Night of the Living Dead

Directed by George A. Romero in 1968 Night of the Living Dead follows the encounters of a group of seven survivors who barricade themselves inside of a farmhouse during a zombie outbreak, radiation originating from a fallen NASA satellite from Venus is being suggested as a cause for the horrifying occurrences of the recently deceased returning to life to feast on living flesh.

Night of the Living Dead is currently in the Public Domain

Night of the Living Dead lapsed into the public domain because the original theatrical distributor, the Walter Reade Organization, neglected to place a copyright indication on the prints. In 1968, United States Copyright Law required a proper notice for a work to maintain a copyright. Image Ten displayed such a notice on the title frames of the film beneath the original title, Night of the Flesh Eaters. The distributor removed the statement when it changed the title. According to George Romero, Walter Reade "ripped us off".

Because of the public domain status, the film is sold on home video by several distributors. As of 2006, the Internet Movie Database lists 23 copies of Night of the Living Dead retailing on DVD and nineteen on VHS.

The original film is available to view or download free on Internet sites such as Google Video, Internet Archive and Youtube As of October 2, 2008, it was the Internet Archive's second most downloaded film, with over half a million downloads.

Directed: George A. Romero

Produced: Karl Hardman, Russell Streiner