Night Of The Living Dead (1968) - The Criterion Collection

George A. Romero's terrifying classic, the movie that invented the zombie genre, in a
stunning new 4K restoration.

Shot outside Pittsburgh on a shoestring budget by a band of filmmakers determined to
make their mark, Night of the Living Dead, directed by horror master GEORGE A. ROMERO,
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
recently dead, flesh‐eating ghouls, Romero's claustrophobic vision of a late‐1960s 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 its lead role. Stark, haunting, and more relevant than ever, Night of the Living
Dead is back, in a new 4K restoration.

Features:

• New 4K digital restoration, supervised by director George A. Romero, co‐screenwriter
• John A. Russo, sound engineer Gary R. Streiner, and producer Russell W. Streiner
• New restoration of the monaural soundtrack, supervised by Romero and Gary R.
• Streiner, and presented uncompressed
• Night of Anubis, a never‐before‐presented work‐print edit of the film
• New program featuring filmmakers Frank Darabont, Guillermo del Toro, and Robert
• Rodriguez
• Never‐before‐seen 16 mm dailies reel
• New program featuring Russo about the commercial and industrial‐film production
• company where key Night of the Living Dead filmmakers got their start
• Two audio commentaries from 1994, featuring Romero, Russo, producer Karl
• Hardman, actor Judith O'Dea, and more
• Archival interviews with Romero and actors Duane Jones and Judith Ridley
• New programs about the editing, the score, and directing ghouls
• New interviews with Gary R. Streiner and Russel W. Streiner
• Trailer, radio spots, and TV spots
• PLUS: An essay by critic Stuart Klawans