Horror · Thriller · Science Fiction
American
1968 · Directed by George A. Romero · 96 min
A young woman flees a cemetery and takes shelter in an isolated Pennsylvania farmhouse, where strangers gather as something unexplained moves across the countryside outside. Shot in stark black and white on a tiny budget, it is a single-night siege story that is tense, grim and low-key.
Why it matters in cinema history
A defining film of independent American horror and a hinge between the studio-era monster movie and the harsher, more modern horror of the 1970s.
Watch with intention
Watch it as a pressure-cooker drama about people under strain, where the monsters outside matter less than what the survivors do inside.
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