Rest in peace, Mr. Romero.
Thanks for scaring the s**t outta me.
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.
I just watched this yesterday. A classic.
Ping
Betchya he comes out of the grave, hungry for human flesh.
Huge fan. RIP.
My brother and I stayed up late one night to watch this. It stormed that night, wind, rain, lightning. We grabbed a couple of baseball bats to have close by, just in case there were zombies. Good times.
Dawn of the Dead was his masterpiece. The Monroeville mall is worth a pilgrimage although it looks different I am sure these days.
I remember the shock to the critics when they saw his NIGHT OF THE LIVING DEAD. To them it was one of the worst movies they had ever seen, nothing like the good old zombie flicks like WHITE ZOMBIE and I WALK WITH A ZOMBIE.
The critics were especially horrified when the last man, who was black and innocent was shot and burned on the pile with the other zombies.
While his zombie movies will always be his most famous his non-zombie stuff is usually better. My favorite is probably Knightriders, it’s not really that great a movie, but I grew up surrounded by outlaw bikers and know a lot of folks in the SCA, so bikers that recreate medieval kind of speaks to me. Always very funny in interviews too, seemed like a nice guy.
RIP, Mr. Romero.
BTW, I hope that everyone knows that the phrase, “Living Dead,” wasn’t the description of the zombies.
It was a description for the people who were still alive when the outbreak happened.
They were living, but soon to be dead.
RIP.