Night of the Living Dead (Millennium Edition) | Bill 'Chilly Billy' Cardille, Charles Craig (II)...

Night of the Living Dead (Millennium Edition) | Bill 'Chilly Billy' Cardille, Charles Craig (II) | Best Movie Ever!!!

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	Night of the Living Dead (Millennium Edition) Bill 'Chilly Billy' Cardille, Charles Craig (II) ELITE ENTERTAINMENT, 2002 average customer review:based on 441 reviews view larger image
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highly recommended

George Romero's NIGHT OF THE LIVING DEAD is a low-budget homegrown classic that had great difficulty finding a distributor at the time of its 1968 release and has since become one of the most influential horror films of all time. Aside from its visceral impact years before realistic gore became the fashion the film is also important for its portrayal of a black man as the protagonist during a time when race relations were an extremely sensitive issue in the United States. Seven people secluded in a Pennsylvania farmhouse face relentless attacks by reanimated corpses seeking to eat their flesh. The group which includes a married couple and their daughter a pair of young lovers and an African-American man try to keep their sanity as the living dead try endlessly to enter the house. The only way to stop the zombies is to burn them or issue a severe blow to their heads. Radio news reports tell of the plague taking over the eastern United States while the ever-decreasing band of survivors rapidly loses ground in the battle to both keep peace with one another and stay alive.System Requirements: Running Time 96 MinFormat: DVD MOVIE Genre: HORROR Rating: NR UPC: 790594111724 Manufacturer No: EE1117

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even if you already own it, get this edition!

Like its zombies, Night of the Living Dead just seems to keep coming back from the grave. The latest DVD release of the classic is a 40th anniversary edition that comes with an outstanding set of extras. There's no doubt that Night of the Living Dead is one of the most influential horror films of all time. George Romero and John Russo didn't invent zombies on film, but their prototype of the shambling, flesh-eating, shoot-the-head to kill them, has become the zombie of choice in popular culture. Without Night of the Living Dead we probably wouldn't have Max Brooks' World War Z or other popular zombie fiction novels; we probably wouldn't have video games and film series like Resident Evil. When you consider the film was made on a budget of around $100,000, produced and acted by essentially amateurs, it makes its status all the more incredible. The film was a community effort. The actors served as producers, directors, and make-up artists. Everyone did multiple duties. If the film did have a bigger budget it likely would not have the same impact. Can you imagine it being in color rather than its stark black & white?

The lack of funds forced the crew to be creative. Chocolate syrup stood in for blood, mortician's makeup was used to fashion the zombies, and a fireworks expert created the gunshot effects. The eerie soundtrack was stock music taken from a variety of sources. If some of it sounds like it came from a campy 1950's Sci-Fi film you'd be right on the money as some of it did come from the 1959 film Teenagers from Outer Space. Karl Hardman and Marilyn Eastman who played Mr. and Mrs. Cooper, also provided the sound effects and Eastman did the makeup. Modern critics have lauded the film for its subversive qualities and Vietnam-era take on American Society. But when you hear the actors talk about the film you don't get the idea that they were trying to send any messages to viewers. They were just trying to make a scary horror film. Night of the Living Dead is an instance where the planets aligned just right and in a remarkable confluence of events and efforts, a near perfect horror film was created. The amateur actors work because they are real people and not professionals.

This 40th anniversary edition features a fully restored and re-mastered cut of the film with features overseen by George Romero himself. First, there are two audio commentaries: One featuring Romero, Karl Hardman, Marilyn Eastman, and John Russo. The second features Producer/Actor Russ Streiner (Johnny), Judith O' Dea (Barbra), Kyra Schon (Karen Cooper), and Karl Hinzman (cemetery zombie).

The main attraction of the 40th Anniversary Edition is the brand new, 83-minute documentary that covers the film from beginning to end. The documentary opens in black & white as an SUV drives through a cemetery. The film switches to color as Streiner and O'Dea visit the same grave where they placed a wreath forty years earlier. The documentary features comments from almost all the surviving cast members including Eastman, Hardman (who just passed away recently), Schon, Hinzman, George Kosana (Sheriff McClelland) Bill Cardille (reporter who played himself), and Ella Mae Smith who played a zombie, along with Romero, Russo, and others in the crew.

It's fascinating to hear their stories and memories about making the movie. Russo and Streiner returned to the infamous basement where little Karen killed and ate her mother. The basement was actually in an office building in Pittsburgh and looks much the same today. Streiner laments about a flood, which destroyed a number of the film's assets including prints and press kits. Hinzman (who looks actually younger now than he did as the Cemetery Zombie) talks about the problems he had breaking the window of Barbra's car with a rock. They also discuss the mistake made in not copyrighting the film, which fell into public domain a few years after the release where it remains today. The documentary alone makes this edition a must have.

"Speak of the Dead" is a 15 minute Q & A with George Romero that took place at the Bloor Cinema in Toronto in August of 2007. Romero discusses many of the film's influences including the EC Comics from his youth.

"Ben Speaks" is an audio only interview with Duane Jones. The last interview the reclusive actor and professor gave in December 1987. He would pass away the following Summer.

There's also a still gallery and a copy of the script in .PDF format.

Because of its public domain status there are a lot of versions of the DVD available but this is the only one you MUST own!

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Best Movie Ever!!!

The one and only. The oringinal Night of the Living Dead was by far the best horror movie ever made. If you like scary movies its a must see film.

Oh what a night!

Simply put: If you have not seen this classic film, then you are missing
THE zombie film that started a legacy.

What A Great 40th Edition Of This Classic Film Dead.

I like many other night of living dead fans i have been scratching my head over which version of this film to get. because it seems like every tom,dick and harry who is in film company biz has release their version of this classic film, which explain why there are so many versions. it's a headache too choose which one to get, i know george and his associates are bit upset over this problem too. well i got this version because it was endorsed by george himself and was filled with goodies that the others didn't have like duane jones last interview in audio form on this DVD which is great and all the other extra have interviews with the surviving cast members of this classic dead film. showing where they shot most of key shots in the film and fun stuff like that, plus the film has been cleaned up with the scratches and dirt removed from so it looks as if it was shot today with exception of the vintage automobiles etc. it is a pristine print , clear and vivid . This definitely the one to get out of all the ones on the market.

Highly Recommended.

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The Best of the Colored Versions

This is by far the best of the colorized versions of this film.

They did a pretty good job with it overall, although there are some spots were it seems weird (the car is bright orange and looks like the General Lee from Dukes of Hazzard...and whats up with the psychodelic colored walls???) it is solid overall. The fire is mesmerizing looking, but Ben's skin tone isn't quite right (at least i hope not).

The quality of the picture isn't bad, but it still is not as sharp as some of the remastered black and white versions of this film. so this version is a little more blurry, but not enough to detract from the overall enjoyment of what you're looking at.

The movie itself is unchanged. No new cuts, edits, or soundtracks, just the original stuff.

The bonus features are lame, and the commentary track is retarded and not even worth listening too.

Basically, if you want to see what this movie is like in color, buy this one. It actually makes it feel like a whole new movie, and you find yourself thinking ahead and trying to guess what color various things in the film are going to end up being.

I think overall they did a good job, and it is worthy of a place in my Romero collection.

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