First released in October 1968 and made for a disappointing $114,000, Night of the Living Dead was created by a team of film outsiders of Pittsburgh (IMDb.com). Image Ten, as they were later known, led by George Romero, created a horror film unlike any that had come before. Although the horror film has been around almost as long as cinema, Night of the Living Dead was revolutionary in its production, its historical subtext, and its lasting effects on the horror genre. Benjamin Hervey of the British Film Institute provides an analysis of the film as it was interpreted by critical audiences of the time. While it can be seen in part as a historical accident imposed by budget constraints, part of the film's mystique is how different it was to horror audiences of the day. Romero and the Image Ten team, working with black and white in an era when most mainstream films were released in color, were able to use black and white film to give it a certain documentary feel that it evoked feelings of newsreels from that day, which were still shot in black and white (Hervey 26). This certain credibility evoked is probably lost on contemporary audiences who grew up in an era where news and documentaries were delivered in color, but modern audiences should see parallels in the way The Blair Witch Project co-opted the use of VHS. cameras to produce a low-cost horror film with a realistic look. In another budget adaptation, the film crew, lacking the funds for cranes and dollies to do moving and panning shots, quickly switched between multiple shots for dynamic dialogue, giving a certain frenetic feel to the dialogic interactions ( Hervey 38). The style this lends to... middle of paper... a film that was revolutionary in its production, its subtext as historical reference, and its lasting effects on the horror genre. Works Cited The Blair Witch Project. Dir. Daniel Myrick and Eduardo Sanchez. Perf. Heather Donahue, Mike Williams and Josh Leonard. Haxan Films, 1999. Film."George A. Romero." IMDb. IMDb.com and Web. February 23, 2014. Hervey, Benjamin A. Night of the Living Dead. Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan, 2008. Print.Jennings, Dana. "They're... they're still alive!" The New York Times. The New York Times, October 26, 2013. Web. February 24, 2014. Night of the Living Dead. Dir. George A. Romero. By George A. Romero, George A. Romero and John Russo. Perf. Duane Jones, Judith O'Dea, Marilyn Eastman and Karl Hardman. Continental Distributing, Inc., 1968. Streaming."Night of the Living Dead." IMDb. IMDb.com and Web. February 20. 2014.