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Night of the Living Dead

Summary: A ragtag group of Pennsylvanians barricade themselves in an old farmhouse to remain safe from a horde of flesh-eating ghouls that are ravaging the Northeast of the United States.

Release Date: October 04, 1968

Genres: Thriller, Horror

Director: George A. Romero

Writers: John A. Russo

, George A. Romero

Runtime: 1 h 36 min

MPAA: R

Country: United States

Language: English

Movie budget: $ 114,000

Domestic: $ 236,452

International: $ 1,542

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clothes on fire co written by director coming to contamination contemporary setting controversial controversy convertible convertible car corpse countryside coupe courage coward cremation cult classic cult director cult film danger darkness daughter eats her father daughter eats her mother daughter kills father daughter kills her mother daughter kills mother deadly disease death death of brother death of protagonist devouring director also cinematographer directorial debut disagreement disaster disease doctor dog doomsday drapes drive in classic dutch angle eaten alive eating a bug emergency emergency broadcast system end of the world ends with death entrails epidemic escape escape attempt expert explanation exploding body exploding car exploding truck explorer satellite explosion face slap fade to black fallen fallen leaves falling down stairs famous line farm farmhouse father daughter relationship fear feeling warm female frontal nudity female full frontal nudity female nudity female rear nudity female zombie fence fight fighting off an attacker finger chopped off fire fire poker fireplace firewood first of series first part fistfight flesh eating zombie food foot chase forest framed photograph friends who live together frightened frightened girl frightened woman fruit cellar gardening tool gas pump gasoline gathering wood general german shepherd ghoul girl holding a knife girl in jeopardy gore grave graveyard grindhouse film gun guts hammer hand handgun headlights headstone heart in hand held at gunpoint helicopter helping hiding hiding from a zombie hiding in a basement hiding in a cellar hiding inside a house hill hillbilly hit on the head with a tire iron hit with a rock hit with a tire iron hiting head on stone hole in chest horde horror movie remade house hunting rifle husband wife relationship hysterical woman impersonation improvised weapon in denial independent film independent horror infection injured child injured girl insect intestines intruder isolation jar kerosene killed with a gun killing a zombie kiss kitchen kneeling knife knocked out knocked to the ground knocked unconscious lating a wreath leaving flowers on a grave lighning limousine listening to a car radio listening to a radio listening to news listening to news on a radio liver living dead locking a car door locking a door loneliness loss of brother loss of loved one low budget film male and female protagonists man carries an unconscious woman man knocks out a woman man punches a man man punches a woman man slaps a woman man thrown around man wears a tie man wears eyeglasses mantle marriage mass death mass panic massacre matches matchstick matricide meat hook media coverage mercilessness meteor midnight movie military misidentification molotov cocktail moral dilemma mother daughter relationship multiple cameos murder mutilated body nail nailing a window shut nailing door shut naked zombie national aeronautics and space administration national film registry 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woman running zombie rural road rural setting satellite scared scared woman scaring a woman scene after end credits scene during end credits scientist scream screaming screaming woman screaming zombie search and destroy mission searching self sacrifice series severed arm severed hand sharing a story sheriff shock shot between the eyes shot in the back shot in the chest shot in the forehead shot in the head shot in the shoulder shot multiple times shot to death shotgun sick child sickness siege skull slap sleeves rolled up smile social commentary social decay sole black character dies cliche space probe stabbed in the chest stabbed repeatedly stabbed to death stabbing staggering storm stranger struggle surprise after end credits surprise during end credits surprise ending survival survival horror suspense taking refuge telephone television terror the white house thrown to the ground thunder tire iron torch tragedy tragic ending tragic event transformation tree trigger happy trowel 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