Posted on 07/16/2017 3:09:09 PM PDT by Borges
Legendary filmmaker George A. Romero, father of the modern movie zombie and creator of the groundbreaking “Night of the Living Dead” franchise, has died at 77, his family said.
Romero died Sunday in his sleep following a “brief but aggressive battle with lung cancer,” according to a statement to The Times provided by his longtime producing partner, Peter Grunwald. Romero died while listening to the score of one his favorite films, 1952’s “The Quiet Man,” with his wife, Suzanne Desrocher Romero, and daughter, Tina Romero, at his side, the family said.
Romero jump-started the zombie genre as the co-writer (with John A. Russo) and director of the 1968 movie “Night of the Living Dead,” which went to show future generations of filmmakers such as Tobe Hooper and John Carpenter that generating big scares didn’t require big budgets. “Living Dead” spawned an entire school of zombie knockoffs, and Romero’s sequels included 1978’s “Dawn of the Dead,” 1985’s “Day of the Dead,” 2005’s “Land of the Dead,” 2007’s “Diary of the Dead” and 2009’s “George A. Romero's Survival of the Dead.”
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Rest in peace, Mr. Romero.
A very chilling movie....the images of the zombies continue to frighten.
The black guy played a magnificent part as the hero.
Should have got an Oscar.
He’s not even an actor.....Romero’s friend.
Thanks for scaring the s**t outta me.
He is either in heaven or hell (or purgatory depending on your predilection).
The only thing resting in peace is his dead body...which in his case might rise from the dead and seek out human flesh.
My prayer for Mr. Romero is that he has in some way, straight-forwardly or in the fine and Devine print, accepted Yeshua as his savior.
Either way, I doubt he is resting in peace.
No insult intended to you Trisham...just spouting off.;-)
many films owe him tribute. Let’s not forget Shaun of the Dead.
Make sure the coffin is encased in reinforced concrete just in case he rises as a zombie. :P
Who here liked “The Creepshow” anthology? The Father’s Day cake one and the one with the cockroaches were the ones I found particularly freaky, lol.
The TV show derived from Creepshow had one of the scariest openings in TV history. Romero wrote the text...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mioevxb2CfA
I just watched this yesterday. A classic.
Not the ‘Divine’ character in John Waters films either.
Films like Pink Flamingos.
Ping
I loved Andy Devine——and Walter Brennan.
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I miss them too. Fortunately, we have their films.
:)
Andy Devine: Great in “Island In The Sky”.
Betchya he comes out of the grave, hungry for human flesh.
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