They keep coming back in a bloodthirsty lust for HUMAN FLESH!...

Starring: Duane Jones, Judith O'Dea, Marilyn Eastman, Karl Hardman, Judith Ridley, Keith Wayne, Kyra Schon, Charles Craig

DML Rating: ★★★★★★★★☆☆ - great

"They're coming to get you, Barbara, there's one of them now!" - Johnny

Why watch this? For a midnight "B" movie, it has had quite and impact on the genre it created.

Plot Summary: When the dead mysteriously begin to rise and feast on the living, a group of strangers find themselves trapped together in a rural farmhouse. They must barricade themselves inside and contend not only with the increasing hordes of flesh-eating ghouls outside but also with the mounting tension and conflict amongst themselves. Their desperate struggle to survive the night amidst the escalating horror reveals the fragility of humanity.

Dad's Preview: During the film's opening sequence, I was like, "Is this a comedy?" It is so hokey and poorly made. Then, it shifts gears, and the zombies become a real threat. A group of fleeing strangers barricade themselves in a house. The dead keep coming, and the paranoia tightens. The actors were all unknown, and it was shot in black and white, appearing as a newsreel. This adds to the perception that this could be real film footage. And those guts... ewww!

Image Ten; Continental Dist.