You know it! Romero is king.

5

NAA

not big on zombies

classic

Great movie, although I hate zombies eating my brains

ZOMBIES!!!!!!! Love it!

yeah

Zombies just don't do it for me

eh.. I don't care for zombie flicks

It has a cheesy, low-budget aura that makes it seem more real somehow. It starts off kind of slow, but once the action starts it is relentless. Really creepy to watch late at night all alone. One other point, I think it was one of the first films to have an African-American as the most heroic figure in the cast.

It was good, but the remake was alot better

Total waiste of time

Classic! Awesome movie!

Classic horror with zombies.

i hate zombies!!!

The original was intriguing, but they went overboard on both sequels and remakes.

They're coming to get you, Barbara!

I loved it as a young teenager, but subsequently grew tired of it after too many repeat viewings on late-night TV, "midnight movie" showings at the mall, and, once the videotape became available, at some of the "beer-and-shot" parties my friends used to throw. If you've seen it too many times, you become aware of the abysmal acting, and the long, dull stretches where people hammer boards to windows, search for nails, and then hammer more boards to still more windows, and then scream at each other before searching for more nails, and hammering and searching and hammering and hammering...Still, after a period of not having watched it in about 10 years, I watched the DVD edition and it was like being visited by a nearly-forgotten-but-newly-appreciated old friend. In its own prosaic, low-budget fashion, it's masterfully done, with just the right mixture of dialogue, action and atmosphere. The acting ranges from just-barely-adequate to pretty absymal still, but the characters are essentially archetypes, and we can all relate to at least one of them on some level (probably Ben for most people, maybe Tom and Judy for those who are younger; I doubt too many people like to see themselves as Mr. Cooper or the hillbilly sheriff). For its time, it was a shocking, disturbing and even brave picture, and the passage of time hasn't diminished much of its power, despite a plethora of imitations. Side note: Duane Jones, who played Ben, died of heart disease in 1988. He was also in a cult vampire flick entitled "Ganja and Hess". Judith O'Dea, who played Barbra, has her own communications company. Karl Hardman, who played Harry Cooper, recently died from pancreatic cancer. Marilyn Eastman, who played Helen Cooper, was actually married to Hardman, and was with him up until the time of his death. Keith Wayne, who played Tom, apparently committed suicide in 1995. Judith Ridley, who played Judy, went on to work in commercials. Kyra Schon, who played the little girl zombie, was actually Hardman's daughter, and is now a teacher. The house where it was all filmed has evidently been destroyed, but one can still visit Evans City Cemetery outside of Pittsburgh, where the opening scenes of the movie were filmed.

I am 53 years old and this has always been the scariest movie I have ever seen. The old black and white version, not the remake. Love that George Romero !!

Yes, this is a total classic, and it's the film that started it all for zombie flicks, but I couldn't give it a perfect score because some scenes dragged on too long to chew up time. That being said, this movie is excellant. Zombies coming back from the dead to eat on human flesh...pretty creepy stuff. 4 and a half stars for being the godfather of zombie films.

Romero teaches everyone how to create a classic horror film! Character development is incredible! Duane Jones is absolutely remarkable! LONG LIVE BLACK & WHITE HORROR FILMS!!! George Romero is THE King! Long Live The King!

What a masterpiece. Where would horror movies be without this? No where.

I thought it was rather routine horror, but I bumped it up a notch for the black and white treatment. It is just another "settlers holed up in the fort fighting off the Indian attack" story.

It has got a nice idea, scarey but not quite scarey. good casting and average sound track if i may say so .. but i liked it

A classic, creepy, disturbing movie. The creepy music at the beginning when they are in the cemetery. When the corpses are grabbing pieces of body out of the truck when it explodes, that is just terrifying beyond belief. The acting is awful and over the top, but that is part of the movie's charm.

THE zombie movie. No one will ever come close to making another zombie flick that can draw you in like this one. I read on some other posts that the movie was funny or boring, but htey obviously either paid no attention or were high or watching the dreadful remake or sequels.

George Romero is the best Zombie Director of all time. Even though this movie is old and out of date, I would watch it over and over, almost everytime it comes on. With the black and white format, it is just so much more scary. I should say creepy, because its not really scary, its the creep factor that makes it fun.

A horror classic.

The exploding truck scene! Loved it!

A classic, and inspired by my 2nd favorite horror film of all time - Carnival Of Souls (1962). Or so George A. Romero - writer/director of Night Of The Living Dead says.

Which one? 1990 or 1964? They both were great. Who does not like dead corpses walking around? It is an inspiration to most of the greatest movie now.

THIS HAS TO BE ONE OF THE SCARIEST MOVIE S I'VE EVER SEEN. GEORGE ROMERO ESTABLISHED HIMSELF AS KING OF THE DEAD WITH THIS ONE. MANY SCENES THAT MAKE YOU WANT TO JUST COVER YOUR EYES, HAS A VERY GOOD SURPRISE AT THE END OF THE MOVIE. A DEFINITE MUST SEE.

A gorefest in places with canibalistic behavior. Disturbing, visually dark and gruesome. Being in black & white just adds to the creepy atmosphere. A true classic among horror buffs. If you love to be scared see it, uncut.

excellent excellent movie simply amazing

This is such a great film. I it's my second favourite horror film ever after Halloween

By far my favorite horror film. I love the grainy black and white, and the methodical destruction of all the characters. The central metaphor has been interpreted (and over-interpreted) many ways --but to me it is about deadening, mindless conformity devouring everything alive.

The walking dead taking over the town and trying to get at the living and eat them, scary stuff. The whole borded up windows and trying to think of a plan to get out of there situation , by givin options of going into the basement or staying upstairs or just flat out running. I personally would have went in the attic, but hey that is just me. Cool movie it is worth the 5 stars.

That is so wonderful!!!!!

The first of 4 movies andthe scariest.Shot in black and white on a shoestring budget.The tension inside the house gets thick enuff to cut with a knife.The dead come back to feed on the living and a group of strangers try to lock themselves into a farmhouse.This was remade in color several years later and the remake isn't bad.The second of the series is a must see .

Cult classic that is way more of a campy comedy than a horror film - unless you're under the age of 12. Good for a few yucks, if you're snow bound or your dog eats all your other video tapes.

Absolute classic. It used to come on late at night on a Fri or Sat night when I was a kid in Chicago. Used to scare the bejeezus out of me. It's not the effects, acting, technicalities, etc that get you - it's how it all works. The camera angles, the pacing, the prevalent darkness, the sense that something horrible has happened, due to the documentary style (like a nuclear apocalypse has occurred), the realistic TV newscast, the interplay of the characters, and the fact that this is the 1st zombie movie and Romero's first (amazing) - plus the racial overtones and that heart-breaking ending - and then that scary music at the end - fantastic! But you'd have to see it at an impressionable age.

a classic and scary

This movie rocked! It was hilarious!! Just picture it: a cheesy, poorly funded film with "dead" people walking all over the place! Highly reccommended. You'll laugh and laugh!

Like I said with the evil dead every one in the seris is the sh@t.

This is realy great for a movie from the sixties 2002-12-17

An absolute horror classic! One of the best endings for a movie. So devastating when Ben dies!! Aargh!!!

I Love this movie! It is soo wonderful. It is my 2nd. fav in the george A romero Zombie movies! I have seen this movie 56 times before!

The Shape says that George Romero made his directorial debut with this film, a low-budget B-movie that would go on to become a classic, hailed by all connaisseurs of horror. Although famous for its gore and ruthlessness, this is far more accessible than Romero's later films of the seventies such as Martin and Dawn of the Dead. That said, the rapid editing and early gore effects are combined to give a claustrophobic and unrelenting portrait of seven survivor's attempts to escape the clutches of seemingly endless crowds of the undead. Romero's greatest film (closely followed by the masterpiece Martin) and highly influencial, partlicularly amoungst cult horror, Romero's work was to influence many other horror directors including Italian directors and other cult icons such as John Carpenter. For what is essentially an independant film, the acting is not too bad and the script is superb - both believable and endlessly quotable. Scenes to look out for include a scene where a zombie is set on fire (done without protection of course), and a scene where dozens of zombie hands break through a window and grab out at our heros. Actually, the entire end sequence is utterly terrifying. For the first time, a horror movie was set in reality (relatively speaking). Utterly unrelenting and totally compelling, this cult masterpiece is an absolute must-see for all horror-buffs, even if you don't like the later work of the great Romero. IF YA SMELLLLLL LA LA LA LA....what the SHAPE....IS COOKIN!!

Boring. Wasn't scary at all.