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[Baron Aloha]

The last time I watched it I was like 5 years old. I used to watch tons of horror movies around that age and my uncle brought over one of those "new" VHS tapes so I could watch it.

WOW.

I cannot believe how much of this film I completely forgot about. For one thing...the zombies in this one seem uber intelligent compared to the ones in Dawn and Day (except for Bub). They use tools tons of times throughout the movie... rocks, pieces of wood, knives. They also seem much more agressive. The first zombie in the movie is nuts. And did I see him running there?

There was so much stuff I forgot about that it was like watching it for the first time.

I actually watched Dawn for the first time just before the remake came out and now after watching this one *braces for impact* Dawn seems like a step backwards. I came away from Dawn thinking the zombies were a freaking joke. The ones in Night seem much more menacing to me.

Oh, and I had no idea that scene with Savini from the Dawn remake was taken from the original version of Night. Heh, nice touch.

I don't want to turn this into another rank the Romero zombie trilogy movies thread but Night > Day > Dawn for me.

 

[JohnDoe8865]

The original black and white Night of the Living Dead is one of the Top 2 or 3 horror movies ever made. These new movies ain't got sh*t on that movie. Special FX suck.

 

[shuri]

I liked the remake of Night, Savini did a really good job with it

 

[Red Scarlet]

I should open my VHS of this sometime.

 

[Cutley]

"The're coming for you gloria"

 

[Baron Aloha]

Her name is Barbara dude, not Gloria.

 

[goodcow]

You can download an MPEG2 version of it here, (legally):
http://www.archive.org/details/night_of_the_living_dead

 

[themadcowtipper]

Like I said in one of the other threads about this movie you could get rid of the Zombies and it woould still be great with the characters and the atmosphere it sets.. The only other movie I know of like that is Jaws, you could get rid of the shark and the movie would still be great.


btw, I'm talking about the original black and white version....

The reason you can download it for free is because G. Romero does not own the rights to it anymore.

 

[UltraMarioMan]

The reason you can download it for free is because G. Romero does not own the rights to it anymore.

Didn't they simply forget to copyright the title when they changed the name from Night of the Flesh Eaters?

 

[ImNotLikeThem]

Didn't they simply forget to copyright the title when they changed the name from Night of the Flesh Eaters?

No, its old enough now, and wasn't renewed, that it has become public domain. much like all of the other old horror movies and such that you see for 4.99 DVD's with like 4 movies on a disc.