George A. Romero

George A. Romero

February 4, 1940 · 86 years old

George Andrew Romero (February 4, 1940 – July 16, 2017) was an American-Canadian film director, screenwriter and editor, best known for his gruesome and satirical zombie films, including the seminal "Night of the Living Dead" (1968) and "Dawn of the Dead" (1978). Throughout his career he primarily w…

Known For

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Dawn of the Dead

Dawn of the Dead

2004 · 1h 41m · Movie

A nurse, a policeman, a young married couple and other survivors of a worldwide plague that is producing aggressive, flesh-eating zombies take refuge in a mega Midwestern shopping mall.

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Night of the Living Dead

Night of the Living Dead

1968 · 1h 36m · Movie

A ragtag group of Pennsylvanians barricade themselves in an old farmhouse to remain safe from a horde of flesh-eating ghouls that are ravaging the Northeast of the United States.

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The Crazies

The Crazies

2010 · 1h 41m · Movie

After a strange and insecure plane crash, an unusual toxic virus enters a quaint farming town. A young couple are quarantined, but they fight for survival along with help from a couple of people.

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Dawn of the Dead

Dawn of the Dead

1978 · 2h 7m · Movie

During an escalating zombie epidemic, two Philadelphia SWAT team members, a traffic reporter and his TV executive girlfriend seek refuge in a secluded shopping mall.

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Land of the Dead

Land of the Dead

2005 · 1h 33m · Movie

The living dead have taken over the world, and the last humans live in a walled city to protect themselves as they come to grips with the situation.

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Day of the Dead

Day of the Dead

1985 · 1h 41m · Movie

As the world is overrun by zombies, a group of scientists and military personnel sheltering in an underground bunker in Florida must decide on how they should deal with the undead horde.

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Creepshow

Creepshow

1982 · 2h 0m · Movie

Five grisly tales from a kid's comic book about a murdered father rising from his grave, a bizarre meteor, a vengeful husband, a mysterious crate's occupant, and a plague of cockroaches.

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Diary of the Dead

Diary of the Dead

2007 · 1h 35m · Movie

A group of young film students run into real-life zombies while filming a horror movie of their own.

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Night of the Living Dead

Night of the Living Dead

1990 · 1h 32m · Movie

When the unburied dead return to life and seek human victims, seven refugees shelter in a house in the Pennsylvanian countryside.

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Creepshow 2

Creepshow 2

1987 · 1h 32m · Movie

Three macabre tales from the latest issue of a boy's favorite comic book, dealing with a vengeful wooden Native American, a monstrous blob in a lake, and an undying hitchhiker.

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Survival of the Dead

Survival of the Dead

2010 · 1h 30m · Movie

On an island off the coast of North America, local residents simultaneously fight a zombie epidemic while hoping for a cure to return their un-dead relatives back to their human state.

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The Dark Half

The Dark Half

1993 · 2h 2m · Movie

A writer's fictional alter ego wants to take over his life...at any price.

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Tales from the Darkside: The Movie

Tales from the Darkside: The Movie

1990 · 1h 33m · Movie

To stall a witch plotting to eat him, a boy reads her horror tales dealing with a collegian's resurrection of a mummy, a murderous cat, and an artist's pact with a gargoyle.

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The Crazies

The Crazies

1973 · 1h 43m · Movie

The military attempts to contain a manmade combat virus that causes death and permanent insanity in those infected, as it overtakes a small Pennsylvania town.

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Martin

Martin

1978 · 1h 35m · Movie

A young man, who believes himself to be a vampire, goes to live with his elderly and hostile cousin in a small Pennsylvanian town, where he tries to suppress his blood-lust.

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Monkey Shines

Monkey Shines

1988 · 1h 53m · Movie

A quadriplegic man has a trained monkey help him with his paralysis, until the little monkey begins to develop feelings, and rage, against its new master.

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Two Evil Eyes

Two Evil Eyes

1990 · 2h 0m · Movie

A duo of Edgar Allan Poe adaptations about a greedy wife's attempt to embezzle her dying husband's fortune, and a sleazy reporter's adoption of a strange black cat.

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Tales from the Darkside

Tales from the Darkside

1990 · 30m · Movie

"Tales from the Darkside" was a horror anthology series where the viewer is taken through ghost stories, science fiction adventures, and creepy, unexplained events.

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Bruiser

Bruiser

2000 · 1h 39m · Movie

After years of being tread upon and cheated on, a man awakens to find his face has a been replaced by a blank, white mask.

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Knightriders

Knightriders

1981 · 2h 26m · Movie

A medieval reenactment troupe struggles to maintain its family-like dynamic amid pressure from local authorities, interest from talent agents, and their "King's" delusions of grandeur.

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Season of the Witch

Season of the Witch

1972 · 2h 10m · Movie

A neglected, unhappy suburban housewife gets mixed up in witchcraft with unexpected consequences.

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The Amusement Park

The Amusement Park

2021 · 53m · Movie

An elderly gentleman goes for what he assumes will be an ordinary day at the amusement park, only to find himself in the middle of a hellish nightmare.

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Doc of the Dead

Doc of the Dead

2014 · 1h 21m · Movie

The definitive zombie culture documentary, brought to the screen by the makers of THE PEOPLE vs. GEORGE LUCAS.

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Deadtime Stories: Volume 1

Deadtime Stories: Volume 1

2009 · 1h 17m · Movie

An anthology of three horror stories presented by George Romero. In "Quota," a pair of young lovers drive to Lovers' Leap, only to be attacked by a mysterious creature. In "Wet," a lonely man finds an empty box on the beach and op...

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Just Desserts: The Making of 'Creepshow'

Just Desserts: The Making of 'Creepshow'

2007 · 1h 30m · Movie

Details the making of Stephen King & George A. Romero's 1982 horror anthology classic, from conception through to completion.

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Time Warp: The Greatest Cult Films of All-Time- Vol. 2 Horror and Sci-Fi

Time Warp: The Greatest Cult Films of All-Time- Vol. 2 Horror and Sci-Fi

2020 · 1h 23m · Movie

The greatest cult horror and science fiction films of all-time are studied in vivid detail in the second volume of Time Warp. Includes groundbreaking classics like "Night of the Living Dead," and "The Texas Chainsaw Massacre," and sc

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