there's no way NOTLD was the first zombie movie. Did it pretty much reinvent the zombie movie sub-genre? Yes, but the Zombie movies were old news at the time, going at least as far back as the early 1930's. On the other hand, one could make the argument that M influenced the entire 'chasing the serial killer' thriller sub-genre, and that covers a lot of ground.
And Halloween, or maybe Black Christmas, started the teen slasher movies.
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