Without warning, an unsuspecting American public is exposed to a horrific situation - 'the dead are returning to life and attacking the living'. Seven people secluded in a Pennsylvania farmhouse face relentless attacks by reanimated corpses seeking to eat their flesh. The group, which includes a married couple and their daughter, a pair of young lovers, and an African American man, try to keep their sanity as the living dead try endlessly to enter the house until they are laid to rest by burning or a severe blow to the head. Who will survive the Night of the Living Dead?