George A. Romero was an American director who pioneered the modern zombie film with Night of the Living Dead and established the template for social commentary via horror with its sequels Dawn of the Dead and Land of the Dead. I have reviewed 11 of his films on the site so far.
Rating: 3.0★
Ten films deep into a director's back catalogue and you start to think you know what you're getting. With George A. Romero, I thought I had a reasonable handle on it: sharp social commentary wrapped in viscera, monsters as metaphor, chaos as critique. Then I sat
Rating: 3.0★
Some films arrive with a completely unexpected key that unlocks them. I pressed play on Monkey Shines expecting a reasonably straightforward 80s horror thriller, and about twenty minutes in, I had one of those bizarre pop-culture lightbulb moments that genuinely stopped me in my tracks. This is the exact
Genre Horror
★★★ — Creepshow (1982)
Genre Horror
★★½ — Jacaranda Joe (2022)
Genre Horror
★★½ — BIOHAZARD 2 TV-CM (1997)
Genre Horror
★½ — Survival of the Dead (2009)
Genre Science Fiction
★★★½ — The Crazies (1973)
Genre Horror
★★★★ — Land of the Dead (2005)
Genre Horror
★★★½ — Diary of the Dead (2007)
Genre Horror
★★★★★ — Day of the Dead (1985)
Genre Horror
★★★½ — Night of the Living Dead (1968)
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