How does the Night of the Living Dead compare to other Zombie films?

The Night of the Living Dead- the first zombocalypse movie. After watching the movie, all i can say is that it was definitely appropriate for the time period. Romero did not show the killing or mutilating of people or zombies. The version we watched had new music, so I assume that the original's was drawn back as well. The zombies in Night of the Living Dead were also different from many movies I have seen. The zombies were slow-moving, not strong, and could use simple tools. Another aspect of the film that was different was how the zombies came to be. They were simply dead people who then got radiation poisoning and became reanimated. The "zombie disease" was not spread through the bite, but a bite from a zombie could kill you. Finally, the only way to kill a zombie was to destroy its brain.

Zombieland, on the other hand, seems to differ from Night of the Living Dead quite a bit. First, there was an epidemic that caused the zombie outbreak, which spread to people if they were bitten by a zombie. On the bright side, you could kill a zombie just by murdering them like you would a human being (just don't forget the double-tap). Often times, the killing of zombies would appear to be like a game, and blood would spatter everywhere. Ruben Fleischer spared no decency in the killing of the zombies. His zombies also were rather stupid, and used no tools. However, the zombies could run and climb.

As you can also see, the zombies are definitely different in appearance. In the 60's, the cinemas were not as open as they are today.

In essence, Night of the Living Dead simply broke the zombie barrier in films. Although the quality of the zombocalypse may have dated, it opened the gates for our favorite zombie movies.