| | | The Classic Is Now In Deadly Color!
Features: DVD, B&W, Color, Pan and Scan (TV Format), Aspect Ratio 1.33:1, Dolby Digital (5.1) Dts Mono, Audio Commentary, Vintage Horror Trailers, Game
A true cult classic--and one of the scariest movies of all time. The dead are walking, and hunger for human flesh. A group of panicked survivors are barricaded in a deserted farmhouse while the army of flesh-eating zombies hovers outside their door. Now experience the bone-chilling terror in color for the first time on DVD. With a 5.1 surround sound remix, and a hilarious commentary track by Mike Nelson, this is the most fun you'll ever have with the living dead.
"Don't watch this alone!" Leonard Maltin
"A landmark American film...an important, masterfully-executed exercise in horror." The Motion Picture Guide
Editor's Note
George Romero's NIGHT OF THE LIVING DEAD is a low-budget, homegrown classic that had great difficulty finding a distributor at the time of its release in 1968, and has since become one of the most influential horror films of all time. (Aside from its visceral impact years before realistic gore became the fashion, the film is also important for its portrayal of a black man as the protagonist during a time when race was an extremely sensitive issue in the United States.) The plot is simple: seven people secluded in a Pennsylvania farmhouse face relentless attacks by reanimated corpses seeking to eat their flesh. The group, which includes a married couple and their daughter, a pair of young lovers, and an African-American man, try to keep their sanity as the living dead keep trying to enter the house. Radio news reports tell of the plague taking over the eastern United States, while the ever-decreasing band of survivors rapidly loses ground in the battle to both keep peace with one another and stay alive.
Plot Summary
When the dead mysteriously begin returning to life, a band of squabbling human survivors hole up in an abandoned Pennsylvania farmhouse where they fight off the growing army of flesh-eating zombies.
| Features | "Separated At Death" - Celebrity Zombie Game | | Audio Commentary By Mike Nelson Of TV's "Mystery Science Theater 3000" | | Audio: English Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround Sound | | Includes All-New Color Version And Restored Black-And-White Version | | Vintage Horror Trailers | | Full Screen Presentation | | Audio: English Dolby Digital 5.1 Dts Mono |
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Release Information
| | Studio: Foxvideo |
| Release Date: 9/11/2007 |
| Running Time: 96 minutes |
| Original Release Date: 1968 | | Catalog ID: 2221970 | | UPC: 00024543119708 | | Number of Discs: 1 |
Audio & Video
| | Video: B&W |
Aspect Ratio | | Standard 1.33:1 [4:3] |
| Cast & Crew
| Memorable Quotes| "Beat 'em or burn 'em. They go up pretty easy." -- Zombie hunter on television news coverage | | "They're coming to get you, Barbara!" -- Johnny (Russell Streiner) taunting Barbara (Judith O' Dea) in the cemetery, just before he is attacked by a zombie |
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| | Professional Reviews | Entertainment Weekly
"...Second only to PSYCHO among influential horror films..." -- Rating: A 11/25/1994 p.91Los Angeles Times
"...The best thing is that NIGHT OF THE LIVING DEAD isn't over-composed -- it just hurtles ahead with all its gruesomeness..." 03/15/1991 p.F31 Premiere
"Minted in chilling black and white, George A. Romero's indie classic manages to be scary as hell, funny, and political all at once..." 12/01/2003 p.11 Empire
5 stars out of 5 -- "George Romero's legendary, ultra-low-budget debut remains awesome." 12/01/2008 p.197 |
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