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The Amusement Park (1975)

Rating: ★★½

Feb 26, 2024Surreal Journey Through a Fairground

A recently rediscovered work that was sold as a lost George Romero film. Romero was hired to make a film about the plight of the elderly and creates a surreal allegorical work set around an amusement park

Director: George A. Romero

Actors: Lincoln Maazel

Category: Fantasy

26 February 202424 November 2025 by Roog

Martin (1976)

Rating: ★★★★★

Mar 11, 2001Deconstructed Vampire

George Romero's deconstruction of the vampire film is one of his most remarkable films. In contrast to vampire cliches, all we get is a pale teen with an unhealthy obsession contrasted with a religious extremist who demands he be exorcised.

Director: George A. Romero

Actors: John Amplas, Lincoln Maazel, Tom Savini, Christine Forrest, …

Category: Horror

11 March 200113 May 2023 by Roog

Dawn of the Dead (1978)

Rating: ★★★★

Jun 8, 2001Zombies

George Romero's successor to his cult hit of Night of the Living Dead. Romero creates a very different film, one that takes place in a mall and comes with a level of droll satire. A bigger budget allows him to push things to gore-drenched extremes

Director: George A. Romero

Actors: Ken Foree, Gaylen Ross, Tom Savini, David Emge, …

Category: Horror

8 June 200115 January 2026 by Roog

Pet Sematary (1989)

Rating: ★★½

Dec 15, 2005Resurrection of the Dead/Stephen King Adaptation

An okay Stephen King adaptation that does nothing particularly wrong but lacks the impact that has caused people to regard the novel as one of the best of King’s works

Director: Mary Lambert

Actors: Dale Midkiff, Denise Crosby, Fred Gwynne, Brad Greenquist, …

Category: Horror

15 December 200515 May 2026 by Roog