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Fund George Romero’s son’s zombie film ‘Origins’

 It’s almost Halloween, so chances are many of you have or are gearing up to watch George A. Romero’s classics Night of the Living, Dawn of the Dead, Day of the Dead, and/or even Land of the Dead. Before you watch those, check on this new crowdfunding project on Indiegogo from the famed director’s son G. …

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Scream Factory announces ten exciting new genre releases

Scream Factory has been doing an amazing job for a few years now with their amazing home releases of cult classics and lesser-known gems of the past few decades. With releases like From Beyond, Day of the Dead, The Howling, Darkman, Ginger Snaps, John Carpenter’s The Fog, Sleepaway Camp, The Town That Dreaded Sundown, and …

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Is ‘Liberal’ Hollywood to Blame for America’s Gun Culture?

On December 14, 2012, a young man named Adam Lanza broke into a primary school and fatally shot 26 people in the small village of Sandy Hook, Connecticut. Twenty of them were children, aged 6 or 7. On that day, no matter where I went or what I did, I couldn’t stop thinking about the …

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Sordid Cinema Rewind: Original ‘Dead’ Trilogy w. guest George A. Romero

In 1968, director George A. Romero reinvented the “zombie” film with Night of the Living Dead and has since re-visited genre five times and counting with, Dawn of the Dead, Day of the Dead, Land of the Dead, Diary of the Dead, and Survival of the Dead. In the inaugural podcast from Sound on Sight’s …

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Grindhouse Crew Presents Dawn of the Dead: A Special Sunday Outdoors Event!

Grindhouse Wednesdays, an exploitation film & underground music event that happens in various locales throughout Montreal on (usually) the first Wednesday of the month, is doing something different this coming June. For their very special 12th event; and first outdoor event, and their first ever event on a Sunday, the crew is screening George A. …

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The CineManiac’s 31 Days of Horror – Day 1: Season Of The Witch

“Whether you’re a horror fan, a Romero fan, or are just looking for interesting and challenging ‘lost’ cinema, don’t pass up this forgotten gem.” Season Of The Witch (Hungry Wives) 1972 Director: George A. Romero Writer: George A. Romero Starring: Jan White, Ray Laine, Ann Muffly United States | R | 104 George A. Romero wasn’t afraid …

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The Very Best Of The Found Footage Genre Part 1

Two decades before The Blair Witch Project, the 1980 Italian exploitation film Cannibal Holocaust, directed by Ruggero Deodato, broke traditional cinematic conventions while creating major controversy following its release. Filmed in the Amazon Rainforest, the movie tells the story of four documentarians who journey deep into the jungle to film indigenous tribes. Two months later, …

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Survival of the Dead

With Survival, Romero is quickly running out of interesting ways to flesh out that subversive social commentary that usually lies beneath the surface. Survival of the Dead Directed by George A. Romero George A. Romero. the undisputed king of socially relevant zombiedom. delivers his sixth entry into his Dead series with Survival of the Dead. …

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The Auteurs: George A. Romero’s Original Dead Trilogy

Night of the Living Dead For a horror film, Night of the Living Dead (1968) is set in an usual local; not Transylvania, but Pennsylvania. Almost universally panned by critics when released, the film eventually developed a cult following, playing on the midnight movie circuit for more than a decade and becoming one of the …

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Interview: George A. Romero

George A. Romero knows what scares you. He also knows what your insides look like, and since 1968’s Night of the Living Dead, he’s been putting both on display in what’s now an epic six film zombie series. The first three films in the hexalogy, widely regarded as classics of the horror genre, were released …

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