George A Romero RIP

jonnyburgo

Inventor of the modern zombie genre, director of the trilogy Night of the Living Dead, Dawn of the Dead and Day of the Dead.
In a perfect world he'd reappear in a couple of weeks shambling down the street moaning and groaning.
RIP, he'll forever have a home in the hearts of the VHS horror generation.

DarnWeight

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DarnWeight

Very sad.  His influence on cinema, and popular culture in general, cannot be overstated.  NOTLD was the first truly modern horror film.  Along with Night/Dawn/Day, also responsible for Martin, one of the first proper attempts to recast the vampire myth into a modern day setting.  

RIP George

stickyfiddle

Give him about 3 days. He'll be back...

By srsyl, very sad day for film fans. A hugely important movie maker

musteatbrain

Bugger

Philly_Q

He may not be particularly well known to the general public, but anyone who's watched a zombie movie in the last 40 (I should've said 50!  Forgetting my own age!) years has seen his influence whether they knew it or not.  And his own films always contained other elements, be it social/political comment or simply reflecting the times in which they were made, in interesting ways.

He wasn't always a maker of great films, but he was certainly one of the great filmmakers.  RIP.

earwighoney

stickyfiddle said:

Give him about 3 days. He'll be back...

Fine work!  (George would have approved)

Like many other horror film fans or just film fans, GAR's films had a huge impact on my life.  NOTLD was one of the first horror films I watched that really got me interested in films, I still believe the ending of that particular film is one of the most poignant in American film history, resonant and relevant to the very day despite being made almost 50 years ago.  

To those who haven't seen it, it's available to see here
https://archive.org/details/night_of_the_living_dead_dvd

Creepshow might have been the first horror film I ever saw aged 10 or so, when I watched it with my cousins.  It scared the shit out of me!  I saw it again and it seemed pretty hokey now! 

I agree with @DarnWeight that he pretty much invented the modern horror film, and for that and his contribution to the genre is unlike any other and his influence in the genre will be seen for many, many years.