Night of the Living Dead. Night of the Living Dead Reappraising an Undead Classic Romero's canonical work remains timely decades later Stephen Harper Introduction There has been an veritable outbreak of zombie films in the last few years, from Hollywood blockbusters Resident Evil (Anderson, 2002) and Resident Evil 2: Apocalypse (Witt, 2004), to British films such as 28 Days Later (Boyle, 2002) and the zombie spoof Shaun of the Dead (Wright, 2004).
The release in 2004 of Zack Snyder's remake of George A. Romero's Dawn of the Dead (1978) attests to the continuing influence and appeal of classic "zombie cinema. " Shot in black-and-white over seven months on a shoestring budget, Night of the Living Dead defined the modern horror movie and influenced a number of international horror directors, especially those working within the horror genre. Night of the Living Dead was George Romero's first feature film and its title has become almost inseparable from its director's name. Reality Bites: Truth, Genre, and Zombies Lo! 26 Things We Learned From the ‘Night of the Living Dead’ Commentary. October continues, and we’re moving to our next batch of favorite on-screen monsters. This week we’re talking about zombies and all the glorious ways George Romero changed that sub-genre forever. Originally an urban legend in Voodoo culture, the term “zombie” was forever married to an image of mobs of the undead searching for flesh to sink their rotting teeth into.
It’s a friendly image, no doubt. We’ve already turned our eardrums over what Romero had to say on the commentary track for Dawn of the Dead, the sequel to this groundbreaking classic, but now we’re going back to the source. This time around, Romero has brought along two members of the cast and his co-writer, John Russo, so the conversation should be a bit livelier than creatures they all had a hand in creating on screen. So here we go, all 26 things we learned from the commentary track for Night of the Living Dead. Night of the Living Dead (1968) Best in Commentary “I’ll go to my grave with some of that nitrate.”
Final Thoughts. Night of the Living Dead. Night of the Living Dead in 30 seconds with bunnies.