When unexpected radiation raises the dead, a microcosm of Average America has to battle flesh-eating zombies in George A. Romero's landmark cheapie horror film. Siblings Johnny Russ Streiner and Barbara Judith O'Dea whine and pout their way through a graveside visit in a small Pennsylvania town, but it all takes a turn for the worse when a zombie kills Johnny. Barbara flees to an isolated farmhouse where a group of people are already holed up. Bickering and panic ensue as the group tries to figure out how best to escape, while hoards of undead converge on the house; news reports reveal that fire wards them off, while a local sheriff-led posse discovers that if you "kill the brain, you kill the ghoul." After a night of immolation and parricide, one survivor is left in the house.... Romero's grainy black-and-white cinematography and casting of locals emphasize the terror lurking in ordinary life; as in Alfred Hitchcock's The Birds 1963, Romero's victims are not attacked because they did anything wrong, and the randomness makes the attacks all the more horrifying.
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Product Details
Actors: Marilyn Eastman, Karl Hardman, Rossie Harris, Duane Jones, Judith O'Dea
Directors: George A. Romero
Format: Color, NTSC
Language: English
Region: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only. Read more about DVD formats.)
Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Number of discs: 1
Rated: Unrated
Studio: Synergy Ent
DVD Release Date: July 14, 2009
Run Time: 96 minutes
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