Night of the Living Dead
In this classic yet still creepy horror film, strangers hold up in a rural Pennsylvania farmhouse and battle constant attacks from dead locals who have been brought back to life by mysterious radiation. Note: This item contains a user-contributed srt subtitle file. To use this file you must download an srt compatible player and point it at the correct video and srt files (google for srt subtitles). We include this file for advanced users who may wish to use it, however the Archive does not support any player that displays subtitles stored external to the video they are intended to be used with, nor can we vouch for the quality or completeness of the subtitling effort. WARNING – This is a graphic horror film with some gory special effects. You can find more information regarding this film on its IMDb page .
Night of the Living Dead is a 1968 American independent film zombie film directed by George A. Romero, starring Duane Jones, Judith O’Dea and Karl Hardman. It premiered on October 1, 1968, and was completed on a US$114,000 budget. The film became a financial success, grossing $12 million Cinema of the United States and $18 million internationally. It has been a cult classic ever since. Night of the Living Dead was heavily criticized at its release owing to explicit content, but eventually garnered critical acclaim and has been selected by the Library of Congress for preservation in the National Film Registry as a film deemed “culturally, historically or aesthetically significant.”< name=”CNN”/>< name=”PM”></> The film has entered the public domain due to an error by the distributor.
The story follows characters Ben (Duane Jones)<!—-Do not change this character’s name, nor add a last name for him, the character is called simply ‘Ben’ in the film and in the credits, no further name is ever given to him.–>, Barbra (Judith O’Dea), and five others trapped in a rural farmhouse in Pennsylvania which is attacked by unnamed “living dead” monsters, drawing on earlier depictions in popular culture of zombie (fictional). Night of the Living Dead was the basis of five subsequent Night of the Living Dead (film series) films (1978–2010) also directed by Romero, and has inspired remakes.
