George A Romero
21) Dawn of the dead
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When a mysterious virus turns people into mindless, flesh-eating zombies, a handful of survivors wage a desperate, last-stand battle to stay alive ... and human! The last remaining humans escape to a Milwaukee shopping mall, where they decide that the only way to truly elude the approaching throng of undead is to somehow make their way to an island that is supposedly zombie-free.
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Criterion collection volume 909
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"Shot outside Pittsburgh on a shoestring budget by a band of filmmakers determined to make their mark, Night of the Living Dead, directed by horror master George A. Romero, is a great story of independent cinema: a midnight hit turned box-office smash that became one of the most influential films of all time. A deceptively simple tale of a group of strangers trapped in a farmhouse who find themselves fending off a horde of recently dead, flesh-eating...
23) The crazies
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An experimental government germ weapon that leaves its victims either dead or irreversibly insane is accidentally unleashed in Evans City, Pennsylvania. The small community becomes a war zone of panicked military, desperate scientists, and gentle neighbors turned homicidal maniacs. Now a small group of citizens has fled to the town's outskirts where they must hide from trigger-happy soldiers while battling their own depraved urges. But if they can...
24) Day of the dead
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A mysterious virus has infected the small town of Leadville, Colorado and the military is brought in to enforce a quarantine and stop the spread of the disease. As people perish, survivors realize that the virus is creating the walking dead who crave human flesh. Only a small number of people are immune to the virus and those few survivors must battle to fend off the infected zombies while trying to make it out of town alive.
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"In 1968 the world experienced a brand new kind of terror with the debut of George A. Romero's landmark movie Night of the Living Dead. The newly dead rose to attack the living. Not as vampires or werewolves. This was something new ... and terrifying. Since then, zombies have invaded every aspect of popular culture. But it all started on that dreadful night in a remote farmhouse ... Nights of the Living Dead returns to that night, to the outbreak,...
26) Creepshow 2
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The rotting Creep himself is back with three new gruesome tales of horror that will make your skin crawl: a cigar store wooden Indian comes to life to avenge the store owner's brutal murder at the hands of three punks in Ol' Chief Woodenhead. Then four teenagers become the target of a terrifying, man-eating oil slick in The Raft. The chills continue with The Hitchhiker, the chilling tale of a woman who keeps running into, and over, the same mutilated...
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After a mysterious virus turns people into zombies, survivors battle for their lives while barricading themselves in a shopping mall; the living dead have overtaken the world and the few remaining human survivors have barricaded themselves in a city hoping to survive the zombie onslaught and unrest within their own ranks; when Laurie Strode is taken to the hospital after being attacked, Michael Myers arrives at the hospital and continues his killing...
28) Two evil eyes
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"The facts in the case of Mr. Valdemar": A conniving wife and her lover use a hypnotic trance to embezzle a fortune from her dying husband. "The black cat": A deranged crime scene photographer is driven to brutal acts of madness and murder by his girlfriend's new pet.
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Shows how Romero gathered an unlikely team of Pittsburghers - policemen, iron workers, teachers, admen, housewives, and a roller-rink owner - to shoot a revolutionary guerrilla-style film that went on to become a cinematic landmark, offering a profound insight into how our society worked in a singular time in American history.
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Horror and sci-fi veteran Lance Henriksen takes viewers through a fascinating look at the history of the American horror film, examining the earliest monster movies of the silent era up to the scariest modern-day masterpieces. Highlights include interviews with genre masters Roger Corman, John Carpenter, and George A. Romero, plus clips from classic films like The Exorcist; Night of the Living Dead; Friday the 13th; Halloween; Nightmare on Elm Street;...
33) The crazies
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A biological weapon gone awry is only the start of problems a small Pennsylvania town, Evans City.
34) Martin
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Martin is a misunderstood young man who happens to be a vampire ... maybe. The sun really just bothers his eyes a little, garlic and crosses have no effect, and he has no fanges. He also doesn't have any vampiric powers, which makes acquiring blood an extremely harrowing experience for all involved.
35) Creepshow
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"A murdered man emerges from the grave for Father's Day cake; a meteor's ooze makes everything-- grow; a professor selects his wife as a snack for a crated creature; a scheming husband plants two lovers up to their necks in terror; a malevolent millionaire with an insect phobia becomes the prey of a cockroach army."--Container.
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MY LIFE WITH THE LIVING DEAD is a documentary feature based on the iconic 60-year career of John A. Russo, the man who created flesh-eating zombies and helped them come to life in the 1968 classic NIGHT OF THE LIVING DEAD! Mr. Russo's insightful, straight-from-the-heart commentary is sure to entertain and inspire as it sheds a revealing spotlight on rarely-seen gems from his filmography. Simultaneously, it provides powerful new evidence as to why...
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Knife-weilding murderers, buxom teens fleeing for their lives, the undead limping across streets. These images are synonymous with horror movies. Go behind-the-scenes with filmmaker greats as they reveal their inspirations for some of the most disturbingly gruesome films that have emerged on screen.
40) Land of the dead
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In a world where zombies form the majority of the population, the remaining humans build a feudal society away from the undead. Ruthless Paul Kaufman rules and protects this microcosm but enforces painful class distinctions. Second in command Cholo DeMora attempts to lead a secret rebellion against Kaufman's tyranny, but when the zombies begin to evolve, the survivors must discover a way to protect themselves from a zombie hoard that can learn and...