Night of the Living Dead is being released in 3-D. Yes, there has already been a Night of the Living Dead 3D, but that is a different film. Instead this is the old 1968 black-and-white zombie film, directed by George A. Romero, that is being released in 3-D. For the 3-D version of Night of the Living Dead, they are taking the Legend Films version which was restored, colorized, and copyrighted. They then convert the film from 2-D into 3-D on a frame-by-frame basis using Passmorelab’s proprietary technology. To convert it into 3-D cost more than the original film’s $114,000 budget.

Since the original film was shown without its copyright notice, it fell into the public domain. You can see the full length original of of the movie on YouTube.

National Amusements, Inc., in partnership with San Diego-based 3D Production Studio PassmoreLab, announced today the first-ever 3D theatrical run of the classic 1968 zombie film “Night of the Living Dead, Now in 3D!”. The film will be presented at participating National Amusements theatres in the U.S. starting today, and in the U.K. through Halloween.

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