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What does the word "Romero" mean to you? Or rather, who is this? I immediately have associations such as: zombies, master, master of horror, king of zombie horror. I do not think that for you George Andrew Romero means something different, because it is a universal name, known to almost everyone.

And every genius always starts from something. Someone with short films, someone with amateur paintings, and someone takes 114 thousand dollars and shoots a film for which he will be remembered to this day. Night of the Living Dead is the first film of the famous director. This picture is not with the Hollywood scale and with him does not have big names. And that's how often famous films are made, which then include all sorts of top-ranked ratings and are considered standards of genres.

And this picture in 1968 hardly left anyone indifferent. Strange people eating other people (it is unlikely that the term "zombie" was at that time widely known) could not help but force the viewers to fall from the strain, who then did not suspect that they were watching one of the very first zombie movies. How did it turn out? The fact that this is a masterpiece, Night of the Living Dead speaks for itself, and ratings and enthusiastic ratings just confirm this.

The plot revolves around a couple of characters in one locked room. Now it's fashionable to shoot, but then there was no fashion for "action in the closed space" and this film is original from the beginning to the end. By the way about the final. This is the grandeur of the logic and skill of the new genius, because the final shot is a miracle that you do not want to forget. Yes, it is tragic, but it is true and it is this outcome that is real and can actually happen.

The film is not terrible, but the tension grows with every minute. And you do not even suspect that the hero is important to you and when he goes out into the street, you are worried about him, not to mention the final drama. And this film does not hold for new monsters, but for its originality, the atmosphere of fear and real acting brilliance.

There are no actors that have stars. Do not be lazy, open the pages of Duane Jones, Judith O'Dea, Karl Hardman, Marilyn Eastman, Keith Wayne and Judith Ridley. Around the whole plot is built and they play great, but in the best films one single film. Everyone has. Guess which one. Best of all, in my opinion, played Carl Hardman. The madman is selfish. An ideal role. Duane Jones is good, and Judith O'Dea conveys his madness is not just superb, but delicious and unique-authentic.

Unique, grandiose, standing apart and tearing to pieces almost all subsequent zombie movies. This film - the first, and therefore the main thing in the career of Romero and all the people involved in the creation of this masterpiece. You just see how many similarities this movie has with the newfangled horror movies. Night of the living dead is mandatory for viewing not only for fans of the genre, but also for almost all people on the planet. In part, this is a kind of survival allowance in such terrible days. A masterpiece of the genre.

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