Director: George Romero
(1968)
Credited with helping redefine the horror
genre as well as the term ‘zombie’, Night of the Living Dead is a horror film
that harbours some strong themes and parallels. Following 7 survivors who hole
up in an abandoned farmhouse when the dead rise from their graves, director
George Romero does a solid job of maintaining an interesting pace for a film
that largely takes place in one building. Unfortunately NOTLD hasn’t aged well,
and flaws are abundant. Acting is wooden, the writing slack and the zombies and
deaths are cheesy. Zombies wrestle with survivors in slow motion, seemingly
more intent to hug them than harm them.
Characters have the tendency to trip over while being chased, fulfilling
another predictable cliché. These banal events are somewhat redeemed by a
strong ending, one that is far more engrossing that the rest of the film.
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