{"id":46586,"date":"2014-11-03T13:36:08","date_gmt":"2014-11-03T18:36:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hardrockhaven.net\/online\/?p=46586"},"modified":"2014-11-03T13:43:29","modified_gmt":"2014-11-03T18:43:29","slug":"george-a-romero-zombies-metal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hardrockhaven.net\/online\/2014\/george-a-romero-zombies-metal\/","title":{"rendered":"George A. Romero, Zombies & Metal"},"content":{"rendered":"

by John Kindred<\/span>
\n– Publisher —<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

\"TheThe Making of George A. Romero’s Day of the Dead:<\/p>\n

“Uncensored \u2013 unseen \u2013 undead \u2026 this is the complete, no-holds-barred history of George A. Romero\u2019s Day of the Dead …”<\/strong><\/p>\n

There isn\u2019t anything heavier than Zombies, and Metal has glorified the walking dead in music, aka the Death Metal genre, as well in the guise of bands like Lordi. And when it comes to the Metal genres being influenced by the Zombie horror movie industry, George A. Romero has set the standard and baseline for others to walk in his shoes.<\/p>\n

It shouldn\u2019t be any surprise to anyone who peruses Hardrock Haven that they might see an article about the recently released book chronicling the third installment of Romero\u2019s \u201cDead\u201d trilogy.<\/p>\n

The Making of George A. Romero’s Day of the Dead<\/em> was written by Lee Karr, with the forward contributed by Gregory Nicotero, producer of the AMC series \u201cWalking Dead.\u201d Karr can be considered a true \u201cdeadhead,\u201d except forget about The Grateful Dead and think Zombified dead.<\/p>\n

The 288-page book was written with the consent and full cooperation of George A. Romero and FX maestro Tom Savini. The book contains 250 never-before-seen photos, rare memorabilia, more than 110 exclusive interviews with the stars from the film: Lori Cardille; Joe Pilato; Richard Liberty; Sherman Howard; Terry Alexander; and Tim DiLeo. Covering the movie from first draft to the final cut, Kerr immerses fans into the complete world Romero. <\/p>\n

One cannot deny the cult status and influence of Romero\u2019s trilogy: Night of the Living Dead<\/em> (1968), Day of the Dead<\/em> (1978) and Day of the Dead<\/em> (1985). And then the follow-ups: Land of the Dead<\/em> (2005), Diary of the Dead<\/em> (2007) and, finally, Survival of the Dead<\/em> (2009). Each film provides viewers a social commentary that is related to the time that each movie was released. While each film is not bound together by a particular storyline, they all are tied together by the epidemic of the living dead.<\/p>\n

For fans of Romero, this is a must-have collector\u2019s book. It is contains a thorough examination of the details of the movie presented in one concise volume of information. The pictures unveil an amazing behind-the-scenes look at how it was done, which, at the time, included cutting-edge special effects. \u201cThe story of\u201d is priceless, and it is awesome that Karr was able to chronicle The Making of George A. Romero’s Day of the Dead<\/em> for fans to enjoy and as historical look at the cult movie.<\/p>\n

Paperback: 288 pages
\nPublisher: Plexus Publishing (September 23, 2014)
\nISBN-10: 0859655180
\nISBN-13: 978-0859655187
\nCAT: Film\/Horror
\nILLUS: 250 color photos<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

by John Kindred – Publisher — The Making of George A. Romero’s Day of the Dead: “Uncensored \u2013 unseen \u2013 undead \u2026 this is the complete, no-holds-barred history of George A. Romero\u2019s Day of the […]<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":46589,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6971],"tags":[10206,10210,10209,2267,10208,10211,10207],"class_list":{"0":"post-46586","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-main-articles","8":"tag-george-a-romero","9":"tag-gregory-nicotero","10":"tag-jeff-karr","11":"tag-metal","12":"tag-the-making-of-george-a-romeros-day-of-the-dead","13":"tag-the-walking-dead","14":"tag-zombies"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/hardrockhaven.net\/online\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46586","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/hardrockhaven.net\/online\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/hardrockhaven.net\/online\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hardrockhaven.net\/online\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hardrockhaven.net\/online\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=46586"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/hardrockhaven.net\/online\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46586\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hardrockhaven.net\/online\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/46589"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/hardrockhaven.net\/online\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=46586"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hardrockhaven.net\/online\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=46586"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hardrockhaven.net\/online\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=46586"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}