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4 unusual facts about Night of the Living Dead


Joseph Pilato

He would later land minor roles in such films as Wishmaster, Pulp Fiction, Digimon: The Movie and Night of the Living Dead: Origins 3D.

Mail Order Zombie

Since Episode 115, Charles Craig, the newscaster who appears in Night of the Living Dead, introduces The Zombie Beat.

Morpheus Rising

30 Days of Night, Lords of the North, Night of the Living Dead and Dorian Grey have all played their part in inspiring the lyricists.

Voodoo Dawn

Voodoo Dawn was adapted from a pulp horror novel from John A. Russo, who was a screenwriter for both Night of the Living Dead and its remake.


12 Hits from Hell

During the intervening years several of the tracks from the August 1980 sessions were released in various mixes on compilation albums: "Where Eagles Dare" and "Halloween" appeared on Legacy of Brutality (1985), "Night of the Living Dead", "Vampira", "Skulls" and "Astro Zombies" appeared on Misfits (1986), and "Horror Hotel", "Halloween", and "Halloween II" appeared on Collection II (1995).

Florian Bertmer

He has worked on numerous limited edition movie posters for Alamo Drafthouse for such iconic films as the Holy Mountain, Hellboy, the Evil Dead,Night of the living dead, Santa Sangre, the Swamp Thing, Hellraiser and Cowboys and Aliens.

Marilyn Eastman

Contrary to popular belief, Eastman was not married to her co-star from Night of the Living Dead, Karl Hardman, who played her husband in the film.

Midnight Movies: From the Margin to the Mainstream

The film chronicles the period between 1970 and 1977 in which six low-budget films shown at midnight transformed the way films are made and watched: El Topo (1970), Night of the Living Dead (1968), The Harder They Come (1973), Pink Flamingos (1972), The Rocky Horror Picture Show (1975), and Eraserhead (1977).

Misfits discography

The band released two additional singles in 1979: "Horror Business" and "Night of the Living Dead", both on Plan 9.

Night of the Living Dead 3D: Re-Animation

The film also features a Sarah Palin spoof in the character of 'Sister Sara' (who works for a news outlet called 'Fixed News' which is apparently a spoof of 'Fox News') and makes references to the original 1968 Night of the Living Dead film with comments such as "They're Romero zombies" and "Pittsburgh is the zombie capital."

Roxie Theater

The theatre also is home to Roxie Releasing, an independent film distributor most notably responsible for the 30th anniversary re-release of George A. Romero's Night of the Living Dead.

Sexykiller

Makes references to many classic horror films including Taxi Driver, Friday the 13th (1980 film), The Silence of the Lambs (film), The Evil Dead, The Texas Chain Saw Massacre and Night of the Living Dead.

The Black Smurfs

Followers of zombie fiction have remarked the similarities between the plot of The Black Smurfs and that of George A. Romero's 1968 film Night of the Living Dead, which introduced a new archetype of zombies that would be later used in other fiction works: Plagues of zombies that infect the living people, turning them violent, irrational and uncontrolled, as the black Smurfs.


see also

Night of the Living Dead 3D: Re-Animation

Night of the Living Dead 3D: Re-Animation is a 2012 horror film prequel to the 2006 film, Night of the Living Dead 3D.

The Return of the Living Dead

(Russo would, eventually, make his own 'canon' series with a 1998 revised edition of Night of the Living Dead, subtitled the 30th Anniversary Edition, and its sequel, Children of the Living Dead.)