On October 31st, 1984, Elvira Mistress of the Dark (played by Cassandra Peterson) hosted an MTV Halloween Special originally called Macabre TV: Elvira's Halloween Special where she appeared in comedic segments with guests John Carradine, Laraine Newman, Todd Rundgren, and Cheech Marin as she presented music videos and the 1968 film Night of the Living Dead.
This YouTube video contains just Elvira's segments and the full film, the commercials and music videos have been edited out...
...or Watch the FULL 5 hour special with commercials and music videos on Archive.org...
...or YouTuber Elvira’s Vault edited in a higher quality version of the film with Elvira's VHS qaulity MTV segments:
The Elvira character first appeared on Movie Macabre a show that aired locally from 1981 to 1986 where she hosted horror and science fiction genre B movies. The show was revived in 2010 as Elvira's Movie Macabre where public domain films were shown and lasted until 2012. In this first episode of the revival, Elvira decides to clean out her basement, relaunch "Movie Macabre," and hosts "Night of the Living Dead."
MasTERRORpiece Theatre is a Halloween special that originally aired on WKBD-TV Channel 50 on October 31, 1996, where Detroit, Michigan horror hosts Count Scary (Tom Ryan) and The Ghoul (Ron Sweed) try to out host each other as they present Night of the Living Dead.
Watch Night of the Living Dead: Live from Wisconsin Hosted by Mark & Mike with commercials:
On Halloween Night 2006, the defunct cable channel G4 Network aired a live showing of George A. Romero's Night of the Living Dead, hosted by Mark Borchardt and Mike Schank of American Movie fame, in the front yard of a home in Menomonee Falls, Wisconsin. The show featured Mark and Mike providing commentary for the film, as well as participating in several Halloween-centric activities, including the filming of the first-ever live horror movie. Presented complete with commercials.
Watch Dawn of the Dead (1978) Complete 1979 CBS Broadcast with Original Commercials:
The End of Summer's fan edit of George A. Romero's Dawn of the Dead as it may have looked if it premiered on network television in the late '70s, specifically December of 1979, modeled on the 1981 broadcasts of Halloween (1978) on NBC and The Exorcist (1973) on CBS. Language and gore effects have been edited out.
Watch Dawn of the Dead (1978) Theatrical Cut in Fullscreen:
This is a rip of the HBO Video VHS released in the US by distributor Weintraub Entertainment Group in 1989.
Watch unedited full film in fullscreen at YouTube:
1997 Video Treasures, Elite Entertainment and Anchor Bay Entertainment VHS cover:
Watch Dawn of the Dead (1978) The Original Director's Cut in Widescreen:
A rip of Video Treasures and Elite Entertainment VHS released in the US by distributor Anchor Bay Entertainment in 1997. The 2-tape set contains the complete film on tape 1 and domestic/international trailers on tape 2.
Watch unedited full film in widescreen at YouTube:
Watch Dawn of the Dead (1978) Accidentally Un-letterboxed Cannes Cut Fullscreen
In late 1996, when the Cannes cut was first officially released in the US on VHS by Anchor Bay (Incorrectly labeled the "Directors Cut"), the first print released was accidentally not letterboxed. This was a mistake and other reprints were matted correctly, as the back of the VHS cover says its 'letterboxed'. What you get is a little extra frame on the top and bottom. As far as I know, this version is the only version to have that of the Cannes cut. There is also no marking on the box telling you which version is which. I also read that the original, non-letterboxed copies were recalled.
Watch unedited full film and trailers in fullscreen at YouTube:
Japanese VHS covers:
Watch Dawn of the Dead (1978) Partial Japanese TV Broadcast:
This is a VHS recording of a Japanese TV broadcast with introduction that aired in Japan in October 1980. This release uses music from Susperia as the soundtrack, is dubbed in Japanese, has an exploding intro, a typed background on what caused the dead to reanimate and includes a Japanese TV host introducing and discussing the movie.
At the time, the post-production staff ordered a tape of the M&E track from the rights agency to make a Japanese dubbing for the film. The sound quality was so poor that it couldn't be used in its entirety for broadcast. Therefore, the production crew appropriated another film's soundtrack, and all the sound effects were reworked.
Also, gore scenes were drastically cut out and the dialogue was altered, which led to a flood of complaints from fans after the show. Therefore, two years later in July 1982, the soundtrack was replaced with the normal soundtrack and aired again.
...or watch on Archive, originally recorded on VHS then converted to DVD VOB files:
Here is a cam rip of the film in English with Japanese subtitles, also originally recorded on VHS then converted to DVD VOB files:
Austria VHS cover:
Germany VHS cover:
Watch Dawn of the Dead (1978) Uncut German Version on VHS:
A rip of German language VHS released in Austria and Germany by X-Rated KultVideos. Austria got an uncut version of the film and Germany received an edited version.
To celebrate films originally released during the VHS era, Shout! Factory TV offers a carefully curated collection of titles, digitized directly from the VHS tape source for an authentic VHS experience. Included are cult classics such as Kentucky Fried Movie, George Romero’s Day Of The Dead, and Never Too Young To Die starring a young John Stamos. They've also added related titles, including Adjust Your Tracking – The Untold Story Of The VHS Collector, and A Real Job, a comedy set in a 1980’s video rental store.
I couldn't embed the video here click the pic below to watch at TubiTV.com:
Expect to see clips from horror movies: Night of the Living Dead (1968), The Shining (1980), The Terminator (1984), a short film by John Carpenter called Captain Voyeur (1969), The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari (1920), Dressed to Kill (1980), Carnival of Souls (1962), Salem's Lot (1979), House on Haunted Hill (1959), Halloween (1978), The Bride of Frankenstein (1935), The Cell (2000), Halloween III: Season of the Witch (1982), Frankenstein (1910), The Man Who Laughs (1928), Begotten (1990), Nosferatu (1922), Demons (1985), The Blair Witch Project (1999), Plan 9 from Outer Space (1957), Phantasm (1979), and The Evil Dead (1981). Plus clips from kid's Halloween specials: Follow That Goblin (1992), Casper's Halloween Special (1979), The Adventures of Uncle Mistletoe (1948), Once Upon A Midnight Scary (1979) and vintage Halloween film strips.
Full playlist:
1. Danny Elfman - Pink Elephants On Parade (Dumbo soundtrack)
2. Ghoultown - By the Lantern Light
3. Twin Pumpkin - Spook Like Halloween
4. Dark Dark Dark - Dig A Grave
5. clipping. - Nothing is Safe
6. PJ Harvey - Red Right Hand (Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds cover)
7. Justin Hurwitz - Quarantine (First Man soundtrack)
8. Eddy Dixon - Relentless
9. The Haxan Cloak - Miste
10. The Moody Blues - Melancholy Man
11. The Tenth Stage - Francois Martin
12. Coil - Tattooed Man
13. Lee Presson and the Nails - The Resurrection Waltz (Christopher Young cover)
14. Joy Division - The Eternal
15. Mirel Wagner - 1 2 3 4 2:09
16. Michael Small - Rooftop Intruder (Klute soundtrack)
17. Castroe - The Call Final
18.Katzenjammer Kabarett - Gemini Girly Song
19. Tom Waits - Black Box Theme
20. Mann Sisters - Halloween Night
21. The Black Heart Procession - Stitched to My Heart
22. Jocelyn Pook - Masked Ball (Eyes Wide Shut soundtrack)
23. David Lynch - Cold Wind Blowin'
24. Roky Erickson - Night Of The Vampire
25. Goldfrapp - Lovely Head
26. The Roots (feat. Dice Raw, Greg Porn) - The Dark (Trinity)
27. Mark Governor - The Cemetery (Pet Sematary Two soundtrack)
28. The Last Word - Sleepy Hollow
29. Hipbone Slim and the Knee Tremblers - Dig That Grave!
30. John Carpenter, Cody Carpenter, & Daniel Davies - Halloween Triumphant (Halloween soundtrack)
31. Horrible Sounds Of Halloween Cassette
