Film Series
Living with the Dead: The Films of George A. Romero
In 1968, George A. Romero (1940—2017) ushered in a new era in both independent and horror filmmaking with his era-defining debut Night of the Living Dead, a low-budget shock to the system that fused genre and sociopolitical critique to radical effect. Over the course of four influential decades, Romero would remain fiercely committed to his blazingly personal vision, imbuing his all-American nightmares with satiric and deadly serious commentaries on issues like race, capitalism, militarism, and government mistrust. In Romero’s films, the monsters are not the other—they are mirrors to examine our own society and humanity.
Special thanks to Richard P. Rubinstein, Romero’s longtime producer and collaborator, for helping to make this series possible.
A still-shocking vision of Vietnam-era America consuming itself.
It’s panic at the shopping mall in Romero’s savagely satiric zombie masterpiece.
The brutal, nihilistic finale to Romero’s groundbreaking Dead trilogy.
Eat the rich.
Romero’s furious anti-government, anti-military, anti-Vietnam War grindhouse polemic.
When your helper monkey is also a psychotic killer.
Romero and Dario Argento take on two tales of terror by Edgar Allan Poe.
A Jekyll and Hyde shocker with a Kafka-esque twist.
Satanism comes to the suburbs in Romero’s self-described “feminist film.”
Romantic comedy, Romero style.
A prescient, alarming commentary on life in the media-saturated, post-truth 21st century.
A rare look at George Romero, commercial director.
Romero capped his career with this savagely satirical zombie western.
Romero is at his Hitchcockian best in this witty, stylish Stephen King adaptation.
Romero teamed up with Stephen King for this retro-fantastic omnibus chiller.
Easy Rider meets King Arthur in one of Romero’s most offbeat, personal works.
A teenage Nosferatu stalks a suburban wasteland in this disturbing cult classic.
It’s panic at the shopping mall in Romero’s savagely satiric zombie masterpiece.