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Night of the Living Dead 
Actors : Marilyn Eastman, Karl Hardman, Rossie Harris, Duane Jones, Judith O'Dea
Director : George A. Romero
Studio : Weinstein Company
by Weinstein Company
Brand : WELLSPRING/GENIUS
Release Date : 2008-05-20
Publisher : Weinstein Company
Availability : Usually ships in 1-2 business days
EAN : 0796019811743
UPC : 796019811743
Avg. Customer Rating: (based on 14 reviews)
List Price : $19.98
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"The granddaddy of modern flesh-eating zombies" (Marjorie Baumgarten, The Austin Chronicle), George A. Romero's Night of the Living Dead still sets the standard for all indie fright flicks. This 40th Anniversary Edition, authorized by the director himself, reanimates the landmark tale of five strangers who struggle desperately against hordes of the walking undead. Remastered and loaded with all-new Special Features, Night of the Living Dead remains "a bona fide classic... still very scary after all these years" (Jason Jones, Classic-Horror.com) |
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Americancivilwar.com essential video |
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We can hardly imagine how shocking this film was when it first broke into the film scene in 1968. There's never been anything quite like it again, though there have been numerous pale imitations. Part of the terror lies in the fact that it is shot in such a raw and unadorned fashion that it feels like a home movie, and is all the more authentic because of that. It draws us into its world gradually, content to establish a merely spooky atmosphere before leading us through a horrifically logical progression that we hardly could have anticipated. The story is simple: Radiation from a fallen satellite has caused the dead to walk, and hunger for human flesh. Once bitten, you become one of them. And the only way to kill one is by a shot or blow to the head. We follow a group holed up in a small farmhouse who are trying to fend off the inevitable onslaught of the dead. The tension between the members of this unstable, makeshift community drives the film. Night of the Living Dead establishes savagery as a necessary condition of life. Marked by fatality and a grim humor, the film gnaws through to the bone, then proceeds on to the marrow. --Jim Gay |
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Americancivilwar.com essential video |
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George Romero's classic 1968 zombie-fest (shot in black and white) offers some disturbing images, even decades later. In a Pittsburgh suburb people are being stalked by zombies ravenous for human flesh. In a house whose occupant has already been slain, two separate groups of people unite and board themselves in, hoping to fend off the advancing ghouls. Through radio and TV reports they learn that radiation from outer space is thought to be responsible for the wave of zombie attacks all over the eastern United States. Once the humans are trapped, Romero shifts the focus to the internal feuding between them as they decide how to handle their dreadful situation. What unfolds is an examination of human nature, and of the fear and selfishness that keep many citizens from getting involved in the world's problems. Appropriately, both the zombies and the authorities who later hunt them are equally soulless. This film could also be read as a criticism of white males--it is not merely a coincidence that the film's two most rational, constructive characters are a woman and a black man. It is also no coincidence that the sequel takes place in a mall infested by the undead--a perfect analogy for consumer culture. --Bryan Reeseman |
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The Original Zombie Nightmare!!! |
Blood and Rain
Blood for the Masses
(Article originally written for SavageNight)
Creature Feature
Night Of The Living Dead
Double feature DVD
With
Dementia 13
B.L.Morgan
"Come on over here children and listen to your Grandpaps. He's a goin to tell ya a little somethin about the way it used to be. Before you had five hundred cable channels that play uncut movies, before you had VCR's and DVD players. Back in the days when if you yelled, I want my MTV, someone would of locked you up in a padded room."
"I'm going to tell ya something about the days when if you wanted to see a movie without commercial interruptions, ya had to go to a movie theatre. And, believe it or not, that weird place with the big white wall standing up at the end of that open gravel lot with all those little posts with wires stickin out of them where the flea market is, use to be what we called a drive-in. We saw movies there too. There's still a few of them places around."
"You don't believe me?"
"Well, the world is a different place now. Things have changed."
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Diamond Entertainment has issued a low-cost, stripped down, Double Feature DVD of the movies "Night Of The Living Dead" and "Dementia 13." The extras on the DVD are next to non-existent. Just some stills galleries and background info. Both movies are worth a look, especially the excellent, "Night Of The Living Dead," and there are some surprises in store for anyone who hasn't seen these films before.
When "Night Of The Living Dead," came out in theatres in 1968 it shocked audiences everywhere it played. The Americans of that era just weren't ready to see swarming packs of zombies tearing apart and eating any warm-blooded person they found. The movie was immediately condemned by Readers Digest, who demanded that it be banned. Which, caused "Night Of The Living Dead," to be a huge drive-in hit.
The story is simple. It starts out in a graveyard with a brother and sister going to visit their parents graves. When they see a weird looking guy, the brother, Johnny, starts teasing his sister, Barbara, saying, "They're coming to get you. They're coming to get you." He didn't know they were coming to get him too.
The weird guy is a zombie who attacks them, killing Johnny.
Barbara flees and takes shelter in a house with a group of people who definitely don't get along. At the house, "Night Of The Living Dead," becomes a siege picture. Outside there's a mob of hungry zombies. They think the people inside are finger-licking good and want to have them for dinner.
The people inside the house are unfriendly types who won't invite the zombies in for a snack. I guess that's what you get for digging yourself out of the ground and showing up uninvited for dinner and eating bugs off trees.
The background story, that's given through radio and television broadcasts, are that zombies are everywhere, chewing up the scenery and people too. The cause appears to be extraterrestrial and it's never fully explained. The reason's why these people have to fight to survive are not as important as the fight for survival itself.
"Night Of The Living Dead," was shot on grainy, black and white, 35mm film on an ultra-low budget. The low grade film actually lends a type of old-time documentary feel to the film, which the radio and television broadcasts add to.
The acting in this movie is very convincing. This was in the days before it was in fashion to crack jokes at every horrible thing that happens. "Night Of The Living Dead," is humorless and it's a much better horror film because of it. Just think about it. If you had fifty people outside your door who want to beat you to the ground and eat you alive, would you really be spitting out one-liners about it. I don't think so.
This movie is about a grim struggle to survive in the face of incredible odds. The ending of "Night Of The Living Dead," is one of the darkest of any movie ever made.
If you like horror films, you owe it to yourself to see "Night Of The Living Dead. The first and maybe the best zombie epic.
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Director Profile
George A. Romero
Known primarily for the three "Living Dead," movies, George A. Romero has directed many other excellent horror films during his career. His credits include, "The Dark Half," "CreepShow," and "Monkey Shines." While known as a genre director, Romero has expanded that same genre and produced some surprising results.
"Martin," is a vampire movie that debunks the vampire myth and sets the blood sucker in question, right square in the real world. "Monkey Shines," is about a depressed paraplegic ex-athlete, who gets a monkey trained to take care of him. The monkey has other plans. The recently released "Bruiser," is a strange stalker-style, serial killer movie, about a man who loses his sense of identity and takes revenge.
All of these movies have wildly different storylines and styles. To pigeonhole George A. Romero as just another horror director is to do him a grave injustice.
Romero is simple a director of very good movies. He frequently has to make do with a low budget but he always delivers the goods.
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"Dementia 13," is not a very good movie, so I'm not going to waste too much of your time reading about it or my time writing about it. Some interesting facts about this picture is that while this is Francis Ford Coppola's first credited work as a director, he didn't finish the movie. When Roger Corman saw the first cut of the film he was so angry that he fired Coppola.
Cult director Jack Hill was brought in and the best parts of the movie are what he did. I have no information whatsoever on Jack Hill. If anyone knows anything about him, let me know.
The things that are good about "Dementia 13," are the riveting harpsichord score and a gruesome watery murder scene. The murder takes place in a murky lake at night time. It's realistic enough to make you squirm in your seat. The harpsichord score is suitably unnerving and grating on the ears.
That's about all this movie has to recommend it. For the most part it's a ponderously slow moving murder mystery. By the end of "Dementia 13," you really don't care who killed who. You're just glad it's over.
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"So children, did you learn anything from your good ole Grandpaps? If you paid about as much attention to me as what I paid to my elders you probably don't remember one word I just done said."
"There is one thing I do want ya to take with ya though. If ya have a friend over for dinner and they start looking at ya with hungry eyes, if it ain't love, shoot-em in the head real quick. You got to destroy the brain or they'll keep coming after ya."
"I knowed this from the zombie outbreak we had back in fifty-five. And take those grins off a your faces before I slap-em off. There's lots a things the government don't let out."
"You can believe your ole Granpaps. When one of them there zombies starts chewing on your head, you'll wish you had."
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The Dead Walk Again!! |
This film is a Masterpiece, most people who have seen this film should agree with me if you do not then you do not like Cinema or you do not have any respect for great films of the past and their Directors.
There seem to be a lot of these people who i have mentioned above do not have respect for great classic films and there directors they would go out and see or buy garbage like Charlies Angels, Titanic, Bridget Jones Diary, Basic Instinct 2, etc, instead of buying any classic films of the past or recent memory, these people piss me off and insult me you should stay out of watching or owning movies!!!.
Anyway to this DVD, this 40th Anniversary Edition of The Night Of The Living Dead is a great film but it does not have enough extras to make it as good as Dawn Of The Dead UE 4 Disc set.
With this Restored and Remastred Edition the Black and White picture is sharp and i have spotted no grain whatso ever the picture is also so very clear to the Eye.
The sound is also very good with the music roaring to the sound of the extreme horror which dominates my HDTV.
Again going back to the extras i just wished there was more and i was hoping for either a 2/4 Disc set but nether mind thats life eh, the extras consist of the following:-
A 83 minute Making off Production Documentary
2 Audio Commentaries by the usual Suspects!
Q/A Session with George Romero
Ben Speaks The last interview with Duane Jones
Trailer
Still Gallery
Original Script
could of been so much more.
So final verdict
George Romero's 40th Anniversary Edition Of Night Of The Living Dead Restored and Remastered is a great classic Horror movie but with average extras.
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THE ULTIMATE ZOMBIE CLASSIC!!! |
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This is the Godfather of Zombie films! It's been 40 years since George A. Romero directed this classic, and all these years later, we still enjoy it! The storyline is awesome! The gore is awesome! The twist ending is awesome! It has the classic look and feel of the late 60's. If you love classic horror and zombies, you'll love NIGHT OF THE LIVING DEAD!!! |
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George Romero has caught Lucasitis |
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Jesus Christ George! How many times are you going to re-re-re-re-release this movie? Their are as many versions of this movie floating around as their are Friday the 13th episodes. Quadruple dipping must be a George thing. |
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A documentary at last |
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Finally a documentary on the production of NOTLD, we've been waiting years. This and the Millenium Edition are the only ones to own. |
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