George A. Romero's Filmography (2020): Masters of Terror

By Steve Hutchison

This book contains the synopses and reviews of the darkest films in George A. Romero's filmography. The movies are ranked.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Steve Hutchison
• Release date: Mar 10, 2023
• ISBN: 9781778871610

Steve Hutchison

Artist, developer and entrepreneur in film, video games and communications Steve Hutchison co-founded Shade.ca Art and Code in 1999, then Terror.ca and its French equivalent Terreur.ca in 2000. With his background as an artist and integrator, Steve worked on such games as Capcom's Street Fighter, PopCap's Bejeweled, Tetris, Bandai/Namco's Pac-Man and Mattel's Skip-Bo & Phase 10 as a localization manager, 2-D artist and usability expert. Having acquired skills in gamification, he invented a unique horror movie review system that is filterable, searchable and sortable by moods, genres, subgenres and antagonists. Horror movie fans love it, and so do horror authors and filmmakers, as it is a great source of inspiration. In March 2013, Steve launched Tales of Terror, with the same goals in mind but with a much finer technology and a complex engine, something that wasn’t possible initially. He has since published countless horror-themed books.

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Masters of Terror 2020

George A. Romero’s Filmography

INTRODUCTION

This book contains the synopses and reviews of the darkest films in George A. Romero’s filmography. The listings are ranked from best to worst.

#1

Creepshow

1982

A monster escapes from a horror comic book and visits a battered boy to inspire him in his vengeance scheme.

Stars

8/8

STORY

6/8

CREATIVITY

8/8

ACTING

6/8

QUALITY

6/8

As if right out of an EC Comic, Creepshow uses a variety of colored lights and gobos. Still painting morphs into real footage, then back to comic world to isolate each of the 5 segments. The wrap-around story centers on the frustrations of a young boy who gets physically abused by his father, and is, in itself, a strong story featuring unique effects and surreal sociopath characters.

There’s something for everyone in this anthology, namely evil ex-lovers, monsters, alien forms, plants, bugs and revenants. There’s light humor and always a comical lesson to be learned; mostly through situation reversals. The acting is solid and delivered by familiar names who provide delightful caricatural performances. Both the protagonists and the antagonists make quite an impression.

The gore design and the creature costumes aren’t targeting realism, but they are scary nonetheless. Based on Stephen