News Update: Release date for Birth of the Living Dead

Since 2012 a small, independent documentary now entitled Birth of the Living Dead has been making the rounds at certain film festivals. Now it has been confirmed that the documentary will be made available via multiple platforms from October 15th.

Birth of the Living Dead is a documentary that tells the tale of college drop-out George A. Romero and his unlikely film crew, who subsequently made a certain low budget horror film in 1968, known as Night of the Living Dead. This film is often perceived as one of the most iconic horror films of all time and is arguably the original source from which the zombie sub-genre has been shaped to this day. 

The documentary covers the film's production and explores America's socio-cultural climate at the time of the film's release - a tumultuous era of racial and civil unrest, set amongst the horrors of Vietnam. It details Romero's pivotal creation of the horrifying undead that we are familiar with today, and how this provided a profound insight into American culture at its most difficult time. 


Details are to be confirmed but the release dates thus far are as follows;
iTunes - October 15th Limited theater release in the US - October 18th Video On Demand services - November 6th 
Check the official website for more details.