Night of the Living Dead (1968) [Horror] [Mystery]
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- "Night of the Living Dead" is an American independent horror and cult film directed by George A. Romero and starring Duane Jones, Judith O'Dea and Karl Hardman. It premiered on October 1, 1968, and was completed on a US$114,000 budget. After decades of cinematic re-releases, the film ultimately became a financial success, grossing $12 million domestically and $18 million internationally. Night of the Living Dead was heavily criticized at its release owing to explicit content, but eventually garnered critical acclaim and has been selected by the Library of Congress for preservation in the National Film Registry as a film deemed "culturally, historically or aesthetically significant.
The story begins as siblings Barbra (Judith O'Dea) and Johnny (Russell Streiner) drive to rural Pennsylvania to visit their father's grave where they are violently attacked by a strange man (Bill Hinzman). Johnny tries to rescue his sister, but is killed after he falls and cracks his head on a gravestone. Barbra flees, with the killer in pursuit; eventually to an empty farmhouse where to her horror she discovers a half-eaten woman's corpse. Running out of the house, she notices several menacing figures akin to her pursuer; whereupon a man named Ben (Duane Jones) arrives in a car and takes her inside the house.
The ghouls swarm around the house, searching for living human flesh. Hiding in the cellar are married couple Harry (Karl Hardman) and Helen Cooper (Marilyn Eastman) and their daughter Karen (Kyra Schon), who sought refuge at the farmhouse after a group of attackers turned over their car; and teenage couple Tom (Keith Wayne) and Judy (Judith Ridley) who arrived after hearing an emergency broadcast about a series of brutal murders. Ben activates a radio while Barbra awakens from a stupor. Harry asks everyone to hide in the cellar; but Ben deems it a "deathtrap" and remains upstairs. Harry returns to the cellar to Helen and Karen, who has fallen seriously ill after being bitten on the arm by one of their attackers. Radio reports explain that a state of mass murder is sweeping across the East Coast of the United States. When Ben finds a television, the emergency broadcaster reports that the recently deceased have become living dead and are consuming the flesh of living people. Experts, scientists, and the United States military do not know the cause, though one scientist suspects radioactive contamination from a space probe returning from Venus that exploded in the Earth's atmosphere.
The Cooper family hiding in the cellar beneath the house. When news reports reveal local rescue centers offering refuge, Ben plans to reach the nearest of these and obtain medical care for Karen. Ben and Tom then go to refuel Ben's truck while Harry hurls Molotov cocktails from an upper window to keep the ghouls at bay. Fearing for Tom's safety, Judy follows him. At the pump, Tom accidentally spills fuel, setting the truck ablaze. Tom and Judy try to withdraw the truck to avoid further damage; but it explodes, killing them both. Ben returns to the house to find Harry retreating to the cellar door. Angered by Harry's cowardice, Ben attacks him, while the ghouls feed on Tom and Judy. In the house, a report on the television reveals that, aside from lighting dead bodies on fire, a gunshot or heavy blow to the head will stop any ghoul and that posses of armed men are patrolling the countryside to restore order.
Moments later, the ghouls attempt to break into the house. Harry grabs Ben's rifle and threatens to shoot him, but Ben takes back the gun and shoots Harry, who stumbles into the cellar to collapse next to Karen, who has died of the infection of her injury. The ghouls begin to pull Helen and Barbra through the windows; but Helen frees herself and goes down to the cellar to find a reanimated Karen consuming Harry, whereupon Karen kills her with a masonry trowel. Barbra, distracted by seeing Johnny as one of the ghoul among the ghouls, is carried away by the horde and eaten. The undead break into the house, and Karen attacks Ben; but he seals himself in the cellar and shoots Harry and Helen just as they reanimate. The next morning, Ben is killed by a member of the posse in mistake for a ghoul, and placed onto a burning pyre along with other dead bodies.
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Directed by George A. Romero, produced by Karl Hardman and Russell Streiner, written by George A. Romero and John A. Russo, starring Duane Jones, Judith O'Dea, Karl Hardman, Marilyn Eastman, Keith Wayne, Judith Ridley, Bill Cardille and Kyra Schon.
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When I was a kid, I thought because old movies were filmed in black and white, I thought the world back then was in black and white. Seriously, I thought that.
At one point when I was a little kid, I thought the same thing!
It's ok cause all of the children thinking about everything but in a pure and natural way not like a dalte thinking, and when you grow up you will find it so funny.
When I was a kid I asked my mother, "Didn't they have color back then?" I guess I thought the world was in B&W back then too.
omg hahahahhaha
well, i was just a little smarter: i didn't think the world was black and white back then but i couldn't imagine it being not black and white, or more simply: i didn't believe the world was black and white, i just didn't imagine it otherwise.
I lived near a cemetery when I was a kid. You can imagine how scary it was to watch this film and then look out my bedroom windows directly facing the hill of burial stones. This movie will forever haunt me.
Wow
..I cant imagine
..I hadda babysit once across from a cemetary and this movie came on
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My grandparents used to lived beside a graveyard and all the kids would go play hide and seek at night. It was creepy
AWESOME
@@Ty-dp7iv good thing the dead was gentle
@Cindy Karenson that’s so crazy because I’m watching the Eminem beef 🤭🤭🎥🎥🎥😆😆😆😆😆
Where it all began.
Thank you, George A. Romero for creating the zombie genre. 🙏
I can smell the leaded gasoline.
Thank you George Romero for creating fantastic black and female protagenists.
There was zombie movies way before this one.
@@jonnyvassvag can you give the names? im actually curious and want to watch them
@@stopgroomingchildren "Zombies of Tora Mau" (1957) is a classic." The walking dead " (1932) another good one.
I'm near 70 and cannot believe I've never seen this classic!! Not one commercial. Very impressive!! Thanks TCM!!
"There is an epidemic of mass murder being committed by a virtual army of unidentified assassins."
The radio show host did a phenomenal job in this movie, as did all the actors! Can't forget the music either! Everything about this movie is perfect!
The radio announcer was Mr. Cooper. True
Well, isn’t that just perfect!
Rob Zombie uses that sound clip on his album La Sexorcisto
,,Wayne Berwick , who played little Jimmy , In Monster of Piedras Blancas (1959) 72 yrs old now , did he have a bad leg , or was that an act ?
Agreed!!
"They're coming for you, Barbara!" Probably one of the most bone-chilling quotes in a horror movie.
Stop it Johnny!
OMG This is my first time watching this and I see YOU in the comments?! I follow you on Instagram 👏🏼
And later, Johnny came for her...with some hungry friends.
"They're coming *to get* you, Barbara"
I know, I'll get my coat.
Oh man, Johnny had no idea how right he was.
There really isn't anything to this movie, no big budget, no real special effects, no famous actors, no elaborate sets, yet it is a timeless masterpiece.... That's genius
And a ton of luck .
@@firstofall1078 . They milk anything successful with sequels and remakes until you are absolutely sick if seeing it
ThE LIGHTING IS THE KEY.
@@pooddescrewch8718 no luck dude invented was a zombie was thats an insane title to have!!!
@@papi1999 You obviously haven’t heard Romero speak on this before
Each time I watch this film, there's somethings that become clearer. I admire and respect Ben's strength, resourcefulness, and genuine concern for everyone's safety. The sad irony is that Mr. Cooper was right about the cellar being safer, even though he was very pig headed and controlling. But if they had all locked themselves down there, they would've ended up killing each other, or gotten a bad case of cabin fever. I just read that Marilyn Eastman, Mr. Cooper's wife, passed away on Sunday, August 22, 2021, at the age of 87. Rest in peace, Ms. Eastman.
The actor that played Tom, killed himself in 1995. From Ms. Harper Stacey.
Ben was controlling. Yeesh. He shot an unarmed man too. No hero there.
If it was a Marine Corps defensive perimeter there would have been one on watch on the second floor window. Everyone else would have been guarding the first floor. The cellar would have been the supplementary defensive position if the first floor was overrun. Thats essentially what happened anyways.
Let's also use hindsight knowledge. They have a bitten child in the house the entire time. The group was doomed the moment they entered.
@@Dalton_Boardman2000 true even if they had gone to the cellar, if they tried to kill the girl then there would have been a fight about it
It's a 60's film and the sound quality is still better than my teacher's mic...
They spoke with purpose back then
Lol
😂😂
what a roast ahahahhahaha
I prefer the bad sound quality. The authenticity is rare these days.
Rest in peace, Mr. Romero. You revolutionized the horror film with this flick.
PsyVen He’s only resting in peace if he was a born-again Christian. Because without Jesus sadly it’s hell and the lake of fire forever.
Scott tilson. How would you know you wackjob. Stop talking complete bullshit. Your just another brainwashed religious fool who think everyone is below you and you band of nutcases because they don’t read the GOOD ?????? Book. The same book that cardinal George pell was reading while he molested young boys going back to the 70s. That vile piece of shit is now rotting in jail. Stick your religion where it fits.
fuck jesus
Captain Kaos You realize you’re being very hypocritical, right? Complaining that Christians are arrogant and push their beliefs on others, while in your comment you do the exact same thing!
Be the bigger person here. Be at peace! You aren’t being forced to believe in Christianity. You can choose to believe in whatever you want, and nobody can truly change that without your consent. As for the man who is rightfully rotting in jail...well, there are many bad people in the world who pretend to be good, and that’s just something we can’t change-but that doesn’t mean we can’t help those affected by it. If humanity put aside our differences and arguments and opinions, we could change the world!
What do you say? Will you be the bigger person here, or stay behind your screen and mock others for your own amusement?
Scott Tilson Wasn’t Jesus a zombie? Anyway, you’re being ignorant. Keep your fairytales to yourself
The ending of this is one of the few movies that has ever jaw dropped me. This has aged like fine wine
One of the best/saddest endings.
"OK, good shot. There's another one for the fire."
I know, right? He made it. He survived! He was going to be rescued. He was going to live.
And he gets mistaken for a zombie and is shot in the head, without a chance to prove to them that he was not a zombie.
When I saw that for the firsttime, I was sick to my stomach for the whole day.
Such a great movie with a massive twist at the end.
Ben is legitimately one of the best horror movie characters ever.
I prefer Judy. Hot girl. 😊
The ending is brutal. Roger Ebert:
The kids in the audience were stunned. There was almost complete silence. The movie had stopped being delightfully scary about halfway through, and had become unexpectedly terrifying...I don't think the younger kids really knew what hit them.
Not a kids film really. Still, with some guidance, most kids will not only be okay after seeing it, but they will have learned about reality, fantasy, and the difference between them. That's how it went for me anyways.
As a younger teen myself, the first time I saw this, it was broke into a few parts for me. The first part felt like it would be a typical Hollywood set-up, with the 'heros' in a cemetery first. Then it felt like a chase scene. When it started to get real for me was when the radio started. And Barbara saw the half devoured corpse. Still a great movie, I appreciate George A Romaro's genius idea. I plan to pass it onto my kids one day.
Exactly! I was one of those kids!!!!
Yeah I remember his words about kids watching this in an afternoon movie marathon or something lol
Especially to Joe Santus!!!
One of the greatest Horror flicks of all time. Everything about this movie oozes paranoia and terror. The soundtrack, cinematography, location... all so effective.
Well, in 1990 they're remake this movie but with the same style. How if today they remake this movie again, but with fresh story but still with same characters, and also.. with fast running zombie. That would be sick.
Yes!And I think the low budget works for it.The b and w also.
Stupid film
No matter how many times I see this movie it never gets old Night of the Living Dead aged like a fine wine
The thing that makes Ben such an amazing character for me is that he just has such a commanding presence. When he takes charge, you want to follow him because he just comes off like he knows what to do and you'd follow him into battle. Great performance by Duane Jones, I'm so glad George A Romero casted him in this role!
There should have been a happy ending, not Ben getting killed
Ben vs Peter: who is the better leader?
@@bostonfrank6739 no way, it is perfect as is! Apparently seeing the hero get blasted in the skull was quite a disheartening shock to all the children watching in theatres
@@bostonfrank6739. Ben’s death was a social commentary for the time in that he was shot by a white man from the country.
@@travismcdonald6576There’s a cut of the movie where you see Ben’s body amongst the others in the bonfire and you can see the bullet wound in his forehead but clearly can tell he was not one of the undead.
You don't need a lot of money to make a great movie. Just a lot of imagination .
Back then was way different than today.....
@@vigilanterocco381 movie today more like "you don't need a lot of imagination to make a great movie.just a lot of money."
Right.
Yes, if you have a good story, actors you have a great film. Sadly, Hollywood just relies on mindless hype and glossy effects.
@Daniel NAKAI Tsosie 38 Do they even make horror films anymore??!! Whatever. They made a classic. This ones in a class of its own, with lots of social commentary on the dl.
R.I.P. George Romero 1940-2017. A great horror movie director & a classic horror movie that created an entire sub-genre.
AlternityGM True
AlternityGM He will always be remembered
Heroteam 598 Agreed LOL
I will always remember him from COD
one of the most incredible movies ive seen in my life. the ending absolutely destroyed me. the way ben finally thought he was safe and being saved and they didnt even check to see if he was still alive. its the simplicity of it, the way he spent the whole movie risking everything and fighting to survive only to be killed not by the zombies but by the people who should have been there to save him. incredible. RIP george romero this movie changed the entire genre of horror
I just realized that the scientist on T.V. is named Grimes ! Hmmm? Sounds kinda familiar. Good tip of the hat to George Romero from the comic/series The Walking Dead. And the way the series began with Rick in a hospitol alone surrounded by silence and dead/undead was a nod to 28 days Later. I think 28 days later was the real spark that set the scene for the crazy Zombie phenom in the early-mid 2000`s. That opening shot of Cillian Murphy awakening was copied exactly on The Walking Dead with Andrew Lincoln . The only difference was Lincoln had boxers and a robe on and Murphy was naked as a newborn child.
I don’t think they shot him because they thought he was a zombie.
I love that he picked Duane Jones because he did the best audition. As it should be. 👏🏼 I think it adds a layer of nuance and complexity that here are two people who probably wouldn’t have even socialized under normal circumstances having to rely on each other.
It was sad that all of the people in the house died. From Ms. Harper Stacey.
Jones made the film--Romero should have given every cent he got from it to him.
Why? Just because the guy was black??? Ridiculous. @@invisibleink2644
I like how at this time zombies didnt look the way zombies look nowadays. it makes it more unsettling when they look like a regular human
Way more creepy
Most of the zombies aren't badly decayed, because it's the first day or two of the apocalypse. But, I do agree that fresh zombies that recently reanimated are kind of creepy. The kind of zombies that, for a split second, you might mistake for a person if they were standing still. It's also why early on in the apocalypse, it's especially dangerous to stay in large groups. Somebody nonchalantly walking past you might be a zombie, but they still look living. That couple over there hugging aren't hugging at all. That's a zombie eating someone. I do like how a couple of the zombies in the movie are shown to have unexplained prior wounds, and I wish movies in general would detail more on this, every zombie, or at least a lot more of them, having various bruises or bite wounds and such on their bodies.
@@Seeker-wq8jc very true indeed that almost slipped my mind reading his comment
Crazed
News flash ,,. The zombie was elected in 2016 🙎♂️
Well our current generation acts like zombies and looks like them too, so you're not far off
This movie is a genuine *classic* .
I think it easily remains the best of the whole Living Dead franchise. After that, I think Dawn Of is 2nd best.
@@robvangessel3766 Maybe it's just because I find it more nostalgic, but Day of the Dead is my favorite. I love the opening when those zombies in that town reacted to the bullhorn with the steady crescendo of undead moaning or the part where Bub is proof that there is still some form of intelligence based on memories and also sets the foundation in Land of the Dead that zombies can evolve and even regain human emotions and critical thinking skills.
@@ronaldcox8551 Land of The Dead is probably my 2nd favorite of the franchise. I went to see it at the theater and really enjoyed it.
Bold statement
I adored Barbara.....
the most influential zombie film of all time...
also this was damn good considering the time and budget
i watched this movie for the first time. people always talked about how innovative and ahead of its time it was. but nobody said how sad this movie is. the ending is tragic.
I agree. There should have been a happy ending
The music of this movie is so underrated. It’s not some super classically trainer orchestra or anything, but it adds a dark, ominous, nihilistic feel that makes it scarier as it is dated and old fashioned.
Crazy as it seem they used this same zombie chase music theme on cowboy retro show which did not match
Romero I read borrowed scores from various themed tv ads & shows to save on the budget.
@@hemi5.7awdpursuit5 I think I saw the cowboy movie you're talking about. I was thinking just the same thing. My how great minds think alike. LOL. Have a great day everyone.
@@davidurban6813 ikr lol
A lot better then Dawn Of The Dead (1978) with it's cheesy action oriented non horror music.
Without this film you wouldn't have any of the zombie stuff you see today. Too many people worship the walking dead tv show without even knowing this film was the grand daddy of it all.
Media Guy the film that started it all
Or you could just give credit to the great films and series throughout the ages. Unless of course we just turn around and go "too many people worship the Night of the Living Dead without even knowing White Zombie is the grand daddy of it all."
Yeah people like the walking dead but nobody acts like it's the originator of zombie films
i fully agree
I mean how many sci-fi fans know that the John Carter series inspired many of their favorite sci-fi writers? *cough* *cough* George Lucas *cough* *cough* Starwars. Obviously not a lot because the two biggest cited reasons for it flopping was it felt to familiar (because it was the one of the originals everyone else borrowed from) and bad marketing (nobody knew anything about John Carter.)
People aren't always going to know the source material or history of a genre, doesn't mean they shouldn't enjoy what they enjoy. This film did however, (while not being the first zombie film) kick the zombie genre into overdrive.
What people fail to realize is just like Night of the Living Dead was a breakthrough for zombie film, TWD is a breakthrough for zombies on television. They were worried about it going in as there was never a zombie television series quite like what they had planned and nothing as successful.
People love TWD but I never hear anyone claiming it as the originator of the zombie myth or the first successful zombie anything (except TV show, nobody holds a candle to TWD in that regard, sorry). Direct your disgust to the children who truly believe Twilight invented vampires and werewolves.
The little zombie girl coming back to life scared the crap out of me as a kid. Over the years I've really grown to appreciate this movie as a changing point in pop culture. Without George Romero there is no Shaun Of The Dead, no Thriller, no Walking Dead, no Warm Bodies, no 28 Days Later, none of that. Most movie monsters were inspired by folklore or by really old works of fiction. In some respects, zombies existed in some religious practices, but in terms of dead people coming out of the grave and eating people/spreading a virus, this movie is patient zero. All of that literally starts here.
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zombie lore started in Haiti.
The Last Man on Earth (1964) with Vincent Price beat this movie to the punch by 4 years but it did not have the impact this one did because relevant to its time it was very graphic in its portrayal of ghouls eating people .
@@cherylcampbell9369These are not Zombies . They are called ghouls by the News people and Living Dead by the title . Zombies are just people robbed of their free will by Voodoo . This is not that .
@@cherylcampbell9369 Yeah but that was more about necromancy, not dead people randomly rising out of the grave and eating people. The modern zombie starts with this movie.
This is literally the scariest movie I’ve ever seen. The more simplistic the scarier the movie. I’m not sure why that is.
The horror classic that started it all! Spawned the greatest Zombie Trilogy of all time!
Kirby5413 not just a trilogy, (despite there’s other followings but I think George Romero’s last great zombie movie is Land of the Dead) but an entire genre of zombie movies. Sure zombies existed before in the sense of “voodoo slaves” but this one reimagined the zombie concept which is still used to this day.
The original Walking dead.
I live in Kingman, Az. They could have filmed this at the Walmart here and saved a ton of money on extras.
Dr. Grimes. Grimes. Sounds familiar? Hmm.
Not started, this isn't first.
THE Horror movie that started it all. The original Walking Dead flick. Often imitated, never, ever, duplicated. And imported from Pennsylvania.
Actually, this movie was heavily influenced by the movie THE LAST MAN ON EARTH, starred by Vincent Price.
That's exactly where Kirkman got his Walking Dead inspiration from. Mr. Romero himself.
@@Luixmai that is not true, those movies have nothing to do with eachother
@Sue Taft bad actress too was she copying Mia farrow ??? Lol
@@Luixmai I thought Charleston Heston did that one ??
I remember when my uncle told me he saw this in a theater in 1968. He was 18 years old. He said he literally ran home after the movie. It’s not like he lived in a slightly populated area, he lived in Queens NY.
Flash forward to the 1970’s, and now I’m a teenager. I’m also living in Queens, but in my parents house. I’m watching the movie late at night, everyone had gone to sleep. It scared the shit out of me. I was literally looking out the windows of the house after the movie.
To this day, I love pretty much anything to do with zombies. Movies, TV shows, video games.
back then my and my brother were teens, at 16 he got his own car running. as most boys.
Fast not flash*
@@carltonthepug who cares
@@carltonthepugflash forward is a real thing, it’s the opposite of flash back.
Still terrifying after all these years. It's one of my favourites that I have to rewatch every now and then. It was done on a shoestring, film student budget, and I think that's what makes this film scarier.
I have watched this movie 4 times
I saw this in a movie theater with my best friend in 68. We were 8! How the hell did that happen??? Still traumatized from it. That black man has been my hero ever since.
I'm right there with you. No ratings in those days. I was only 7 in '68! Still traumatized, also.
@@MrTerraguy That’s nothin. You wanna talk traumatized?! My parents snuck me into the drive-in in the 70’s to see Texas Chainsaw Massacre! I was 7! Lol! Should have seen the look on ALL our hick faces the night we sat through the Rocky Horror Picture Show on the big screen! We didn’t know what the heck was goin on! Lol! We came for a horror movie! Lol
Me tooo!
The movie that got everything started.
RIP George.
This movie is a classic. Well done, well acted, well directed, and a solid believable story. It CREATED the zombie genre. Bravo!
arguably the greatest horror film ever made. This movie paved the way for the evolution of the genre.
I first saw this movie back in 1977 when I was 14 years old. I was watching it in my bedroom with my sister and two brothers who were all younger than me, we were watching it on my 12 inch tv I got for Christmas the year before, and the movie scared us enough that my sister and brothers all slept in my room. My two brothers slept under my bed and I slept on the floor and let my sister sleep in my bed, and we slept with the light on lol
Haha! I got one for you-I was around 13 in 1977, and NOTLD played on ABC late night on a Saturday. My dad was asleep on the floor next to me when I was watching, and my grandmother, uncle, and mother were all in the house and in bed as well.
Now, during the TV part, when the guy is on TV talking about how the dead were returning to life, ABC took extra caution to not scare anyone, because the word "dramatization" flashed across the screen at regular intervals. Regardless of that little safety precaution, and being in the house with others, that little newscast scared the hell out of me because I kept thinking, "what if it were real"?
Christopher Chipps Meaning you are 50 years old?
I'll bet there are a whole lot of people in our age group who have similar stories to yours,including me.I was about 12(which would have been 1976) when my older brother had me stay up late to watch this,he'd seen it already.
It was already a late night staple by the mid 70s.There was something particularly scary and creepy about watching late night tv back then,everything just seemed more quiet and lonely and tv stations signed off for the night,leaving you without any distraction if you were still awake and scared stiff.
i first saw it when i was 13 it wasnt scary to me just fun n interestin a cool classic laurie b
Никита Аргунов I'm 55 years old now.
Our family watched this at a Drive-In theater. On the way home our dad told us he was running out of gas and pulled over next to a cemetery!
Wow! That was just cruel!!
Cool! What year what this I wished drive in theaters were still popular.
Sounds like a cool and fun Dad.
@@allanjechorek4381 He was till 2004.
LMAO!!! He sure had a “demented” sense of humor!!
"Night of the Living Dead"(1968) is a Zombie horror movie masterpiece!This is one of the best and the most classic movies of all time for this Kind!
Bill Cardille, the reporter, was a reporter in Pittsburgh where this was filmed. Then, from 1963 to 1984, he hosted Chiller Theatre on channel 11, all old b&w horror films and science fiction. They called him Chilly Billy.😊. A household name here in western Pennsylvania.
Man the music and the cinematography is DAMN good
Right! Gorge captures this film brilliantly.
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This is all the old folks got as far as cinematography but imo it was damn good.
Soundtrack is on youtube with excerpts from film, the soundtrack is stock recordings Romero got from library
@@stanleymaestas5441 I was so disappointed when I heard that
The ending just sickens me.. Something about the music, and those still images is so haunting, the fact that the protagonist went through all of that night for nothing. The way the men carelessly picked him off, as if almost for sport, also really puts the finishing touch on it. This was a masterpiece, and it didn't even have any jump scares in it. It used suspense.
Mojo-Music There’s definitely at least one jump-scare; the corpse at the top of the steps.
@@devbagsmusic I suppose, but it was a still image. I wasn't afraid because of the noise it made, or the motion it made. I was aftaid of the image itself, the mangled body. Compared to IT, which uses literal bass for jumpscares, like it's just pure n o i s e and motion.
He deserved to live. Sad.
@Mojo- Music I agree. The ending pissed me off. He went through all that just to die like that??
That was supposed to be the annihilation of the typical hollywood movie ending. It was genius.
Chapter 1: Main Title (0:00)
Chapter 2: “What’s Happening?” (10:14)
Chapter 3: “Board Up The House” (20:03)
Chapter 4: “Do Not Venture Outside” (32:56)
Chapter 5: “The Safest Place” (39:49)
Chapter 6: “Mass Murder Everywhere” (49:03)
Chapter 7: “Getting Out…” (59:57)
Chapter 8: “Good Luck” (01:07:45)
Chapter 9: “Kill The Ghoul” (01:14:20)
Chapter 10: “Get In The Cellar” (01:20:39)
Chapter 11: “Right Between The Eyes” (01:29:19)
Chapter 12: End Credits (01:34:01)
Thank you!!
Manga
it has chapters?
Timestamps messed up
Very effective closing credits with the still photography.
I love the fact that this film is still in black and white. Oddly enough, Barbara’s brother Johnny who said “They’re coming to get you Barbara” was the one who actually came and got her. “Yeah, they’re dead ... they’re all messed up”. Good stuff, thanks for uploading.
That is one of the creepiest parts of the movie. Johnny singles her out because he recognizes her and hauls her off to be devoured.
Still in black and white? It was made in black and white.
It had to be black & white. The entire budget wa $14,000.
@THESATURNSSC1 No. Read the story of the production. 14K is the real number. This was 1968, the year my first child was born. These were what I like to refer to as Pre-Vietnam War dollars. They were valued different, before the inflationary cycle of that billion dollar a day holocaust in Nam.
14 thousand is equal to 103 thousand USD today
My grandmother told me back then this used to scare the hell out of people
To me, this is the definition of classic horror...it doesn't get better than this... I've seen this movie so many times that I've lost track, but I always continue to watch it again and again...it never gets old or stale to me...
I agree. For me the only movie that is maybe able to pair with it, is Invasion of Body Snatchers, both iconic movies.
RIP George Romero (1940-2017).
My parents said that I wasn't old enough to see this movie. So I watched it on the other tv. They were right. It gave me reoccurring nightmares.
I was five or six the first time I saw it. My dad had to explain to me that these are just movies with trick photography and actors, makeup and props - that it wasn't real. Now that I'm 55 I realize just how cool my dad was. Mom didn't like us kids watching that stuff. Dad wanted to educate and toughen his boys up. And that he did.
Thanks dad.
I was only 7 when I saw it. Gave me nightmares for 12 years!
@@MrTerraguy only movie that ever gave me nightmares was Texas Chainsaw Massacre. My young parents used to save money on a babysitter and sneak me into the drive in with them from age 7-12 back in the 70’s. They were big horror buffs. Cheap night out. Saw a lot of the classics. Rocky Horror Picture Show stands out. Lol. We all watched mouth agape with confused looks on our faces I’m sure. We were just hicks from the bush. Lol. We didn’t know WHAT was going on but we stayed for every second. Heck, I even bought the soundtrack 2 or 3 times. Lol
Wow!! I can certainly relate.
It was a bit of a privilege having the opportunity to watch horror films as a kid, alongside the obviously adult-oriented cartoons on the account that they were cartoons (as cartoons are only for kids, from my parents' perspective). Never really had nightmares as a consequence, though.
Even as a brainless zombie, the Cemetery Zombie is still smarter than most people today
Smarter than Donald Trump 😂.
@@harperstacey9604 just cut your EBT card up.
From 56 Cadd.
Definitely smarter than joe biden. @@harperstacey9604
Awesome, thanks for posting!
This was the first time an African American actor was cast as the star of a horror film. And one of the first times
In American Cinema , where a person of color was given an important Role, the script didn’t call for one. At the time is was controversial casting a black as the man as the hero, while the other characters are white. while some saw casting as Significant, George stated that Jones simply gave the best audition.
Ben/Duane Jones has been and always will be my favorite action/horror hero
Of all the black men he auditioned for the part? And don't think for a minute Romero would reveal his intentions to a world still overheated with the idea of race and risk fomenting further strife. That would be counterproductive. But his subtext is obvious. Even if it wasn't his original intention, it became that.
@@abelieversperspective9595 I have done a lot of research on this movie and from what I was told by the cast members and people involved that Duane Jones was the only African-American male did audition for the part. The part was supposed to be given to a white man Rudy Ricci But after seeing Mr. Jones’s audition he even said himself the part should to go to him (Duane Jones)
@@zyx7478 That being the case I suggest that the subtext may have evolved after Jones was selected. Otherwise it was coincidental but it's still there. The movie would not have the same impact without it. Jones isn't just the lead as a black man, he's the only black character in the film. Romero would have had to compensate for this fact. I suggest he did this primarily in the portrayal of Cooper, the sheriff, the other white search and destroy posse members, the white media, and the cold brutality of Ben's demise and immolation at the end of the movie. I realize this is all inference on my part. But my intuition tells me that Romero could not have been senseless about the things he was suggesting in the film when he hired a black man to play the protagonist.
Thanks for your comment by the way. I'm interested to learn.
@@abelieversperspective9595 George a Romero agrees a lot of what you said in many interviews but at the time he was scrambling to put this all together he didn’t have any of those notions set in place in fact after the movie was finished he had some regrets because Jones dies in the movie and it was right at the time of the assassination of Martin Luther King. In fact George Romero tried to convince Jones to take on the original ending of the movie where he would live Jones refused it saying that the black community would not believe that would be the actual end of the movie.It was Jones that knew all of the racial Sub texts that were in bedded in the times as well as the movie therefore he chose to have his own character die at the end. As crazy as it sounds I’ve been researching this movie for way too long and it’s my favorite movie. By the way tomorrow is October 1, night of the living dead premiered on October 1, 1968 in Pittsburgh
I grew up not far from where this was filmed. The use of local news media persons made this particularly realistic as well as the local location. Several car loads of us went to the drive in to watch this one night. I pulled the dome light from my vehicle and snuck over to one of the other cars with out making a sound. The guy was running up the stairs from the basement with the zombie grabbing at his feet when I reached into one of the other cars and growled and scarred one of my friends. He screamed like a 12 year old girl and scared everyone at the drive in. That was several decades ago and I remember it as vividly as if it was yesterday.
lol...great story!
I remember being a kid in the early 70s, and they only showed this movie late on Halloween night every year. Great memories! I love this movie!!
1968 was not ready for this, what a thriller.
Still gives me the heebie-jeebies to this very day in fact I sleep with the light on!
5:10
The chillness of this scene is just amazing! The way that zombie is just walking like a normal person, along with the thunder sounds...
No shaky camera , no loud/jump-scare music and no lots of camera annoying angles...
The zombie was walking pretty fast. From Ms. Harper Stacey.
That scene is terrifying
I've got the Criterion version of this with the 4K restoration and all that, and while it does look amazing, there's just something about watching this movie on a crappier print that somehow enhances the experience. Makes it more dreamlike and surreal. Though, that might just be the VHS nostalgia talking too.
No. It definitely adds to the realness of it.
@@MrTerraguy realness? I wouldnt go that far, definitely adds to the atmosphere and mood though
You should see my VHS collection. I could start my own VHS rental store if people still cared.
Romero proffered it grittier himself
37:58 "this place is boarded up pretty solid now".... Behind Ben there's a window he hasn't even boarded up 😂
Ben (Duane Jones) one of the best horror actor's of all time he died of a heart attack R.I.P. 1937-1988
One of the first movies to feature a black man as the hero
Protagonist, not the hero. Of course in the story nobody lived to tell of his bravery in the crisis. He was just piled on the heap with the dead.
Hero that’s what think but u can say protagonist
"There's another one for the fire."
Proof that there are times it doesn't pay to be the last survivor.
Breezy B for real
And what a handsome man he is.
I’m 31 now and I remember accidentally stumbling across this movie when I was 8 on tnt. This movie is responsible for me being a crazed zombie fan that I am today. If it wasnt for this movie I probably would’ve never picked up resident evil when it first dropped back in 96.
37:50 "this place is boarded up pretty good now" EXCEPT THAT WINDOW RIGHT OVER YOUR SHOULDER 😬 gosh Romero nailed the tension...
There were just too many zombies to fend off. From Ms. Harper Stacey.
The use of shadow and light is great on this film. I know they weren't able to have the best lighting but it really worked in their favor because for example when the zombie walks into the house and you don't see his face but just the frame of his body until he bends over a bit then the reveal is terrifying
R.I.P. TO THE ZOMBIE GODFATHER, GEORGE A. ROMERO
When you say his name all I can think about is the bo1 zombie map
50 years ago tonight, October 1st 1968, Geroge A. Romero changed the world with his zombies. His masterpiece. His magnum opus. Rest in Peace Mr. Romero.
watched it as a kid saterday night creature featue with host bob wilcons
It’s more like, suck it Hollywood, this is an independent film!
In the game Dying Light there is an entire memorial for George Romero
This movie scared the dooky out of me. I looked outside to see if there were any ghouls outside.
@TheDodicat Dooky.
That's what a real horror movie is all about !
A real classic 👍🏻👍🏻
At last! Finally found this classic! What a start for a whole sub genre! Superb cult film. Thank you, people!
The corpses upstairs scared the crap out of me when I first saw this as a kid
they would take that shot out on TV's "CREATURE FEATURES" which aired in the 70's every Saturday night...
What if that corpse got up and came down the stairs when the lights went out, all you hear is foot steps and creaking, then you see the eye ball eventually leading to the decade face, that would've been the perfect lead up from when we first see the corpse too
I saw it in 2013 for the first time and that part scared the crap out of me even tho it was well over 40 years old lol
Especially in the 1990 remake
Tandoori I’m pretty sure she was too badly decade to reanimate.
Rest in Peace George Romero.
He's in a better place.
He'll probably come back as a zombie. From Ms. Harper Stacey.
I'm so glad the first time I've seen this film (right now, as of leaving this comment) was with this level of quality. There's something about the picture quality that really unsettled me, the occasional blurring together of things, sometimes not being able to tell exactly what's happening, it legitimately really helped set the scene for me. The opening shots with Barbara and Johnny driving to the cemetery felt so picturesque, almost like a painting, but something wasn't quite right about it either. Maybe it's just because I already knew I was watching a horror film though. What a movie though.
This film truly is a masterpiece, it has solidly stood the test of time - I've watched it more than 100 times over the years, easily. It really is impossible for younger people to imagine the affect this film had at the time it was released, things were so different then, the average person wasn't desensitized to violence and gore on film like nowadays. It's reputation was fierce. ' Banned in 32 countries. ' !
The undercurrents of tension, fear, and horror make this movie great!
Watching this during the Covid Pandemic, honestly makes this movie now seem more contemporary and fitting.
I didn't like that ending though 😂
It’s relevant, now it’s easy to see how many are indeed zombies.
Opening cemetery scene- SCARY SCARY SCARY!!!!!!
my family is from Western PA and we used to visit old cemeteries where our relatives were buried. the first time I saw this movie the cemetery scene scared me half to death 😃
@@ellemjay 😱
I love you ❤
You could see that first zombie walking in the background as Johnny is talking 😖😖
Lori Welch yes. Its a bit Hitchcock isnt it ?
I don’t live far from the cemetery where this was filmed at. It’s pretty cool
Too bad the farmhouse is no longer.
I just realized something else. For the countless number of times in which I have seen this film, it just dawned on me that for a short time the original Barbara in this film actually did somewhat assist Ben in terms of boarding up the house.
That was a good scene, her starting to come out of her trance and try to prove to him she was trying to help.
And she was a top notch actress, plays the part well....I would of loved to gotten Barbara---- but in an amorous way..... She was adorable; she still is.....
She did a great job in this role. I think it was her first acting role.
@@GABRIELA-ACEVEDO. Agreed.
@@furious3383 i hadn't seen this movie in like 20 years until last night. Is the 1990 remake worth watching?
I can truly appreciate how this movie was made in 1968 yet they at least let the black man survive untill the end and made him the strongest with common sense!!
Made during the Civil Rights era, wasn't Ben actually murdered? They were far from their target and chose to shoot, knowing he could be a zombie, but if not...he's a black many, anyway. That was always my take on it.
@@4everdays503 I don't think Ben was killed for being black. The posse was likely scared and tired. They shot any that moved.
@@plaistowbill anything that moved that didn’t make noise. Zombies don’t talk, so they thought he was another ghoul.
According to Romero, Ben was not written as a Black man, it just turned out that Duane Jones was the best choice.
I love that the director picked him because he auditioned the best. As it should always be.
Back then this must of been horrifying. Even today its very scary.
Thank you for sharing.
One of the most classic and best horror movies ever made! Hello from Athens Greece!
Greece? Cool! Hello from Canada :)
Hello, to you in Greece, and in Canada. I'm enjoying this classic in Chicago, Illinois 🇺🇸
Γεια σας από την Αμερική! Είμαι Ελληνοαμερικανός.
@@jordo5639
Γεια σου φιλαρακι! :)
@@jasonfoster3111 ah Γεια σου!
They' re coming to get you Barbara!
Brian Henson. I love that part.
Theyre comingfor you.LOOK here comes one now.
Brian Henson stop it Johnny you're being childish!
Note that the first zombie actually fought with Johnny as though he was still alive as opposed to devouring him. The dead guy even finished Johnny off just like a living human.
They should'a made the Zombie in the beginning look more scary, he just looks like a regular guy. In the 1990 version the Zombie in the beginning was super scary looking & that version is way better than this one.
What a treat for Halloween! Thanks!
Imagine being in a cemetery and seeing a random person staggering like that!
3:08, if only Johnny listened to the news report for a little while longer all their misery wouldn’t have happened!
i said the same thing when i saw this movie and i was only six years old!!!
who listens to news?
Then it wouldn't of been "a classic movie.....'
@@vigilanterocco381 I would like to have seen a version where everyone made it out. The truck didn't blow up. It got gassed up. It got back to the house everyone got in the truck. And got out of there and got to safety. Just saying. Have a great day everyone.
@@davidurban6813 Glad it wasn’t, most horror movies do to much “good guys always survive and escape” which always annoys me, never happens in real life so why on a movie?
I love how Johnny's joke anticipated what was happening.
Johnnys joke foreshadowed himself coming to get her
Johnny still kept his sense of humor even after he died.
Just found this channel and I remember that movie lol. Definitely a classic!!👍🙏🏻🕊
One of my favorite horror movies. Very good imagination and very scary. Who could have thought about zombies eating people. Everyone did a good job in this movie. RIP George. Lots of zombie movies were made later on, but NOTLD 1968 version tops them all.
Don’t be afraid. I’m Helen Cooper, Harry’s wife.
Damn, I wish I could be that reassuring.
@@yredcat5772 She’ll live forever in this classic.
I always thought she deserved better than Mr Cooper. He should have worshiped the ground she walked on.
I was a kid when this came out in theaters. It gave me nightmares and wet beds for many many nights back then. It was traumatizing for a lot of kids who saw it in those days, and even some adults took it seriously. Seeing it today is almost funny, but I still get a little of that unique feeling when I watch it.
Yes, I was one of those traumatized kids, only 7 when I saw it in '68.
I was a bit older and saw it on tv. Yo this day I won't go in a cemetery at nite
@@marshamariner7897 l also watched Alfred Hitchcock's "The Birds". I wouldn't even go outside after seeing that. Oh the good 'ol days... 😆
@@nuversion8673 psycho and this 🎥 and the birds 3 movies kids should never watch too young. WOW. we watched them and r still here. Scared but here 💖🌹🌉
What I found most disturbing was the feeling of claustrophobia, in which one is surrounded and no way to escape. Sort of, (just a little bit), like the Alamo?
The ending is a big stunner. You almost wish him to make some noise, I am Ben or I don't know, so they would know he is not a Zombie. But what an amazing movie. Still is so effective, at home, can't imagine the impact in 1968 in theatres.
People ran up the theater aisle to get out.
I said the exact same thing about Ben he should have made a noise I said hey don't shoot my name is Ben I'm alive.
Wow Iam lucky. I get the full movie myself. Wasn't expecting a full one but here we are. God bless you man
This movie is even cooler because it's in the public domain
Scary soundtrack. Very effective.
Not scary, i would say, sick and gloomy.
Because movie isn't scary, this is sick and very gloomy and many i guess thought this is the first zombie movie ever, wrong thought, out there is one cult classic zombie movie what is before this was even in plan, i am seen almost all zombies movies what is ever made!
Genuine?
Well....its what BLACK MEN have to go through en this country....sad part is know one gives a fuck....
Except me.
I was born in 1968 and watched this movie in 78. It scared the hell out of me and my sister,who was 4 year's older than me!! Instant classic! Everyone was talking about it after they watched it. Good old , Romero!!!!
Last man on Earth ( 1964) ., starring Vincent Price was a great zombie movie , a little more e-z to watch. But Night of the Living Dead is a total shocker for zombies always will be a stunner..
My grandmother in the 80s had this movie and I would watch it every time I was there! Miss them days so much 😌
@Miguel 4K lol I k know that movie like the back of my hand, used to watch it all the time as a kid in the 80s, thanks for the suggestion 👍🏼
The first zombie is the fastest one.
Bill Hinzman was the best zombie ever🎃💀
I never noticed that.
The first movie is the best one.
Jim M Jim M He's still the best, the whole intro when the music starts and the Thunder cracks, he had the gait down, body movements, especially when descending after the car, the look, facial expressions, attire of course. Just an opinion but I think the best part of the whole movie is the first 10 minutes. I dont know of any other zombie movies that come close to this one but then I haven't watched many because the one's I've seen don't have much in the way of suspense. They just seem to focus on gore and shock value.
@@brianparks2039 you said it perfectly
I agree 💯🏆
Still the best zombie flick. "Barbara, they're coming to get you."
Gosh darn tragedy this time is gone. The director. Gone. Old timers of day. Gone. Everything. Gone.
Thank you for this really needed it. What a masterpiece it's timeless.
The part that scared me the most was when the couple got burned up and the zombies were feasting on them. From Ms. Harper Stacey.
that's what I call a hot date
One of the richest, most well-written, well-acted horror films ever.
Just imagine how many minds this movie has inspired!!!
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