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It would be great if you would watch "Contagion" from 2011.
Andras Beck
2025-06-09 16:41:28 +0000 UTCLove the Romero zombie movies, must have watched them a million times but this was a great reaction. Not sure if it was mentioned already but the first use of the 'Brains' trope for zombies was from The Return of the living dead, hopefully you get around to it but it was the first time a zombie said and ate Braaaaaains. 🤣
ScottishSammo
2025-06-09 10:34:56 +0000 UTCThere's multiple uploads of Dawn on Youtube :) For Cinebinge's info, there's multiple different cuts as well; the one that's 127 mins (theatrical or US cut) is Romero's preferred version. The European version was recut by a different director (Dario Argento) and is shorter, then there's a 'complete' cut that's longer and includes working shots etc, but doesn't have the original intended soundtrack.
michael murray
2025-06-08 19:34:10 +0000 UTCUnfortunately you probably won't be able to see dawn of the dead, but day of the dead is very watchable
Old School Drew
2025-06-08 17:59:38 +0000 UTCThe 1990 remake with Tony Todd. ❤️ Perfectly complements the 1968 version.
Keerit Thind
2025-06-08 16:42:28 +0000 UTCIf you ever have a question about the origins of monster myths, I can only recommend this PBS series: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KIGmsxBMnjA&list=PL_lsQEz7yLOpq278N-4I72cTXlRE1kVUN&index=68 (Might have mild spoilers, because they do talk about which pop culture thing had what creature when.) This still holds up, a bit of repeated text with okay acting, but the lead Duane Jones knocks it out of the park. The movie was really bold and doing several firsts of the genre, really impressive for a low budget film. Romero really had an eye on what causes the greatest discomfort. You should watch the original Dawn of the Dead, in the Agento cut especially it still beats the remake (my warm take for the day).
Philipp Roensch
2025-06-08 13:05:20 +0000 UTC“Is that sign shot up?” Welcome to rural America.
Matthew Abbott
2025-06-08 10:34:48 +0000 UTC1:32:14 I need to grow the f-ck up. Probably the hardest I’ve laughed all week
Mattheu Dean
2025-06-08 04:33:54 +0000 UTCTime for you guys to watch the Walking Dead show!
Allen Pass
2025-06-08 04:12:11 +0000 UTCThe acting is a little uneven here and there, but overall it’s quite good. Duane Jones is excellent and Russell Streiner (Johnny) was really good too, so it was too bad that his role ended so quickly! Judith O'Dea (Barbara) did a really nice job portraying someone who was almost paralyzed with shock. I was wondering if the scene in “A Quiet Place” where the kids ride the truck shifted into neutral back to the house was an homage to the scene with the car here? George, you are spot on, O’Dea really does look quite a bit like Juno Temple (Keely)! She is in the movie “Unsane” (2018), as well as “Venom, The Last Dance” (2024) which is a lot of fun (the whole Venom series is worth watching). The “...creatures from outer space” was a rumor going around that was mentioned on the news report. The naked undead woman had a paper tag tied around her wrist, I suppose in lieu of a toe tag or something, which might be harder to see in the movie. The flag with the three stars that was on the front of the car that the Army officer and two scientists get into was mounted upside down! I really do not think that race was an element in this movie at all. Romero said as much and in no point in the entire movie do any of the people in the house with Ben say nothing remotely racist to him, or even hint at it, particularly Cooper. In fact, everyone but Cooper is completely civil towards him. At the very end, when Ben is shot, one of the militia men says, “There's something in there, I heard a noise” and then moments later just as Ben looks out, he is almost immediately shot. And afterword, no one makes any kind of racial remark. Of course, he is literally the *only* black character in the entire movie. I think it would have been better if there were at least a few black people among the militia men. Pittsburgh had its problems in the 1960s and I’m sure the suburbs and outlying areas did have some racist people, but it wasn’t exactly like the Deep South. And the US military was completely integrated right after the Korean War, by 1954, with black and white men serving in mixed units during that war. The movie takes place more than a decade after that, so especially given the mention of the National Guard, it would not be uncommon to see black and white troops operating together. Surely, there would have been black men asked to help or volunteer in any civilian militia units, especially in a Northern city like Pittsburgh and the area nearby. That said, I was so glad to see society hadn't fallen apart. That's a trope I'm really sick of with movies like this. Anyway, fun reaction. This was the second time I watched the movie. An interesting and even older movie about an apocalypse is "The World, the Flesh and the Devil" from 1959. I don't want to say too much about it, but check it out sometime.
REDR58
2025-06-08 02:56:10 +0000 UTCMy first ever all nighter was after me and my brother watched a double feature of this and ‘Blacula’ when I was 9. Grandma shut all lights off at 9:30 so I laid on my back in the darkness until the sun came up
Mattheu Dean
2025-06-08 02:27:52 +0000 UTCWhat keyboard is Simone rocking over there... Never seen one in that color scheme...
Logan Nelson
2025-06-07 23:46:37 +0000 UTC"Use the board with the nail" ....you really are a Simpsons fan, George. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zGEiK9StSfQ
Jimmie V
2025-06-07 21:10:38 +0000 UTCrecommend:-The Day of the Triffids (1963)
nigel Macbug
2025-06-07 19:45:48 +0000 UTCAs far as when 'zombie' became used in the modern popular sense then that might be, at least in part, down to the 70s Italian films Zombi and Zombi 2 (aka Zombie Flesh Eaters). The first of which was just a re-edit of Dawn of the Dead for the Italian market, and the second of which was set on a Caribbean island with voodoo elements. This creates a confusing timeline in some territories where Dawn of the Dead exists in the 'Zombi' series of movies. I don't know if these were the first, but Zombie Flesh Eaters was kind of a schlock cult classic in its own way with more gore and decomposed looking zombies and probably fairly influential in future zombie media in its own right.
Ian Tellam
2025-06-07 19:38:15 +0000 UTCI've seem people recomment Dawn of the Dead both the remake and original (tho you've seen the remake already), Day of the Dead, and land of the dead. I agree with all. I've also seen people recommend the Return of the Dead. It's not a sequel like the name implies, but still an offshoot in a way. It's a different tone entirely, but was it's own inspiration for a lot of zombie movies/shows that came after it. I also do want to mention the Night of the Living Dead remake. This original is superior in a lot of ways but the remake also outshines the original in someways. People generally love both, even if they usually prefer the original. I'm that weird guy who prefers the remake (I love both). Only because I saw it as a kid, didn't know it was a remake until years later, and didn't see the original until in my 20s. So while I respect that the original did for not only the zombie franchise as a whole, but the horror genre as well, when I see or hear "night of the living dead" I will usually initially think of the remake. We all love some Tony Todd right? So I'd personally recommend that one also. Not sure what the general opinion on if it's a watch or skip, tho.
The scent of film and TV is all over this RUM. Smells like freaking tee ah WANNA
2025-06-07 19:37:52 +0000 UTCAs other people have commented, the original zombie was someone who through a ritual or being given some sort of potion would be turned into a mindless slave for their voodoo master. At this point they would do whatever they were told, which could be menial work, an act of violence, or according to the subtext of certain early zombie fiction, even become some kind of sex slave. This definition of zombie is still in use - for example in computing, where a zombie computer (or usually a large network of them) is infected with a virus to make it a slave machine for a purpose such as committing DNS attacks or mining bitcoin, usually unbeknownst to the user. As far as modern media zombies go, the flesh-eating ghoul part is more from European folklore surrounding the undead combined with the introduction of some pseudo-scientific element, such as a mysterious virus or the radiation mentioned here.
Ian Tellam
2025-06-07 19:21:31 +0000 UTCMovie recommendation: The Red Violin (1998)
Jonathan Eaton
2025-06-07 19:13:11 +0000 UTCIf you want to react to the sequel, there are plenty of free versions of "Dawn of the Dead" on youtube.
Nicholas DiNardi
2025-06-07 18:00:36 +0000 UTCThe Thing On Top of the Fridge: It is very likely that is an absorption refrigeration unit. Rather than relying on a compressor and electricity, an absorption fridge works by first heating coolant (water and ammonia) to drive the cycle, and has no moving parts to even break down, as opposed to a compression driven cycle, but its about a fifth as efficient. The neat part about this is that you just need a small heat source to drive it, like kerosene or even natural gas, so a rural farmhouse of that time period would very likely have such a device.
deskmerc
2025-06-07 17:48:56 +0000 UTCunfortunately no, public domain only covers the legal side of things, but YT still has an automated frame matching system that will instantly flag anything that it deems identical to something else pre-existing. IE channels that uploaded the whole movie long before us. It will instantly flag it and it can also allow the owners of those channels to take our video down. We've tested this with the 1920s Nosferatu and the day Steamboat Willie became public domain, both of which were instantly flagged.
George Simone
2025-06-07 17:45:57 +0000 UTCThis movie is in the public domain because of a copyright error. You could totally post this version on your youtube if you wanted.
djKENTO
2025-06-07 17:45:13 +0000 UTCGeorge - Yes and No. Many critics and scholars interpret "George Romero's Night of the Living Dead as a commentary on race and the civil rights movement, even though Romero himself said he didn't intend it as such. ..hence the film features a Black hero, Ben, who is the main character and ultimately killed by a group of white men, leading to interpretations of the film as a critique of racism and the fear of Black people in the era.
Joe Lazarus
2025-06-07 16:56:06 +0000 UTCI recommend watching the original Dawn of the Dead and then Day of the Dead. Land of the Dead is probably the last Romero movie I would recommend. Edit: Return of the Living Dead is also one I would recommend, you can watch that whenever as it's a soft non Romero sequel to Night of the Living Dead.
Twiska Brand
2025-06-07 16:55:15 +0000 UTCThe work print version is available on the criterion Blu-ray disc. It also has commentary from some of the actors and filmmakers.
REDR58
2025-06-07 16:24:33 +0000 UTCYou can see a similar kind of refrigerator in Rocky‘s apartment in the first Rocky movie.
REDR58
2025-06-07 16:23:49 +0000 UTCSo, I'm afraid this will turn into an essay, but here goes: We all have it wrong. What we think of as Zombies are "ghouls"; dead who eat the living. "Zombies", as has been said, originated more in the vicinity of Haiti, and are either the reanimated dead, or ones who have been drugged and appear to be dead, who are controlled by a "zombie master" who marshals them. They are never called zombies in Romero's movies, but are referred to as ghouls. I once asked John Russo, who cowrote this film, when "ghouls" became "zombies" and he admitted to not knowing (while I had him there, I asked the most important question: Zombies, fast or slow? His reply was "Slow zombies, fast food"). After this film he and co-writer, George Romero, went on to separate projects and decided who could use which words in their film titles. The producers of this film operated a film company that did commercial and industrial films, and decided that they might make a few bucks by making a horror film for the then-profitable drive-in circuit. As should be obvious, the MPAA rating system did not yet exist, and the violence in this pushed the envelope. They covered the zombie food with chocolate syrup for the same reason Hitchcock used it for blood in "Psycho", because it read well as blood in B&W. Many of the zombies were friends and relatives of the production company, with some locals. The nude zombie was an artist's model. After this, Russo wrote another script, which eventually mutated into "Return of the Living Dead" (1985), which was directed by Dan O'Bannon (writer of "Alien"). "Return of. . " was more meta and refers to "Night of. . " as a movie. It is also equal parts horrifying and funny, and is the origin of the "Brains!" trope. So, everyone has it wrong: these are not "zombie" moves, they are "ghoul" movies. no one involved with the originals or their sequels ever referred to them as zombies. PS - When Johnny says "They're coming to get you Barbra", he is doing a bad Boris Karloff impression. In Shawn of the Dead, when they decide to rescue Shawn's mother, Ed yells into the phone, "We're coming to get you Barbara!" PPS - Although the Pennsylvania farmhouse where they filmed is gone, the basement survives. It was never the basement of the farmhouse, it was the basement of the offices where the production company resided, in Pittsburgh. PPPS - Judith O'Dea and Russell Streiner (Barbra and Johnny) are both still alive and well. PPPPS - Not a gardening tool - a cement trowel used in cement work and brick laying.
Kinokind
2025-06-07 14:31:00 +0000 UTC👆
Robert Cooper
2025-06-07 13:47:47 +0000 UTCRomero's zombies were typically portrayed as much smarter than the average zombies in other movies. The quality of his movies varies but Land of the Dead showed his idea of zombies the best imo.
DeAndrew Greene
2025-06-07 13:46:37 +0000 UTCSimones intro talk is even more funny after the Lego stream
Scribbles_the_mouse
2025-06-07 13:44:10 +0000 UTCthe bit on the top of the fridge was the compressor and condenser coils. the bit that makes it a fridge ;)
rictus grin
2025-06-07 13:37:48 +0000 UTCfor future horror picks i would suggest the original Wicker Man and to continue the zombie theme Return of the Living Dead the first zombie horror/comedy.
rictus grin
2025-06-07 13:23:22 +0000 UTCThere were zombie movies before this, but the idea of zombies were very different. Zombies in the 30s were reanimated by a ritual (usually some form of voodoo) and they acted at the bidding of a master. Romero introduced the idea of mass reanimation of the dead, with no apparent motivation other than eating people. His movies also introduced the idea of zombies as social commentary.
Pam Nail
2025-06-07 13:22:27 +0000 UTCthe first zombie movies were in the 1930's, up until George Romero zombie movies Leant into the Voodoo of it all
rictus grin
2025-06-07 13:17:05 +0000 UTCwelcome to Middle age when the partying really slows down
rictus grin
2025-06-07 13:14:53 +0000 UTCi really like one of Georges movies without dead in the title Knightriders
rictus grin
2025-06-07 13:14:31 +0000 UTCI think the whole eating brains thing began with The Return Of The Living Dead, 1984. One of the most classic zombie films ever. Please react to it or may zombies eat your brains.
FischerMax98
2025-06-07 12:58:46 +0000 UTCPoor George Romero and his copy right issues. Then again, the dude moved on and really made something of himself.
PIG
2025-06-07 12:24:46 +0000 UTCRESIDENT. EVIL.
Odd Thomas
2025-06-07 12:23:48 +0000 UTCThey originally planned to call this Night of the Flesh Eaters. Also the work print version was titled Night of Anubis.
Marko T.
2025-06-07 12:08:27 +0000 UTC
