Night of the Living Dead

Theatrical - Wide 1990-10-19

Cast Patricia Tallman Tony Todd McKee Anderson Bill Moseley Tom Towles
Directed by Tom Savini

Box Office Gross: $5,835,247

Running Time: 88 minutes

Language: English

Production Company: 21st Century Film Corporation, Menahem Golan Productions

Genres: Horror

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8/10

Synopsis

A ragtag group barricade themselves in an old Pennsylvania farmhouse to remain safe from a horde of flesh-eating ghouls ravaging the Northeast.

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