Russo took more of a Black Comedy approach with the Return of the Living Dead pentalogy, which single-handedly introduced the concept of zombies eating brains. Romero made the equally-successful Dawn of the Dead and not-quite-as-successful Day of the Dead. Īfter Night of the Living Dead became an unexpected success, Romero and Russo discussed making a sequel after disagreeing on the direction it should take, they each decided to do their own version. As a consequence, anyone with the resources to distribute the film can do so without legal repercussions this means you can legally view or download the film for free on Internet sites such as the Internet Archive and YouTube. By the time the filmmakers noticed the oversight, they could do nothing about it. While this film did display such a notice on the title frames of its original title- Night of the Flesh Eaters-the initial distributor, The Walter Reade Organization, neglected to place a copyright notice on the title card after it became Night of the Living Dead. copyright law required a properly displayed copyright notice in order for a work to properly secure and maintain its copyright. This film is in the Public Domain despite its relatively recent vintage due to a screwup. Romero also commented on the increasing social tensions manifest in America during The '60s-as the film demonstrates, the living had as much to fear from each other as they did from zombies. It would be Romero's next film, Dawn of the Dead that would first drop the word " zombie", still not actually referring to his "Living Dead", but playing a massive role in getting the public to perceive zombies as flesh-eating corpses. The "Living Dead" are different from traditional ghouls in that they're the flesh-eating dead whose brains have been reactivated presumably due to the radioactive fallout of an exploding space probe. The film identifies them as ghouls, a corpse-eating creature adapted into Western culture since Arabian Nights with on-and-off popularity. It's worth noting that the "Living Dead" here aren't zombies yet. Romero's first feature film and the first entry in the Living Dead Series, it became one of the most influential horror films ever produced, while inaugurating the Zombie Apocalypse subgenre in the process. Romero, who co-wrote the screenplay with John Russo. Cause that's what we want to know (and love so much about these movies) is that at the end of the day, to we'll all come together as a community, protect our families, and will survive whatever comes our way.Night of the Living Dead is a 1968 horror film directed by George A. So we can all breathe a huge sigh of relief. So gather up your friends or your roomies and cozy up with a hot drink, some spooky snacks, and get ready to be on the edge of your seat! But don't worry, these nail-biters typically end up with the characters a little worse for wear, but the earth safe and sound. Whether it's an asteroid hurtling towards earth, a world-wide zombie making pandemic, space invaders, a nuclear war, or something that's the result of climate change, we can't help but be fascinated by the end of all things. If it feels like the winter storms won't end, natural disasters seem to be getting stronger than ever, or that you might not be able to take another month of having to stay inside and mask up from a pandemic, cozy up with an apocalyptic or post-apocalyptic movie marathon and you'll be reminded how good you have it.
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