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| Above, Ben finds the Winchester 94 rifle. |
One of the most popular cult movies ever is Night of the Living Dead, the 1968 George A. Romero zombie movie that wound up being named by the Library of Congress for inclusion in the National Film Registry for preservation. I remember first seeing it with my parents at the movies when it was first released.
From the IMFDB:
Night of the Living Dead is a 1968 horror movie directed by George A. Romero and was the first in Romero's "Dead Series" which includes Dawn of the Dead (1978), Day of The Dead (1985), Land of the Dead (2005), Diary of the Dead (2007), and Survival of the Dead (2010). Night of the Living Dead of the living dead is credited for creating the modern horror archetype of the Zombie, flesh eating undead that can be killed only through the destruction of the brain, despite being referred to only as Ghouls during the films actual dialog. A 1990 remake was directed by make-up special effects artist/actor Tom Savini. The movie was selected in 1999 by the U.S. Library of Congress for preservation in the National Film Registry. In order for a movie to be selected for preservation in the NFR it has to be deemed "culturally, historically or aesthetically significant"
During the movie, a number of firearms were featured, including a Winchester 94.
On the Winchester 94, the IMFDB wrote:
Ben (Duane Jones) finds a Winchester 1894 who uses it for most of the film until it is taken away from him by Harry Cooper (Karl Hardman).
Other firearms included a Winchester Model 70, Winchester Model 250M, Pattern 1914 Enfield, Lee Enfield No.I MkIII, Ithaca 37 Shotgun, Smith & Wesson Model 10 and a Walther PP.
