Night of the Living Dead

Thursday, October 24, 2024
7:30pm
1974
Classic, Thriller/Horror
Rated R
English, Not Subtitled
 
Horror fans unite! Creepy Cinema at The Cary returns with “Influencers of Horror: Films that Changed the Genre.” Join guest curators, Glen Haley (host of “Indies by the Decade”) and Kaitlin Suggs, for a viewing party like no other. Learn how each film trailblazed its way into becoming a horror film game changer. Come in costume, enjoy some treats, and prepare yourself for all the jump scares you can handle.
 
SYNOPSIS:
Shot outside of Pittsburgh at a fraction of the cost of a Hollywood feature by a band of filmmakers determined to make their mark, George A. Romero’s Night of the Living Dead is one of the great stories 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 flesh-eating ghouls newly arisen from their graves, Romero’s claustrophobic vision of a late-sixties 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 (Duane Jones) in the lead role. After decades of poor-quality prints and video transfers, NIGHT OF THE LIVING DEAD can finally be seen for the immaculately crafted film that it is thanks to a new 4K restoration, scanned from the original camera negative and supervised by Romero himself. Stark, haunting, and more relevant than ever, Night of the Living Dead is back.
 
DIRECTOR:
George A. Romero
 
CAST:
Judith O’Dea, Duane Jones, Marilyn Eastman, Karl Hardman, Judith Ridley, Keith Wayne, Russell W. Streiner
 
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