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Inspired by the E.C. comics of the 1950s, George A.Romero and Stephen King bring five tales of terror to the screen. A murdered man returns from the grave demanding his Father’s Day cake and death ensues, a meteor’s space ooze causes anything and anyone that comes in contact with it to grow, a scheming vengeful husband buries his wife and her lover in sand to await death at high tide, a professor selects his nagging negative wife to become a tasty snack for a strange crated creature, and finally, a mean ole millionaire with an intense insect phobia becomes the prey of an army of cockroaches. —IMDb

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George A. Romero

Born George Andrew Romero on February 4, 1940 in New York City. Romero was passionate about filmmaking from an early age. After attending Carnegie-Mellon University, he worked in the industrial film business making commercials and shorts. In 1968, he released his first full-length feature, a horror film called Night of the Living Dead. Shot in Pittsburg, Pennsylvania, the low-budget film soon reached cult status. Romero subsequently turned it into a trilogy with 1978’s Dawn of the Living Dead and 1985’s Day of the Dead.

Known for mobilizing tiny budgets to create unforgettable scare flicks, Romero also directed Creepshow (1980), Martin (1978) and the TV show Tales From the Darkside (1984-1986). Though the success of his Dead trilogy afforded him bigger budgets and higher profile actors, Romero failed to attain the same level of success later in his career.

Romero is married to actress Christine Forrest. They have three children. —bio. 

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Nelson Núñez

25Dec12

Las historias 1,2 y 4 me parecieron poco menos que mediocres. La tercera me gustó por su toque retorcido y la convincente actuación de Leslie Nielsen en plan psicópata, pero definitivamente la parte del león se la lleva la historia final de las cucarachas; aterradora y asquerosa a más no poder.

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film_lies101

2Sep12

The bug segment legit creeped me out

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Legend Logsdon

16May12

The incorporation of the comic book was excellent. The team of Romero and King was a really cool duo. Leslie Nielsen is always awesome.

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MayContainNuts

21Feb12

Blurgh, roaches!

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George A. Romero x Leslie Nielsen

By Daniel Kasman on November 28, 2010

RIP—one of the finest of film actors.

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