A nerve-racking, relentlessly bleak horror movie about everyday modern life, with standout sound design.
Good for friends night · binge-friendly · pure escapism
Skip it if you want something to laugh at · you need an uplifting mood · graphic violence bothers you · you scare easily
Not for warmth, uplift or laughs.
There IS a fate worse than death.
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GoodWatch score 83
GoodWatch score 79
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GoodWatch score 63
GoodWatch score 71
GoodWatch score 64
GoodWatch score 68October 19, 1990 · 1 h 28 min · R
Adaptational Deviation, Fear-Induced Idiocy, Gender Flip +9
12 of 94 tropes. From TV Tropes.
6 questions, like "Where can I stream Night of the Living Dead?"
Quick answers from GoodWatch data.
In the United States, Night of the Living Dead streams on Philo and Artiflix, and it is free with ads on Tubi TV. You can rent or buy it from Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, and Fandango At Home. It also streams in 128 other countries.
Opinions are mixed, with a GoodWatch score of 62 (IMDb 6.8, Letterboxd 3.4 out of 5, Rotten Tomatoes 58%, and Metacritic 54). Audiences rate it higher (68 out of 100) than critics (56).
Yes: it's movie 1 of 5 in its series, followed by Night of the Living Dead 3D (2006).
Yes, it's frightening: scares are rated 8 of 10, and some images are gruesome (grotesque 8 of 10).
Probably not: the title analysis rates it 9 of 10 for bleakness and 6 for melancholy, against 1 for hopefulness.
TV Tropes lists 94 tropes for it, including Adaptational Deviation, Fear-Induced Idiocy, and Gender Flip.
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