On the occasion of the cinema release of The Night of the Living Dead, we invite you to test your knowledge of zombies on the screen!
Nights of the Living Dead, George A. Romero’s masterpiece, was released in theaters on February 22 in a restored 4K version. For the occasion, we offer you a little quiz not stung beetles on the zombies of the big (and small) screen!
The story follows Barbara and Johnny. Each year, they will put flowers on their father’s grave. The road is long, the surroundings of the cemetery deserted. Not inclined to pray, Johnny remembers the time when he was a child and when he amused himself by frightening his sister by repeating in a deep voice: “They’re coming to get you, Barbara.”
Night is falling. Suddenly, a strange man appears. He approaches Barbara then attacks Johnny, who falls and is left for dead. Terrorized, Barbara flees and takes refuge in a country house. She finds Ben there, along with other fugitives. The radio then tells them the terrible news: the dead are attacking the living.
George A. Romero and his college friends always wanted to make a feature film. Unfortunately, the steps taken with the financiers turned out to be catastrophic.
This is how they decide to found their own production company together: Image Ten, by financing it with their own means. Each shareholder agrees to return $600 to the company. The capital obtained will then be quintupled by being sold at a high price to third parties.
If Romero is now a master of horror cinema, he was not particularly fond of the genre when he started filming Night of the Living Dead. If the director and his friends have decided to turn to the genre for their first feature film, it is above all to hope to make the capital invested profitable.
Indeed, at a time when television had caused cinema attendance rates to drop, it was above all necessary to ensure that the film was going to be lucrative while remaining a quality work, as confirmed by one of the film’s producers. Russell Streiner:
“Without a doubt, we would have preferred to make a great dramatic film. But once we settled on a horror film, we tried to make it as realistic as possible with the budget we had available.”. The success of the film subsequently launched the career of George A. Romero who persists in horror to this day.