Move over, vampires! As pandemic-tinged zombie retellings like The Last of Us are enjoying a resurgence, AFS is showing the godfather of the zombie genre: George A. Romero’s Night of the Living Dead. Much like another genre-defining horror classic, The Texas Chain Saw Massacre, this film was shot on a shoestring budget in a dilapidated farmhouse – this time outside Pittsburgh. What started as a late-night B-movie about a group of strangers fending off flesh-eating zombies from the graveyard next door ended up solidifying Romero’s status as a horror visionary. His daughter, Tina Romero, is set to release a queer zombie movie Queens of the Dead starring Margaret Cho, Jack Haven (I Saw the TV Glow), and Katy O’Brian (Love Lies Bleeding) this summer, so before you check out the next generation, remind yourself of the iconic original. – Lina Fisher
June 18 & 23