The Early Films of George A. Romero

Along with directors such as Tobe Hooper, Wes Craven, David Cronenberg and John Carpenter, the work of George A. Romero revolutionised the horror film genre throughout the seventies and eighties. His theatrical debut feature, NIGHT OF THE LIVING DEAD, was the one that started it all: shot in black and white on a low budget in Pennsylvania, this raw burst of energy was a shock to the system when it was released in 1968 and the film retains much of its power to this day. While its gore scenes are still effective, it is the film’s social and political subtext that really resonate all these years later. Triskel Arts Centre is delighted to be screening NIGHT OF THE LIVING DEAD as well as two other early films by Romero: SEASON OF THE WITCH from 1972 follows a bored suburban housewife who decides to dabble in the occult, while THE CRAZIES from 1973 examines what happens when a government plane carrying a biological warfare virus crashes near a small American town.