THALIAN HALL CINEMA · VINTAGE SERIES
Night of the Living Dead
THALIAN HALL · SEASON 2026-2027 · SPECIAL EVENT
SEVENTH ANNUAL SCREENING!
1968 | NR | Horror, Thriller | 1 hour, 36 minutes
UNITED STATES | ENGLISH
THURSDAY, OCTOBER 29, 2026
7:00 PM [MS]
HISTORIC MAIN STAGE [RED] · RUTH AND BUCKY STEIN THEATRE [BLACK]
VINTAGE SERIES TICKETS
$12.00 | ADULT
$10.00 | SENIOR (65+) · STUDENT (W/ VALID ID)
Official Synopsis (Janus Films):
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.
Directed by George A. Romero
Written by John A. Russo, George A. Romero
Cast: Duane Jones, Judith O’Dea, Karl Hardman, Marilyn Eastman, Keith Wayne, Judith Ridley
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