Night of the Living Dead (1968) - George A. Romero

Director
George A. Romero

Screenwriter
John A. Russo, George A. Romero

Cast
Judith O'Dea, Duane Jones, Marilyn Eastman, Karl Hardman, Judith Ridley, Keith Wayne, Kyra Schon, Russell Streiner, S. William Hinzman, George Kosana, George A. Romero

Music
Scott Vladimir Licina

Cinematography
George A. Romero (B&W)

Producer
Image Ten, Laurel Group, Market Square Productions, Off Color Films

Plot
Siblings Barbra and Johnny drive to a cemetery in rural Pennsylvania to visit their father's grave, where a pale man in a tattered suit kills Johnny and attacks Barbra. She flees to a nearby farmhouse but finds the resident's corpse lying half-eaten on the stairs. A growing horde of ghouls soon surround the house as a stranger, Ben, arrives and initially mistakes Barbra for the homeowner. After driving back several ghouls, he boards the windows and doors. While searching the home for supplies, he locates a lever-action rifle.

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0063350/

This film marked a turning point in the history of horror films. The zombie subgenre continues where Romero established it in 1968. This is the first and by far the best of the zombie films. It is a very cheap film, made for about $100,000, with unknown or non-professional actors and shot in an amateur style by a young man dedicated to advertising.

Horror,Gore,Zombies,Cult movie,Independent Film (US),