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Best Horror Movies: Stephen King on the ‘Helpless Terror’ of ‘Night of the Living Dead’
Author Stephen King recalls the 'helpless terror' of George A. Romero's 'Night of the Living Dead.'
I’ll never forget the smarmy older brother doing his bad Boris Karloff imitation — “They’re coming to get you, Barbara… there’s one now!” He’s pointing to the elderly wino stumbling among the gravestones, only the elderly wino turns out to be a reanimated corpse, and when Barbara locks herself in her car, she discovers that the smarmy brother — Johnny — has taken the keys. This movie has lost its elemental power over the years — has become almost a Midnite Madness joke, like “Rocky Horror” — but I still remember the helpless terror I felt when I first saw it. And now that I think of it, there’s a real similarity to “Blair Witch,” both with minimal or no music, both cast with unknown actors who seem barely capable of summer stock in Paducahville, both with low-tech special effects.
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