George A. Romero

How did George Romero Revolutionize the Film Industry? Described by The Los Angeles Times as “the father of the zombie movie” (INTEXT CITE) George Romero is an American-Canadian filmmaker who is most known for reinventing the genre of zombie movies and evolving the concept of zombies. After spending many years working on television commercials, Romero sought to create a film. Romero was given a low production budget of $114,000, Eight years later, Romero released the film Night of the Living Dead

In 1968, George Romero released Night of the Living Dead, a film that defined a whole new type of monster and certainly transformed the way in which people were scared of movies. Zombies were not only reinvented, but the entire horror genre was as well. The movie itself is historic in the way it defined a new type of zombie for Hollywood, but more so how history from the 60’s drew the zombie threat. The movie does suggest that this horrific event was the result of radiation from the outer space

George A. Romero’s gory film Land of the Dead was released June 2005. Jonathan Levine’s Warm Bodies on the other hand has a scientific fiction undertone, and was released February 2013. Lately pop culture has had an interest in zombies. Both films chosen have a set contemporary standard of what a typical zombie is imagined to be. Whether created by supernatural sources or acquired by a virus, zombies are dead humans that now have the reincarnated mindset of instinctively hunting down and devouring

The film, Knightriders, is a quirky Indie movie made in 1981 by George Romero. It is a modern retelling of the tale of King Arthur. Billy, “King William”, leads his group of motorcycle knights to various towns to perform their jousting routine. His vision is to lead the group under the traditional Camelot Arthurian rule. Along the way, a rival faction emerges from within the group to compete for the throne, with Morgan leading the mutinous faction. After multiple issues arise within the group such

cemetery about 30 miles north of downtown Pittsburgh, a movie that would change cinematic history forever was being created. George Romero’s classic film Night of the Living Dead, was being filmed. Up until 1968, the word “zombie” had a completely different meaning than it does today. George A. Romero created the horror movie antagonist that many audiences know and fear. The Pre-Romero zombie has many notable differences from the modern zombie. Most notably, it is alive and simply under a voodoo curse.

Without question, in today’s society the most favored monster in pop culture is the modern day zombie. The symbolic nature of zombies alone, is the reason that the undead are the most successful in movies today. From these monsters creating a state of war to confiscating humanity’s normal everyday life. These movies show us the result of an unknown situation; “How will human beings react to an end-of-time apocalypse scenario?” Beginning with the Haitian zombie in the 1930’s, the zombie has evolved

directed by George A. Romero in 1978; it was the second film in his Living Dead series but contains an entirely different setting than that of the first film. In Dawn of the Dead, there are four main characters who survive the zombie outbreak. They flee their first location, a random building, after it becomes infested with zombies; they soon find a shopping mall in which they barricade themselves. It may seem as if this film was just another ordinary zombie film but George A. Romero created a more

Dawn of the Dead (1978) One of the main themes of George Romero’s film Dawn of the Dead (1974) is consumerism. The movie takes places in an American shopping mall which functions as the battle site for battles between zombies, human survivors, and a gang of bikers. George Romero produced several zombie movies that approached topics such as capitalism, consumer society, and economical structure. I believe that especially Dawn of the Dead critiques consumerism caused by capitalism in society. In

and horror as mechanisms for subtext, social commentary, and symbolism, George Romero created a new horror genre, one that scares and shines just as much as great horror classics. Romero’s Night of the Living Dead revolutionized the once stagnant zombie film and made into something unstoppable, still to this day zombie movies rake in millions of ticket sales at the box office while remaining culturally relevant. George Romero was an actor, writer, and director that had mixed success throughout his

The theories they’ve come up with make sense. It all comes down to zombie stories being metaphors for real-world threats. Since George A. Romero used Night of the Living Dead as a symbol for his dissatisfaction and fear of the world he lived in, zombies have served as metaphor for our own problems and fears. Many of us worry about terrorism, war, cyberattacks and pandemics. Zombies are