![]() ![]() Ī huge influence on horror movie making, and cinema and TV in general, Romero died of lung cancer on July 16, 2017, he was 77-years-old. ![]() Romero Presents: Road of the Dead which he co-wrote with director Matt Birman. Romero also made appearances in and featured in, a number of films including many of his Dead films as well as The Silence of the Lambs. ![]() Most recently he served as producer on George A. A lot of this goes back a decade earlier with George Romero's directorial debut, Night of the Living Dead, which entered the public domain after the film’s producers failed to copyright the. Writer, producer and director Romero’s other notable films include cult favorite Knightriders, Creepshow, Monkey Shines and The Dark Half, an adaptation of the Stephen King novel of the same name. Directed by Tom Savini, former special make-up effects artist, who worked on Dawn of the Dead and Day of the Dead while George A. Romero’s Survival of the Dead in 2009 but they were less successful making $5.3 million and $101,740 at the box office respectively.Ī number of his films, namely Day of the Dead - which Romero directed himself, Dawn of the Dead and The Crazies have been remade with mixed box office success and acclaim. He followed that with Diary of the Dead in 2007 and George A. Romero films, particularly the ones that came between Night of the Living Dead and Dawn of the Dead.These films. Costing $18.98 million to make, it took $47.75 million at the worldwide box office. Arrow Video has just announced a new boxset that will include three George A. It wasn’t until 20 years later, in 1990, that he returned to the genre with Land of the Dead, which starred Dennis Hopper and Simon Baker as well as Asia Argento. ![]()
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