Special screening of George A. Romero's 1968 classic Night of the Living Dead at Majestic Bay as part of the Retro Night series.
Majestic Bay is bringing George A. Romero's Night of the Living Dead back to the big screen on Wednesday, October 21. It's a screening of the 1968 original, the black-and-white horror classic that basically invented the modern zombie. If you've only ever seen it in clips or on a small screen, seeing it in a theater is the way it was meant to be watched.
The screening is part of Majestic Bay's Wednesday Retro Night series, and there's a detail about the program that's worth knowing: the titles are chosen by the cinema's social media audience rather than by the management. It's a community-driven lineup, so the movies that make the cut are the ones the regulars actually want to see. Night of the Living Dead is a natural fit for October, and it's the kind of movie that works better in a room full of people than alone on a couch.
To get a sense of the range the series covers, you only have to look at what's come before. Past Retro Nights have brought back the 1997 love story Love Jones, with Larenz Tate and Nia Long, as well as a 25th-anniversary celebration of the theater itself, which paired a screening of Singin' in the Rain with a short documentary about the cinema. It's not just one genre or era; the titles jump from romantic drama to musical to horror, and the common thread is that they're all being brought back for a new audience.
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Tickets are $15.50, which includes all fees. The screening is at Majestic Bay Theatres, 2044 N.W. Market St. in Seattle, on Wednesday, October 21.
