George Romero is an icon among horror movie fans. His iconic 1968 film Night of the Living Dead created a new genre in the form of the apocalyptic zombie movie, spawning five sequels and an almost uncountable number of imitators. His 1973 movie The Crazies (which was recently remade pretty well by Breck Eisner) unleashed a kind of government-caused-outbreak paranoia that was the antecedent of what Stephen King would later exploit in The Stand. Romero and King would collaborate on a celebration of...
Great interview. Romero better make those other two, no matter how small the budget I'll always watch zombie movies. Its about the genre and culture not quality. It makes it more realistic too.
Hope his next film is non zombie. The Crazies, Martin, Knightriders, Two Evil Eyes, The Dark Half, Bruiser are equally amazing but overlooked due to his success with the Dead movies. Romero truly is one of the greatest ever.
Love what the guy started, but I saw this 2 days ago and it was one of the worst 'films' Ive ever sat through. I almost (and should have) turned it off 30min in.
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masseuse
Italy
February 2010
MAY 23, 2010 03:41 PM
Romero is secretly a zombie He has the best male-up ever (to seem a human...)
Missy
SUICIDEGIRL
California, USA
MAY 13, 2010 06:00 AM