Directed by George A. Romero, the 1968 classic Night of the Living Dead revolutionized horror by introducing the modern, flesh-eating zombie. The film follows a group of strangers barricaded in a rural farmhouse, struggling to survive an onslaught of reanimated corpses. Beyond its visceral gore, the movie is celebrated for its stark, documentary-style cinematography and its subversive social commentary. By casting Duane Jones, a Black man, as the heroic lead, Romero challenged racial norms, culminating in a bleak, haunting ending that remains one of the most powerful in cinema history.