“There’s No Real Magic, Ever:” Adolescent Monstrosity in George A. Romero’s Martin (1978)
In his book Gothic Pathologies, the critic David Punter observes that the complex, contradictory...
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Apocalyptic Consumerism: George A. Romero’s Dawn of the Dead (1978) – A 40th Anniversary Retrospective
Almost a decade had gone by since George A. Romero revolutionized horror cinema with his...
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George A. Romero Tribute: A Celebration of His Life
Sunday morning, October 22, 2017…the sun shone brightly over Evans City Cemetery. Unusually hot...
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A Vampiric Character Study: George A. Romero’s Martin (1978)
With Night of the Living Dead (1968), George A. Romero rejuvenated the horror genre by reinventing...
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Italian Zombie Cinema, part one: Spaghetti, Entrails and Brains
The zombie film is not only a staple of the horror genre but arguably one of the most diverse...
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Hell, On Earth: Gore, Glam Metal and Satanic Satire in Lamberto Bava’s Demons (1985)
By the tail end of the 1970’s, the Americanization of Italian cinema had existed for quite some...
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With Origins, What Can Cameron Romero bring to Night of the Living Dead?
After six forays into the series himself, the godfather to the dead, George A. Romero is finally...
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The Dark Half (US Blu-ray review)
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Monkey Shines (US Blu-ray Review)
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Nitehawk Cinema opens their “Bite This” series with a 35mm presentation of Martin (1976)
There’s an old, tired cliché that goes, “they don’t make them like they used to,” and, for the...
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Birth of the Living Dead (Film Review)
From his beginnings as a Calgon commercial director to the arguable king of the silver screen...
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Creepshow (UK Blu-ray Review)
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