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Shot outside Pittsburgh on a shoestring budget, by a band of filmmakers determined to make their mark, Night of the Living Dead, directed by horror master George A. Romero, is a great story of independent cinema: a midnight hit turned box-office smash that became one of the most influential films of all time. A deceptively simple tale of a group of strangers trapped in a farmhouse who find themselves fending off a horde of recently dead, flesh-eating ghouls, Romero’s claustrophobic vision of a late-1960s America literally tearing itself apart rewrote the rules of the horror genre, combining gruesome gore with acute social commentary and quietly breaking ground by casting a Black actor (Duane Jones) in its lead role. 4K UHD + BLU-RAY SPECIAL EDITION FEATURES 4K digital restoration, supervised by director George A. Romero, coscreenwriter John A. Russo, sound engineer Gary R. Streiner, and producer Russell W. Streiner, with uncompressed monaural soundtrack One 4K UHD disc of the film and two Blu-rays with the film and special features Night of Anubis, a work-print edit of the film Program featuring filmmakers Frank Darabont, Guillermo del Toro, and Robert Rodriguez Sixteen-millimeter dailies reel Program featuring Russo on the commercial and industrial-film production company where key Night of the Living Dead participants got their starts Two audio commentaries from 1994 featuring Romero, Russo, producer Karl Hardman, actor Judith O’Dea, and others Archival interviews with Romero and actors Duane Jones and Judith Ridley Programs about the film’s style and score Interview program about the direction of the film’s ghouls, featuring members of the cast and crew Interviews with Gary Streiner and Russell Streiner Newsreels from 1967 Trailer, radio spots, and TV spots English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing PLUS: An essay by critic Stuart Klawans

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In 1957, Two detectives, a young heroine, and a chain-smoking greaser try to stop Dracula's plan to turn a small town into his vampire zombie army. 1947, in the small town of Marlow, young Mary witnessed her mother's gruesome death, where the infamous Dracula emerged from the shadows to claim her life. Now, ten years later, the trauma of that night still haunts her, especially as strange occurrences begin to plague her town. When her sister and father mysteriously vanish, Mary knows something sinister is at play. Determined to uncover the truth, Mary starts digging into the events surrounding her sister and father's disappearances. At the same time, hard-nosed police Chief Clarke and a new transfer, Detective Wallace, eager to prove himself, begin piecing together clues linked to the recent strange occurrences. The deeper they delve, the more they realize that something far worse than they imagined is unfolding in Marlow. Terror grips the town as a full-blown zombie outbreak erupts, leaving chaos in its wake. The military is swiftly deployed, led by the over-the-top Colonel Talbit, who declares a state of emergency. Amidst the panic, Mary finds an unlikely ally in Wayne, a chain-smoking greaser with a heart of gold and a knack for trouble. As they investigate further, they uncover Dracula's true plan: to build an unstoppable army of vampire zombies, using the unsuspecting townspeople of Marlow as his soldiers. His goal is to unleash this nightmarish force upon the world, plunging it into eternal darkness under his rule. Mary, Wayne, Chief Clarke, and Wallace must band together to stop Dracula before his army grows too powerful to contain. Their mission is clear: Stop Dracula and his undead legion before they overrun Marlow...and possibly the world! Bonus Materials Bonus Slide Show, Bonus Promotional Clips, Trailers & more! Cast & Crew Actors: Judith O'Dea as Vampira Lloyd Kauffman as Public Masturbator Jessica Antovski as Mary MacDowell Andrew Bee as Chief Ed Clarke David Liebe Hart as Nosferatu Director: Mike Stasko Producer: Theodore Bezaire Producer: Gerry Lattmann Top About this item Similar From the Brand Reviews Vampire Zombies From Space!