George A. Romero
Age: Duane Jones, Judith O’Dea, Karl Hardman, Marilyn Eastman, Keith Wayne, Judith Ridley, Kyra Schon
You Aughta Know: "If you have a gun, shoot 'em in the head. That's a sure way to kill 'em. If you don't, get yourself a club or a torch. Beat 'em or burn 'em. They go up pretty easy."
"If you have a gun, shoot 'em in the head. That's a sure way to kill 'em. If you don't, get yourself a club or a torch. Beat 'em or burn 'em. They go up pretty easy."

It’s black-and-white (strike one) and the undead move like molasses (strike two), but if you sleep on Romero’s subversive classic about zombie apocalypse survivors hiding out in a farmhouse (and the Vietnam War, racism, modern media, government, etc.), we’ll have to strike you from planet Earth.