The Ford, in partnership with Street Food Cinema, is proud to present this special screening event of George A. Romero’s Night of the Living Dead—the seminal 1968 horror film that revolutionized the zombie genre in popular culture.

The film begins with a simple premise: a group of strangers take refuge in a remote farmhouse after a sudden outbreak of violent, undead creatures begins to ravage the countryside. As the group struggles to survive, tensions rise, and the true horror becomes not just the relentless zombies outside but also the psychological strain the survivors experience within.

While Night of the Living Dead is filled with chilling moments of terror, it also explores themes of isolation, fear, and the breakdown of social order in times of crisis. It was revolutionary in its portrayal of race and its subversion of genre conventions, offering a stark reflection of the era’s societal issues. Romero’s depiction of zombies as reanimated corpses ultimately became the blueprint for the genre, helping him earn the nicknames “Godfather of the Dead” and “Father of the Zombie Film.”

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