Night of the Living Dead

becoming popular, they had begun to engross the production scene from other fictional characters. When the living dead was first introduced in White Zombie and others, the living dead was known to be slaves in different cultures. On the other hand, once George Romero a filmmaker produced his movie Night of the Living Dead, this gave a whole new definition of what a zombie was. Night of the Living Dead changed the concept of a zombie who was tamed into a cannibal (human flesh eater)

brought back into the mainstream cinema, a comparison is needed across generations of film. This paper will focus on the comparison between George A. Romero’s Night of the Living Dead and Danny Boyles 28 Days Later; in an attempt to show how zombie cinema is a reaction to cultural shocks. Looking first in the 1960’s, Romero’s Night of the Living Dead functions as a “metaphor for the atrocities of Vietnam and racism” (Bishop 18). The main character Ben is an African American who faces adversities throughout

Starting first with Romero’s Night of the Living Dead, the most obvious social commentary aspect to the film is the ending. While everyone else has been killed by the undead, Ben survives the night in the basement, only to be shot by a member of the militia the next morning. This moment as well as the grainy newspaper photo montage reminds the audience of the race relations of the time, in particular, between southern police officers and black men. In addition, we see the subversive critique of

“Night of the Living Dead” movie analysis In "Night of the LIving Dead" Barbara and Johnny are on their way to their father's grave to put flowers on it because their mother can't handle the drive in the first part of the movie. Barbara sees a man in the distance and is nervous walking around in the distance, so Johnny decides to make a joke out of it by telling her "they're coming to get you, Barbara". Barbara goes to apologize to the man for her brother's actions when he attacks her. Johnny runs

“Night of the Living Dead” Film Analysis Essay Alexa Shorrock (58 sentences) The film “Night of the Living Dead”, is about a woman, Barbara, who went to see her father’s grave with her brother, Johnny. While they are there, they both get attacked by a another man at the graveyard. But it wasn’t a usual person, he seemed almost like he was already dead. The man killed Johnny, and then continued to attack and follow Barbara to her car and then to a runned down house. When she got there the dead

“Night of the Living Dead” Film Analysis Essay (Joshua Kingsbury) 47 Sentences After watching her brother die in front of her Barbra runs to a nearby farmhouse to hide from the killer. After she explores the house and finds a dead body on the second floor she runs outside where she meets an african american man named Ben. They board up the down stairs of the house and Ben goes to check the upstairs. Then two men Harry and Tom come out of the basement. After Ben rushes back down stairs because of

“Night of the Living Dead” Film Analysis Essay 43 Brendan Arruda The movie “Night of the Living Dead”, is about a group of people who try to escape a bunch of zombies by hiding in a house. It all starts with brother and sister, Johnny and Barbara. They are driving to see their father’s grave. They arrive, and walk over to it. Johnny begins to tease her by saying “They’re coming for you Barbara”. As he does this, they see a man approaching them. Johnny continues to tease her about the

Men and women have played gender specific roles, from the earliest sign of civilization to modern society. In the cult classic “Night of the Living Dead”, stereotypical gender role were on display. George A. Romero’s film hinted at subtle references to the responsibilities of men and women and depicted the stereotypes America held during the 1960s. Men played the protectors and enforcers, while the women represented the submissive homemakers and caretakers. Romero’s film portrays the sexes, men and

believe that these men that have been killing the zombies will find Ben, so that even though all of the other characters have perished, Ben will be the one to survive. Instead, what we get is the extermination of Ben, as the men believe that he’s one of the zombies rather than the complete annihilation of these zombies. We are left with Ben’s lifeless body, shot between the eyes, as they drag him away from the house and ultimately burn him. The audience has no idea if the plague will be annihilated

struggle to escape the zombie, Johnny falls and hits his head on a gravestone. Barbara runs and makes it to an old farmhouse where the undead apocalypse continues as more zombies attack the living people hiding inside. The Cemetery Zombie is the first zombie to appear in the classic 1968 film “Night of the Living Dead”. The scene is a cult classic and the opening of the movie that would set the stage for the zombie movie genre to come. The concept of mindless humans relentlessly pursuing others is both