Tag: Night of the Living Dead
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‘Twilight of the Dead’ — Everything We Know So Far
The franchise that practically gave birth to the zombie genre will be returning for one more installment with Twilight of the Dead, which will serve as the final posthumous screenwriting credit of visionary filmmaker George A. Romero. Romero is widely considered by those in the horror community and beyond as one of the most influential…
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George Romero Discovered a Lost Scene From ‘Night of the Living Dead’
Night of the Living Dead is the most important zombie movie in the entire subgenre, so if there were ever to be any deleted scenes of George A. Romero’s original game-changer, fans would do anything to get their hands on it. Well, it sounds like we’re in luck… or at least it sounds like we…
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Where to Stream the Best Classic Independent Films This October, from ‘Eraserhead’ to ‘Igby Goes Down’
October is the time for horror, which makes it a great time for independent movies.As long as independent movies have existed, horror movies have provided a huge bulk of the films made by artists outside the studio system. It’s one of the cheapest and easiest genres to make, with some of the best potential to…
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George A. Romero’s Final ‘Living Dead’ Film Finds Its Director
Zombies are commonplace nowadays with shows like The Walking Dead and films like Train to Bursan. However, back in the late 1960s director George A. Romero redefined the fleshy sub-genre with Night of the Living Dead. Now 55 years later, reported exclusively by The Hollywood Reporter, Romero’s final Living Dead film, Twilight of the Dead,…
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George A. Romero’s ‘Night of the Living Dead’ Sequel ‘Twilight of the Dead’ Set for Late 2023 Production
Late “Night of the Living Dead” creator George A. Romero has one final film in the works.Romero, who died in 2017 at age 77 after battling lung cancer, wrote a treatment for film “Twilight of the Dead” before passing away. Per Romero’s estate, the film is the “seventh and final installment” in the “Living Dead”…
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This Bela Lugosi Film Was the First Zombie Movie Ever Made
It’s hard to believe that zombies existed before George Romero’s Night of the Living Dead hit the cinemas in 1968, but they did. That movie may have rocked everyone’s undead world and brought the horrors of zombies to the mainstream movie-goer, but it wasn’t the first zombie film ever. Romero’s film paved the way for…
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Zombie King George Romero Once Made a Very Different Kind of Monster Movie
Director George A. Romero is most remembered for his series of zombie movies that kicked off with Night of the Living Dead, but what most audiences don’t know is that the acclaimed indie-horror filmmaker dabbled in vampires as well. In fact, 1977’s Martin is a Romero-helmed vampire movie filled to the brim with his trademark…
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How ’28 Days Later’ Forever Changed Zombie Movies
Riffing on John Wyndham’s 1951 horror novel Day of the Triffids and blending pandemic paranoia with Romero-lore was Danny Boyle and Alex Garland’s 28 Days Later. Until the early aughts, the stereotypical ghouls residing in George A. Romero’s Night of the Living Dead series had distinguishing characteristics, familiar to anyone with an acquaintance with the…
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Teaser Clip and Interview: Teddy Collatos on His Slamdance-Premiering Palookaville
Filmmaker Teddy Collatos ventures into episodic territory with Palookaville, a comedy series that follows a young New Yorker named JoJo (Howard Lester), who suddenly believes that he’s the famous (and long-deceased) boxer Joe Lewis. The 17-minute pilot episode, set to have its world premiere at Slamdance, explains how this case of mistaken self-identity came to…
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George Romero Understands Why Someone Would Walk Out On One Of His Films
It is important to remember that film is an art form, therefore it is subjective. Your opinion will be different from mine, and there is no “right or wrong.” However, genres and narrative structures often shape the expectations of our favorite movies. So when filmmakers operate outside of the established rules, they know that they’re…