Night of the Living Dead 1968
Directed by George A. Romero
- Horror, Thriller, Science Fiction
- 96 min
- NR
If it doesn't scare you, you're already dead!
A ragtag group barricade themselves in an old Pennsylvania farmhouse to remain safe from a horde of flesh-eating ghouls ravaging the Northeast.
HorrorThrillerScience Fictionsibling relationshippennsylvania, usaloss of loved onegungas stationcemeterycellarhalloweenhousebarricadezombieblack and white
- Bleak ending
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Character
Earnest, grave, bleak and intimate.
- earnestironic
- gravecomic
- warmbleak
- intimateepic
- character-ledplot-driven
Who loves it, who doesn't
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Cast
- Judith O'DeaBarbra
- Duane JonesBen
- Marilyn EastmanHelen Cooper
- Karl HardmanHarry Cooper
- Judith RidleyJudy
- Keith WayneTom
- Kyra SchonKaren Cooper / Corpse in House
- Charles CraigTV Newscaster / Zombie
- S. William HinzmanZombie
- Bill CardilleField Reporter
Crew
- George A. RomeroDirector
- George A. RomeroScreenplay
- John A. RussoScreenplay
- George A. RomeroDirector of Photography
- George A. RomeroEditor
- Hugh C. DalyEditor
- Russell StreinerProducer
- Karl HardmanProducer
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Pairings
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