1968
HorrorThriller
Night of the Living Dead
Seven people trapped in a rural farmhouse are besieged by a growing group of reanimated, flesh-eating ghouls in George A. Romero's genre-defining masterpiece.
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The Landmark 1960s
2 Preserved Masterpieces Indexed
Epoch Historical Narrative
Independent Counter-Culture Realism & Splatter Horror
The 1960s saw a massive shift toward independent filmmaking, psychological terror, and counter-culture realism. Splatter cinema and modern zombie tropes were born as filmmakers shattered old studio constraints, producing raw, low-budget masterpieces that addressed pressing social undercurrents.
Away from the lavish soundstages of Hollywood, independent regional directors leveraged portable 16mm/35mm camera gear to film highly visceral, gritty tales. George A. Romero's Night of the Living Dead (1968) and Herk Harvey's Carnival of Souls (1962) bypassed glamorous theatrical standards, injecting genuine, unsettling psychological dread, social subtext, and haunting atmospheric scores directly into the indie film circuit.
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1960s
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Landmark 1960s Catalog
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1962
HorrorMysteryThriller
Carnival of Souls
After surviving a drag race accident, a young church organist moves to a new town, where she is stalked by a pale, phantom-like stranger and drawn to an abandoned pavilion.
1h 24mStream Free