Alright! The Grandaddy zombie flick that paved the way for generations of imitations! The movie that made George Romero a somebody! And, the movie that spawned 2 (and possibly a 3rd on the way!) sequels! Sure, there were zombie movies before NoLD, but THIS one was the on with the real impact in the genre! As for the movie's story itself, it opens with a brother/sister duo visiting the grave site of their dear old daddy, when John (the brother of course!) gets his head bounced off a tombstone by a zombie! Barb (the sister, dumb-ass!) escapes and stumbles upon an abandoned farm house, where it seems all is lost... until a black dude pulls up in the front yard and takes control of everything! WAHOO! Barb is already going insane as Ben (blackie) bashes in some dead honky skulls! After knocking a frantic Barb unconscious, Benny fortifies the house, boarding up the windows and doors. It turns out the zombies are the result of Venutian (meaning "from Venus" star gazers!) radiation carried by the fragments of a destroyed satellite. Oh, and they can only be stopped for good with a good shot to the head, destroying the brain. There are a couple more whiteys hiding out in the cellar of the house, one of which is an injured little girl. There's Mr. Cooper (the obnoxious bald guy trying to hound in on Ben's supplies), Tom and Judy (the young lovers), and Mrs. Cooper (the timid wife) and the daughter (she was bitten by one of the zombies). When Tom and Judy attempt an escape, they screw up big time, blowing themselves all to Hell, and giving the zombies a KFH treat (Kentucky Fried Homo-sapiens), and with the only local members of the group chewed to the bone, the other guys are screwed... In no need of people undermining his authority, Ben shoots Mr. Cooper, who then stumbles down into the basement and is eaten by his daughter Karen the zombie! Then, Karen stabs her mom with a patching trowel (which is different than the... uhm... "other" trowel) as Barb gets carried off by the undead and her zombie brother John. Ben locks himself in the cellar, killing the zombie Coopers. Come morning, the local authorities have cleared all the zombies out, Ben emerges victorious from the cellar! ...and then some white guy shoots him thinking he's a "zombie", bringing us the first of several Romero "so close, yet so far" endings! I know all critics say this, so let's let one of them say it for me: "This movie is still eerie even by today's standards! It makes most of today's high budget 'scary' movies it's bitches!" - Leonard Maltball. This is one of THE horror movies to see before you die (and become one of the extras in the movie)! And don't forget, "They're coming for you Barbara!".

DVD X-tras: This is from the critically destroyed "30th Anniversary Edition" DVD. First there's the original version of the movie, that's a given. Then, there's the 30th Anniversary movie, which is the original with a new soundtrack and 15 minutes of newly shot footage. The new footage was done by members of the original crew and their families, excluding that lazy fuck Romero, who still condoned this whole thing anyway. Included in the new footage is a new beginning and a new epilogue scene, which, though seems incredibly sinful, weren't actually that bad! Other scenes are newer, more graphic zombie footage. Also, there's a trailer for the 30th Anniversary re-release; a scene from FLESH EATER (known on here as REVENGE OF THE LIVING ZOMBIES) starring Bill Hinzman (who also came back to do his new additional scenes in the 30th Anniversary cut); a fairly cool music video called, "Dance of the Dead"; a stills gallery for the new scenes; a behind-the-scenes featurette on the creation of the new scenes; and finally, a commentary track by the cast of the new scenes, who are now a bunch of old men who laugh at stupid things.

Also Known As: NIGHT OF ANUBIS; NIGHT OF THE FLESH EATERS

Sequels: DAWN OF THE DEAD; DAY OF THE DEAD

If You Liked This Flick, Check Out: the 1990 remake by Tom Savini, aptly titled NIGHT OF THE LIVING DEAD