Night of the Living Dead will be presented in its original aspect ratio of 1.37:1.

The screener is from the Criterion Collection’s restoration 4K/Blu-ray set, which was sourced from a digital transfer created in 4K resolution on Cineric’s wet-gate film scanner, primarily from the 35 mm original camera negative. For the few sections that proved impossible to scan from that element-approximately 1 percent of the feature film—a 35 mm fine-grain from 1968 was used. The transfer was supervised by director George A. Romero, co-screenwriter John A. Russo, sound engineer Gary R. Streiner, and producer Russell W. Streiner.

After the evaluation of eighteen separate source elements, the original monaural soundtrack was remastered under the supervision of Romero and Gary Streiner from the original quarter-inch mix masters, quarter-inch premix audio tape, a final composite 16 mm magnetic track, and the 16mm magnetic mix units. The restoration was performed at Audio Mechanics, led by John Polito.

The film’s restoration was made possible by the Museum of Modern Art and The Film Foundation, with funding provided by the George Lucas Family Foundation and the Celeste Bartos Fund for Film Preservation.