Night of the Living Dead (1968)
One farmhouse. No easy escape.
95 min 40 sec · English · Black and white · 4:3 · SD
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A group of strangers shelters in a Pennsylvania farmhouse as the dead begin attacking the living. The immediate danger is outside, but disagreements inside make survival harder. George A. Romero’s 1968 film builds its pressure around a single location, urgent radio reports and decisions made with incomplete information.
Choose this for a survival story built around distrust and a tightening siege. Duane Jones gives Ben a practical focus while the people around him disagree about where safety lies. The black-and-white images and the confined house keep attention on doors, windows and the next argument. The film includes violence, disturbing images and bleak themes; this is adult horror.
- Director
- George A. Romero
- Cast
- Duane Jones, Judith O’Dea, Karl Hardman
- Selected edition
- Original black-and-white film, raw unrestored video master. This player does not use the colorized, newly scored or international widescreen alternatives in the source item.
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Edition, source and rights
Original black-and-white film, raw unrestored video master. This player does not use the colorized, newly scored or international widescreen alternatives in the source item.
The Library of Congress catalog records cancellation of the original film registration because it was published before 1978 without a copyright notice. CMU Libraries identifies the film as public domain and embeds this same Internet Archive item. This listing applies that evidence to the selected raw original file, for U.S. playback only.
- Playback territory
- United States
- File selected
- NightOfTheLivingDeadRawUnrestored.mp4
- Source check
- 2026-10-25
Selection and descriptions prepared with AI assistance. Edition and source records checked October 25, 2026.