[DallasBiff]

To me, the zombies are an allegory, to today's CNN, MSNBC, FOX, etc.

[Oshkalaboomboom]

There is a tv series called Eli Roth's History of Horror and the first episode of the first season is about Zombie movies. Although they did give a lot of classics short shrift in favor of trying to pimp The Walking Dead (Greg Nicotero is one of the presenters) they did spend a good amount of time on the cultural and historical significance of Night of the Living Dead.

History of Horror

[ETL]

[Viking2002]

Between 39:00 and 40:25, they mention my hometown. I would have been five years old and my mom would have been one of the medical personnel. Rumor had it that Romero filmed some graveyard scenes at Rose Hill Cemetery, but that was hype - it was filmed around Pittsburgh.

"They’re coming to get you, Barbara."

[familyop]

Motel Hell
https://www.xumo.tv/channel/9999734/free-horror-and-thriller-movies?v=XM0FJB4PQFRAGI&p=11092

[Berlin_Freeper]

Bob Hope on Zombies and Democrats

[mylife]

Chilly Billy Cardille!!!

[RandallFlagg]

I have the 40 year anniversary DVD set that has the version narrated by Mike Nelson from Mystery Science Theater 3000. It’s quite good.

“Only a woman can wreck a car that wasn’t even running.”
(When Barbra smashes the Pontiac into the tree at the beginning)

[wintertime]

They’re coming to get you, Barbara.

[RoosterRedux]

All myths are metaphors for reality.

Like the werewolf for bipolars, Jekyll and Hyde for both bipolars and psychopaths, and vampires for ex-wives.;-)

[usconservative]

I lived in a house that was very similar to the house in the movie while growing up in Iowa. IIRC, I was somewhere between 8-10 years old when I saw the original "Night of the living dead" in glorious black and white (which IMO is the real only way to see that movie.)

That movie so terrified me that it took a very long time to go outside our family's own home, in the dark.

Now that's a great horror flick!

[sipow]

Night of the Living Dead has always been in the public domain.

Just before it was released the name was changed from “Night of the Flesh Eaters” and when the title card was replaced the copyright notice was accidentally left off.

At that time you had to include a copyright notice on any publicly shown film work or it would become public domain. The studio and Romero lost out a lot of money over the years because of that mistake.

[MarvinStinson]

One of the most significant effects of this movie is its use of black and white and not color.

[ETL]

"Return of the Living Dead", although simply based on Night of the Living Dead, was an often times (intentionally) very funny version of this. If you've never seen it, I strongly recommend it.

[yefragetuwrabrumuy]

A great irony is that the grainy b&w of NotLD was made the same year as 2001: A Space Odyssey, Planet of the Apes, The Green Berets, etc., etc.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1968_in_film

NotLD looks like a cheap grindhouse movie made in the 1950s for drive in theaters. Probably a good idea, because it has been long known that censors will turn a blind eye to stuff made cheaply for the low end public, but will strictly enforce the rules on quality work. Ironically, it was one of the last films released before the rating system came in effect that year.