He is best known for his series of gruesome and satirical horror films about an imagined zombie apocalypse, beginning with night of the living dead 1968. Before he passed away back in 2017, the late horror legend george a. Romero has 62 books on goodreads with 10219 ratings. The living dead, a novel taking place in the same universe as his living dead series of movies, is done and will be released next year. Known by many names, them, ghouls, biters and zombies, romero and kraus conceives brilliant intertwined storylines exploiting the infiltration of the living dead. George romeros the living dead book has been finished. Dedicated to the memory of george romero music by goblin. In a book, of course, there is no budget, and in his pages you can feel his joy of being able, at last, to do every single. Desrocherromero said author dan klaus is fervently rewriting. The marvel series will be revealed at new york comic con october 10. February 4, 1940 july 16, 2017 was an american filmmaker, writer, and editor. This film is often considered a progenitor of the fictional zombie of modern culture.
Another project is not a movie but a novel entitled the living dead. Romero is the grandfather of the zombie genre, and perhaps the most influential filmmaker of allthing zombies. Romeros novel the living dead has been available for preorder for several months now you can preorder a copy here, but its going to be released a little later than expected. Martins griffin, the new horror anthology book nights of the living dead is. Romeros day of the dead by lee karr is the book to have on the classic george romero film day of the dead. Day was the final installment of the trilogy of romero films that began with night of the living dead and continued with dawn of the dead. Romero is a legendary american filmmaker and screenwriter whose fifteen directorial credits include the horror classics night of the living dead 1968, dawn of the dead 1978, and day of the dead 1985. Before he passed away last year at the age of 77, father of the zombie genre, george romero, was working on a novel called the living dead. George romeros the living dead novel pushed back to august. Romeros unfinished novel the living dead will see the light of day the late, great filmmaker, who died in 2017, had written but not completed the living dead, a brandnew. Next month, george romero returns to the world he created in 1968. Romeros unfinished the living dead novel will be completed by the shape of waters daniel kraus this link is to an external site that may or may not meet accessibility guidelines.
His influence has shone down upon pop culture in the nearlyforty years that followed the release of his movie, dawn of the dead. Romeros brandnew masterpiece of zombie horror, the massive novel left unfinished at romeros death. A lifelong romero fan, kraus was honored to be asked, by romeros widow, to complete the living dead. The official facebook fan page of writerdirector george a. While some romero fans might be disappointed that the living dead is a book instead of a film, utilizing this medium means that the story wouldnt be. Exclusive read the first 4 pages of george romeros new. Romero had been working on a brand new zombie novel titled the living dead. Undead horror master george romero is back with a new comics series %27empire of the dead%27.
Romeros novel the living dead now available for preorder. Discover book depositorys huge selection of george a romero books online. I made them the neighbors theres nothing scarier than the neighbors, says night of the living dead. George romeros final book on the living dead is getting. Romeros headeating friends made their debut four decades ago in the cult classic night of the living dead now in the national film registry zombie variations have kept coming. Romero and daniel kraus brings forth a new novel where dead people quit staying dead and begin eating the living. The new york times named dawn of the dead as one of the best 1,000 movies ever made. Enter your mobile number or email address below and well send you a link to download the free kindle app. Act three paperback november 3, 2015 by andrea mutti illustrator, george romero contributor. Coming soon in english, the largest book ever written on romero. New york times bestselling author daniel kraus completes george a. The man behind classics like night of the living dead, who birthed the zombie genre as we know it, had many projects in the works that. Romero, the man behind night of the living dead, may have passed away last year, but his contribution to zombie lore is not over yet.