When i was ten years old, my mom let my brother and I watch a movie called "Night of the Living Dead," and it was the first real horror movie that I remember being allowed to watch. she didn't like us to watch horror movies, but since this one was black and white she decided it was a classic and it couldn't be too gory, so she allowed us to watch it. I still remember sitting there in shock over what happened at the end of the movie. This documentary tells the story of how the movie was made.
This was real guerrilla filmmaking. They had no budget, just an idea of reading a Richard Matheson story about the end of the world and a dream of making a horror movie about dead people who come back to life and start chowing down on the living. Back when this movie was made, no one had any idea that it would be remembered for as long as it has been or that it would really be responsible for creating an entire subgenre of movies. it's great to go back in time and see how the movie is conceived and made, with extras portraying zombies chowing down on cow intestines and livers standing in for human intestines and livers. Ew. Plus the movie was groundbreaking in its portrayal of a black man playing the main character who just happens to be black, without the movie feeling the need to be preachy about racism or racial equality. No matter how many times I hear this story it still sticks with me. I have friends who make low-budget horror movies nowadays who are inspired by movies like Night of the Living Dead even today, so its influence is still making a difference to this day. Check this movie out and see the birth of the zombie subgenre in all its low-budget glory!
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