R.I.P. George "Night of the Living Dead" Romero

[Miles Archer]

George A. Romero, Pioneering Horror Director, Dead at 77
'Night of the Living Dead' filmmaker and father of the modern zombie flim succumbs to lung cancer



http://www.rollingstone.com/movies/news/george-a-romero-pioneering-horror-director-dead-at-77-w492607

George A. Romero, the Night of the Living Dead director who helped turn zombies into a pop culture phenomenon, died Sunday. He was 77.

The horror filmmaker died following a "brief but aggressive battle with lung cancer" while listening to the score of the 1952 film The Quiet Man, his producing partner Peter Grunwald told the Los Angeles Times.

In addition to Romero's revered, influential Zombie Trilogy – 1968's Night of the Living Dead, 1978's Dawn of the Dead and 1985's Day of the Dead – the director also helmed horror films like The Crazies, Creepshow and Monkey Shines.

After beginning his career making commercials and shorts, Romero – with a group of friends and a shoestring budget – filmed his horror classic Night of the Living Dead, which became a cult horror classic that introduced man-eating zombies to a generation of movie fans.

[VermontKevin]

1. Somebody needs to make sure.

[whopis01]

2. That's so wrong

It's really funny. And morbidly appropriate. And I am sure he would have appreciated it. But so wrong.

[VermontKevin]

3. Watch out for the teeth.

[NightWatcher]

8. Maybe they meant it might be a hoax, not that he's a zombie.

But they better hit him in the head with an axe just to make sure.

[Kittycow]

4. Night of the Living Dead scared the hell out of me...

I think I was about fifty or so the first time that I saw it...I remember it having a lot of suspense whether the zombies would get in the house or not!

RIP Mr Romero and thank you

[VermontKevin]

6. I just started the remake of "The Crazies." It's pretty good.

Gotta keep busy until GoT comes on.

[Miles Archer]

7. Used to be a staple of the Saturday night "Creature Feature" shows...

...the censored, and often ragged, prints.

A few years ago the "Director's Cut" was released on DVD and they do a side-by-side split screen of the TV version most of us remembered and the "original print"...what an amazing difference.

Even the censored version was one of the scariest things I'd seen.''

Here is a good article on the "story behind the story" of NOTLD:

Fighting Two Wars:
George A. Romero’s Night of the Living Dead as a Critique of 1960s American Society

http://sequart.org/magazine/56503/fighting-two-wars-george-a-romero-night-of-the-living-dead/

[Historic NY]

5. In black and white we had to use our imaginations more....

and damn it was scary.

[NightWatcher]

9. That movie turned me into a filmmaker wannabe.

RIP George.

[Martin Eden]

10. I saw Night of the Living Dead at the theater when it came out

I went with my oldest sister and a couple of her friends, including one named Barbara.