- Film Review
- Reviewed By Alan Jones
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5 out of 5
Director George A Romero redefined the meaning of horror for fear-sated audiences in the 1960s with this seminal classic. It starts suddenly, without rhyme or reason, with a jolting attack in a cemetery and continues on a relentless downward spiral of frantic despair as terrified people take fragile shelter in a secluded house to fight off an army of cannibalistic zombies. Conveying visceral terror through an unrelieved black-and-white documentary atmosphere, Romero's graphic cult chiller no longer scares the daylights out of viewers because of its countless imitations. But the director's radical style, lethal wit and political themes still impress.
Plot Summary
Classic horror directed by George A Romero and starring Judith O'Dea. A young woman takes refuge in a farmhouse after she and her brother are attacked in a graveyard by a zombie-like creature. To her horror, she learns that the dead have been resurrected by radiation and are preying on human flesh.
Cast and crew
Cast
- Barbara
- Judith O'Dea
- Johnny
- Russell Streiner
- Ben
- Duane Jones
- Harry Cooper
- Karl Hardman
- Tom
- Keith Wayne
- Judy
- Judith Ridley
- Helen Cooper
- Marilyn Eastman
- Karen
- Kyra Schon
- Cemetery zombie
- Bill Hinzman
Crew
- Director
- George A Romero
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