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Originally posted by Blood-Pigggy@Nov 29 2005, 10:14 PM
They never did really set a standard for horror movies...
They didn't do anything like Pyscho did, or even Halloween, but they definetly popularized the zombie sub-genre.
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I disagree. As far as I know, NotLD was the first movie to feature the kind of zombies that we all know and love today (that is the undead, mindless, flesh-eating sort). Zombies before NotLD usually appeared in a voodoo context, and didn't eat human flesh.
Also there is the thing about casting a black man as the hero, although admittedly, Romero has commented that they did that only because Duane Jones was the best actor around.