Night of the Living Dead (1968)

A group of people hide from bloodthirsty zombies in a farmhouse.
Cast and Information
Directed By: George A. Romero
Written By: George A. Romero, John A. Russo
Starring: Charles Craig, Judith O'Dea, S. William Hinzman, Duane Jones, Marilyn Eastman, Judith Ridley, Keith Wayne, Kyra Schon, George Kosana, Frank Doak, A.C. McDonald, Karl Hardman
Franchise: Night of the Living Dead
Country: USA
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BeeDub | 95 91st |
Oh hey look, a black guy actually made it all the way through a horror mov- oh.
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juntakinte99 | 100 97th |
It's hard to look at this film now and fully grasp Romero's genius in elevating monster movie thrills by infusing them with social weight. For example, during the Vietnam War, Americans would gather each day to watch the latest reports on the evening news. Here, Romero uses that feeling of being held captive by outside horror & makes it tangible. While his indie filmmaking often gets kudos, his forward thinking in casting African American and women actors also deserves commendation. A classic!
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Paxton | 87 95th |
The creatures in this movie are so unique and cool, actually taken from voodoo legends but freed from anyone's control, that it boggles my mind that no one ever made another movie featuring these "walking dead."
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terrymac | 87 95th |
This seems to be getting better with age, or perhaps it just gets more under my skin. It's rough, sure, but there's loads to like. That ending...
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Jeb | 100 98th |
The godfather of the zombie film. It's the very birth of one of the greatest and longest-running cult horror film franchises ever, perfected by astounding gore, frightening make-up effects, a simply bloodcurdling symphony of screams and of course, the extremely realistic feeding scenes. Everything is completely shown in a violent, yet gore-gous (pun intended) manner . There are no more stops. There is no censors. And best of all, it doesn't suck at all.
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doctor7 | 63 42nd |
It's really campy for sure, which is bad for me as campy isn't my thing. It is impressive for the tiny budget it was made with. Duane Jones is a surprisingly good actor but no one else was. I found that two plot devices that make me furious essentially started here. 1) People in horror movies fighting with one another instead of the real threat. 2) People paralyzed with fear to the point where they're useless. I know everyone else seems to love this film but to me it's just alright.
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slidercc | 100 99th |
The Godfather of Zombie films. Innovative for its time, and still sends a chill up first time viewers spines. Easily one of the best horror films of all time.
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BillyShears | 95 96th |
Would've shit my knickers back in the 60s while drinkin an ice cold 5 cent pickle juice
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Leonardis | 95 85th |
I still think this holds up pretty well. It has some great camerawork and creepiness, and I personally think it's age and black-and-white cinema makes it even scarier. The sound effects of the zombies eating and chewing on that human flesh still makes me cringe. Most definitely worth watching if you like the genre.
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Hawkins | 86 82nd |
For better and worse none of it feels very dated - the acting, camerawork, shock moments, and racial tension all hold up! It lays down every zombie trope except the word 'zombie', its allegory is frustatingly relevant. Martin Luther King was killed in '68, this appears to be his nightmare.
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TimeCapsule | 91 94th |
The infamous Godfather of zombie films is a horror movie classic. Although maybe the film that made me fall in love with horror as a child, the movie today feels a bit dated. However, dated in the way like a little kid who only eats plain cheese pizza, the movie feels its age. Since becoming the OG zombie movie nearly 50 years ago, people, arguably even "The Godfather" Romero himself, have improved on the recipe and made different or better pizzas. Still hard to go wrong with this classic slice.
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MonsterGear | 76 45th |
While I can respect what this movie brought to popular culture, and while the movie itself is certainly not a bad one, there are long stretches of simply being fed expository dialogue from a radio or TV, and that is not fun.
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mwgerb | 77 93rd |
This film starts off slow, with worrying B-movie tendencies, but as it goes on it shows off the horror genre genius its reputation suggests. It took a lot of guts to shoot scenes that dark (and I mean that both figuratively and literally).
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krmr | 65 18th |
The beginning and ending are both exceptionally great, and there are really good scenes sprinkled throughout, but I feel that it has a lot of pacing problems that make most of it boring. It could have been turned into a radio broadcast and I wouldn't have lost anything, it may even work better as a stage play. The Ben character is without a doubt phenomenal, but every other character in the movie, aside from the daughter, is either crappy to begin with or the actor made the character crap.
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lauratron | 95 97th |
It's always great fun watching this in the cinema to hear everyone cheer when Barbara gets smacked in the face.
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Ytadel | 8 93rd |
Pretty much singlehandedly birthed the entire zombie genre and most of its conventions that still stand proud to this day - the slow zombies, the feasting on human entrails, the survivors stuck in a location, the survivor who turns on the others, all that awesome business. It's dated, but have some respect.
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lucbapt | 90 80th |
They're coming to get you, Barbara.
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Nathan S | 4 74th |
It's pretty amazing to see just how little this subgenre has evolved since this first iteration, but credit where it is due to the originator. Much has been written about the microcosmic allegory of America eating itself alive, so I'll just add to the chorus by simply saying that it is pretty fun, able to overcome its rough formal qualities with head and heart in the right place.
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joseywales | 91 97th |
The birth of "Zombies!" as a genre, rather than a monster movie. STands up well for it's age (like any good zombie oughta.)
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4 | mausphart | 95 95th |
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If I ever die, I want to come back as a giant waterballoon. Then I would jump off a building and splash all over an unsuspecting victim. Would that be suicide? I hope not, I don't want to go to waterballoon hell. It probably sucks.
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Luna6ix | 87 93rd |
Revolutionized the horror genre and created the zombie that exists in movies today. Too bad though it has not aged well and has a most lack-luster plot.
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ewp805 | 90 94th |
If you dig zombies, then watching this movie is a must.
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hellboy76 | 87 96th |
The king of the Zombie sub genre, it has been emulated (or outright ripped off) thousands of times. Slightly dated now but still highly entertaining.
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MadMan | 100 97th |
This is a Romero masterpiece, one that has stood the test of time and is now seen as a stample of the genre. Not only does Duane Jones give one of the coolest performances in a horror movie, but also Romero tackles the 60s in full, unflinching and violent form. The movie covers the Vietnam War, hippies, and only eerily mirrored how the decade would end with the Manson murders and the bloody Rolling Stones concert leaving a nasty and foul stain on what was supposed to be 10 years of promise.
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easydiff | 75 82nd |
I mean, it's guerrilla filmmaking at its very best, and you have to give credit for everything it invents that everyone else has cribbed off for 50 years, but still it just can't hold up to what has come since. It has gone the way of Meleis' "A Trip to the Moon," an *important* movie but not a great one.
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Grit | 78 84th |
The well directed tension and fright factor in this 60s film with a very low budget marks it as a true horror classic. Very efficiently executed.
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Anomaly | 57 25th |
Laudable for its low budget and resistance of studio censorship, but it has not aged well at all. Bad acting, laughably terrible deaths, just poorly put together. The racial politics are well ahead of their time, but the gender politics are way backwards. No idea why this has been so highly praised. Disappointing, really.
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unohav_1 | 60 19th |
Hated this pic, but gets 60 for its signifigance. Why are characters always so inept? Shaun of the Dead I thought parodied this film well. Exactly how scary and deadly can a zombie be when their bodies don't work right and you can run 20 times faster than them. Alot of the death scenes in this film made me laugh and brought to mind the Austin Powers steam roller death scene where the guy was 50 yards away and didn't escape. This film had potential to be so much scarier, but kudos how far it got.
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3 | moviesinhell | 100 97th |
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When Romero unleashed this on an unsuspecting public, the pic represented a radical, truly shocking departure from the usual run of formulaic fear flicks. This movie chucked all romantic and most pseudoscientific fright-film conventions and went straight for the jugular (to say nothing of the entrails), conveying a sense of visceral terror through its unrelieved atmosphere of frantic despair as much as through its relentless army of staggering ghouls.
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ZayanK | 86 74th |
Is it strange that this movie feels so aged and fresh at the same time?
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gorejunky | 100 92nd |
Amazing George Romero low budget classic. It's proof that you don't need tons of money to make one of the scariest and most unsettling social commentaries ever. Fantastic!
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Trooth | 85 91st |
I saw a lot of more recent zombie movies before I ever saw this one. It made me wish newer zombie movies could be just as good. I feel like the genre has gotten out of touch with its roots. Plenty of people have said it before, but it's great because it's not all about violence, and hoping the attractive people survive, and having to shoot your friend when "the infected" get him. It has a lot more to do with deeper aspects of human nature.
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loc42 | 75 68th |
Great job in creating an atmosphere and affects through such a raw use of camera and lighting. The characters know about the outer world through the TV and radio, whose content is created by the director. They wait in the house to be eaten while watching these images. And we are watching them in cinemas or at home, getting informed about the outer world in a certain sense. What awaits us outside our homes, or theaters? A good lesson in creating more through less.
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Jasongirl67 | 70 48th |
Good movie Intelligent lead actor For the era of it came out in decent gore and issues that are still relevant
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TripleSH | 92 95th |
A classic. Period.
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Moribunny | 68 70th |
The original zombie epidemic flick works because characters behave and interact on assumptions or impulses that make relative sense; we see confusion, hesitation and panic; and flesh-eating zombies, while obviously a supernatural aberation, are rendered in a way that maximizes consistency and believability. It is an unkempt film in every way, but has a rugged and unpretentious feel unlike the soulless formalism that pervades its hundreds of immitations (including Romero's own sequels).
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2 | mikeypain | 90 94th |
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If you love zombie movies but hate this movie...kill yourself.
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TheDenizen | 80 84th |
The one that started it all, and still one of the best zombie movies despite the lack of any real gore.
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2 | CatScandal | 75 85th |
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The supporting characters are a little weak, which is a big flaw for a zombie movie, and the zombies themselves aren't very scary, but the plight of the lead character trying to save everyone only for their weakness to condemn them all is heartbreaking, and the ending is stunning. Overall, it's been done better since, but coming as it did in 1968, it's a very important film, and conceptually it holds up if not cinematically.
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djross | 74 83rd |
Tense, low-budget, well-filmed horror that spawned a thousand sequels and shows Romero's penchant for peppering his genre efforts with critical comment. MARCH 2018 REWATCH: An "outbreak of mass homicide". One way to see this film in retrospect (half a century later) is as being about the possibility of events such as the Rwandan genocide (a catastrophe the horror of which cinema has so far avoided trying to depict), with all the reactions and counter-reactions such events inevitably generate.
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Kavu | 80 69th |
Naturally it's aged quite a bit but it's still watchable and the pioneer work it did is undeniable.
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TheDiceman | 70 82nd |
Good film.
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2 | bizort | 78 74th |
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The black guy does everything while the white woman is paralyzed scared. Good social commentary
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2 | renatoromero | 100 95th |
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Most frightful horror film of all time! Romero is a genius (I'll never get tired of saying that). He has made a film that to this day, still makes shocks you. Tense materpiece, and truly revolutionary. Movies would be the same after these zombies wlaked the screen. Thank God for that!
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Derekstar | 10 1st |
WHY IS NOBODY ACTING IN THIS MOVIE? It's not just a matter of them being bad actors. They're bad actors not even trying. At the end the priest gives a monologue where he argues that the zombie horde is basically another form of the biblical flood, and that he has been anointed like Saint Peter to be the centerpiece of the new church. The guy just sits in a chair, furrows his brow, says the lines. He inexplicably seems annoyed, but that may have been his furrowed brow going into overdrive.
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Alex Watkins | 4 70th |
Surprisingly tense and well-crafted, even with its obvious flaws (particularly the acting, which is downright bad in spots). Eschews jump scares and violence for an atmosphere of dread and paranoia, which helps it stay gripping throughout. Also manages to be a nice treatment of both racism and Cold War paranoia, without making too fine a point of things. I enjoyed this significantly more than I expected to.
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PeaceAnarchy | 84 77th |
Low production values aside this is a very tense and well constructed film and a great example of a film that's more than the sum of it's parts. It relies surprisingly little on shock and gore, instead building up tension and creeping you out with the situations the characters find themselves in.
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Difontaine | 85 88th |
Doubtless a horror buff will contradict this, but this film feels like the start of zombie films. It even bears up well against the test of time.
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Stain | 91 90th |
The original classic. Still really scary after all these years; it has what one critic called a "gluey, bottomless horror" that can even (still) get to seen-it-all horror fans like yours truly
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saucyjack | 91 92nd |
Low-budget chiller that is one of the most claustrophobic and effective horror films ever made. Lots of skill on display here at a young age from Romero.
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Icarus | 84 75th |
Very enjoyable film, the low production values not really posing a problem for me. Romero makes a number of interesting moves with the camera, and he nicely underplays the civil rights/Vietnam subtext.
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nandorizzi | 80 80th |
A True Horror Classic, the first with zombies. Despite the terrible actions and precarious effects, is still today an excellent horror movie.
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sophie | 95 98th |
This is pretty much what got me to watch a crapload of zombie movies. When I watched it for the first time, it was on TV at night and I remember that the first scene at the graveyard already made me hide under my sheets. I just love it.
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Vandelay1 | 80 89th |
Nice Movie
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AshWilliams | 84 72nd |
Brilliant. Romero is so criminally underrated. His great contribution to cinema is a critique of communication in times of crisis. Can people really get it together and act the right way when it's most necessary or will our prejudices and vices dig our graves? The satire and political consciousness was intentional. Such class. I'm just sorry for him that this film lost its copyright protection and he never saw a penny in royalties. Easily another dream project could have happened.
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janus | 90 94th |
Still far and away the best zombie movie ever. What starts out as predictably cheesy ("They're coming to get you, Bar-ba-ra!") soon becomes as tense, brutal, and misanthropic as horror has ever been.
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2 | RottenTomato | 96 92nd |
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George A. Romero's debut set the template for the zombie film, and features tight editing, realistic gore, and a sly political undercurrent.
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omgfridge | 8 80th |
"Dawn of the Dead" edges this out or me. Cult favorite is stamped all over it. Love a good Zombie flick and this is one of the classics.
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nauru | 20 15th |
Boring film, good ending. I lol'd when the black dude clocks the annoying white girl.
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ABUNCHOFCATS | 90 85th |
Wonderful early zombie movie with a great interplay between the characters, along with an incredibly depressing ending.
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SirStuckey | 85 87th |
It's certainly dated and the acting is pretty rough in most cases, but it still has this simple charm that I love. I saw it as a kid and was legitimately scared. I saw it as an adult and really enjoyed the history of it all. Dawn of the Dead was a huge step up but I'll always enjoy this one.
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yesistasty | 87 60th |
Romero can do so much with so little. Some comically bad acting.
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Velvet Crowe | 44 43rd |
The movie has some cool use of lighting and the way the zombie outbreak is reported on is neat, but otherwise this was really fucking boring. The acting manages to be ham-fisted while somehow not being funny boasting the same eyerolling characterization you've seen in plenty of films after it but more monotone. Most of the movie are dull dialog scenes where we're exposed to some of the flattest characters imaginable, until we get a big climax of, frankly, tepid gore that didn't incite me.
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snallygaster | 59 62nd |
I can't imagine what it would have been like to see this movie in 1968. Never mind the "good for its time" apologetics often reserved for horror classics -- even after 40 years of derivative films, it still seems fresher than almost anything else in the genre.
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SlantMag | 40 97th |
"There's a brute force in Night of the Living Dead that catches one in the throat." - Jeremiah Kipp
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2 | CFuller78 | 99 87th |
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A visceral, terrifying movie. Still the standard by which all other zombie films are judged.
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Darren | 80 76th |
The sickness the silent majority in America was feeling. Those that are fed up with social progression. Those that have been toyed and tricked by news media into doing their bidding. It’s Americans dealing with what they have wrought to many across the globe and the paranoia they have because of it. They see zombies in every city they see the need a military for protection. To kill the only black character and hero. How the final gunshot rings like it did with brother Malcolm and MLK.
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2 | damil | 75 81st |
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It was really great for a low-budget movie from the 60s. Definitely quite dark and graphic for its time. The music was awesome in its melodrama. Sure, the acting's not amazing, and the characters aren't really given any proper development, but come on, you're watching it for the zombies! And they're pretty cool, if tame compared to today's versions. I personally preferred Dawn of the Dead (1978), but this one is a must-see for any zombie or horror fan.
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TjlMovFrks23 | 90 82nd |
George A.Romero's Night of The Living Dead could be said the first one of its kind. this low budget horror movie is actually one of the most terrifying zombie movie ever exist in Hollywood. Romero Ambition to make most out his budget is certainly make the cut.and as a result,his nightmare had come to live in such exciting and thrilling horror.
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2 | Uhrmacher | 88 84th |
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Apparently low budget but very enjoyable and defining a genre of films to follow for decades. Prompted a long discussion with a friend over the nature of the characters and their relation to human impulse in general, not something that can be said for the average horror film.
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fra paolo | 33 27th |
On my most recent viewing I found it... weak. Poor acting, poor dialogue, poor pacing. The opening and ending are great, but in the middle? Meh.
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2 | Nepeta | 85 80th |
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It simply comes down to plain great storytelling - the zombies are almost a non-factor as we watch those claustrophobic scenes inside the house where people argue, fear what is going on, doubt each other, remain glued to updates about the situation, help each other and have to work together to remain alive. A mix of news reports, fighting back zombies and fighting among the survivors helps keep things varied and the ending is a shocker. It is a really gripping, entertaining piece of cinema.
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lisa- | 5 70th |
taut drama and action in this insanely dated zombie flick. this was made in 1968! very much a genre film, even though it invented many of its own tropes, and not as much subtext as i might have liked, although the celebratory beatdown of an obnoxious white man by a black man was pointed, as was the final shot in the head by a militarised police force.
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Groovy_Souls | 85 82nd |
While this is the definitive zombie movie, it is also a great film of human morality and struggle. Acting is good and the scenes are classic yet most of the first half feels boring and cheesy. This quickly changes but must be taken into account. Otherwise this is millenial and is a must see for all.
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Yiannos | 83 95th |
Romero came roaring out of the gate with N.O.T.L.D, arguably the greatest horror debut of all time. It was a complete triumph of creative vision crafted from the barest of means. Its unique atmosphere is both realistic and otherwordly and seems beamed in from another dimension. The amateurish acting doesn't detract because it's believable, and the heavy use of shadow is evocative and intensely moody. The zombie makeup is simple but effective, and its provocative ending still packs a punch.
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backwardsuit | 84 88th |
Whatever campy fun there is to be had will swiftly give way to a brooding atmosphere of oppressive nihilistic terror. Just watch it back to back with some modern horror flick and you'll see what I mean. Some extremely effective use of horrific imagery and ideas.
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joel-w-m | 5 25th |
Painful dialogue and performances and unlikable characters (see the hysterical Barbra and brash Ben who punches her out) amidst dumb drama (see the repetitive cellar debate) and lazy exposition (see the lengthy news reports) are redeemed to a remarkable extent by the delightfully deadly climax (featuring a grotesque zombie feast over a grating soundtrack) and despairing denouement marked by a poignantly unassuming note of dramatic irony dragged out in the unique still-shots ending credits.
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2 | Rd. Vortex | 84 77th |
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To start off: I generally really don't like horror movies. The biggest horror about them for me usually is, actually enduring the boredom of a horror movie. I've also seen this one when I was a teenager and don't really recall liking it. Since I had basically no recollection of the movie, I decided to give it another try. Boy was I positively surprised. Not did I only like the movie, but actually though it was great. Especially that ending was really a perfect way to conclude the movie.
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crowey | 78 72nd |
Hilarious.
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cmull | 90 90th |
Great little movie. Does a better job of sustaining tension than nearly every mainstream horror film produced today.
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1 | spoonerspot | 83 82nd |
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Classic
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jimmynmu | 84 79th |
Good zombie fun.
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1 | duandsku | 97 95th |
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Romero invents the modern horror film here, which you might as well be consider the Citizen Kane of the genre. The individual elements may descend further into camp as the years go by, but the overall power has never been lost. The standard of which I judge all horror films.
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CCLZA | 90 95th |
Unbelievable good 'ol fun.
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ServantDagon | 82 58th |
Cheap but effective shocker with a shocking ending.
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1 | UKSubs | 93 93rd |
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Perhaps my favorite horror movie of all time. The movie is never truly scary, but it is extremely suspenseful and is one of those rare films where the cliches are enjoyable even if you know what they are.
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Filligan | 88 72nd |
Landmark films like this are always difficult to rate this far removed from their pivotal era. Yes, the film is loaded with absurd stage acting, but it's also still untypical of its time the way it's framed. Yes, it's poorly paced and unable to truly terrify anymore, but certainly the political dread the film achieves by the end elevates it above most of its ilk, which is all the more impressive given it's said ilk's progenitor.
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x-human | 90 94th |
Can't say what hasn't already been said about this classic, but I'm always impressed by Barbra's run from the car wreck to the house. There's some great hand held camera work there, editing and awareness of axis. Great way to start off the film. [Rifftrax: Nelson's stand alone sucked, Mike/Bill/Kevin's studio session redeemed it and Live! knocked it right out of the park. Live is now an absolute favorite of mine.]
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1 | Stay_Puft | 88 94th |
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One of the best horror films I've seen.
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irvinejump | 90 95th |
What a stunning debut from George Romero.
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1 | midnight82 | 90 50th |
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I think this was my first favorite horror film. Very scary and hardly dated today, and yet there are those precious corny moments that make the film all the better. Yet there is nothing corny about the famous zombie-girl hacking her mother to death with a spade scene. A hell of a lot of fun, and better than any of its sequels.
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Bright | 89 84th |
Hilarious.
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BBBD | 90 86th |
Saw this as a kid, and it scared the hell out of me. Just as much of a suspense film as a horror film. Recommended to everyone.
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auritech | 83 81st |
The first true zombie horror film as we know and love the genre, it amazingly keeps its ability to terrify almost forty years later. It has rarely been done to this efficacy, not even by Romero himself.
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teknicolor | 50 37th |
I hates scary movies, and this one was pretty scary!
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1 | baskil | 89 69th |
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A great concept and execution, with the exception of the wooden acting of the support characters.
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parcaliham | 85 77th |
2006
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CinematicESP | 84 63rd |
Classic, fun horror. Great ending. Where zombie movies began.
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weirdyoda | 90 85th |
The original classic
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evrana | 62 31st |
We went back to the basics for the halloween night. Well, it is hard to assess the original after getting exposed to this material so much over the years. But all in all, it is still a decent movie and it was nicely wrapped-up.
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Suture Self | 7 67th |
Oh wow, this movie is actually pretty suspenseful. I didn't expect that. As the walls were closing in towards the end I thought "Shit, George Romero isn't messing around, is he?". Cool movie.
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MJVmovieMan | 83 84th |
This is entertaining genre fare that ushered in its own sub-genre and defied most genre conventions. It is in these risks that George Romero created a classic to replicated for decades to come.
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nilkynarfy | 90 92nd |
everyone seems to forget this scene: Duane Jones coldly describing his journey to the farm house to a thoroughly traumatized young woman is as chilling as the "USS Indianapolis" scene from Jaws.
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martryn | 84 84th |
A bit dated, but you can't go wrong with the zombies. Watching this movie made me want to slap the shit out of every woman I saw.
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1 | owen1218 | 85 89th |
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Along with its immediate sequel, Dawn of the Dead, this is my favorite zombie flick. Although I should say it's almost absurdly sexist. I should also say that the 30th Anniversary edition is significantly worse. The music addition are horrible and overbearing, and the restored scenes, although interesting in their own way, were probably better off cut from the film.
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frederic_g54 | 7 57th |
Started off nicely, but in the end, I found the characters to be silly and tedious, which made it less frightening than I'd hoped for, although much of it is alleviated by its short running time. See it on a rainy day.
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mistersplice | 80 86th |
8- highly recommended, great
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1 | juice | 65 62nd |
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Classic.
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1 | WoozyB | 90 86th |
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Classic low-budget horror from a visionary.
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1 | jetjaguar | 95 89th |
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A lean, mean, horror machine. With almost no budget, Romero makes one of the most effective horror films of all time. Truly disturbing.
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amerigo | 79 60th |
It's not aged well. It is still leagues ahead of similar low-budget horror flicks, but it still manages to drag on and never really illustrate the immediacy of the zombie threat until the very end. It doesn't help that the cast is at best passable in terms of acting ability. But all its flaws aside, it's always fun to watch a master like Romero bring to life an excellent script and brilliant direction. He does a lot better with a bigger budget though; so if you have to choose, see Dawn instead.
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1 | Cheesebadger | 99 99th |
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Nearly perfect in every way.
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1 | Dustyd | 75 79th |
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Influential and effective film, even if it no longer has the power to scare.
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ktappe | 67 35th |
It's actually amazing what they were able to do with a shoestring budget.
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1 | jerryork | 91 71st |
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Excellent. Romero is a genius
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1 | Bri-Guy | 90 79th |
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God, I love this film...
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hellsditch | 79 56th |
The zombie template. And wow, what an awesomely SAD ending. Like an extra cruel "Twilight Zone" episode.
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Biedronski | 82 77th |
I've always felt that special effects are ruining modern horror. Having a limping man with some bloody make up is much more terrifying than a computer generated ghoul. The fear in this movie comes from being in a house with no escape not knowing what's going on outside. I wish I could have seen this when nothing else like it had been done.
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1 | Q31 | 69 4th |
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I appreciate that the filmmakers did a good job, but it's really not my kind of movie--too dark and grisly for me. Horror fans and zombie-movie fans will probably like it.
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1 | deety | 94 90th |
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This is one of those movies I can watch again and again.
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rthornhill | 92 82nd |
Easy to see how this b/w classic spawned so many sequels and imitators. A must see for horror fans!
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1 | Octane Death | 89 92nd |
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hell yes.
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hehejaja | 95 97th |
Ah, delicious.
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1 | tomoscaradog | 85 74th |
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Not too scary any more, but has fantastic dialogue which keeps things incredibly tense. Makes brave choices that still shock you to this day.
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purgatos | 74 58th |
Usually tense and overall pretty well done.
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sork | 72 71st |
High ranked because it started a genre. The movie itself is decent.
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babamots | 89 85th |
Surprisingly, this movie has substance. Guts, if you will. Very deep characters and a couple of heart wrenchers (yes, some are literal, some are figurative: "Johnny! Oh, Johnny!").
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lumpnboy | 65 75th |
Without using the word, this movie totally re-made the 'zombie', now divorced from exoticising voodoo-isms, freed from being enslaved corpses, and reborn as singleminded cannibals whose threat is inseparable from the unstoppable spread of a contagion. Also, see Jennifer Whitney Dotson's 2006 LSU Master's thesis, 'Considering blackness in George A. Romero's Night of the Living Dead: an historical exploration', at https://digitalcommons.lsu.edu/gradschool_theses/3108
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Witchfinder | 95 82nd |
Cultcultcult!
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1 | davebirch | 95 74th |
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Classic horror.
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calharding | 76 54th |
Very gory for its time and controversial in that it had a black man as the hero, this is the original subversive horror movie. Ben - the calm, resourceful, and heroic black lead - spat in the face of the racist sensibilities of the time by displaying courage and leadership against all odds in a movie riddled with criticism of contemporary American society. Great stuff.
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1 | Ranald | 80 73rd |
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The movie that launched a (sub)genre! It's fascinating to see some of the stuff that later got winnowed out, like the radiation from space. It's much less gory than everything that followed it also, and the violence that is there is more shocking as a result. Great stuff on a tiny budget.
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Optimus_mike | 90 90th |
The Alpha of Zombie movies.
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Bmunise | 95 80th |
Great use of off-camera space by not showing the vast majority of what's going on in the world. The zombies are a sidenote.
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HyphenateMe | 80 85th |
I love it when the black dude slaps the hysterical white girl.
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moraesfelipe | 90 95th |
George Romero's gory, low-budget horror classic set the standard for a whole generation of creepy films, and features the most disturbing finale I've ever seen, Jesus...
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1 | luciusgore | 40 90th |
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"Arguably the greatest horror film ever made."
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1 | getmoney | 88 85th |
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This film isn't "fun" - it's god damn terrifying still, the scene with the child and the eating of flesh in the car still gets to me!
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CosmicMonkey | 68 29th |
I'm certain this film must have been very influential at some point in time, or less why would it have received so much attention? No one today would ever care about such a dull and tame Horror film such as this one.
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KAH | 3 74th |
Really effective.
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1 | McCorpse | 86 64th |
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so good for its time. its so old yet very convincing when it comes to the violence
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1 | dmguidry | 75 68th |
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The movie that started hollywood's obsession with zombies. George Romero started a revolution with this classic horror gem.
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FunkyAstro | 65 64th |
I don't like most zombie flicks and I don't understand the social obsession with them. This should have been the only one because the genre is quite possibly the most boring one there is.
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1 | hatecr0w | 100 95th |
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The original and still one of the best of the genre.
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downbeat | 92 86th |
This is the film that got me into horror movies. I still watch NOTLD every Halloween and it still gives me the chills. A horror masterpiece, and if you have never seen NOTLD do yourself a favor and watch it. "They're coming to get your Barbera."
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d_drudges | 70 81st |
Somewhat dated but still a well constructed film. Social unrest is always met with a disproportionate response, to show who owns the place, and to discourage future incidents either by intimidation or by eliminating potential threats. Here, we have a negro who has elevated himself into the status of a human, even an admirable one, all the while making a whole mess out of the power structure of white man > white woman.
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billkerwin | 82 52nd |
Still scary after all these years.
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overrated | 72 80th |
As straight up entertainment it's pretty lacking, but I feel obligated to give it points for being the granddaddy of the modern zombie genre. There's also the nagging doubt that, after seeing what came after 'Dawn', Romero was simply at the right place at the right time.
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1 | glm | 85 80th |
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85.250
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aliceporto | 96 91st |
Not only the film is embrionary of a whole genre and masterfully delivers images of terror, with intriguing dialogue. It also makes a powerful commentary on racism.
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1 | billy shears | 77 75th |
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zonbilerle ancak bir donuz avcisi basa cikabilir...
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misterlizard | 70 72nd |
Better than the majority of zombie films that it spawned. Rather than relying on hordes of undead and buckets of gore, it slowly builds tension until the climactic and shocking end. The low budget shows at times, especially in the acting, but it's still a horror classic to this day.
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jkathrens | 62 32nd |
Kinda dull, and everyone's stupid. Sums up the entire genre save a few exceptions.
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Lord Moe | 89 82nd |
A very ballsy movie. This film is what film-making is all about; unfailing vision and determination. It is the epitome of a low budget gem. With a small budget George Romero changed the way we look at horror with this movie. It put the zombie genre on the map and influenced so many other directors to come.
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NothingsGood | 70 74th |
George Romero more or less invented the zombie genre with this gripping, low-budget horror flick providing subversive commentary on human character in the face of certain death.
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Fresh | 96 90th |
George A. Romero's debut set the template for the zombie film, and features tight editing, realistic gore, and a sly political undercurrent.
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KramYessev | 62 42nd |
There's no denying how iconic and influential this movie is, but just because it's the most important zombie flick doesn't mean it's the best. Far from it. I'll take "Day of the Dead" or even "Zombie Flesh Eaters" over this any time. The opening in the graveyard is fantastic though. "They're coming to get you, Barbara!"
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1 | jakew101 | 97 0th |
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Fantastic movie! Without it there wouldn't be any more zombie horror films!
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ThereminJam | 90 93rd |
One of my favorite horror movies. Still gives me the chills.
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1 | mkellins | 70 76th |
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Whether Romero's trying to make commentary on gender roles or just resorting to them is a bit ambiguous at points. But at least the fact that he has a badass black man in the leading role was progressive. The building of tension in the beginning is absolutely great, and the creepy atmosphere is present during the whole film.
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1 | myfavchords | 78 69th |
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This is a ground breaking film that helped start the zombie genre. The film seems more tame than horror films of today but it was ground breaking at the time. The script is simple but it really works. Overall I would recommend this classic.
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WalkenRoll | 80 74th |
Dawn of the Dead beat it by a mile - but I still like the original for what they did on such a low budget - I read somewhere that this is the most profitable indie film ever made?!
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antidood1 | 85 93rd |
The most essential zombie film, and arguably still the best. Fear and suspense combined with campy fun and social commentary make this movie the unique low-budget experience that it is.
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1 | Merv_Taylor | 90 74th |
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Classic
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hotsake | 88 97th |
A great movie that's slightly overrated but not by much. With parables to what was going on at the time Romero made a timeless movie that hasn't lost too much of it's power. The ending is one of the best in any horror movie.
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mutter | 55 35th |
2013-03-20: 60
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talonmalon | 89 79th |
This is the quintessential independent horror film in my mind. With such a small budget, Romero really pulled out all the tops with it. It's frightening and great from start to finish.
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NBD Rab | 80 65th |
A classic for a reason. It accomplishes so much with a shoestring budget, that it's incredible. Set in stone cliches that remain in the genre to this day.
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1 | kjetting | 90 93rd |
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Rarely does a movie completely reinvent a genre like this movie did for horror, and still be a major influence almost 50 years later.
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1 | MarkvW | 90 60th |
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Nothing better for a night with friends and beer.
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1 | RYM | 78 92nd |
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3.88/5
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Nilbog | 80 82nd |
With such a small budget, this was actually pretty great. Kinda cheesy, but it still works
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1 | mclb1218 | 85 77th |
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A horror classic. Important for so many reasons.
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skap | 85 66th |
I couldn't believe how good this film is. I unjustly ignored it all this time, based primarily on the title and its B status. It's never dull and is much more a Hitcockian suspense than a horror. The living dead are not scary visually, and hardly dangerous individually, but they are dreadful as a blind flesh hungry mass. Great attention to details: look at the fake television footage, how realistic it is. The ending is elegance personified, and looks much more modern than anything shot today.
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War Machine | 40 3rd |
Frommuseum-GeorgeLucasFundhelpedrestore+suchbadactinglool+thinkfromsatelliteexplosionradiation+daughtereatsdad-stabsmomlol+zombiebfgetsher+hesurvivedbuttheyjustkillhimlol
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NathanBates | 80 77th |
I'm not a big horror fan, but I was pretty impressed with this one, as it wasn't a scare-a-minute film. Instead, it just built up the anticipation throughout the movie. The characters are pretty wooden and there's really not much in terms of special effects (often hidden in dark shots), but the camera angles help increase the tension, and you can tell Romero managed to do a lot with a little budget.
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n.hilal | 91 77th |
Siyah beyaz daha güzel.
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bhajansunlo | 74 67th |
The innovation and influence of this film cannot be denied. One of the clearest example of the genesis of a genre. We know all about the creatures and the film feels dated but still executes better than a vast majority of its numerous offsprings.
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JPFerguson | 60 53rd |
Romero does indeed achieve a lot here on such a small budget, creating in many ways a genre-defining film. However, this does not change the fact that the acting and dialogue is patchy and in some cases terrible. The final 15 minutes of the film are the most well done and interesting, but it is the radio and TV news broadcasts that are the most impressive aspect of the film for this viewer (it seems likely that Romero saw Watkins' 'The War Game' which shaped his creation of these news events).
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MO_Houze | 80 65th |
As this is in public domain and freely available to view, no one really has an excuse for not seeing it. Although horror may not be to everyone's taste & this film is definitely not for the young, George Romero's shoe-string production still works as a thriller and a thought provoking study of human nature under extreme duress. Duane Jones gives a masterful performance, and the ending is unforgettable. Much, much more than a horror movie...a genuinely well made thriller.
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1 | Painicus | 90 60th |
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Whether you believe this film is an allegory for the Civil Rights Movement, Vietnam, both, or none this film absolutely holds up. Especially knowing how small the budget was and the efforts that George Romero & Company put in to create this. Some of the scares do not hit quite as hard but the overall atmosphere is still very tense.
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