Night of the Living Dead. The zombie genre would not exist without this low budget masterpiece from 1968. The dead rising and eating people was a new concept back then and all the rules were made here.

While modern audiences may find it slow and not very shocking, at the time of release I would imagine seeing close ups  of intestines being eaten might be somewhat groundbreaking.

George Romero launched his 50 year film career with this one and it has a place in horror history forever.

We gather in the Birdhole this week to celebrate over a half century of the zombie movie. Cue it up and watch along with us as we watch the Criterion Collection version of Night of the Living Dead!