OVERALL: Draw

Draw between:
– R0 Elite Entertainment "Millennium Edition" for its notes, photo galleries and "Night of the Living Bread" short movie. It also includes both the original Mono and a Dolby Digital 5.1 soundtrack.
– R1 Genius Products, for its documentary and Romero interview. It has only a Dolby Digital 2.0 Surround soundtrack.
- R1 Criterion, for the exclusive extras including the workprint version of the film.
– R2 Italy, for its differing documentary, interview (in Italian only) and photo galleries. It also includes both the original Mono and a Dolby Digital 5.1 soundtrack.

Also note:
– If you're interested in a colorized version, R1 Off Color Films/Fox has a DTS soundtrack as well as an exclusive commentary track. It also offers the original Black and White 1968 version.
– R0 Slingshot is the only known edition to offer the 3-D version of the film.
– If you're interested in the 30th Anniversary Edition cut, R0 Anchor Bay has the best extras while the UK Trilogy of Dead set includes an exclusive documentary. Reports suggest that the image is cropped on all 4 sides.

There are many other "budget" versions to choose from, including discs from Madacy Entertainment, Parade, Goodtimes, United American Video, Prism Leisure Corporation, Moonstone Pictures and Tartan. Avoid them – they are awful transfers or bare-bones releases.

The following versions of the film are known to exist:
– The original Black and White 1968 cut.
- The "Night of Anubis" workprint cut.
– Colorized versions of the original 1968 cut.
– A 3-D version of the original 1968 cut.
– The 30th Anniversary Edition cut, replacing about 15 minutes of footage with 15 minutes shot for this edition. George A. Romero was not involved with this version.

Please also see this image-comparison from below:

CUTS:

• R0 America- Brentwood Home Video - No cuts. Original Black and White 1968 Cut (95:30 NTSC).
• R0 America- Slingshot Entertainment - No cuts. Includes both the Original Black and White 1968 Cut and the 3-D Version.
• R0 30th Anniversary Edition America- Anchor Bay Entertainment - No cuts. Includes both the Original Black and White 1968 Cut (92:34 - NTSC) and the 30th Anniversary Edition Cut (95:53 - NTSC).
• R0 Collector's Edition America- Elite Entertainment - No cuts. Original Black and White 1968 Cut (96:48 NTSC).
• R0 Elvira's Movie Macabre: Mega Movie Marathon America- Entertainment One - Yes. Shortened version with Elvira intro and epilogue (89:55 NTSC).
• R0 Millennium Edition America- Elite Entertainment - No cuts. Original Black and White 1968 Cut (96:21 - NTSC).
• R0 Australia- Devil Doll - No cuts (95:53 NTSC->PAL).
• R0 Australia- MRA Entertainment - No cuts (95:55 NTSC->PAL).
• R0 Australia- Payless Entertainment - No cuts (95:29 NTSC->PAL).
• R0 Australia- Umbrella Entertainment - No cuts (96:02 NTSC).
• R0 30th Anniversary Edition Australia- Force Video - No cuts. Includes both the Original Black and White 1968 Cut (92:34 - NTSC) and the 30th Anniversary Edition Cut (95:53 - NTSC).
• R0 40th Anniversary Edition Australia- Beyond Home Entertainment - No cuts (91:57 PAL).
• R0 France- Néo Publishing - No cuts. Original Black and White 1968 Cut (95:43 - PAL).
• R0 30th Anniversary Edition Norway-Sweden- Midget Entertainment - No cuts. 30th Anniversary Edition Cut (96:39 PAL).
• R0 United Kingdom- Boulevard Entertainment - No cuts. Colorized version only (95:41 PAL)
• R0 United Kingdom- Elstree Hill Entertainment - No cuts. Original Black and White 1968 version (95:54 PAL).
• R0 United Kingdom- Oracle Entertainment - No cuts. Original Black and White 1968 Cut.
• R0 United Kingdom- Prism Leisure - No cuts. Original Black and White 1968 version (95:46 PAL).
• R1 America- Criterion Collection - No cuts. Includes the Original Black and White 1968 Cut (96:30 NTSC) and the Workprint Version (85:04 NTSC).
• R1 America- Off Color Films/Twentieth Century Fox - No cuts. Includes both the Original Black and White 1968 Cut (95:24 NTSC) and the Colorized Version (96:48 NTSC).
• R1 40th Anniversary Edition America- Dimension Extreme/Genius Products - No cuts. Original Black and White 1968 Cut.
• R2 The Last Man on Earth Germany- Ostalgica / Media Target Distribution - No cuts - Original Black and White 1968 Cut (91:53 PAL).
• R2 40th Anniversary Collector's Edition Italy- No Shame - No cuts. Original Black and White 1968 Cut.
• R2 Scandinavia- CCV - No cuts. Contains both the Black-and-White and Colourized Versions of the 1968 cut (91:33 - PAL).
• R2 Scandinavia- Svensk Filmindustri - No Cuts. Original Black and White 1968 Cut (92:42 PAL).
• R2 Trilogy of the Dead Scandinavia- Paramount Home Entertainment - No cuts. Original Black & White Version (95:47 PAL).
• R2 United Kingdom- 2 Entertain/Cinema Club - No cuts. original Black and White 1968 Cut.
• R2 United Kingdom- Stax Entertainment - No cuts. Includes both the Original Black and White 1968 Cut and the Colorized Version.
• R2 30th Anniversary Edition United Kingdom- Third Millennium - No cuts. 30th Anniversary Edition Cut.
• R2 Collector's Edition United Kingdom- Contender - Yes. Original Black and White 1968 Cut, but the following is missing (no BBFC cuts) (91:14 PAL):
  - Zombie fighting over large amount of intestines on floor.
  - Zombie eating flesh off bone.
  - Zombie biting/ripping flesh off hand.
  - Zombie eating offal then turning to camera.
  - The "trowel murder" has been reduced from 14 stabs to 3 (almost the entire scene has gone, including shots of blood on the wall during the stabbing).
• R2 George A. Romero's Trilogy of the Dead United Kingdom- Anchor Bay Entertainment - Yes, but only to Dawn of the Dead which has been cut by 0:06 by the BBFC.
  The following has been cut:
  - A male zombie's head being blown off by a shot-gun (0:01).
  - A black zombie biting his wife's arm: we still see the bite, but not the spurt of blood immediately afterwards (0:01).
  - Two zombie kids being blown away (0:04).
  Night of the Living Dead is the 30th Anniversary Edition Cut.
  The Day of the Dead disc does not suffer from the dialogue alterations.

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Comparison added by Adrian_Busby on 16/09/01
Comparison last updated by James-Masaki_Ryan on 23/10/21

UPDATE LOG:

30/03/12: Major clean-up.
15/07/11: Addition of the Scandinavian edition.
05/04/13: R0 UK (Boulevard Entertainment) added.
09/10/15: Added Scandinavia Paramount, ASINs, capsaholic.
28/11/15: Added Norway-Sweden Midget, UK Prism Leisure, UK Elstree, Scandinavia SF.
05/02/17: Added US Elvira set.
15/03/17: Added Australia Umbrella, Australia 40, Australia Payless, Australia MRA.
13/02/18: Addition of the Criterion release.
23/02/18: Merged the UK Trilogy of The Dead release to this page.
14/01/19: Added Germany Ostalgia.
26/05/20: Added title.
22/10/21: Dates.
23/10/21: Removed copyright date.