Zombie screamers tantalize filmgoers at the New Beverly Cinema
One of my squeamishly fave horror films is "Night of the Living Dead" which will be screening at midnight on Friday February 6th at the New Beverly Cinema.
I expect there will be a long line snaking around the block since folks in this neck of the woods tend to crave for a little blood, guts, and gore around the witchin' hour!
Horror Drunx and Sid Terror are screening George Romero's vastly entertaining (and engrossing) "DEAD" which was initially released as a 1968 black & white independent feature.
The dark plot focuses on the mysterious reanimation of the recently dead and bold-faced efforts of a valiant posse of heroes to survive the night while trapped in a rural Pennsylvania townhouse.
The original budget was $114,000.
Initially, the midnight screamer didn't realize a profit, though.
The stick-to-it attitude of Romero paid off eventually, after a long stint of releases popularized the ragged entry, in the world of cinema.
To date, the fright-night thriller has grossed over $12 million dollars domestically.
Obviously, the scary mainstay savored a more lucrative market overseas with the popcorn crowd, where it has grossed about $30 million dollars Internationally to date.
When it was first released, "Dead" was strongly criticized for explicit controversial content.
Even still, the little film that could, was registered at the Library of Congress in 1999 where it was listed in the National Film Registry as a motion picture that not only reflected the essence of the genre but one that was singled out as "historically, culturally, and aesthetically important."
While film historians note that it was not the first zombie film that caused fans and critics to sit up and take heart-pounding notice, "Night" did influence the modern pop-culture archetype of the zombie as a mainstay in that intriguing film arena.
See 'ya at the New Bev tomorrow night, eh?
