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A selection of personal favourites from George A. Romero...

NIGHT OF THE LIVING DEAD (1968)

Directed Written by George A. Romero.
Written by George A. Romero and John A. Russo.
Starring Duane Jones, Judith O'Dea, Karl Hardman, Marilyn Eastman, Keith Wayne, Judith Ridley, Bill Cardille, Kyra Schon, Bill Heinzman and George Kosana.

While visiting the grave of their father, siblings Barbra and Johnny are attacked by a stranger in the cemetery. With her brother having been killed, Barbra makes her way to a nearby farmhouse, where she finds a group of survivors taking refuge.

MARTIN (1978)

Directed by George A. Romero.
Written by George A. Romero.
Starring John Amplas, Lincoln Maazel, Christine Forrest, Elyane Nadeau, Tom Savini, Sara Venable, Fran Middleton, Al Levitsky, George A. Romero, J. Clifford Forrest Jr., Tony Buba, Pasquale Buba and Clayton McKinnon.

Reclusive and disturbed Martin Mathias lives the life of a vampire, sedating his victims before cutting them with a razor and drinking their blood. Orphaned, Martin has relocated from Indianapolis to Pittsburgh to live with his granduncle, who is convinced that his young relative really is a vampire.

DAY OF THE DEAD (1985)

Directed by George A. Romero.
Written by George A. Romero.
Starring Lori Cardille, Joseph Pilato, Terry Alexander, Jarlath Conroy, Anthony Dileo Jr., Richard Liberty, Sherman Howard, Gary Howard Klar, Ralph Marrero, John Amplas and Phillip G. Kellams.

Trapped underground in an abandoned military complex as the world above is overrun by the walking dead, a group of scientists try to discover a cure for the outbreak, while being bullied by the soldiers who run the base. But the unconventional doctor among them, Logan, has designs on turning the zombies into pets.

KNIGHTRIDERS (1981)

Directed by George A. Romero.
Written by George A. Romero.
Starring Ed Harris, Gary Lahti, Tom Savini, Amy Ingersoll, Patricia Tallman, Christine Forrest, Warner Shook, Brother Blue, Cynthia Adler, John Amplas and Don Berry.

A troup of motorcycle riders travel across the country, led by Billy, whose men live their lives by the codes of King Arthur. Their organised existence is disrupted by Bontempi, a promoter who feels that he could be a valuable asset to the group. But internal conflicts and struggles for power within the troup threatens to pull them apart.

CREEPSHOW (1982)

Directed by George A. Romero.
Written Stephen King.
Starring Hal Holbrook, Adrienne Barbeau, Fritz Weaver, Leslie Nielsen, Carrie Nye, E.G. Marshall, Viveca Lindfors, Ed Harris, Ted Danson, Stephen King, Warner Shook and Robert Harper.

After being chastised by his father for reading comic books, Billy is introduced to the character if the Creep, a feature from the stories he was reading. Years after killing her rich father, spoilt Bedelia accidentally resurrects him from the grave, a man discovers a meteorite in the backwoods and becomes possessed by its powers and a student and his professor open an old crate to discover an ancient monster, among other stories.

DAWN OF THE DEAD (1978)

Directed by George A. Romero.
Written by George A. Romero.
Starring David Emge, Ken Foree, Scott Reiniger, Gaylen Ross, David Crawford, David Early, Richard France, Howard Smith, Daniel Dietrich, Joe Pilato, Tom Savini and Taso Stavrakis .

As the dead begin to take over America and society crumbles apart, a helicopter pilot and his girlfriend team up with two SWAT officers in an attempt to escape from the city. But when they take refuge in an abandoned shopping mall, they soon become seduced by their newfound paradise.

THE CRAZIES (1973)

Directed by George A. Romero.
Written by George A. Romero.
Based on a story by Paul McCollough.
Starring Lane Carroll, Will MacMillan, Harold Wayne Jones, Lloyd Hollar, Lynn Lowry and Richard Liberty.

As an epidemix begins to spread around the once-quiet town of Evans City in Pennsylvania, local nurse Judy and her fireman partner David attempt to escape from the horde of violence-infected citizens, even as the military begin to move in and place the area under quatantine.

THE DARK HALF (1993)

Directed by George A. Romero.
Written by George A. Romero.
Based on the story by Stephen King.
Starring Timothy Hutton. Amy Madigan, Michael Rooker, Julie Harris and Rutanya Alda.

After enjoying considerable access writing under his pseudonym George Stark, noted author Thad Beaumont decides to kill him off, but George has developed a consciousness of his own and is determined to fight for his existence.

LAND OF THE DEAD (2005)

Directed by George A. Romero.
Written by George A. Romero.
Starring Simon Baker, John Leguizamo, Dennis Hopper, Asia Argento, Robert Joy, Eugene Clark, Joanne Boland, Tony Nappo, Jennifer Baxter, Boyd Banks, Jasmin Geljo, Maxwell McCabe-Lokos and Tom Savini.

With mankind now overrun by zombies, society has begun to rebuild itself once again, with the rich now living in the luxury paradise of Fiddler's Green, under the watchful eye of Paul Kaufman, while the poor reside in the streets below. But the zombies have begun to think for themselves and learn how to use tools, proving even more of a threat towards the living.

MONKEY SHINES (1988)

Directed by George A. Romero.
Written by George A. Romero.
Starring Jason Beghe, John Pankow, Kate McNeil, Joyce Van Patten, Christine Forrest, Stephen Root Stanley Tucci and Janine Turner.

After being paralysed by a truck, athlete Alan Mann struggles to cope with the changes in his life and suffers from depression, prompting Geoffrey Fisher, a scientist and friend, to give him a monkey he has been experimenting with, by incorporating human tissues into its brain in order to develop its mind.