As a movie that was on a very low budget this movie was really good. The Night of the Living dead starts out with Barbra (Judith O'Dea) and Johnny (Russell Striener) driving to see their fathers grave. While they were at the grave a frightening man kills her brother and Barbra retreats to a farm house. After a little bit a black guy, Ben (Duane Jones), comes to help protect Barbra from the "Assassins". Ben has already encountered these ghouls at a gas station earlier that day, so he is perfect for the job. They encounter Harry Cooper (Karl Hardman), a extremely bossy and irritating man that thinks that they should retreat into the basement and Tom (Keither Wayne), a very helpful and obedient man that helps protect the house. Ben also meets Helen Cooper (Marilyn Eastman) and find out that she has a daughter that has been bitten by one of the ghouls and is now infected and slowly turning into one of them which heightens the tension in the house. Ben and Tom eventually fix up a television and find out that there is a rescue center. Eventually the Ghouls do actually break into the house and the gang has to retreat to the basement where they are safe.
This movie was really excellent, especially considering the time period it was made in. Another thing that made this movie good is that it had a lot of good camera angles. It also used good lighting techniques to make the movie seem scarier than it would have been if it was just plain light. Another thing that I liked about this movie was that it was a good horror movie. It had a monster, a confined space, and a sin, these are the key elements that make the movie really good. The only problem I had with this movie was the fact that when it was dark outside, the live news cast showed that it was light. Overall this movie was really good and not as scary as you may think, I would recommend this to anybody and a rating of 9/10
Opening Image: Johnny and Barbra are in a Grave Yard visiting their father's grave.
Theme: Zombies are coming to get you.
Set-up: A zombie comes and kills Johnny.
Catalyst: Barbra gets attacked by Zombie.
Debate: Barbra tries to decide if she wants to stay in the house or go outside and try to find Johnny.
Break into two: All the zombies are coming.
B Story: Ben needs to take care of Barbra.
Fun and Games: The zombies are attacking him, and they are killing zombies.
Midpoint: The guys are outside trying to get the truck some gas.
Bad Guys Close In: they are stuck in the house, tons of zombies are trying to break in.
All is lost: Everybody dies in the truck.
Dark night of the soul: The gang realizes that they will not get out of there.
Break Into three: Ben decides to hide from the zombies, in the basement.
Finale: He holds off the zombies in the basement and kills the two final zombies in the basement.
Final image: the zombie killers come to rescue Ben unfortunately Ben dies.
~Tanner
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