In his piece about the film, Stephen King argues that time and pop culture have sucked some of the scariness out of Night Of The Living Dead, but it’s nonetheless a title that left him with indelible memories thanks to its grimness and minimalism. King writes,

Tis the season for binge-watching Stephen King adaptations. The King of Horror has as many horror adaptations floating around out there as he does books with his name on them. Watching a horror flick based on King's work is a yearlong delight but getting through a bunch of them during the Halloween season just hits different.

This essay by Stephen King on his favorite horror movie of all time is one of several contributed as part of Variety's 100 Best Horror Movies of All Time package. I thought deeply about this question,