"NIGHT OF THE LIVING DEAD" LIVES AGAIN
Halloween has given this critic a chance to watch "Night of the Living Dead "again on TV. Imagine my surprise to see a scene with radio broadcasts warning the public of Zombies on the loose: one such location was Cumberland, Maryland, a small, remote town where my father's family lived, including his cousin ( a judge ) and his nephew ( a pharmacist ). Not to mention a friend who was a cardiologist at the local hospital. While professional people existed in real life there, things were very different amidst the fictional world of Pittsburgh director George Romaro who explored an area where ordinary residents did their worse. (What is it with my Maryland hometown that also recalled another horror movie shot in a nearby isolated place: "The Blair Witch Project" ?) However, there are other questions to consider about this particular film, even 53 years after it was made: namely, is there anything relevant today that makes the work significant? Let