Night of the Living Dead. I tried watching it a couple days ago, but it has aged horribly. The protagonist is a “helpless screaming blonde” of the type that was unfortunately common in old Hollywood…
I’m pretty sure the protagonist was the black guy, Ben, which was a big deal in the 1960s due to the racial tensions that were going on at the time of its release.
I get that, and I understand that it was a big deal back then, but that’s what I mean by it aging horribly. A modern audience won’t recognize how revolutionary a competent black character was back then, they’ll just see the helpless screaming damsel in distress and the complete lack of any real suspense. “Living Dead” is better as a history lesson than as an actual movie.