Night of the Living Dead

Pros: The special features, the film transfer, and the film itself
Cons: The umpteenth release of this movie

Okay, so here we are, years after "Night of the Living Dead", one of the most influential horror films of all time. "Night of the Living Dead" was a film that inspired and spawned many sequels and spinoffs, making it the godfather of zombie movies. It ...

Pros: the beginning of the true zombie movies, a classic, terror from beginning to end
Cons: none

This is my first involved write off Starring: Janesbit1 and Earthshadows and little old me
Since Night of the Living Dead is my all time favorite movie in the whole wide world, I am doing a little bit of a tribute to the man responsible for...

Pros: Wonderfully atmospheric, character driven, historically significant
Cons: Dated and stagey

Back in 1968, during the era of the drive-ins, George Romero gave the world a low-budget, high-concept film that sparked a new interest in the living dead, as well as a film that used razor smarts and character-driven drama to comment on the society of...

Pros: Classic George Romero Movie
Cons: n/a

I have the honor of being involved with a write-off with Blackelve and Janesbit1 on the horror classic Night of the Living Dead. Thank you for letting me share in on this.

Night of the Living Dead is a classic horror movie written and directed...

Pros: An important horror film
Cons: Some might not like the black-and-white

In no other movie than "Night of the Living Dead" does fear of the unknown play out so uniquely well.

To understand what makes this movie so great, you've not only got to look at it in the context of the society it came out of, but...

Pros: direction, script, originality, the definitive horror film
Cons: amateur cast

George Romero was a maker of television commercials and company films in 1964, when he spent his weekends directing his first feature film, Night of the Living Dead. A low budget independent film, it cost only about $114,000 to make. (Today's...

Pros: terror, zombies, action
Cons: bad acting

I know what you're thinking. Really, I do. I'm psychic. You're wondering what in God's name makes me want to review a movie so old it's in the public domain, one that's been discussed and debated endlessly over the years. What new insight could I ...

Pros: social commentery,
Cons: NONE

i felt the need to post this even though it isn't complete, think of it as chapter one....
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When “Night of the living Dead” first arrived in the American Cinematic Scene in the late 1960’s it was seen as...

Pros: This is the icon of all Zombie flicks
Cons: small budget, and dated by today's standards.

In 1968, George A. Romero brought us a film that would be the inspiration to horror film makers everywhere. A shoestring budget film which produced as much terror as it did profit. For the first time we get to see the world of Mr. Romero. A world...

Pros: Acting, suspense, atmosphere, direction, social commentary
Cons: None

During the 1970s and the 1980s, zombie films were all over town. Some were good (Lucio Fulci's ZOMBIE), some were bad (Dan O'Bannon's RETURN OF THE LIVING DEAD), and some just laughed at the whole genre (Peter Jackson's DEAD ALIVE). However, there was...

Pros: Great
Cons: None

I had the pleasure of first viewing NIGHT OF THE LIVINGDEAD on television.Filmed in black and white, thisfilm brings mankind into the hard core reality of facinga total nightmare when the flesh eating dead roam theearth. Need less to stay I am uneasy...

Pros: It's NOTLD..watch with open minds.
Cons: It's NOTLD...all chopped up

Night of the Living Dead 30th Anniversary DVD Review

Sometimes, I can't stand movie purists. You know, the ones that scream "Don't mess with a classic!" or, "You mess with this , and it's death threat city!" When word came...

Pros: Acting, directing, story, effects, atmosphere. The whole movie's great.
Cons: Nothing.

The first in Romero's Dead series and the first time zombies were portrayed as flesh-eating fiends, too. The switch from traditional voodoo-style zombies into the flesh-eating ghoul variety is really a stroke of genius, which is all the more obvious ...

Pros: The unsuspecting ending, a respectable classic
Cons: Poor acting and effects, generally dated in all aspects

Note: The version I am reviewing is the 2000 GoodTimes Home Video Corp. edition of the 1968 edition of Night of the Living Dead I would like to begin by noting my extreme enthusiasm for horror movies in general. I have seen hundreds of ...

Pros: still scary, psychologically frightening
Cons: somewhat cheesy at times

Lemme just tell ya now--I was pretty impressed with this movie. Especially considering it came out in 1968. i would consider this a must-see and definitely on my top-ten. I have never seen a movie that intense from that time period. "They're coming...