Birth of the Night of the Living Dead

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Permalink Reply by Komrad Venessa Wicked☭ on May 22, 2014 at 11:03pm

In 1968 a young college drop-out named George A. Romero directed "Night of the Living Dead," a low budget horror film that shocked the world, became an icon of the counterculture, and spawned a zombie industry worth billions of dollars that continues to this day.

"Birth of the Living Dead," a new documentary, shows how Romero gathered an unlikely team of Pittsburghers — policemen, iron workers, teachers, ad-men, housewives and a roller-rink owner — to shoot, with a revolutionary guerrilla, run-and-gun style, his seminal film. During that process Romero and his team created an entirely new and horribly chilling monster -- one that was undead and feasted upon human flesh.

Permalink Reply by RomeroPilato on May 24, 2014 at 1:04pm

I saw this a while back and thought it was really good! It's a definite must-see for anyone who admires Romero and his work. It is also required viewing for anyone who is interested in zombies. Film buffs should watch it too.  

Permalink Reply by R.J. Spears on May 24, 2014 at 4:48pm

Agreed on encouraging film buffs watching this.  It's such a great story about true independent filmmaking.  It seemed like they just did it on a lark and it was lucky that they did finish it.