New George Romero Book!

[curtis_owen]

Hey guys, this is the breakdown... The body of the book focuses on the four distinct periods of Romero's 40-year career: - · Blue Collar Monsters Night of the Living Dead (1968) There’s Always Vanilla (1971) Season of the Witch (1972) The Crazies (1973) · Weird Fantasies & Tales of Fear Martin (1976) Dawn of the Dead (1978) Knightriders (1981) Creepshow (1982) Day of the Dead (1985) · Hollywood Horror Show Monkey Shines (1988) Two Evil Eyes (1990) Night of the Living Dead (1990) The Dark Half (1992) · Back from the Dead Bruiser (2000) Land of the Dead (2005) Diary of the Dead (2007) Each film is split up into the following sections: - · Ripping Yarn: Gives a brief overview of story and character. · Making a Monster: Looks at the making of the film. · Face of Death: Delves into the visual style. · The Splatter Factor: Examines the special effects. · Digging up the Dead: Review of the film. · American Nightmare: Looks at the political dimension. · From the Vault: Interesting facts. · Undead or Alive: Overall verdict that is marked out of five. We also have two concluding chapters: Children of the Living Dead which focuses on the films that have been inspired by Romero, from Lucio Fulci’s Zombie 2 (1979) to such British classics like 28 Days Later (2002) and Shaun of the Dead (2004). The No More Room in Hell segment looks at the projects Romero could have directed, from the notorious Diamond Dead and Resident Evil to more obscure titles such as Before I Wake, Mongrel: The Legend of Copperhead, Unholy Fire and Goosebumps.

[axlish]

I really like how you have the book laid out. Did you skip The Winners sports documentaries?

[curtis_owen]

I really like how you have the book laid out. Did you skip The Winners sports documentaries? Thanks! We actually mention the O.J. Simpson documentary in the chapter introduction of Weird Fantasies & Tales of Fear (lol). The 3 year lull between The Crazies and Martin and how he joined Rubinstein

[Yojimbo]

What about the odd shorts that GAR produced with his crew prior to the firming up of Latent Image?

[RustyHicks]

And apprently George was suppose to at one time direct Pet Semetary

[Bub666]

And apprently George was suppose to at one time direct Pet Semetary Yeah,I heard about that too.

[curtis_owen]

What about the odd shorts that GAR produced with his crew prior to the firming up of Latent Image? Its all in there in one form or another, you'll have to read the book Yeah,I heard about that too. We managed to find a list of about 20 film projects Romero was attached to at one point or another, its amazing the amount of unmade film projects he's been involved with. There's a ton of Stephen King projects that never happened, Pet Semetary would have been ace!

[kidgloves]

Nice one Curtis. I will be checking it out when avaliable. Have you managed to interview Uncle George at any point?

[curtis_owen]

Nice one Curtis. I will be checking it out when avaliable. Have you managed to interview Uncle George at any point? Two words, 'Chris Roe', thats all i'm saying on the matter...

[Fulcifan91]

This looks pretty awesome... I look forward to getting it

[darth los]

The layout sounds awesome. I'd get it in a minute. Btw, I think you handled it just right. We all know that if you came in here hocking your book... let's just say you wouldn't have gotten the warm response you did as evidenced by my good friend yojimbo's post. LOL .

[kidgloves]

Two words, 'Chris Roe', thats all i'm saying on the matter... Nuff said

[curtis_owen]

What did you guys think of Diary of the Dead?

[darth los]

There's actually a thread right below this one dedicated to that film. It should prove comprehensive in determining the general attitude toward it.

[Yojimbo]

We all know that if you came in here hocking your book... let's just say you wouldn't have gotten the warm response you did as evidenced by my good friend yojimbo's post. LOL . Yojimbo may not like spam, but Yojimbo has much respect for curtis owen and his GAR book, which Yojimbo will buy (if Yojimbo's wife allows him to) Yojimbo declares that curtis owen rules.