The The group of police and the other cops. 1968 was to be one of America's most turbulent and traumatic years of the 20th century,

an increasingly unpopular war in Vietnam raged on as more

and more veterans went over to die. The assassination of Martin Luther King sparked riots

across the country. Fear, anger and distrust on all sides began

overwhelming a nation. And in response, American cinema was beginning to change forever.

Reaction of law enforcement officials is one of complete bewilderment at this hour.

So far we have been unable to determine that any kind of organised... But it was one movie in particular, a micro budget film shot in Pittsburgh by a man

named George Romero and his friends about everyday Americans returning from the dead as flesh-eating creatures called

ghouls that would capture the mood of the era like no other, change the zombie movie forever,

and become one of the most important movies not just in horror but in all of cinema

Join me as we continue exploring the evolution of the zombie movie and we explore

George Romero's game-changing masterpiece, Night of the living dead.

They're coming to get you Barbara. Welcome back to the evolution of horror.

My name is Mike and as ever I am your host.

If you're tuning in for the first time, then welcome. In this podcast we explore and

dissect the evolution of the horror genre by looking at particular sub-jomras across several weeks.

We are currently in the middle of exploring the evolution of the zombie movie and this is part

four in which as the intro suggested we are going to be talking about one of the biggies the movie that

changed everything night of the living dead from 1968 now this is your

spoiler warning if you haven't seen this you know one of the most important movies in the genre,

then please do go away and watch it because we are going to be talking about this movie

in depth. Every moment of this film is going to be covered all the way through

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