Night of the Living Dead
Night of the Living Dead
35MM, BLACK AND WHITE, MONO, 96 MINUTES, USA, ENGLISH / DIRECTOR/CINEMATOGRAPHER: GEORGE A. ROMERO / SCRIPT/EDITORS: GEORGE A. ROMERO, JOHN A. RUSSO / PRODUCTION CO: IMAGE TEN, LAUREL GROUP, MARKET SQUARE PRODUCTIONS, OFF COLOR FILMS / PRINT SOURCE/RIGHTS:
‘Made with a local cast and crew for less than $200,000, much of its appeal emanates from its no-stone-left-unturned grossness and its tongue-in-cheek story line concerning recently dead bodies that return to life to kill the living in order to eat their flesh. The first horror film to feature an African-American actor (Duane Jones) in a leading role, Romero’s film shattered the conventions of the genre while raising prescient questions about race in America.’ Harvard Film Archive
Contact: Fri 31 Oct 4.00pm / Cinema A
