Pollard Memorial Library (Lowell)

Night of the living dead., Janus Films ; an Image Ten production ; screenplay by John Russo, George Romero ; produced by Russell W. Streiner, Karl Hardman ; directed by George A. Romero, DVD/Fullscreen

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Night of the living dead.

1017697606

Janus Films ; an Image Ten production ; screenplay by John Russo, George Romero ; produced by Russell W. Streiner, Karl Hardman ; directed by George A. Romero

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The Criterion collection, 909

A group of strangers become stuck in a house together as zombies rise in search of living human flesh"Shot outside Pittsburgh on a shoestring budget by a band of filmmakers determined to make their mark, Night of the Living Dead, directed by horror master George A. Romero, is a great story of independent cinema: a midnight hit turned box-office smash that became one of the most influential films of all time. A deceptively simple tale of a group of strangers trapped in a farmhouse who find themselves fending off a horde of recently dead, flesh-eating ghouls, Romero's vision of a late-1960s America literally tearing itself apart rewrote the rules of the horror genre, combined gruesome gore with acute social commentary, and quietly broke ground by casting a black actor (Duane Jones) in its lead role. Stark, haunting, and more relevant than ever, Night of the Living Dead is back"--Container

live action

DVD/Fullscreen