Beyond Dead

[comadorcrack]

I feel pretty good having seen almost all of those films except Dark Half.
Smug Film lover feeling now

 

[face_head_mouth]

Martin is one of the best movies that I've ever seen, although I think it's much more of a character study of a disturbed individual than a straight-up horror film (the bloody bits are pretty scarce). It has a very gritty, low-budget feel to it (looks like it was shot in Pittsburgh). The ending has nearly as much impact as the one in Night of the Living Dead.

Creepshow was a fun movie, but I watched it on network TV about 15 years ago and I think they cut out the cockroach story entirely.

I really want to see Knightriders and The Crazies. That picture from Monkey Shines has me curious, though.

 

[solidstatemind]

Seen 'em all but Martin. May have to look that one up. Oddly enough, I don't care for the zombie-genre stuff, and I always thought that Romero was unfairly 'typecast' as only doing zombie films: he was a master of Horror, but if you mention the name to anyone, all you get is "blahblahblahZOMBIESblahblahblahtheDEAD..."

Haven't watched the film in over a decade, but I can still see the roaches streaming out of the sinks and under the doors to get the agoraphobic old man... I think I screamed like a little girl the first time I saw that.

 

[JoshTheater]

I'm so glad I read this article, if only to see the trailer for Knightriders which has possibly the greatest out of context line ever: "I'm not trying to be a hero! I'M FIGHTING THE DRAGON!!!"

Makes me lol every time.

 

[rdaleric]

Fingers crossed for a Martin remake.....

 

[LondonBeer]

I still consider Martin to be one of the truly scary unsettling films Ive ever seen. Right up there with 'Picnic at Hanging Rock' & 'House on Haunted Hill'.

 

[Lazarus Long]

Seven measly seconds of Ubermenschen Tom Savini in the Knightriders trailer? Trailer, I am disappoint.
Also, Creepshow should be required viewing. Like you have to have a Creepshow written test before you can own property or something.

 

[Sparrow]

Not even one mention of The Crazies, new or old? God, they were awesome - one of the rare examples where the remake is better than the original.

 

[movienut]

Not even one mention of The Crazies, new or old? God, they were awesome - one of the rare examples where the remake is better than the original.

My guess is that Crazies was too close to the zombie genre to be what he was hoping to showcase. In effect it is the same kind of movie.

 

[MB202]

I knew about Creepshow and Monkey Shines, if only because James Rolfe reviewed them in his annual Monster Madness reviews.

 

[imperialreign]

Few days late - but I didn't realize I shared the same bday as Romero . . . I knew about the others, though.