Martin

[1978, Movie]

Martin: Review

Considered by many to be Night of the Living Dead director George Romero's greatest work, this grim horror tale is a shocking, thoughtful reworking of the vampire myth set in a dying American steel town. John Amplas stars as a Martin is a shy, alienated 17-year-old who thinks he may be a vampire — a fact supported by his murderous craving for human blood. Read the complete review for Martin

Martin: Cast & Details

Year: 1978
Rated R

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Cast
John Amplas: Martin
Lincoln Maazel: Cuda
Christine Forrest: Christina
Elayne Nadeau: Mrs. Santini
Tom Savini: Arthur
Sarah Venable: Housewife Victim

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Martin: TV Guide News

Ask FlickChick: Cigarettes and Werewolves Go Missing, and More | Ask FlickChick | 7/26/2007
Question: I saw and liked Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow but was wondering: What was the source of Sir Laurence Olivier's performance? I've always wanted to know. — JayFlickChick: The late Sir Laurence Olivier's "performance" as Professor Totenkopf ("dead head" in German) in Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow (2004) was digitally built from archival BBC footage of Olivier giving a speech at some fund-raising event. The movements of his mouth were manipulated to match the film's dialogue, and the footage was processed to look like a staticky video holograph. The same basic technology was used to alter existing footage of Marlon Brando from Superman (1978) so he could speak new dialogue for Superman Returns (2006). But in Superman Returns, the Brando footage looks as "real" as the rest, so it's another step toward being truly able to have a living actor appear alongside a dead one, the way singers can now do thoroughly convincing "duets" by integrating their new tracks... read more
November 10, 2006: The V Word | Masters of Horror | 11/11/2006
Masters of Horror creator and writer Mick Garris said that The V Word wouldn't be a romantic depiction of vampires, and that's definitely true. However, these vampires are not the breed found in cynical, doom-and-gloom existential metaphors like The Addiction or Habit, which is what I was anticipating. Instead, Garris himself wrote a pretty straightforward "teens explore crypts, get bit, get undead, get hungry, get gone" type of story. Michael Ironside, the ugly, angry vampire, was about as entertaining as Jack Nicholson in The Witches of Eastwick; too bad we didn't see more of him. I don't know why he carried a parasol in the graveyard, but what I don't know probably won't hurt me.Even though The V Word wasn't misted, shadowed and full of velvet and candelabras, Garris paid his respect to the romantic vampire by writing in some noticeable nods:— Ironside's character, "Mr. Chaney" (pretty obvious), is a nod to Lon Chaney, who was first considered for the role of Dracula... read more
TV Guide Interviews & Features | 8/18/2006
On Saturday, Aug. 19, at 9 pm/ET, Hallmark Channel presents 'Oh, Baby,' the latest in a string of installments in its read more
FlickChick | 6/2/2005
Question: Jerry Lewis is famous for saying "Hey, laaady!" Is that phrase from a Martin and Lewis film? — Vicki Flick read more
FlickChick | 3/10/2005
Question: Who coined the term "The Brat Pack"? The media? The Brat Packers themselves? Publicists? — Sue Why doe read more