Of all the years that I have been assaulting my poor mind with various horror films, this is one film that I never, for some odd reason, got around to watching. Of course I had always heard about it, yet I never really felt compelled to go rent it until today. After this one was over, I could easily see what all the fuss was about especially back in 1968. The story is very simple, a group of people board themselves up in a farmhouse that is under attack by the living dead, whom are all too eager to dine on the human flesh inside. What was interesting to me about the film was watching how all the characters interacted with each other, in light of the peculiar situation they are in. I enjoyed the fact that the character of Ben, who is black, appears as the smartest and best leader of the group, over the rest of the white cast. For 1968, this was a relatively new concept, especially if you think of all the civil rights stuff going on at the time. The scenes of the zombies trying to get in the house were very effective and the f/x, though crude by today’s standards, did the job nicely. I can imagine how shocking all the intestine munching and other pleasantries in the film were in 68! The only negative that I can think of was that the pacing did drag on at times, and some of the acting was pretty amateurish, though that I suppose was to be expected due to the low budget. The downbeat ending really helped put the nail in the coffin so to speak, in terms of this being pretty much a very bleak film. I thought of the phrase “no one gets out alive” after seeing it. Look for the pretty creepy montage of scenes right as the movie ends, I found that to be very cool. All in all, a classic film has that inspired countless rip-offs, and still has the power to scare after all these years.