Currently being remade like everything else that George A. Romero has touched, this classic deserves it as much as the next. A tightly made though is must be said over-edited horror film. It tells the story of a man-made vaccine gone horribly wrong. "Trixie wasn't developed as a form of defence, Trixie was developed as a biological weapon". A much more plausible basis for bad things to happen than its radiation-spewing-fallen-satalite predecessor, Night of the Living Dead (1968).
Three films and five years later Romero returns to what he does best, pure horror. Something up and coming filmmakers like Jaume Balagueró and Paco Plaza owe a lot to with their wonderful twist on Blair Witch Project (1999), [rec] (2007). Watch that and think about the moments when unsuspecting victims approach already converted bad guys, you saw it here first.
Other notable mentions include the consistent and wonderful drum rolls which take place whenever the army are on screen. A clever narrative device used to build tension and pace. I particularly liked the car chase sequences, again mashed with an intriguing soundtrack, this time the ever wonderful banjo. I wonder if it was this cringing before Ned Beatty went rowing with his friends.
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