George Romero

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George Romero: Biography

Birth Name: George Andrew Romero
Birth Place: New York, NY
Date of Birth / Zodiac Sign: 02/04/1940, Aquarius
Profession: Director; screenwriter; producer

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DVD Tuesday: They're Baaaaack! Diary of the Dead | Ask FlickChick | 5/12/2008
DVD Tuesday: And the corpse came back, the very next day... George Romero's Diary of the Dead puts a nasty new spin on old living dead cliches.Zombies have always given me nightmares, and Night of the Living Dead terrified me before I'd even seen it -- Roger Ebert's piece about seeing it at a kiddie matinee in a neighborhood theater gave my imagination plenty to work with. I've seen a lot of zombie movies since then and I'm pretty inured to them, which is why I was pleasantly suprised by George Romero's new Diary of the Dead, if pleasantly is the word. I was afraid that the conceit -- essentially rebooting the Dead franchise by going back to the beginning and telling the story on digital video, as though it had been made by student filmmakers (a la Blair Witch Project) -- would seem hokey and tired, like the efforts of an aging filmmaker to appeal to the young folks. TV Spot 2 - Where Will You Be?But I was wrong: It actually get Romero back to the raw immediacy of Night of the... read more
DVD Tuesday: The Crazies, Post-Vietnam Cynicism & Homeland Security | Ask FlickChick | 10/8/2007
The sequel to 28 Days Later (2002) — that would be 28 Weeks Later, in case you hadn't guessed — streets today, and it's a good follow-up to one of those films that came from out of the blue and reminded horror fans like me that there's still life in the classic monsters: All it takes is a director/screenwriter team like Danny Boyle and Alex Garland to put a fresh spin on the old tropes. But my pick of the week is an older and shamefully overlooked movie: George Romero's The Crazies (1973), whose influence is all over films as various as a cluster of '80s horror pictures — Impulse and Mutant/Night Shadows (both 1984), Warning Sign (1985) — the mainstream, "respectable" Outbreak (1995), the video-game inspired Resident Evil series and, of course, 28 Days Later. And frankly, The Crazies' core concerns are as timely now as they were in the wake of the 1960s counterculture — if not more so. Following the runaway success of Night of the Living Dead (1968), Romero... read more
October 26, 2006: Masters of Horror 101 | Masters of Horror | 10/27/2006
Ah... my favorite time of year... the leaves are turning, Halloween plans churning, and Masters of Horror Season 2 is off to a screaming premiere tomorrow night [10PM ET/PT on Showtime]. As I weave my dark tvguide.com web here for the new season, I wanted to give Season 1 a short "re-capitation," and take us all through Season 2 "ghoul school."The Premise and The ExtremeMasters of Horror began as a dinner conversation among acclaimed horror directors, which soon became TV history-in-the-making. Director Mick Garris became the series Creator and Executive Producer, and his vision was to allow the "chosen 13" directors as much creative freedom possible. Showtime was up for this premise, and without MPAA intervention, 13 seriously extreme 1-hour horror films found a home on cable TV.And Then There Were 12The horror and cult community eagerly anticipated the 13th and final episode, directed by Japan's legendary Takashi Miike [Audition; Ichi the Killer]. However, finding it way too... read more
TV Guide Interviews & Features | 4/18/2006
Recently, Hollywood has turned to the horror flick to rejuvenate flagging ticket sales. While the glut of guts has led t read more
FlickChick | 11/17/2005
While on vacation recently I came across a movie about  zombies. The non-zombies were either British or Irish, read more

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George Romero: Credits

Title	Year	Type
Diary Of The Dead (Writer)	2008	Movie
Diary Of The Dead (Director)	2008	Movie
George A. Romero's Land Of The Dead (Director)	2005	Movie
George A. Romero's Land Of The Dead (Writer)	2005	Movie
100 Scariest Movie Moments (Remarks by)	2004	TV Show Series