Adam and I’s Halloween scary movie tradition stayed alive this year with Night of the Living Dead (1968). This film, directed by George Romero, is about a strange night where people who have recently died are not staying dead. They are coming back to life and murdering other people. The tagline to this movie is “they won’t stay dead!” and it is a very fitting description of this film.
While this film is 45 years old, it is still delivers everything you would want in a classic horror film. With this film, Romero revolutionized the horror-film genre and the idea of a “zombie,” even though in Night the undead are referred to as “ghouls”. Even though when this film was made they did not have the modern special effects, these “ghouls” are actually still quite scary, which is pretty impressive. At one point while Adam and I were watching the movie and the ”ghouls” were trying to get into a house, there was banging on our front door and I jumped because I thought the ghouls were trying to come into our house!
I really enjoyed this horror film and believe that it is a true horror classic. Hopefully you find it as frightful and surprising as I did.
If you’re looking for a post-Halloween thrill check out this movie from the Milligan Library!
Milligan Library Call Number PN1997.N57 2008