Stuck In a Rut

After writing about famous directors that got their start in the genre it made me think harder about the ones who never were able to shake off the stigma of being a writer or director of horror. The person I think about the most is George A Romero, the creator and director of Night of the Living Dead. He was so promising as I have stated before Dawn of the Dead is one of the best not just zombie films but horror films in general. The way that it statires mall culture, and consumerism in America was outstanding. He singlehandedly created the modern day zombie, but from there what else was there. Night of the Living Dead, Dawn and Day of the Dead, Crazies, Martin, and Creepshow are all horror classics, but what else was there. He will forever be known as one of the greats of independent cinema. But after 1988’s Monkey Shines there is little else to him. Hollywood started remaking all the first two movies he did, and poorly I might add, but this lead to the zombie boom of the last ten years. Romero, it seemed would be back on top, the grandfather of the zombie, however all the movies he made were terrible. Land of the Dead, Diary of the Dead and Survival of the dead were all critically panned, even by fans of the genre. It is a shame that Romero couldn’t ever get away from the world of zombies.