Film Review – Birth of the Living Dead

There are many iconic horror pictures throughout cinema history, but few
have actually established their own subgenre. 1968’s “Night of the
Living Dead” arrived without much fanfare, brought to the public by a
distributor that had no clue what to do with it, yet it found an
audience with its austerity, suspense, and era-specific bleakness. Over
the years, “Night” has become a classic, wowing viewers with a pure shot
of entrails-munching terror, launching the concept of undead, lurching
zombies as one of ultimate fright. “Birth of the Living Dead” seeks to
understand how the movie came to be, interviewing those involved with
the production and its many admirers to explore the creative background
and thematic resonance of this truly independent feature.
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