Night of the Living Dead #MovieReview

Film 78 in the “1001 Films to See Before Your Die” challenge is 1968’s “Night of the Living Dead”. Not gonna lie, this was terrible! Terrible acting, terrible quality (granted it was from the 1960’s) and I couldn’t see a thing. The zombies didn’t look remotely like zombies. They all looked like they decided to walk home from the pub after having one too many pints and stilt their kebab all over themselves. I wanted to punch Barbera in the face for being utter terrible. She couldn’t act, she was constantly stroking knifes, curtains and sofas, she did nothing to helping the team and wouldn’t shut up about Johnny. So when Ben smacked her in the face and when she was eventually killed and eaten, I was glad! I actually smiled! And I’m not one for abuse against women but she deserved it. Staying on Barbera, her and Johnny were brother and sister! You wouldn’t know it from the acting. I thought they were husband and wife. I actually had to pause the film just so I could get some form of info or anything that could help me. IMDb wasn’t any help and told me that the blood in the film was actually chocolate syrup. It didn’t help matters when my mum thought I was watching “The Evil Dead”, which I’ve already seen and reviewed for this list. In an interview in 2010, director George A Romero was quoted in saying, “My stories are about humans and how they react, or fail to react, or react stupidly. I’m pointing the finger at us, not at the zombies. I try to respect and sympathize with the zombies as much as possible.” The problem, which I’ve already stated, with the first part of that quote was that no one could act! Also, after reading that, was I meant to be rooting for the zombies? Because I sure as hell wasn’t rooting for everyone else. Fun fact of the film, the word “zombie” is never used in the film. Instead, the living dead are referred to as ghouls or “those things.” Enough ranting, If you have seen this film then let me know what you thought of it in the comments. It’s currently free to watch on Amazon Prime Instant Video! Here is what I had to say while watching 1968’s “Night of the Living Dead”. Now excuse me while I watch “Shaun of the Dead”

Film – Night of the Living Dead

Year – 1968

Director – George A. Romero

Staring – Duane Jones, Judith O’Dea, Karl Hardman

IMDb Rating – 8/10

My Rating – 2/10

Length – 95 min (1h 35min)

Genre – Horror, Indie Arthouse

We’re in the countryside

This music’s giving me the chills

Good God she’s ugly!

A six hour drive for a five minute task

Don’t you hate it when the radio stops working?

Let’s just blame Daylight Savings Time for my tiredness

Looks like a storm is on the way

“Prayings for church, not for graves”

I’m putting my driving gloves on to make a statement

Johnny seems like a bit of a dick

This really does feel like amateur hour

Johnny knocked himself out by bashing his head onto a grave head

She’s fucking dove!!!! And that person was nowhere near her

Just drive off!!!

Now you drive off… At 5mph

Oh no! My car broke down from scrapping it against a tree going 1mph

This is already terrible and I’m 10 minutes in

Who leaves their home unlocked and with the door wide open when you’re not in?

A kitchen knife! That’ll show him

Is this person meant be a zombie?

Fuck your washing line

Damn! The phone’s not working!

They don’t even look like zombies! They look like they’re on their way home and are completely drunk

That person has no face!

Here I come to save the day!!!

I’ve been dripped on by blood!

Fuck your truck’s headlights

When being attacked by a zombie, use a crowbar to smash the zombie’s head in

That one got a crowbar through the skull

Who left the back door open?

You’re clearly not dead! I can see your eyes moving

Better scare the other zombies away by setting their mate on fire

I have no idea on what her name is but she is completely fucking useless

All she does is stand and stroke her knife or stand still and looks like she’s never been to acting school

Smart idea! Make more noise to attract the zombies even more

I’m gonna block this door with another door

And I’m gonna block the window with an ironing board

I wouldn’t be surprised if she was secretly a zombie by the way shes acting

The sound of a hammer makes you cringe!

But not when you first saw a zombie

And for my next trick, I’m gonna take this table cloth off without any of things on the table falling off

I now have the feeling that she has a fetish for objects

All she does is stroke objects

She’s now stroking a table cloth

TIMEOUT!!!! I have to IMDb this to get some form of info!!!

INTERMISSION

Update! I found no info and my mum though this was 1981’s “The Evil Dead”

Back to the film

And now she talks to him!!!

And it’s taken me 28 minutes to find out that her name is Barbera

Stop telling what happened in the film 28 minutes ago

It is very clear that no one went to acting school

This guys really trying his best to be Samuel L Jackson

Barbera says they should get Johnny

Wait! Her and Johnny are brother and sister! I thought they were married

Thank fuck he slapped her! I’m not usually for abuse to women but she clearly deserved it

Time to light me a fire in the fire place

And also set fire to the sofa

Also, use a table leg with a curtain tied to it as a torch

It’s like bonfire night! Only shitter!

The radio says The President has called for a meeting within the hour

Time to light me a smoke to celebrate me boarding the doors and windows

Shoes! Women like shoes! Wonder if Barbera will like them

I, meanwhile, like that shotgun!

I don’t know the name of his man

You stay down here, I’m going upstairs

Hey dead woman on top of the steps! Just gonna drag you to the back room

“The killers are eating the flesh of the people they kill”

Two men break into the make themselves at home

We don’t save a screaming woman if we’re hiding in the basement

They say that a wife and her kid are hurt in the cellar

Oh stop arguing and just work together

Mr Cooper says he’s heading back into the cellar and board the door

So… you can chop a zombie’s fingers off with a 2×4

That zombie is naked

Tree taste good!

You be boss downstairs, I’m staying up here

The wife heads up but Mr Cooper locks himself and his kid in the cellar

Mr Cooper is in the basement with his wife and child

I’m really hating this

Mrs Cooper demands Mr Cooper unlock the cellar so they can hear the radio

Tom shouts that they’ve set a TV up upstairs

Tom and his wife swap places with Mr and Mrs Cooper

However the child stays on her deathbed

I have the feeling that the child is a zombie

It’s taken me 53 minutes to find out that the black guy’s name is Ben

Again with the stroking

She got scared from a match being lit

“Her brother was killed” – Fuck him!

Back in the day, you played with rabbit antennas to get sound

The news on the TV tells us that the undead are coming back to life

Can someone stop that rattling in the newsroom?

They then report that the army are on the way to a rescue station

This news reporter is the best actor in this film so far

Blame the Venus Radiation on all the problems

The President says he will have an update in the afternoon

Everyone agrees to head to Willard to get help

Time for an interview with Dr Grimes

Dr Grimes starts by talking about medical advice

Ben then tells Mrs Cooper to swap places with Tom’s wife

Now the kid starts moving and talking after pretty much laying dead for the entire film

Dr Grimes says that the undead need to be burned to be killed

Tom nominates himself and Ben to refuil the truck

Mr Cooper is in charge of throwing molotivs out of the upstairs window

Tom’s wife is upset that the phone is broken

I just realised that Tom is missing a piece of his shirt sleeve

Time to reminise about the past

Holy Crap! I fast forwarded a good chunk as this was getting boring and the zombies are eating someone

I don’t know who!

Barbera is suprised that it’s 2:50am

And she’s still talking about Johnny

Mr and Mrs Cooper says her kid got bitten by a zombie

The zombies start making noises

Back with the news

We have footage of cops & outlaws armed with shotguns to take out zombie

“Kill the brain and you kill the goon”

This interview with the Chief is very very long!

Mr Cooper says two people have died already while having an arguement with the wife

The zombies start breaking down the door to get in

Mr Cooper hesitates before grabbing the shotgun and forcing Mrs Cooper into the cellar

Ben attacks and steals the shotgun back and shoots Mr Cooper

Mrs Cooper gets grabbed by the zombies

Mr Cooper goes into the cellar and dies in front of his kid

Barbera sits there and doesn’t fo anything

Mr Cooper is eating her dad!!!

Now she wants Mrs Cooper

She kills Mrs Cooper with multiple stab wounds to the chest with a garden tool

It’s undead Johnny!!!

He’s got Barbera and taking her away

Barbera has been killed and eaten – Good!!!

The kid tries attacking Ben but fails

Ben then locks himself in the cellar as the zombies enter the house

Think that door is secure enough

Mr Cooper comes back to life and immediatly gets killed

Mrs Cooper comes back to life and immediatly gets killed as well

How do you escape a cellar when there’s only one way in and it’s being blocked by hundreds of zombies

How did he survive the entire night???

The outlaws and cops from earlier finally arrive

What are police dogs meant to do in a case like this?

Why is this new anchor talking out of the side of his mouth

The cops and outlaws shoot all the zombies that were in the house as Ben listen on from the basement

Boom! Headshot! – Had to get that in somewhere

The cops have shot Ben in the head and killed him

THE END