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jack116
Critic Jack Yeovil
rated 6

Surprisingly restrained in the splat department, this revs up the tension with unfussy efficiency, and has some spot-on hysterical performances and wonderfully unsettling atmospherics.

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Cast & Crew

Tom Savini
As (uncredited)
Tom Savini
Director
Tony Todd
As Ben
Bill Moseley
As Johnnie
George A. Romero
As Passenger
Patricia Tallman
As Barbara
Greg Funk
As Cemetery Zombie

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What is Night of the Living Dead about? Toggle content

Night of the Living Dead is a horror movie about seven strangers who are trapped in an isolated farmhouse while menacing zombies, awakened from death by a radioactive space probe, wage a relentless attack. The movie takes place in rural Pennsylvania and follows the characters as they try to survive the night against the undead horde. The group is made up of siblings Barbara and Johnny, Ben, Harry, Helen, Sarah, Tom, Judy, and a sheriff. They are all strangers to each other and have different ideas about how to survive the night, but they must work together if they want to make it until morning. As the night wears on, they face challenges such as finding shelter, fending off zombies, and dealing with internal conflicts. In the end, only a few of them will survive this terrifying night.

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You can stream Night of the Living Dead on: Apple TV

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Some movies that have similar genres and were produced around the same time as Night of the Living Dead include Bloody New Year, Sorority Girls and the Creature from Hell, Turn of the Screw, Cannibal Campout.