{"id":33655,"date":"2023-08-30T06:12:19","date_gmt":"2023-08-30T10:12:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/craigzablo.com\/?p=33655"},"modified":"2023-08-30T06:12:19","modified_gmt":"2023-08-30T10:12:19","slug":"night-of-the-living-dead-1968-directed-by-george-romero-z-view","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/craigzablo.com\/?p=33655","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;Night of the Living Dead&#8221; (1968) directed by George Romero \/ Z-View"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/stallonezone.com\/zone\/2023\/z083023zview_notld.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"751\" \/><b><\/b><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong><em style=\"font-size: inherit; color: var(--text-color); font-family: var(--text-font);\">Night of the Living Dead <\/em><\/strong><span style=\"font-size: inherit; color: var(--text-color); font-family: var(--text-font);\">(1968)<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Director: <strong>George A. Romero<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Screenplay: <strong>John Russo, George A. Romero<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Stars: <strong>Duane Jones, Judith O&#8217;Dea, Karl Hardman, Marilyn Eastman, Keith Wayne, Judith Ridley, Kyra Schon, S. William Hinzman, Bill Cardille, John A. Russo, Russell Streiner<\/strong> and <strong>George A. Romero<\/strong><strong>.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Tagline:\u00a0<em> They won&#8217;t stay dead!<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>The Plot\u2026<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">When the dead suddenly begin reanimating with a craving for human flesh, a group of strangers find themselves together in a deserted farmhouse.\u00a0 As the group argues about their best moves for survival, the dead continue to gather outside!\u00a0 Soon the farmhouse will be overrun.\u00a0 The clock is ticking.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong style=\"font-size: inherit; color: var(--text-color); font-family: var(--text-font);\"><strong style=\"font-size: inherit; color: var(--text-color); font-family: var(--text-font);\">Thoughts (beware of spoilers)<\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><em>Night of the Living Dead<\/em>, shot on a shoestring budget with most of the cast taking their first acting roles, reinvented and revitalized zombie movies.\u00a0 Investors in the film, many of the people who worked on the film behind the scenes and some of locals ended up taking on-screen roles as well.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Although <em>NotLD<\/em> is one of the most profitable independent films of all-time.\u00a0 Sadly, George Romero didn&#8217;t see much of the profits due to his little understanding of distribution deals.\u00a0 To make matters worse, the film was released with no copyright notice which at the time placed it in the public domain.\u00a0 Anyone or any company could make a sell copies of the movie with no proceeds going to George Romero or his investors.\u00a0 That&#8217;s why there are so many crappy versions available.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><em>NotLD<\/em> takes place on the first day of a zombie apocalypse.\u00a0 No one knows what is going on or the best course of action.\u00a0 One of the interesting aspects of <em>NotLD\u00a0<\/em>is that Harry Cooper argues that everyone is safer in the basement.\u00a0 Cooper is the least likeable of the group and a different course of action is taken.\u00a0 Turns out Cooper&#8217;s idea was the best.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: var(--text-color); font-family: var(--text-font); font-size: inherit;\"><strong><em style=\"font-size: inherit; color: var(--text-color); font-family: var(--text-font);\">Night of the Living Dead <\/em><\/strong>(1968) rates 5 of 5 stars.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/stallonezone.com\/zone\/logo\/zview_a.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"100\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/stallonezone.com\/zone\/2023\/z083023zview_notld2.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"303\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Night of the Living Dead (1968) Director: George A. 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