Guy who invented zombies

The climactic scenes throw up an even more disturbing suggestion: as the small army of red necks roam the countryside, apparently enjoying the task of indiscriminately blasting everything they see, Romero strongly implies that the posse of shooters are little more than zombies themselves. As blood spatters against mannequins and designer clothing, the message is clear: consumerism can make zombies of us all.

Within another confined space, Romero lays bare the warring halves of the human psyche: on one side, the half that uses reason and logic to solve a problem; on the other, the half that resorts to violence. Get the best of Den of Geek delivered right to your inbox!

Land of the Dead dealt with class divisions; Diary was a zombie film for the age of blogging and YouTube. They redefined what the zombie meant in the minds of modern cinema-goers, from the enslaved corpses of Haitian folklore — as seen in early films like White Zombie and I Walked with a Zombie — to flesh-eating, virus-spreading ghouls.

To think for ourselves; to not mindlessly follow orders. Skip to main content area. An awful lot easier than werewolves or vampires.

And these films could make money. But once the big names moved in, few were interested in his own new pitches for modestly budgeted zombie movies, in which the satire thrived by being left implicit.

It now had to be a high-concept top-heavy blockbuster with the social commentary squeezed out. His zombie films were lean and mean; but Romero was worried that these flashy big-money zombie 2.

Could it be that without Romero, the zombie genre was getting … well … zombiefied? Both Swift and Romero had a brilliantly sharp and tactless sense of the hubris and arrogance in their own polite societies. George A Romero: the zombie master whose ideas infected American cinema. Read more. Cookie banner We use cookies and other tracking technologies to improve your browsing experience on our site, show personalized content and targeted ads, analyze site traffic, and understand where our audiences come from.

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