Friday, October 11, 2013

Zombies as the Years Go By

The 1968 film that started it all. Romero’s original zombie flick featured Judith O’Dea and Duane Jones as unfortunate survivors of a zombie outbreak in rural Pennsylvania. Unlike the big budget zombie films of today, the cause of the outbreak is left by the wayside as the film depicts gory, violent scenes of zombies eating the living.

Not only did the film gross $18 million on a $100k budget, it also kick-started the entire pop-culture fascination with zombies.

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