‘Five grisly tales from a kid's comic book about a murdered father rising from his grave, a bizarre meteor, a vengeful husband, a mysterious crate's occupant, and a plague of cockroaches.’ This anthology was the big collaboration between Romero with his friend, horror author Stephen King. But does this convergence of two horror heavyweights work? …
Continue reading George A Romero Reviewed- Day 9- Creepshow (1982)
‘A medieval reenactment troupe struggles to maintain its family-like dynamic amid pressure from local authorities, interest from talent agents, and their "King's" delusions of grandeur.’ A genuinely quirky and original idea (and not horror!) is delivered by Romero in this low-key gem. This was a labour of love for him (read how the set was …
Continue reading George A Romero Reviewed- Day 8- Knightriders (1981)
The sequel to George A Romero’s Night of the Living Dead shows that the zombie epidemic has gotten much worse and society is on its knees. Two television workers plan to escape with two SWAT team members in the TV station traffic helicopter in search of…whatever they can find that’s better than their current situation. …
Continue reading George A Romero Reviewed- Day 7- Dawn of the Dead (1978)
Martin is a young man who we see travelling by train to Braddock in Pittsburgh to live with his elderly cousin, Tata Cuda who seems convinced that Martin is the latest in a long line of vampires (‘the family curse’). The film centres around whether Martin is actually a vampire or if he is just …
Continue reading George A Romero Reviewed- Day 6- Martin (1977)
An old man in a white suit decides to experience life to its fullest by visiting an amusement park. He soon wishes he hadn’t. My eyes nearly popped out of my skull when I saw this film in a Romero filmography I was perusing recently. A lost Romero film? I’m there! The Amusement Park has …
Continue reading George A Romero Reviewed- Day 5- The Amusement Park (1975)
A biological weapon starts to turn the inhabitants of Evan’s City, Pennsylvania into homicidal maniacs. But don’t worry, the military are on the case… As you may have guessed, this isn’t an early 70’s romcom but is instead another film in which Romero gives us a glimpse into what it would look like if the …
Continue reading George A Romero Reviewed- Day 4- The Crazies (1973)
Joan Mitchell is unsatisfied with her suburban, domestic Pittsburgh life with her hard working businessman husband and hippie daughter. Maybe witchcraft will revitalise her life. Whilst this sounds like a horror film because of its dalliances with the occult, it’s really a very interesting character study and feminist critique of the day. In fact, I …
Continue reading George A Romero Reviewed- Day 3- Season of the Witch (1972)
Aka ‘The George A Romero film that isn’t horror’, was purportedly lost for many decades, something the director was pleased about as he hated it. But, then it was rediscovered and released firstly by Something Weird Video and more recently on Blu Ray by Arrow Video. And the truth is, it isn’t as dreadful as …
Continue reading George A Romero Reviewed- Day 2- There’s Always Vanilla (1971)
A mysterious radiation thought to have been brought back to Earth after a space probe to Venus, is bringing the dead back to life to feast on the living. A young woman named Barbara is visiting her dead father’s grave with her brother Johnny when… This film has so much of a great reputation amongst …
Continue reading George A Romero Reviewed- Day 1- Night of the Living Dead (1968)
‘A young woman, admitted to a psychiatric hospital for burning down a farmhouse, is attacked by a mysterious entity. When other patients start to disappear, she believes that she is haunted by a ghost.’ Brilliantly directed, photographed and with framing that reminded me of Halloween. But, alas, this isn’t Halloween. Whilst The Ward looks and …
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