George A. Romero: A Statement of Purpose

Should I have left this until October? Maybe I should have left this until October.

Anyway, I’ve decided to take on the work of the zombie maestro…who kind of hated how his first film got associated with the word zombie. Why, though?

Romero reminds me of Wes Craven from afar. Not only known for horror films, both started in horror because it was at the same time cheap and marketable, they also never wanted to be exclusively horror filmmakers, later known precisely for that.

Romero’s...