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Diary of the dead6/15/2023 ![]() Rich kid Ridley (Philip Riccio), Jason's mummy, offers a lift to his folks' estate which Francine (Megan Park, "Charlie Bartlett") takes him up on. Jason takes a polished approach, editing the doc he will upload as "The Death of Death." After poking fun at horror conventions (women running lose their shoes and fall down) and himself (the soused literary professor on set notes the 'underlying social satire' of Jason's mummy film), Romero breaks up his film crew and puts them on the road. The Government and the media had been attempting to control panic by filtering the message until the public started spreading the word with their own experiences. After partnering with Universal for 2005's "Land of the Dead," Romero returns to his indie roots for the first time in two decades with his trademark social commentary turning towards such recent events as Hurricane Katrina and the youtube generation while resisting the stylistic 'recovered tape' device of "Blair Witch" and "Cloverfield." Jason's girlfriend, Debra (Michelle Morgan, TV's "Heartland"), tells us that they first discovered the truth by viewing uploaded video from a Channel 10 news camera, unedited footage which showed the victims of a murder suicide attacking the EMTs from the gurneys their corpses were being rolled out on. Romero would be superfluous, a rehash of the many he has made since 1968's seminal "Night of the Living Dead," but one would be wrong. 6.One might think that another zombie movie from writer/director George A. Still, Romero leaves behind no less than six zombie films, all of which are worth watching at least once, and some of which are the very best the sub-genre has to offer. Romero passed away in 2017, ensuring we'll never be lucky enough to take another journey into his post-apocalyptic zombie world. ![]() Related: Why George Romero Was Fired From the Resident Evil Movie The ideas introduced in Romero's various Living Dead movies are still part of most zombie lore today, and will likely continue to be so for generations to come. While that's understandable from a creative standpoint, Romero had a knack for making zombie films that few have ever possessed, with his sequels Dawn of the Dead and Day of the Dead also becoming beloved horror classics. While Romero directed many memorable films not involving zombies, the undead would always be his primary claim to fame, sometimes to the filmmaker's consternation. Night of the Living Dead introduced the idea of zombies as shambling, flesh-eating corpses on the hunt for the living. Zombies had technically existed before, but most were tied to voodoo curses and the like. ![]() It's a rare honor to be able to invent a horror sub-genre, and Romero's legendary status was immediately cemented by his invention of the zombie movie. Romero directed six films featuring the undead in his long career, and here's how they rank, from worst to best.
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