George A. Romero's NIGHT OF THE LIVING DEAD is Getting a 4K Ultra HD Release

Over the years there have been a few unofficial DVD and Blu-ray releases of George A. Romero’s classic horror film Night of the Living Dead. Last year, the film got an official 4K restoration and Blu-ray release, but now, thanks to Criterion Collection, the movie is getting a 4K Ultra HD upgrade.

This is going to be a must-own for any fan of the film! As you know Criterion goes all out and it will be loaded with special features.

Shot 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 story of independent cinema: a midnight hit turned box-office smash that became one of the most influential films of all time. A deceptively simple tale of a group of strangers trapped in a farmhouse who find themselves fending off a horde of recently dead, flesh-eating ghouls, Romero’s claustrophobic vision of a late-1960s America literally tearing itself apart rewrote the rules of the horror genre, combining gruesome gore with acute social commentary and quietly breaking ground by casting a Black actor (Duane Jones) in its lead role.

The Special Features include:

  • 4K digital restoration, supervised by director George A. Romero, co-screenwriter John A. Russo, sound engineer Gary R. Streiner, and producer Russell W. Streiner, with uncompressed monaural soundtrack

  • One 4K UHD disc of the film and two Blu-rays with the film and special features

  • Night of Anubis, a work-print edit of the film

  • Program featuring filmmakers Frank Darabont, Guillermo del Toro, and Robert Rodriguez

  • Sixteen-millimeter dailies reel

  • Program featuring Russo on the commercial and industrial-film production company where key Night of the Living Dead participants got their starts

  • Two audio commentaries from 1994 featuring Romero, Russo, producer Karl Hardman, actor Judith O’Dea, and others

  • Archival interviews with Romero and actors Duane Jones and Judith Ridley

  • Programs about the film’s style and score

  • Interview program about the direction of the film’s ghouls, featuring members of the cast and crew

  • Interviews with Gary Streiner and Russell Streiner

  • Newsreels from 1967

  • Trailer, radio spots, and TV spots

  • English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing

  • PLUS: An essay by critic Stuart Klawans

Night of the Living Dead comes to 4K UHD from Criterion Collection on October 4, 2022.

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