Over the years there have been some unofficial DVD and Blu-ray releases of Giorgio A. Romerothe classic horror movie Night of the Living Dead. Last year, the film got an official 4K restoration and Blu-ray release, but now, thanks to Collection of criteriathe film is receiving a 4K Ultra HD update.
It will be a must for any fan of the movie! As you know, Criterion goes all out and will be loaded with special features.
Filmed outside Pittsburgh on a shoestring budget, by a band of filmmakers determined to make their mark, Night of the Living Dead, directed by horror master George A. Romero, is a great independent film story: a midnight hit turned box office hit that has become one of the most influential films of all time. A deceptively simple story of a group of strangers trapped on a farm who find themselves fending off a horde of recently dead meat-eating ghouls, Romero’s claustrophobic vision of a late 1960s America literally pieces rewrote the rules of the horror genre, combining creepy blood with sharp social commentary and quietly opening the ground up by choosing a black actor (Duane Jones) in its main role.
Special features include:
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4K digital restoration, supervised by director George A. Romero, co-writer John A. Russo, sound engineer Gary R. Streiner and producer Russell W. Streiner, with uncompressed mono soundtrack
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A 4K UHD movie disc and two Blu-ray discs with the movie and special features
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Anubis nighta print montage of the film
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Program with directors Frank Darabont, Guillermo del Toro and Robert Rodriguez
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Sixteen millimeter daily reel
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Program with Russo on the commercial and industrial film production company where the key Night of the Living Dead the participants started
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Two 1994 audio commentaries with Romero, Russo, producer Karl Hardman, actor Judith O’Dea and others
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Archival interviews with Romero and actors Duane Jones and Judith Ridley
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Programs on the style and soundtrack of the film
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Interview program on the film’s ghoul direction, with cast and crew members
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Interviews with Gary Streiner and Russell Streiner
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1967 newsreels
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Trailer, radio commercials and TV commercials
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English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing
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ALSO: An essay by the critic Stuart Klawans
Night of the Living Dead arrives at 4K UHD from Criterion Collection on October 4, 2022.
by Joey Paur
Source: Geek Tyrant
