Author: Duane Jones

Features:

• George Romero's NIGHT OF THE LIVING DEAD is a low-budget, homegrownic that had great difficulty finding a distributor at the time of its 1968 release, and has since become one of the most influential horror films of all time. Aside from its visceral impact years before realistic gore became the fashion, the film is also important for its portrayal of a black man as the protagonist during a tim

Format: Black&White

Release Date: 2009-03-17

Details: George Romero's NIGHT OF THE LIVING DEAD is a low-budget homegrown classic that had great difficulty finding a distributor at the time of its 1968 release and has since become one of the most influential horror films of all time. Aside from its visceral impact years before realistic gore became the fashion the film is also important for its portrayal of a black man as the protagonist during a time when race relations were an extremely sensitive issue in the United States. Seven people secluded in a Pennsylvania farmhouse face relentless attacks by reanimated corpses seeking to eat their flesh. The group which includes a married couple and their daughter a pair of young lovers and an African-American man try to keep their sanity as the living dead try endlessly to enter the house. The only way to stop the zombies is to burn them or issue a severe blow to their heads. Radio news reports tell of the plague taking over the eastern United States while the ever-decreasing band of survivors rapidly loses ground in the battle to both keep peace with one another and stay alive.System Requirements: Running Time 96 MinFormat: DVD MOVIE Genre: HORROR Rating: NR UPC: 790594111724 Manufacturer No: EE1117

UPC: 790594111724

EAN: 0790594111724

Languages: english

Binding: DVD

Item Condition: UsedLikeNew