Night of the Living Dead (1968)

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.