Nine Minutes of Lost Night of the Living Dead Footage Found
John Squires
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When Night of the Living Dead was released way back in 1968, the original distributor cut nearly ten minutes of footage from the classic zombie film. Despite how many times it’s been re-released over the years, that missing footage has never been included, nor has it ever been seen by us fans.
Soon, according to a hugely exciting bit of news, that will change.
As reported by user “spawningblue” over on the Blu-ray.com forums, George A. Romero was on hand at the Monster-Mania horror convention a couple weekends ago, and during a Q&A panel about his work and enduring legacy, the godfather of zombie cinema dropped a bombshell announcement.
Per the forum post…
“Apparently [Romero] has found a 16mm work print which includes the roughly 9 min. scene never before released on home media. This was a scene that takes place at the jump cut in the basement, including the largest zombie scene in the film!”
Several users on the Monster Kid Classic Horror Forum confirmed that Romero did indeed make that announcement at Monster-Mania, and one of them also noted that Martin Scorsese is working on a restoration of the film from the original negatives. The work print, apparently, turned up when elements were being gathered.
Nearly 50 years later, Night of the Living Dead will soon be complete. Shall we start celebrating?!
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