Continuity mistake: When Ben, Tom and Judy are trying to escape from the zombies in the truck, it is dark, but when the zombies are giving chase, dawn is breaking, and when the truck gets to the gas pump it is now dark once more. This is just one of a number of scenes in this film that change from darkness to daylight and vice-versa.
Night of the Living Dead (1968)
Plot summary
Directed by: George A. Romero
Starring: Duane Jones, Judith O'Dea, Judith Ridley, Karl Hardman, Keith Wayne, Marilyn Eastman
After visiting their father's grave, Barbra and Johnny see a zombie in the cemetery. The zombie attacks Johnny and Barbra drives away to a cottage. A man named Ben also arrives at the cottage. Ben boards up the house and later discovers another family in the cellar. Now they must all fight for their lives against the zombies.
More mistakes in Night of the Living Dead
Newscaster: Reports, incredible as they may seem, are not the results of mass hysteria.
Harry Cooper: "Mass hysteria?" What do they think, we're imagining all this?
Ben: Shut up.
Trivia: The scene where Barbara crashes the car into the tree wasn't scripted originally; an accident that put a large dent in the car before the scene was shot prompted George Romero to re-write the scene in such a way that the dent is justified.
Question: Are 'Dawn of the Dead' and 'Day of the Dead' the morning and day after 'Night of the Living Dead'?
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Answer: No. Each is a progression of several weeks or years.
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