Night of the Living Dead
| Night of the Living Dead | |
|---|---|
 Theatrical release poster | |
| Directed by | George A. Romero |
| Produced by | Karl Hardman Russell Streiner |
| Written by | George A. Romero John A. Russo |
| Starring | Duane Jones Judith O'Dea Karl Hardman Marilyn Eastman Keith Wayne Judith Ridley Kyra Schon |
| Music by | Stock music |
| Cinematography | George A. Romero |
| Editing by | George A. Romero John A. Russo |
| Distributed by | The Walter Reade Organization |
| Release date(s) | October 1, 1968 |
| Running time | 96 min. |
| Country |  United States |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $114,000 |
| Gross revenue | $30,000,000 |
| Followed by | Dawn of the Dead |
Night of the Living Dead, directed by George Romero, is a 1968 independent black-and-white horror film. Early working titles were Monster Flick (draft script) and Night of Anubis and Night of the Flesh Eaters (production). Ben (Duane Jones) and Barbra (Judith O'Dea) are the protagonists of a story about the mysterious reanimation of the recently dead, and their efforts, along with five other people, to survive the night while trapped in a rural Pennsylvania farmhouse.
George Romero produced the film on a $114,000 budget, and after a decade of cinematic re-releases, it grossed some $12 million domestically and $30 million internationally. On its release in 1968, Night of the Living Dead was strongly criticized for its explicit content. In 1999, the Library of Congress registered it to the National Film Registry as a film deemed "historically, culturally or aesthetically important".
Night of the Living Dead had a great impact upon the culture of the Vietnam-era United States, because it is laden with critiques of late-1960s U.S. society; a historian described it as "subversive on many levels". Although it is not the first zombie film, Night of the Living Dead is the progenitor of the contemporary "zombie apocalypse" sub-genre of horror film, and it influenced the modern pop-culture zombie archetype. Night of the Living Dead (1968), is the first of five Dead films directed by George Romero, and twice has been remade, as Night of the Living Dead (1990 film), directed by Tom Savini, and as Night of the Living Dead 3D (2006).
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