Oh the Horror! Movie Posters Starring in the George A. Romero Archival Collection
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George Andrew Romero (February 4, 1940 – July 16, 2017) was an American-Canadian filmmaker, writer, and editor. He was born in the Bronx and eventually came to Pittsburgh in the late 1950s where he attended the Carnegie Institute of Technology (now Carnegie Mellon University) and studied graphic arts.
Romero began his career making commercials and shorts including some sequences for Mister Rogers Neighborhood. Then in 1967 he and some friends shot Night of the Living Dead on a shoestring budget of around $100,000. Released in 1968, it became a cult classic and revolutionized independent film and the zombie genre. He followed Night up with numerous other movies including two more zombie films, Dawn of the Dead and Day of the Dead; a vampire film, Martin; and collaborations with Stephen King on Creepshow and The Dark Half. In the early 2000s, Romero moved to Toronto where he made another trilogy of Dead movies. Today his name is synonymous with both the horror and zombie genres.
Pittsburgh served as the setting for the majority of Romero’s films and the city became an integral part of his storytelling. In May of 2019, the University Library System was excited to announce the acquisition the George A. Romero Archival Collection. This exhibit highlights some of the movie posters contained in the collection.
George A. Romero Filmography
1968: Night of the Living Dead
1971: There’s Always Vanilla
1973: Season of the Witch
1973: The Crazies
1973: The Amusement Park
1978: Martin
1978: Dawn of the Dead
1981: Knightriders
1982: Creepshow
1985: Day of the Dead
1988: Monkey Shines
1990: Two Evil Eyes (w/Dario Argento)
1993: The Dark Half
2000: Bruiser
2005: Land of the Dead
2007: Diary of the Dead
2009: Survival of the Dead