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Mill Creek Ent., Not Rated; 96 minutes; $14.98 |
Being released on Blu-ray from Mill Creek Entertainment on October 17th is the Night of the Living Dead: 50th Anniversary. There are no special features or extras on the Blu-ray, but it does come with a Digital code that can be redeemed at: www.millcreekent.com/redeem.
Directed by the late George A. Romero, Night of the Living Dead is the granddaddy of zombie flicks. Filmed on a budget of $117,000, the movie begins with siblings Johnny (played by Russell Streiner) and Barbra Blair (played by Judith O'Dea) driving to a rural Pennsylvania cemetery to put flowers on their father's grave. Out of nowhere, a strange man (played by Bill Hinzman) attacks them. Johnny is killed when his head bounces off a tombstone.
Barely surviving the attack, Barbra stumbles upon a farmhouse, which is where she encounters Ben (played by Duane Jones). They are quickly surrounded by zombie-like humans, forcing them to take shelter inside the farmhouse. With Barbra distraught over everything that has happened Ben takes charge and quickly boards up the windows and doors.
Hiding in the cellar, is a married couple Harry Cooper (played by Karl Hardman), his wife Helen (played by Marilyn Eastman), and their daughter Karen (played by Kyra Schon), who was bitten by one of the zombies. Also taking shelter in the farmhouse is a teenage couple, Tom (played by Keith Wayne) and Judy (played by Judith Ridley).
If they can't find their away to escape the chaos, the survivors plan on waiting it out inside the farmhouse until help arrives, that's if they don't kill each other first.