Night of the Living Dead influence
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Archived from the IMDb Discussion Forums — The Flesh Eaters
Patrick_Atomic — 18 years ago(April 15, 2007 03:54 AM)
Not sure if anyone knew this but Romero is quoted as saying that "The Flesh Eaters" was one of the major influence he had while writing night of the living dead, along with the book "I am Legend", which the film "the last man on earth" is based on staring Vincent Price
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ragreen259 — 18 years ago(October 20, 2007 04:32 AM)
You think so, even though the OP pointed out that ROMERO IS QUOTED AS SAYING THIS IS???
OK good logic there. It's good to see that you know more than the guy that wrote the movie as to what influenced him. -
user-13865 — 17 years ago(October 06, 2008 02:21 AM)
I've followed Romero throughout interviews over the past twenty years, and I don't ever recall him mentioning THE FLESH EATERS as an influence on NIGHT OF THE LIVING DEAD. I've only ever seen the film mentioned in connection to NIGHT in Stephen King's liner notes for the 25th Anniversary NOTLD Elite Laserdisc (reprinted in the Millennium Edition DVD):
"It didn't come from nowhere, of course; both "Macumba Love" and "The Flesh Eaters" can be seen as precursors to NIGHT OF THE LIVING DEAD's grim, over-the-top realism and there are touches of Val Lewton in the visual execution."
I think maybe King was pulling titles out of the air there, as "The Last Man on Earth" and "The Invisible Invaders" would have made much more sense than the two films cited. (Val Lewton? YeahRomero loves those flicks.)