This movie is just great. To clarify my title, Here we have young Romero and Russo, slightly older than your typical counterculture representative. In an arguable statement, I believe they dodged the "We are going to change the world" mentality of the late 60's and brought us a bare bones, practical, albeit entertaining, depiction of what was going on in the US and other parts of the world. That's getting deep. On the surface, we have the redefining of a genre (horror), monster/creature (zombies) and the impact that movies could have on you in general (forcing you to look over your shoulder when your alone in the dark, for the rest of your life). The Night of the Living Dead is not particularly scary, though, I admit, I watched this grainy version of the movie with shoddy sound during the day. Not to mention the blinds were wide open. But 'tis how I watch most horror movies. I am a wuss. Nonetheless, I can only imagine, that this movie was incredibly scary for its time. Kudos to the Romero/Russo vehicle. And kudos to Duane Jones, playing one of the first portrayals of a black man/person as a human being.