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* [[Seinfeld Is Unfunny]]: ''Night'' completely rewrote how horror movies are made - more graphic, more political, more [[Kill 'Em All|nihilistic]]. Before this movie, even horror movies rarely had any [[Downer Ending]]. Nowadays they're expected. Today, this film would be relatively goreless, but still pretty scary.

* [[What Do You Mean ItsIt's Not for Kids?]]: This shock movie was the first of its kind - parents were used to their children going to a saturday afternoon matinee seeing "scary" movies with monsters in rubber suits, little gore, and upbeat endings. The MPAA rating system still hadn't been established. [[Roger Ebert]] noted that when he went to see it the children in the theater weren't taking it very well in the second half.

* [[What Do You Mean ItsIt's Not Political?]]: A lot of people have argued that the movie was making a statement about race via the conflict between Ben and Cooper, {{spoiler|not to mention the ending where Ben gets shot}}. Actually, however, Ben being black had far more to do with Duane Jones simply being the best actor to audition for the role. [http://www.homepageofthedead.com/films/night/interviews_1.html According to some production members], the only changes to the script to come of his casting was making Ben a smarter person (per the insistence of Jones, who was himself well-educated).