George Romero - maestro zombie-movi

When they say "Romero films" means zombies, when you hear the word "zombie", you always think of Romero's films. For more than 40 years, these two concepts coexist in such an indissoluble bond.

A coup in the genre of horror

Shooting movies George Romero took a great interest in adolescence. At the age of 14 he created author's projects. But the first significant work of the author of the future maestro of the horror genre is the full-length film "Night of the Living Dead". The film made a real revolution in the genre of horror, defining a kind of subgenre - a movie about zombies. Despite the fact that the painting was shot in black and white, it became one of the most quoted and brazenly robbed plagiarists of all stripes, the cult classic of the genre.

Zombie-movi with a fantastic background

28-year-old George Romero spoke in his debut full meter in four ways: co-author of the script, the director, the episodic actor (the Washington reporter) and the cameraman. This seemingly unpretentious, almost amateur shooting technique, as if accidentally appeared on the screen, a tape of a novice film-maker is inherent in all the main signs of true cinistry. Some film critics have interpreted the project as a warning anti-utopia, as something like the low-budget horror of Don Siegel "The Invasion of Body Snatchers." But George Romero himself considers the source of his inspiration at the time of the creation of "Night ..." the absurdist-mystical film of Herc Harvey "Carnival of Souls".

Filmography before "Dawn ..."

For some time the director could not get into the industry of high-budget paintings. After the global success of "Night of the Living Dead" and thanks to the impressive amount of box office fees, he removes the dramatic picture "Like flies on honey" (1971). Two years later, two horror films, "Hungry Wives" and "Crazy", are rolled out one after another. Then there is a movie about a maniac who seriously considers himself a vampire - "Martin" (1977).

1978 was marked by the release of a new horror film about zombies under the eloquent title "Dawn of the Dead", which, like "Night ...", is a huge success. George Romero is due to the success of this project Tom Savini - actor, make-up artist, stuntman and director. The budget tape at the time of completion of filming was $ 1,500,000, and box office fees exceeded $ 55,000,000. Among other things, Savini's makeup was awarded the prestigious "Saturn" award. "Dawn ..." opened the way to the director for high-budget film projects.

A significant horror director George Romero

The films that followed the second picture about zombies somehow related to the genre of horror: "Knights on wheels", three parts of "Kaleidoscope of horrors", "Monkey-killer", "Two spiteful glances". In addition to these paintings, the director shot in 1985 a third tape about zombies - "Day of the Dead" (in the domestic box office "Day of the Dead"). Unlike previous works, George Romero made a movie that most closely matches the blurry definition of "arthouse." The third project on walking dead also did not have an impressive budget ($ 3,500,000), so the script had to be changed several times. After this picture, the interest in the creativity of the living legend of the film industry has subside, and Zak Snyder has revived him, taking the remake of "Dawn of the Dead".

Rose, like a zombie

The new film "Land of the Dead" (2005, in the domestic box office "Land of the Dead") was advertised as a triumphant return to the film industry of George Romero, a director with a cult status from the release of his famous debut. This picture was to be the final tetralogy about zombies. Horror acted in extremely short terms, but George Romero justified the expectation of thousands of fans of his work. It was a truly victorious return of genius directing to the mainstream scene. The film was a resounding success, and in 2007, another Romero's work "The Diaries of the Dead" was released, which can not be called the fifth episode of the franchise. The producer, who gave the world a zombie, starts a new cycle.

One of the great living directors of horror films instead of an immense catastrophe film presents a real social investigation to the audience, but zombies, of course, are attached. In 2009, another project of the director "Survival of the Dead" was published. It looks quite dignified, the only thing that upsets - it's despair and sadness, which oversaturated the atmosphere of the film. I would like to see the following works of Romeo show what will be the result after all "after".