… of the Dead Film Review

George Romero surrounded by his creations on the set of Day of the Dead

I love George Romero, ever since I was able to watch Night of the Living Dead all those years ago on Google Video (not even YouTube!). Since then, I have watched as many zombie films as I can, with anything with a of the Dead title getting a good chance of me seeing at some point.

With that in mind, I decided to watch the Romero zombie films, as well as others of the Dead titles, and talk about each one.

Organised by Romero/non-Romero and year of release.

Though you can read them in whatever order you like, it is suggested you read them in chronological order by year of release. There are links at the bottom of each essay to the next chronological release. Click here to start with White Zombie, and continue from there.

If you’ve enjoyed any essays from this essay series, please go visit the George A. Romero Foundation, who are doing good work preserving and promoting the work of George A. Romero, as well as the next generation of independent filmmakers.

The George Romero Canon of the Dead

• Night of the Living Dead (1969)
• Dawn of the Dead (1978)
• Day of the Dead (1985)
• Land of the Dead (2005)
• Diary of the Dead (2007)
• Survival of the Dead (2009)
• The Living Dead (2020) (a novel) by George Romero and Daniel Kraus

Other notable George Romero work Not of the Dead

• There’s Always Vanilla (1971)
• Season of the Witch (1973)
• The Crazies (1973)
• The Amusement Park (1975)
• Martin (1977)
• Creepshow (1982) (as part of The Stephen King Reading List)

Notable Others of the Dead

• White Zombie (1932)
• Plan 9 From Outer Space (1957)
• The Plague of the Zombies (1966)
• Zombi 2 (1979) (Italian sequel to Romero’s ’78 Dawn)
• City of the Living Dead (1980)
• The Return of the Living Dead (1985)
• Night of the Living Dead (1990) (Tom Savini remake)
• Dawn of the Dead (2004) (Zack Snyder remake)
• Shaun of the Dead (2004)
• One Cut of the Dead (2017)
• Creepshow: Season 3, episode 6 ‘Dead Girl Named Sue‘ (2021)