Julian Crowley
Described by one reviewer as “one of the most gruesomely terrifying movies ever made,” Night of the Living Dead now has pride of place on the mantle of the cult horror genre. A true classic, the movie has been analyzed as a reaction to the Cold War, a diatribe against consumer culture and a warning about the horrors of disease, alongside many other interpretations. The film was groundbreaking in its horrifying content, unleashed upon an audience unused to such things on their cinema screens. With a budget of $114,000, the film managed a worldwide gross of £30 million, notching up a return of over 13,000%.
