George A. Romeo has died.
Many fans and collaborators have posted tributes online.
There's even a petition to get his likeness on a stamp. And yes, of course I signed it.
Romero not only made an amazing movie, he created the zombie genera. Without him, no Return of the Living Dead, no Shaun of the Dead, no Zombie Survival Guide.
I do love the original movie, but I was never a mega fan. I've always been a bigger fan of what he inspired: things like The Walking Dead, Warm Bodies, and reviews of the shitty Resident Evil films.
A lot of the great creators of the horror movies I (and the generations before me) grew on are getting old and dying off. We lost Wes Craven not that long ago.
It's not like I have no hope for the genera without these icons: Wan and Peele and the Duffer brothers will keep us all screaming for years to come, God willing. And maybe they will breath life into some long forgotten, half conceptualized monster, brining terror to millions.
But nobody will ever make another zombie for the first time. That honor died with George. For now.
RIP George A. Romero. May your zombies keep eating flesh long after yours has become dust.
Turns out, not a lot of great images when you search 'zombie crying'.
Many fans and collaborators have posted tributes online.
There's even a petition to get his likeness on a stamp. And yes, of course I signed it.
Romero not only made an amazing movie, he created the zombie genera. Without him, no Return of the Living Dead, no Shaun of the Dead, no Zombie Survival Guide.
Alternatively, no shitty in-name-only World War Z movie.
I do love the original movie, but I was never a mega fan. I've always been a bigger fan of what he inspired: things like The Walking Dead, Warm Bodies, and reviews of the shitty Resident Evil films.
A lot of the great creators of the horror movies I (and the generations before me) grew on are getting old and dying off. We lost Wes Craven not that long ago.
Someone check on John Carpenter, quick!
It's not like I have no hope for the genera without these icons: Wan and Peele and the Duffer brothers will keep us all screaming for years to come, God willing. And maybe they will breath life into some long forgotten, half conceptualized monster, brining terror to millions.
But nobody will ever make another zombie for the first time. That honor died with George. For now.
RIP George A. Romero. May your zombies keep eating flesh long after yours has become dust.
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