George A. Romero Zombie Movies

[Jan]

Hey everyone,

I created this thread in the hopes of finding other people who are huge fans of George Romero's "...of The Dead" series too.

For the people that do not know who George A Romero is, here is a short bio about him in the spoilers:

Spoiler :

With 1968's Night of the Living Dead, George A. Romero established himself as the king of all zombie movies. In this pivotal black-and-white horror film, a group of people seek refuge inside an old farmhouse to escape the clutches of flesh-eating zombies. The recently deceased had been brought back to life by some type of radiation. Eventually becoming a cult classic, the film made waves with its graphic violence. Others saw the movie as commentary about the modern family and society.

Romero once said that the zombies "don't particularly represent anything except a new society threatening to take over, and in this case devouring, literally, the old." And in the late 1960s, it was traditional American society trying to battle against the counterculture movement. It became part of his trademark style to mix horror, satire, and social commentary into his films.
Romero tried to branch out beyond zombies, but his efforts met with little success. There's Always Vanilla (1972), Hungry Wives (1973), and The Crazies (1973) proved to be disappointments. In 1978, Romero returned to the familiar conflict of humans versus zombies in Dawn of the Dead. This time around, the zombies pursue a group of people into a shopping mall. Romero uses the movie as a way to deliver a critique of the voracious consumerism of the day. For many critics, this is the best film in the series.

Never abandoning the zombies for long, Romero released his third film in the series, Day of the Dead, in 1985. In it, he dialed down some of the violent content to focus on character development. The film looks at scientific research and the military as the few remaining humans look for ways to retrain or enslave the zombie majority. One scientist tries to reprogram a zombie named Bub not to eat human flesh.
As he had in the past, Romero returned to his zombie films as a means of making social satire and commentary. He has made three more installments in the series. With 2005's Land of the Dead, Romero explores political power and revolution in one of the remaining human cities. John Leguizamo, Simon Baker, and Asia Argento starred in what Variety called "a tour de force of . . . independent filmmaking . . . [and] independent thinking." He then took on the media and journalism with 2007's Diary of the Dead. And in 2009's Survival of the Dead, fighting breaks out among the residents of a New England island over how to handle their zombies. Romero has said that the film is about tribalism.

In addition to making new films, Romero has participated in the remakes of some of his classic works. He was an executive producer on the 2010 version of The Crazies starring Timothy Olyphant. Romero also served as an executive producer on the 2012 documentary Into the Dark: Exploring the Horror Film. Outside of film, Romero has contributed to several video games, including Call of Duty: Black Ops.

Source: http://www.biography.com/people/george-a...eakthrough

Lately I've been finding myself watching all parts of the series as they are still amazing nowadays and definately still the best zombie movies out there.

you can watch his 3 best movies: Night of the Living Dead (1968), Dawn of the Dead (1978) and Day of the Dead (1985) all on Youtube, they can also be downloaded if you wish to watch them in better quality. You can also watch the remakes but they are nowhere as good as the original ones. (Except for Night of the Living Dead, which was remade in 1990).

My personal favorite movie he made is Day of the Dead. What is your favorite Romero (zombie) movie? And why?