No One Would Survive A Zombie Attack Like This! *THE RETURN OF THE LIVING DEAD*
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This is Kacee's first time watching reaction to the movie "Return of the Living Dead (1985)". When foreman Frank (James Karen) shows new employee Freddy (Thom Mathews) a secret military experiment in a supply warehouse, the two klutzes accidentally release a gas that reanimates corpses into flesh-eating zombies. As the epidemic spreads throughout Louisville, Ky., and the creatures satisfy their hunger in gory and outlandish ways, Frank and Freddy fight to survive with the help of their boss (Clu Gulager) and a mysterious mortician (Don Calfa).
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Night of the Living dead was written by George Romero and John Russo. From my understanding, after it came out they had a disagreement about what direction the franchise should go so they dissolved their partnership. Russo got the rights to the term "of the Living Dead" and he went on to make this film while Romero when on to make the "of the Dead" films.
Also night of the living dead is in public domain since Romero forgot to copyright the movie
There's a lot more to the story than just that, but yeah, that's essentially what happened.
@dilligafwyt6095
Copyright is implicit, even if you don't go through the paperwork you still own the copyright to whatever you create.
@@dilligafwyt6095The person that was supposed to copyright it had it under the original title Night Of Anubis And didn't change it over when They changed the title to Night Of The Living Dead. So their stupidity screwed him over.
@@Prolute Not entirely.
My favorite zombie movie! And, the soundtrack friggin' RIPS! Plus, we get legendary scream queen Linnea Quigley in all her glory!
45 Grave’s “Partytime” is epic. The regular soundtrack pops too.
Fun fact, the bald zombie ignores the other two and run straight to Burt at the back because he is the only living person in the room since Frank and Freddy are dead from the moment they inhaled the gas
Oh, I never thought about it like that. That's interesting.
@@TranzparentMethodssame lol
Also Tar Man would have killed them while they were unconscious after opening the container but didn't.
@@apothos666 Good point!
It's amazing that this is one of the most campy, fun zombie movies while also arguably having the scariest version of zombies.
Yep. They can run, and they can think, and they're pretty damn near indestructible.
The fun fact Trioxin is a real medication,... and Vietnam part references to ` Agent Orange, mixture of herbicides that U.S. military forces sprayed in Vietnam from 1962 to 1971 during the Vietnam War `.
Yeah, I dare say these might be the most dangerous zombies in fiction. They're highly infectious, damn near impossible to kill, retain all of their intelligence, and are fast. Simply put RE and WWZ ain't got shit on Trioxin-245 zombies.
@@nooneofimportance2110 i woudln't say they are highly infectious. it's my theory that the bites from them (intentionally) never turn people. i wish dan o'bannon was still alive so we could ask him his intentions .. because they ONLY person taht got bit and got back up in the first movie was Trash , and well she was in the rain when she died. Suicide , nor Scuz, ever got back up and suicide had his head munched on quite a bit before trash got attacked in the graveyard.
even in the sequel (RoTLD2) you didn't seen any one that was only bit, turn.
imo the only thing that makes 245 trioxin zombies is the chemical itself. and this would also explain why the in lore 60's outbreak of it didn't turn into a zombie apocalypse. nor the outbreak in this first movie for that matter.
that said RoTLD 3 is where the franchise got it's first screw ups. because julie bit a dude in the gas staion that then turned ,a dn bit his friends and they turned. but in the first two movies , you enver saw this. only those that got hit with the gas turned (or hosed by the gas fused rain).
@@DenverStarkey Granted in 3 the "process" of zombification got sped up via the bites, but in the first two, yeah, bites did 'eventually' bring people back.
I should mention that in the first one the funeral home guy started complaining about the area around where he got grabbed starting to feel numb.
As for Trash being the only one to come back, she got the highest dose of Trioxin (after the first two) due to being naked in the "rain". I'm pretty sure eventually the others would have come back, but they did get nuked before the small amounts of Trioxin in in their systems could take effect.
It's really rare for a movie to do the following well:
Straight comedy & straight horror at the same time.
But boy does Return work as both.
Perfect blend!
Also I would put this movie into the very exclusive category of "has a _perfect_ soundtrack".
Check out dead alive, it's use of fake blood is insane!
Best thing is that it’s also one of the few ‘Punk’ movies ever.
So glad people are getting to this movie! Saw it way too young and love it still. Learned after the fact that the writer of this did co-write Night of the Living Dead and when they split this guy got to keep 'Living' in the title. And Romero kept 'Dead' in all his titles.
The supervisor got this job after he was fired from his real estate gig in Cuesta Verde, CA (see POLTERGEIST), where he also mishandled bodies and horror ensued. Seriously, guy's a menace.
RIP James Karen, a fantastic character actor that helped make the '80s creepy & fun.
I knew that actor from The Larry Sanders Show, where he occasionally appeared as the owner of the TV network.
2 others from this movie had roles as well... Freddy later was cast as an older Tommy Jarvis in Friday the 13th pt 6... Spider also had a F13 role as Demon in Friday the 13th part 5 (he was the "Enchallada" guy :D )
Finally someone is reacting to this gem this Halloween season. It's up there with The Thing and An American Werewolf in London for favorite horror movies. A lot of people think horror movies are all about being scared, when it's about building tension and atmosphere. I mean, this movie isn't really that scary but it builds an uh-mazing what would you do scenario with lots of charm from young and old actors.
Easily the most terrifying version of zombies, especially when you see it as a child.
The tar zombie still creeps me out.
The basement zombie is the only thing that ever gave me any nightmares. Even after watching many years of horror movies,zombie related or other horror genres.
I remember being horrified during that scene where you hear the dead banging and screaming in their coffins. Bottled dread.
"Return of the Living Dead" alongside "Night of the Demons" which also stars Linea Quigly capture the same tone and horror comedy spirit of the 80s.
Totally agree!
WITCH TRAP
as well
LOL.. you guys are all over the place, I love this movie, Trash's (Linnea Quigley, og scream queen) dance is a cult highlight. Also as a military veteran, I can tell you that tool free number takes you to 'assistance' that will ask you a BUNCH of questions to direct to the right department and location. And if the military uses a "private contractor" for dangerous materials, which they usually don't, there has to be immediate access to communication nearby, hardline, cb short wave, satellite, etc, with a very specific number or contact, so the phone being there is not strange.
Easily the best old-school zombie movie, in my opinion. It's funny and scary and the effects are great. BRAAAAINS!
This movie rocks. My favorite zombie movie. The comedy is understated and not in your face. Probably the best low budget movie ever.
I used to work at a burger place in a mall food court, and I, too (on slow nights) would envision how I would protect myself and my crew if a zombocalypse broke out. We had enough heavy equipment to barricade ourselves in, vents that led to the roof if escape was needed, and plenty of food to sustain ourselves for a good, long while; possibly even long enough to hold out until the military bombed the place.
In a normal zombie apocalypse, yeah, you'd be set. In THIS one though...
“Puss,” meaning “the face,” first appeared as a slang term during the 1880s. It's derived from the Irish term “pus,” meaning the lips and mouth. Lol
I don't think this is the zombie movie to pose any serious questions about survival. The point of this movie is just about having fun watching a zombie flick. It's comical, it's action-packed, and most of all it's really fun to watch over and over. One of the few zombie movies, I feel has limitless rewatchability, especially around Halloween.
I disagree. The entire film is a metaphor for how we are destroying the environment. The Trioxin/zombies are a metaphor for our waste as a humanity. Things like our plastic/nuclear waste that is poisoning us all. It doesn't decompose on it's own and if you burn it you create fumes that further poison and spread around. These are the scariest zombies in fiction in my opinion. I remember watching this movie as a 5 year old and it gave me nightmares for years.
But some of the best fun from a zombie movie is figuring how you would survive in its universe
The first zombie movie was
“White Zombie” from 1932
Starring Bela Lugosi.
The lore of zombies in history comes from Haiti.
Where voodoo practitioners made zombies.
The movie White Zombie delves into this.
And yes, that’s where the band took their name from.
And that was not a very good movie unfortunately.
To elaborate a bit on the ownership rights to Night of the Living Dead. George Romero originally bought a patten for the movie because copyrights are more expensive. Although pattens must be renewed every year, so George was going to buy a copyright with the money he makes from the movie. Unfortunately he waited too long to buy the copyright and failed to renew the patten, and thus Night of the Living Dead became public domain. That's the simplest explanation, and details obviously vary depending on sources.
Fun fact...
the guy that owns the medical supply warehouse was named "Bert"
the guy that owns the funeral home was named "Ernie"
And Tar man (the black gross zombie) is played by puppeteer Allan Trautman
*FUN FACTS*
When you realize 2 of the main characters names are Burt and Ernie 😂
Pay attention to the eye exam chart in the background in the managers office
It reads "Burt is a slave driver and a cheap son of a b!tch" 😄
and the first 2 paramedics who show up at the mortuary are credited as Tom and Jerry 😂
The makeup effects are tremendous, and Calfa and especially Karen are hilarious as working stiffs (no pun intended).
Most definitely, the chemistry between the two is good and it's the 1st day on the job From Hell for the warehouse worker. And the effects of the Tar Man speaks for itself. Easily one of the greatest zombies in film history
Apparently when the film was scheduled to be released the title on the prints were something else,not night of the living dead. The original title was night of the flesh eaters or something like that. And it all was copyrighted like that but at the last minute before release the decision was made to change the title to night of the living dead. So they changed the title and released the prints with its new title on screen but forgot to put on there the new copyright. And when something is released publicly with no copyright symbol or small print then it automatically falls into public domain. The film, everything is technically copyrighted but fell through the cracks all just because they forgot to put the copyright on the new prints.
Also, George Romero and screenwriter John Russo each wanted to make their own sequels. They finally agreed that Romero could make all the sequels he liked, but the titles couldn't have "LIVING Dead." Russo wrote a cheapjack novel titled _Return of the Living Dead_ (and has written or directed various sleazy horror novels/movies since) but it bears little resemblance to this movie although he got a story credit.
@@ScreamingScallop yeah they both had different ideas on where to take the sequels. O'Bannon touched up on this on an interview in the old mgm dvd of return. He said russos version was different than his and tobe hooper was going to direct. But it was rewritten to where it really didn't resemble what Russo had planned but he still got a story credit. Hooper dropped out and O'Bannon stepped in to direct. So we almost didn't get this classic as it is. And as far as Romero's versions on where to take the zombie films after night, it's clear his vision was right.
I was 5 or 6 when I first saw this and it scared the shit out of me. Between the fast unkillable zombos, homeboy covered in grease, poppin and lockin going "brains" (I used think he was saying grease over and over), to that little fella zombie who chased that grown ass man in the rain, I was traumatized. Now it's hilarious, I've watched this movie so many times over the years, Bert wearing that Members Only Jacket, he was the last member in that situation wasn't he? 10/10
I was 7 when this movie came out. It scared the crap out of me. Today, I still love this movie.
I remember watching this waaay back in the mid 90s for the first time. It remains a classic.
And if I had been a little older at the time - the Linnea Quigley tombstone scene might have made me have a real life 'The Office' moment - staring at a nonexistent camera with the widest grin on my face.
On the Romero thing, it's not that he didn't own the rights, it's just as ya'll said, the zombie concept is just broad and can have many iterations.
"I've never heard anybody refer to the mouth as..."
That's because "puss" is old Irish-derived slang for "mouth" from the late 19th century. I was familiar with it as a child in the 1970's because of old movies, but it had already long since fallen out of use.
The reason they never contacted the military is probably because they bought army supplies on the black market. Apparently its fairly common for soldiers to steal and sell surplus army supplies. The barrels probably were delivered with other supplies they bought.
Apparently The book version And a deleted scene Said apparently two detectors to the Soviet Union were responsible for screwing with where' the barrels were shipped.
“ Be careful what you wish for Trash” 😆 Kacee is too funny.
@Dos this remains my gold standard for horror comedy, as it is legit terrifying (some parts) and laugh out loud moments. Tho so few saw this in comparison to like Shaun of the Dead this film is 10x scarier and 5x funnier. Gem of a horror film to few have seen but usually when you see it you fall in love with it
My favorite zombie movie.
Written and directed by the same person who wrote ALIEN.
I bought the original German theatrical poster (I like the artwork better than the American version) and got Thom Matthews (Freddy) to sign it for me this summer.
Man I didn't know y'all watched this! This is one of my favorite childhood memories. Me and my boy can damn quote the whole movie! 1985 when I moved in with my Grandparents in Alabama. Wish you young people could experience the 80s for about a week. Anyway, thanks for this. 👍🏼💯
I miss these type of zombies. They were fun 😂
There actually is a movie called, DEAD ALIVE (1992). From before-he-was-famous director Peter Jackson, a horror comedy, a New Zealand flick he originally called, BRAINDEAD. It was retitled, DEAD ALIVE, here in the US because at the time there was another horror movie out with the same title, though that version had it as two separate words, BRAIN DEAD (1990).
Saw that in the theater bout 20 odd years ago!
i remember watching this a dozen times as a teenager in the 80's i have always been a zombie survival fan
I've seen a million reaction videos and EVERYONE has the same reaction to the ENTIRE ROLL of paper towels and its great
The eggs have hatched and now we are making breakfast, that's top tier 🤣
As a kid this movie terrified me for years because I can put myself in any Romero movie and survive. This movie was the first movie where I saw no way out of it unless you put a gun to your head and pull the trigger and god help you if any infected rain got on your corpse or you will experience an unending nightmare of extreme pain and suffering and murder. It chilled me to the bone. The best zombie movie period
You said it perfectly. I was 8 when I first saw this. I had straight up panic attacks every time it rained for about a year after I watching this.
I love how Dan O'bannon used real life NotZee Ernst Kaultenbruner(he helped refine the furnaces for more efficiency for the Afrika Corp if I remember right) for his basis for Ernie. The picture of Eva Braun on his desk, his singing of the wartime song for the invasion of France while embalming, and his Walther pistol. I never caught on til I was older and did the research(ah the innocence of youth) and realized DOB put that much forethought and backstory into the characters. It sure puts a different perspective on why Ernie was so interested in the zombies and their feelings considering his dark past. One of the funniest and scariest movies for me growing up, the unstoppable nature of the zombies and their fast movements makes the terror in this one!
10:49 Fun fact: Casey's actress was originally going to be cast as Trash, but Jewel Shepherd (her name) wasn't willing enough to be naked in public for a film, so Linnea Quigley was cast as a result.
And I can just imagine your reaction if that guy began yelling "Casey's taking off her clothes again!" Thank Jesus that wasn't the case.
I was 9 years old when this movie came out and my folks took my sister and I to see it in the theatre 3 times. An absolute horror classic.
At 9! Crazy times the 80s were😂
I thought I was the only one to freak out with the way Frank uses the paper towel 😂😂😂
My favorite zombie movie! I went to see it in the theatre when I was 17. I have since met a lot of the cast at conventions and they are great. Some of them have sadly passed on recently. Beverly Randolph (Tina) is real sweetheart and will often recognize fans she has friended on Facebook.
Everytime i hear tarman screaming _brainzzz_ I feel the urge to go planting peas and sunflowers 😂
The Brain!, The Brain? I Hit The Fuking Brain!🤣🤣🤣🤣
23:42 are we not gonna talk about how that zombie with no muscle left pulls a grown man through a boarded up window and takes a bite out of his head
The artist, one of the writers, director, and overall mad genius of this movie, Dan O'Bannon , was the main writer of Alien and also worked a bit on Star Wars : A New Hope. Then later wrote Lifeforce
If you want to know why Night of the Living Dead is in the Public Domain it's actually a really unfortunate story. They made the movie and called it "Night of Anubis," but the producers said "Nobody knows what Anubis is." So they changed it to "Night of the Flesh Eaters," made the movie like that, but then at the last minute the producer said "Hey we got another movie with Flesh Eaters in it, change it again," so they changed it to "Night of the Living Dead," and they had to go in there and take out the one shot in the opening of the film that had title card in it, and replace it with a new shot with "Night of the Living Dead." Problem is, the shot that had the old title in it, also had the copyright info on it. And back then the rule was your film had to have the copyright info in the film itself or else it wasn't copywritten, and they forgot to put it back in. So there you go, that's why it's in the public domain.
I'm pretty sure someone's already mentioned this, but there is a night of the living bread movie. You should be able to find it on RUclips 😃
A Popular Video Zombie Game is "Project Zomboid" It's an Isometric game where the last entry screen say's "This is how you died". It has a TON of free Mods (with more added all the time) and is completely customisable. And the Setting is in Knox County, Kentucky (around Louisville)
TRIVIA BITS: 1). The owner of the Supply warehouse is "Burt" and the Mortician is "Ernie". 2). Despite being bit by all the old men, there isn't a single Hickey on Trash. 3). Three Bodies disappeared without a Trace... The Man on the Table being embalmed, Suicide and Scuz. 4). "Frank" (James Karen) was the Mayor in "Jaws" and the Property Developer in "Poltergeist".
Most People rank "Tarman" as they're favorite character (besides the pervs that chose "Trash").
05:32 I dunno, I've used papertowles like that b4 when I was drunk....
LOL, Kacee was out of control in this reaction, I love her energy! xD
It's called "vodka"
I absolutely love her personality, so bubbly and adorable, with so much energy.
The inverse of the zombie trope is seen in Masterson’s “I am Legend”…or Ch.Heston’s Omega Man.
You mentioned Italian zombie movies. You're referencing Lucio Fulci movies (for the most part.) They don't have anything to do with Romero, but naming of the movies between Italy and the US tried to tie them as close to Romero movies as possible to benefit from that popularity. Fulci's movies are...interesting. They're far more focused on truly gnarly gore effects than plot. Some of them make more sense than others. All have some truly flinch worthy effects. A good start if you want to check out Fulci is Zombie/Zombi 2 (it's not a sequel to anything, it's just naming craziness.) Good luck!
As far as I know the original film was written as "Flesh Eaters". Romero and crew had the rights to "Flesh Eaters" but then the studio had a bit of a re-write or they re-titled it to turn it into a new IP "Night of The Living Dead". Romero and crew didn't know that the title change would change the rights so the studio owned the rights and Romero was left with nothing despite being the Grandfather of the modern day zombie.
Zombie is a totally different animal from Italy.
Wow. And I mean wow. I honestly don’t know anyone that knows this movie besides me and my family. And I’m so fucking excited to watch this with you guys! ❤❤
"Night of the Living Bread vâs tha dabl-casett eddisschans' boonas featschr."
Actually, what sparked his idea was the book I am legend by Richard Masterson which came out about 10 years prior to his movie. Give or take a few years.
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Masterson was the first one to come up with the type of zombie that spread by by being some kind of virus.
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That book not only sparked night of the living Dead, and two movies called. I Am legend, it also sparked the Omega Man and I I believe the other one was called the last man on Earth.
Some fun facts:
1.The phone number used on the barrels was actually a phone number. Unfortunately, the number, which was just a set of random numbers they did after 1-800, the number lead to phone sex line. This resulted in the number being changed in Return of the Living Dead, Part 2.
2. The pre-production designs for the zombies were inspired by Heavy Metal Magazine.
3. The thing about Return of the Living Dead, it wasn't intended to be a legit zombie film. Dan O'Bannon (who is well known as the writer of Alien), didn't want to tread into George A. Romero's territory, so he approached the film as a parody than a legit zombie film. So, that's why this film has quite a few humorous moments in comparison to other zombie films.
4. The cemetery scenes were actually filmed as an olive orchard and all the headstones featured were props. The orchard closed down and is now a suburb.
5. If you pay attention in the office scene, you can see an eye chart that reads "Burt is a slave driver and a cheap son of a bitch who's going bald too haha"
6. John Russo, co-screenwriter of the Night of the Living Dead, originally pitched the film to Tobe Hooper but Hooper opted to make Lifeforce (1985) instead.
7. The nightmare-inducing Tarman is performed by Allan Trautman, a prolific puppeteer, who is best known for his lighthearted work with Jim Henson and The Muppets. The idea behind why he moves the way he does is that the idea that the Tarman's ligaments have long since gone away, and all his joints are sliding back and forth whenever it moved.
8. Frank's self-immolation scene was suggested by James Karen, who didn't wish to shoot any scenes in the cold Los Angeles rain.
9. Trash's original name was Legs and Spider was called Meat.
10. Dan O'Bannon wrote the role of Trash for Jewel Shepard, who plays Casey, because she was a stripper and Dan met her in a strip joint. Jewel had enough of being naked in public and she chose to play Casey instead.
11. O'Bannon himself was going to play Frank and even wrote the part with himself in mind. This changed however when he saw James Karen's audition. O'Bannon still cameos twice in the film as the helicopter cop and voiced the scream of the bum that Zombie Trash kills (he didn't play the bum physically).
12. The original intent for the film was for a serious 3D sequel to Night of the Living Dead (1968).
13. The ending we got in the film was not the originally intended ending. In the original workprint, after the bomb was dropped, the entire area of the cemetery and warehouse would have been destroyed, and the military was going to dig up the dirt and place it in storage inside of three large railroad cars.
14. James Karen & Thom Mathews would return for Return of the Living Dead, Part 2, playing two different characters who also end up getting infected with the chemical that resurrects the dead. Even the line, "Watch your tongue boy, if you like this job!" "Like this job?!" is used by them again in that film too.
15. Despite the title, the movie was not created by George A. Romero but by John Russo, Romero's co-writer for Night of the Living Dead (1968). This confusion may be why pop culture erroneously remembers the Romero zombies as brain-eaters rather than flesh-eaters.
So sweet when KC say "día de los muertos" 😂😂😂 nice video guys 👌
Once you learn that Frank and Freddie died, or were on the verge of death, after exposure to the Chemical, it adds a layer to the scene with The Cadaver. The Cadaver went for the first living brain, which was Burt, and ignored them. Even when The Cadaver was being restrained, it resisted but didn't put up much more of a fight while Frank and Freddie held it down, like it was confused as to why his "Fellow Zombies" were doing this.
She may have read that wrong, BUT, there IS a Department of the Army, just like Department of the Navy, and Department of the Air Force, which all fall under the Department of Defense. The Marine Corps falls under the Department of the Navy, and the Coast Guard during peace time falls under the Department of Homeland Security.
It’s all about that VINTAGE FUTURISM!
BEST ZOMBIE MOVIE OF ALL TIME!
Trash is my first love! ♥
Fun fact...The older guy teaching the young guy, did TV commercials for Pathmark (now defunct supermarket chain). This was during the '80s
Actually Dan O'Bannon directed this too, he wrote Alien and a lot of the great scifi films. He's my favorite writer
R.I.P Dan O'Bannon
This movie was originally going to be directed by Toby Hooper (The Texas Chainsaw Massacre, Poltergeist) but he couldn't do it due to him directing the film Lifeforce, which just so happens to be written by Dan O'Bannon, the director of this movie.
My assumption for the whole zombie skeleton thing has always been that the one we saw rise still had some kind of nervous system still intact to revive it. Given that it still had eyeballs, I figure there's probably some brain matter left too. Whereas the skeletons in the warehouse didn't revive because they'd been cleaned and prepped for study, so zero nervous system/brain matter for the chemical to animate
I loved Zombies years before they were super popular. I would talk about it actually happening and people laughed and asked me why I liked them and wanted it to happen. And then eventually that became normal behavior. I even started writing my own zombie books. I wrote a short story that I formatted as a script for a movie but never filmed it. And then started writing a different novel that I never finished. Personally, I would have to say my favorite Zombie movie might be Shaun Of The Dead. It's got everything. And just objectively an incredibly well written and well made movie, not just in the zombie genre. And I bet that the army phone number you found is probably for recruiting.
I have to mention, there is a comedic short based on night of the living dead called night of the living bread. Its like notld in the house, where they scared off zombies with torches, only they used toasters, jump scare in ludes finding a sack lunch with a sandwich. 😅
Oh funny that Kacee mentioned Dead Alive as now y’all definitely gotta watch that movie. Directed by Peter Jackson and it’s such a treat of Horror/Comedy.
"Return": came out the very same week as "Day Of The Dead" and "Re-Animator". It was a much bigger hit than the other 2, the # 10 box office of that week. That was the week that it became a genre.
Apparently, the concept of the Zombie was about revolution. There is an awesome Documentary about Horror movies named "Nightmares in Red, White, and Blue." Thirty-eight minutes and 18 seconds into that documentary is when George Ramaro talks about his Zombies. The documentary is on RUclips.
Such a gem guys, I thought this one was cool the first time I saw it years ago. Perfect Halloween movie. Nice reaction. The making behind the scenes has some interesting details. Some other Halloween suggestions: Piranha, Cujo, Alligator, Mosquito, Skeeter, Hell Night, My Bloody Valentine, Happy Birthday To Me, Graduation Day, The Children, Prom Night, Terror Train, The Fog, Humanoids From The Deep, The Monster Squad, and The Funhouse.
My aunt gave us a VHS tape she had recorded off of cable with Labrynth, Mannequin and this on it when I was a kid. The one time I actually watched this one the split dog made me queasy and the concept of being dead gave me an existential crisis.
After that the only reason I'd FF through enough to see Leana Quigley dancing on the grave.
Man I miss the 80s, but I was a little kid. I saw this in 1985 when I was 7. It scared the shit out of me.
The best zombie movie ever!
Iconic...that's the word.
The first movie where zombies only eat brains.
The first movie where zombies are smart, and talk, and run.
The first movie where they explain why the zombies eat brains.
When I was teenager this was the students Call Sign film. It was prompted on television highly for the Halloween season and we would shout out the lines in school and use them as code language as teens do which would otherwise irritate the faculty who couldn't figure out what our behavior was about. And we'd draw icons of the Tar-Man or write "Trioxin" on notes and so forth. So there's a special place in my heart for this.
Else from a production standpoint it was highly original and they put in 150% into crafting this film especially given what they had to work with. It was also uniquely profound in it's day and took a lot of bold steps, you could say the film itself was very punk rocks as much as the characters in it are. Else the acting is very underrated in this movie which between the FX and the stark moments really carries it. And a great soundtrack btw.
One thing I forgot. You brought up the meta aspect. One neat thing and it's risky to write a plot like this is the very fact that zombie fiction exists within the zombie (which itself exists within a dream but we'll leave that off the table here). As a general rule zombie fiction does not exist within zombie fiction. The concept of the living dead and all else but zombie film genre's do not because that would create a major plot hole where everyone should be prepared and even have a point of reference to identify a zombie on sight (also putting aside some real life biology where we would automatically feel revulsion towards a zombie because of the scent). Or you know the character gets bit and has a wound and their body doesn't seem to have any heat? Well anyone in our world who watches zombie movies would quickly assume this.
As a general rule it makes it difficult to write a coherent plotline. And sort of how say Snoopy band-aids do exist inside the world the Peanuts because there are not a brand within their own canon. Then as you pointed the smart out they created by including zombie fiction but in frame defining it as intentionally fictional. But the fact they included it at all is against the grain and pretty cool that they still managed to work it out.
The redheaded woman that got ate by all the zombies, I had my picture taken with her at a Fan boy convention. Super nice lady. Scream queen from many films.
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I first saw the movie in college upon initial release. Love the soundtrack. I had a mohawk back then.
Dan O'Bannon the writer and director also wrote Alien and Blue Thunder and was an actor in John Carpenter's first film Dark Star
As far as the modern zombie movies go, this was like the 4th one (not counting the Italian zombies) so it was important in shaping the lore.
It's based on a novel written by the guy who co-wrote NOTLD with Romero. When they split. He retained the rights to the "living dead". That's why Romero movies would start using just "the dead". This one is a classic. Two is okay. Don't even remember what 3 was about.
The First Hurdle for "Night of the Living Dead" was the name! George wanted to call it "Night of the Flesh Eaters", but that name was already used.
Russo and Romero along with other members of the Image Ten production company made "Night of the Living Dead" (1968). Originally the title was going to be "Night of the Flesh Eaters", and the movie was completed; however, their was a movie with a similar title. They took out "Night of the Flesh Eaters" and replaced it with "Night of the Living Dead". The problem was when they made the switch, they forgot the copyright notice. Flesh Eaters had the copyright, but not Living Dead. The movie was then released without the copyright notice on Living Dead. When it was discovered the print didn't have the copyright, they went back to double check if the notice was on the original print, and it was not. This put "Night of the Living Dead" into public domain.
Now when Romero and Russo went their separate ways, Romero went with the Dead franchise (Dawn, Day, Land, etc), and Russo went with the Living Dead (Return).
Return of the living dead, would spawn zombie movies, where zombies move fast & become rational in their thinking. Also two really good zombie movies are The girl with all the gifts & It stains the sand red. Check them out if you haven't seen them.
This is my fav Zombie Film! The way they blend Horror and Comedy is so great, plus the Characters are very memorable!
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An absolute classic of the genre, and it made Linnea Quigley and instant scream queen goddess. Just a bit of trivia (and there are lots of little background easter eggs here) is at around 10:34 (when it becomes obvious Kacee has something other than fruit punch in that cup given her inability to form simple sentences). Notice the eye chart in the back and read it. It begins "Burt is a slave driver..."
You've noticed that that's not fruit punch too eh
A student film of Night of the Living Bread was included as a bonus feature on one of the earlier DVD releases of NotLD.
The zombie that said brains was played by Allen Trautman. His character's name was Tarman
This is the ultimate Zombie film, just complete chaos, even with the comedy elements to it is still gives the sense that there's no hope and the world is screwed.
"Night of the Living Bread" was a short college film made spoofing 'Living Dead' - decades ago.
For the copyright thing with Night of the Living Dead, they forgot to add the copyright number with the title, so it never got copyrighted, and any one can use it willy nilly, and do as they wish with it. Return happened due to Romero and his co writer John Russo (who apparently played one of the first 5 or so Ghouls in Night) split ways due to having conflicting ideas on how to continue. Russo wanted more laughs, and so kept the slightly less serious title of "Living Dead" for his films, and Romero kept it more or less serious and kept just "Dead" in his titles. Russo never got his movies made outside of his weird edit of Night that included more stuff he wanted in the film. As for Return, it got passed down along with Russo's book for about 10+ years until the producers noticed it, got the script tweaked to update it, and have more horror moments, and finally got the ball rolling again.
Romero got his inspiration for his Zombies because he was so fed up with the old style zombies, who where more like ghouls that would fight and kill you, but not eat you. A bit more like classic Haiti style voodoo zombies that are sent out to terrorise so on. He did not find them scary so he changed it to something more relatable and "real".
The most memorable part from my teenage mind popping back up was also Trash. Only from a different scene.
1985 had three brilliant zombie movies, return of the living dead, Day of the dead, and reanimator. Please check out the other two.
There’s extra scenes where frank says to to Freddy I’m sorry kid and then there’s scenes that show the military cleaning up the area all the dirt after it was nuked where put into a container left into an abandoned rail track siding
The Wrath of Kacee: "That's what you get for wiping with a whole roll of paper towels!!!"