Tag: George A Romero

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  Knightriders (1981)

  March 23, 2021

  1980s, Action, Adventure, Drama, Fantasy, Medieval, Stunts

  A travelling group of people who dress up in Medieval gear and live by Arthurian values in modern day Pennsylvania while jousting on motorcycles for the entertainment of small town hicks. A goofy idea for a movie, let alone a two and a half hour epic, but in George A. Romero’s underrated adventure drama Knightriders… Read.

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  Assault On Precinct 13 (1976)

  March 3, 2020

  1970s, Action, Crime, Drama, Independent Film, Los Angeles, Thriller

  Over time, Assault On Precinct 13 (1976) has become one of my favourite John Carpenter films. Much like George A. Romero’s Night Of The Living Dead, which it was influenced by, it is a triumph of low budget genre filmmaking that cracked the market and inspired countless rip offs. It is the first action picture… Read.

• Creepshow (1982)

  October 4, 2019

  1980s, Comedy, Horror, Omnibus

  When I was a kid, I stayed up one night to watch Creepshow (1982) – director George A Romero and writer Stephen King’s tribute to old EC horror comics – and it spooked me even though I thought I could handle it. Rewatching it after Romero passed away, I loved it – it feels like… Read.