• Night of the Living Dead by Ben Hervey, Film historian and screenwriter, UK (film historian and screenwriter, UK) - 9781839021916
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Night of the Living Dead

Night of the Living Dead

By Ben Hervey, Film historian and screenwriter, UK (film historian and screenwriter, UK)

Paperback / softback | ISBN 9781839021916

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George A. Romero's Night of the Living Dead is a cult classic that has resonated with audiences and independent filmmakers ever since its release in 1968. It redefined horror cinema and launched the modern zombie genre that continues with films and series like 28 Days Later, Shaun of the Dead and The Walking Dead.

Ben Hervey's illuminating study of the movie traces Night's influences, from Powell and Pressburger to fifties horror comics, and provides the first history of its reception. Hervey argues that the film broke cultural barriers, feted at New York's Museum of Modern Art while it was still packing 42nd Street grindhouses. Scene-by-scene analysis meshes with detailed historical contexts, showing why Night was a new kind of horror film: the expression of a generation who didn't want their world to return to normal.

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Format: Paperback / softback
ISBN: 9781839021916
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Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Number of pages: 128
Width (mm): 135
Height (mm): 190
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