ROMERO LIVES
ALL THAT YOU LOVE WILL BE CARRIED AWAY
Directed by Bolen Miller
Based on the Stephen King short story: A middle-aged traveling salesman contemplates his life choices at a a shitty motel in Nebraska.
United States | 10:22
DAWN OF THE DEAD (1978)
Directed by George A. Romero
As hordes of zombies swarm over the U.S., the terrified populace tries everything in their power to escape the attack of the undead, but neither cities nor the countryside prove safe. In Pennsylvania, radio-station employee Stephen and his girlfriend, Francine, escape in the station helicopter, accompanied by two renegade SWAT members, Roger and Pete. The group retreats to the haven of an enclosed shopping center to make what could be humanity's last stand.
United States | 127 minutes
DAY OF THE DEAD (1985)
Directed by George A. Romero
Trapped in a missile silo, a small team of scientists, civilians and trigger-happy soldiers battle desperately to ensure the survival of the human race, but tension inside the base is reaching breaking-point, and the zombies are gathering outside.
United States | 100 minutes
GEORGE A. ROMERO’S RESIDENT EVIL
Directed by Brandon Salisbury
A documentary that brings to light the vision that director George A. Romero had for an adaptation of Resident Evil, using newly filmed interviews with those who were there, and unravels the secrets behind why it was never produced.
United States | Special Presentation
LAND OF THE DEAD
Directed by George A. Romero
Zombies have taken over the world and those left alive are confined to a walled-in city that keeps out the corpse corps. As anarchy rules the streets, a group of scavengers must thwart an attempt to overthrow the city while the dead are evolving from brainless slow-moving creatures into more advanced creatures.
United States | 92 minutes
NIGHT OF THE LIVING DEAD (1968)
Directed by George A. Romero
A disparate group of individuals takes refuge in an abandoned house when corpses begin to leave the graveyard in search of fresh human bodies to devour. The pragmatic Ben does his best to control the situation, but when the reanimated bodies surround the house, the other survivors begin to panic. As any semblance of order within the group begins to dissipate, the zombies start to find ways inside -- and one by one, the living humans become the prey of the deceased ones.
United States | 97 minutes
Introduction by Suzanne Romero-Desrocher
ALL THAT YOU LOVE WILL BE CARRIED AWAY
Directed by Bolen Miller
Based on the Stephen King short story: A middle-aged traveling salesman contemplates his life choices at a a shitty motel in Nebraska.
United States | 10:22
I KNOW WHAT YOU NEED
Directed by Julia Marchese
It's 1976, and popular college co-ed Elizabeth meets an unusual boy, Edward, who knows what she needs. But who is Edward really, and what secrets is he hiding? It's a love story, but a Stephen King love story, so things aren't always what they seem. Elizabeth doesn't know what she wants, but Edward knows what she needs.
United States | 45:00
THE MONKEY
Directed by Spencer Sherry
Based upon a story by Stephen King. After a near-fatal accident, soon-to-be father Pete Shelburn begins to suspect that his past has come back to haunt him. With his own father at death's door and his brother refusing to make amends with him, he's forced to save his family by confronting a nightmare from his childhood: a cursed cymbal-clapping toy monkey.
United States | 60:00
ONE FOR THE ROAD
Directed by David Jester
A family traveling from out of state breaks down in the most unfortunate place, Salem's Lot. Going for help, Gerard Lumley leaves his wife and daughter behind, unaware of the dangers awaiting them. Reaching a bar in the town next door, he finds nothing but reluctant assistance, everybody but him knowing the danger his family is in.
United States | 24:00
STAY
Directed by Gene Blair Jr.
A troubled teenage girl winds her way through a park that she has traversed many times on her way home. This time, however, not everything is as it seems and she is quickly confronted with Dickensian ghosts who attempt to guide her as she wrestles with a life-threatening decision.
United States | 22:53
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