Fiction

NIGHT OF THE LIVING DEAD

George A. Romero
USA 1968
94 min
V'05

While visiting their fathers grave in a country churchyard, Barbara and Johnny are attacked by a strange, corpse-like man. Escaping, Barbara takes refuge in an old farmhouse where she is joined by several other people. Soon they are besieged by an increasing number of zombies. «I read a book called I Am Legend by Richard Matheson and got very much into the socio-political through-line thats present in it, although it doesnt really follow through. Inspired by it, I wrote a short story which dealt with a revolutionary society coming into being in the form of a zombie society people coming back to life as soon as they die.» (George A. Romero)

Credits
  • Duane Jones - Ben
  • Judith O'Dea - Barbara
  • Karl Hardman - Hary Cooper
  • Russell Streiner - Johnny
  • Keith Wayne - Tom
  • Judith Ridley - Judy
  • Marilyn Eastman - Helen Cooper
  • Kyra Schon - Karen
  • John A. Russo
  • George A. Romero
  • George A. Romero
  • George A. Romero
  • Gary Zeller
  • Charles O'Dato
  • Charles O'Dato
Image Ten
16 mm
bw
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