Night of the living dead

Author

George A Romero

Call Number

• DVD SCIENCE FICTION/FANTASY (CEN, WSQ)

Edition

Three-DVD special edition.

Languages

English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing.

Performers

Duane Jones, Judith O'Dea, Karl Hardman, Marilyn Eastman, Keith Wayne, Judith Ridley.

Publication Information

[Irvington, NY] : Criterion Collection, [2018]

Physical Description

3 videodiscs (96 minutes) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 folded sheet (illustrations ; 19 cm.)

Audience

Not rated.

Summary

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 claustrophobic 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 in its lead role. Stark, haunting, and more relevant than ever, NIGHT OF THE LIVING DEAD is back.

Notes

Originally released as a motion picture in 1968.

Special features: New 4K digital restoration, supervised by director George A. Romero, coscreenwriter John A. Russo, sound engineer Gary R. Streiner, and producer Russell W. Streiner ; new restoration of the monaural soundtrack, supervised by Romero and Gary Steiner ; Night of Anubis, a never-before-presented work-print edit of the film ; new program featuring filmmakers Frank Darabont, Guillermo del Toro, and Robert Rodriguez ; never-before-sceen 16mm dailies reel ; new program featuring Russo about the commercial and industrial-film production company where key Night of the Living Dead filmmakers got their start ; two audio commentaries from 1994 featuring Romero, Russo, producer Karl Hardman, actor Judith O'Dea, and others ; archival interviews with Romero and actors Duane Jones and Judith Ridley ; new programs about the film's style and score ; new interview program about the direction of ghouls, featuring members of the cast and crew ; new interviews with Gary Streiner and Russel Streiner ; trailers, radio spots, and TV spots.