Night of the Living Dead (1968)

Night of the Living Dead screens at the Portland Art Museum on Saturday, October 31, from 2 PM to 4 PM. George A. Romero's 1968 horror classic runs an hour and 36 minutes, and it's not rated. The museum describes it as a smash hit that changed the genre forever, and it's a good place to start if you've never seen it—it's the movie that basically built the modern zombie.

The screening is part of PAM CUT @ The Whitsell, a month of horror classics at the museum that asks whether characters like Mia Farrow or Shelley Duvall can escape their haunted settings. It's not a one-off; the whole series is built around that theme, so this is just one piece of a larger program running through October.

There's more going on around it, too. PAM CUT runs alongside FRESH CUT FLOWERS x PAM CUT and Night Blooming Jasmine: A David Lynch Screening Weekend, which pairs Eraserhead (1977) and Lost Highway (1997) with a 35mm evening of Blue Velvet (1986) served with wine and music. If you're into the Lynch stuff, that's a separate weekend to keep on your radar.

Night of the Living Dead plays in The Whitsell Auditorium at the museum, 1219 SW Park Ave in Portland. It runs from 2 PM to 4 PM on Halloween day, so you'll be out by mid-afternoon with plenty of time left for whatever else you have planned that night.