George A. Romero was a horror revolutionary. Not only is his work an example of quality filmmaking and storytelling, but he pushed the horror genre into new territory, bridging the gap between the ‘50s horror icons like the Universal Monsters and the more modern, politically charged thrillers of the ‘70s and ‘80s. But between the work done on two iconic horror films, “Night of the Living Dead” and “Dawn of the Dead,” Romero actually shot a feature, “Amusement Park,” that has never been released.

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George A. Romero might have passed away in 2017, but his work will continue. According to a new report from THR, Romero was working on a final zombie film before his passing several years ago, and now, his wife, Suzanne Romero, is looking for a filmmaker to tell the story.

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The report claims that Romero was working on a film titled “Twilight of the Dead” before he died in 2017.

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Despite the diminishing ratings of AMC’s “The Walking Dead” and its spin-offs, zombies are still pretty popular on TV. So, Syfy is ready to get in the zombie game and the network is using some name-brand recognition to do so, as fans can expect to see “Day of the Dead” hit their TV screens next year.

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According to THR, Syfy has given a straight-to-series order for a drama series titled “Day of the Dead,” inspired by the film of the same name from legendary horror genius George Romero.

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If you’re a fan of classic horror films and their influences (meaning horror films that debuted before 2000 and the rise of PG-13 jump scare-laden affairs), then you’re likely familiar with “Creepshow.” The 1982 film features the collaboration between two masters of the genre, as writer Stephen King and director George Romero combined their talents to tell a series of tales that mixed over-the-top scares with just a dash of humor.

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Just recently, it was announced that George Romero’s classic “Night of the Living Dead” was getting a sequel based on a long, lost screenplay that was written by the original group behind the film. We were happy with the idea of potentially getting some new Romero awesomeness. But it appears what we should have been more excited about is the 1973 film “The Amusement Park.”

Over the weekend, Daniel Kraus, the author who has collaborated with Guillermo del Toro on novelizations of the director’s work, such as “The Shape of Water,” went to Twitter to rave about a copy of the unreleased Romero-directed film “The Amusement Park.” And according to the author, not only is “The Amusement Park” good, it’s a “revelation”

“With the exception of NIGHT OF THE LIVING DEAD—maybe—THE AMUSEMENT PARK is Romero’s most overtly horrifying film.

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“Night of the Living Dead” is one of the most influential films in history, full stop.

George Romero’s zombie film from 50 years ago not only was scary, introducing the definitive take on the living dead rising from their graves, but the film also showed the perfect marriage of horror and social commentary. This film was followed up by two other Romero classics (“Day of the Dead” is severely underrated) that created one of the best trilogies in horror history.

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“Blood of the Innocent” is a 1985 graphic novel (i.e. serious person comics without superheroes) where Dracula faces off against Jack the Ripper. We spent fifteen seconds Googling for a better synopsis before we said “fuck it” and set our stack of original screenplays afire.

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The “Escape” remake has been bouncing around for awhile now with esteemed names like Len Wiseman, Brett Ratner, Johnathan Mostow, Gerard Butler and Josh Brolin attached, though it seems to have gained momentum recently when original director John Carpenter signed off on the redo as a credited producer, putting his name to a contract stipulating the film’s protagonist Snake Plissken must “always be a badass” among other specific requests in keeping with the source material.

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In Wide Release: Frequent Flyer Kevin Smith marks his first time directing a script he did not write with this week’s “Cop Out.” The genuinely insane Tracy Morgan stars alongside genuinely bored Bruce Willis as two, you guessed it, cops on the trail of a baseball-card obsessed gangster.

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And maybe he’s not wrong. After all, the film is a remake of a minor George Romero film from the ’70s and as far as the concept goes it’s all pretty standard fare nowadays.

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