreams

Debased

First up James Shelby Doward's much anticipated biography is finally out! We've been waiting years for this shit and Feral House has finally come through. Click here for the details. A Debased review will be coming soon. ...read the complete Night of the Living Dead movie review at Debased

Eccentric Cinema

The mother of all post-modern zombie films. While its impact on the horror genre is profound, Night Of The Living Dead is not without its progenitors. Invisible Invaders (1959) and The Last Man On Earth (1964) would seem obvious influences, though I ...read the complete Night of the Living Dead movie review at Eccentric Cinema

Fantastic Movie Musings and Ramblings

Though I'm not necessarily fond of the direction horror movies took as a result of this movie, there is no denying its impact. A lot of the credit goes to George Romero, who got around the low budget by casting an excellent group of actors, and using ...read the complete Night of the Living Dead movie review at Fantastic Movie Musings and Ramblings

Movies for Guys

I've declared June to be Zombie Month here at MFG.com, as we're getting a brand new zombie flick from George Romero - Land of the Dead - on June 24. Throughout Zombie Month, I'll be reviewing several zombie movies, including a few brand new ones. But I ...read the complete Night of the Living Dead movie review at Movies for Guys

Monsters At Play

For the 3rd time Elite Entertainment has released their awesome restoration of Night of the Living Dead on a digital format. Elite broke ground in the early 90's when they released Night of the Living Dead on Laser Disc in this restored edition, and it ...read the complete Night of the Living Dead movie review at Monsters At Play

Mondo Digital

George Romero's groundbreaking black and white zombie classic, Night of the Living Dead, has gone through a lot over the years. It's been sequelized (by both Romero and writer John Russo), remade, ripped off, spoofed, and even colorized. But can it ...read the complete Night of the Living Dead movie review at Mondo Digital

Michael D's Region 4 DVD Info Page (Dean McIntosh)

The transfer is very sharp, although not so much so that picture details will leap off your screen at you. However, for a thirty-year-old film that was shot in monochrome, this transfer is quite striking in its clarity. The shadow detail is rather ...read the complete Night of the Living Dead movie review at Michael D's Region 4 DVD Info Page (Dean McIntosh)

KQEK DVD Review - Elite DVD (Mark R. Hasan)

This may finally be the definitive release of George Romero and John Russo's influential zombie film. After years of bad VHS and cheap DVD releases, Elite's new transfer, made from the original 35mm negative elements, with a cleaned up and remixed 5.1 ...read the complete Night of the Living Dead movie review at KQEK DVD Review - Elite DVD (Mark R. Hasan)

Karate Party

Regarded as the grandfather of the modern zombie film, Night of the Living Dead transformed the zombie from the (more realistic) human afflicted by a voodoo trance into the flesh eating undead. It may not have been the first film to treat zombies this ...read the complete Night of the Living Dead movie review at Karate Party

HorrorTalk

When I sit down to write a review I donâ��t deliberately and vindictively try to create sentences that weave intricate meanings forcing the reader to stop and decipher what it is I am saying or posing. I try to let the movies speak to me and Night Of The ...read the complete Night of the Living Dead movie review at HorrorTalk

Edinburgh U Film Society (Keith H. Brown)

The plot: Johnny and Barbara visit a cemetery, where they are attacked by a ghoul. Barbara escapes, but Johnny is killed. Barbara meets Ben, who has just witnessed another ghoul attack. It seems the living dead are everywhere. Ben and Barbara hole up in ...read the complete Night of the Living Dead movie review at Edinburgh U Film Society (Keith H. Brown)

Encyclopedia Of Fantastic Film & TV

Born in 1940 in the Bronx area of New York, George A. Romero began his long film making association with the city of Pittsburgh when he moved there to attend the Carnegie-Mellon Institute, studying drama. In 1961, Romero went into partnership with actor ...read the complete Night of the Living Dead movie review at Encyclopedia Of Fantastic Film & TV

interrogation reports

First the horror. For some unknown reason, the recently deceased have come back to life. These zombies (called ghoul's in the movie) have one purpose: to eat the flesh of the living. The zombies don't have much intellect and don't move very fast, but ...read the complete Night of the Living Dead movie review at interrogation reports

Fulvue Drive-in

Along with Roman Polanskiâ��s Rosemaryâ��s Baby, George Romeroâ��s Night Of The Living Dead is consider one of two landmark Horror classics that took the next giant step after Alfred Hitchcockâ��s Psycho (1960) in breaking new ground and setting off a ...read the complete Night of the Living Dead movie review at Fulvue Drive-in

IMDB.com

Having already seen the 80's remake of this movie, I'll have to admit that it took a bit away from the experience. Specifically, some of the scenes that probably should have been a bit more shocking weren't, since I had a pretty good idea at all times ...read the complete Night of the Living Dead movie review at IMDB.com

Movie Gazette DVD Review (Anton Bitel)

Shot in 1968 on a shoestring budget in cheap black-and-white by a small collective of independent filmmakers from Pittsburgh, 'Night of the Living Dead' was to set new standards for what can be done in the horror genre. It introduced realistic gore to ...read the complete Night of the Living Dead movie review at Movie Gazette DVD Review (Anton Bitel)

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