Night of the Living Dead: Behind the Scenes of the Most Terrifying Zombie Movie Ever »

"They're coming to get you, Barbara..." These five words unleashed a terrifying movie classic on an unsuspecting public in 1968, stunning audiences with endless nightmares. George A. Romero's Night of the Living Dead raised the bar for onscreen violence. Moviegoers were bludgeoned with horrific scenes of zombies blood-feasting on human body parts. Nothing was taboo. A six-year-old child nibbling on her daddy's arm! Plunging a garden tool into her mother's heart! More blood spewed onscreen than ever before! And yet, people returned for more—in hordes. The zombie movie phenomenon had officially been spawned. This is the true story of the flesh-eating classic that started it all.

Special Features

Dozens of photos too shocking to be seen until now

Stomach-churning details behind the groundbreaking FX

Compelling, revealing interviews with cast and crew

The legacy of Night of the Living Dead for today's horror directors

"George Romero's zombies. He influenced a whole culture." —John Carpenter

"A new standard for horror." —Variety

Contents

Foreword: A Night to Remember by Wes Craven....................xv
Acknowledgments....................xvii
1. Ancestors of the Living Dead....................1
2. Dubious Comforts: Introduction to The Living Dead....................9
3. Birth of The Living Dead....................20
A Night to Remember: Frank Henenlotter....................30
4. Casting a Cult Classic....................31
A Night to Remember: Allan Arkush....................52
5. Shooting The Dead....................53
A Night to Remember: William Lustig....................74
6. March to Midnight....................75
A Night to Remember: Larry Fessenden....................86
7. Afterlife of The Living Dead....................88
A Night to Dismember: Lloyd Kaufman....................98
8. Going Crazies....................100
Fest of the Living Dead: Gary Streiner....................110
9. Dawn of the Dead....................111
Zombie Movie Milestones: Roy Frumkes, on Document of the Dead....................129
Zombie Movie Milestones: Stuart Gordon's Re-Animator....................154
11. Desecration of The Dead....................157
Zombie Movie Milestones: Peter Jackson, on Dead Alive....................166
12. Desecration of The Dead, Part 2: The Sequel....................168
Zombie Movie Milestones: Danny Boyle, on 28 Days Later....................178
13. Rebirth of The Living Dead: The Promised Land....................185
14. Dead Ahead....................197
Your Official "Z" wards....................201
Epilogue of The Living Dead: Where Are They Now?....................203
Night of the Digital Dead: Your Official Living Dead Film and DVD List....................205
Sources....................215
Screenplay of The Living Dead....................219
Index....................301