George A Romero s Dawn of The Dead
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The most important horror film in modern cinema – arguably ever – was almost Night of the Flesh Eaters. But the producer of a similarly titled film, 1964’s Flesh Eaters, threatened legal action. The distributor of Night of the Flesh Eaters changed the title card on the print. It became Night of the Living Dead.
In George A Romero’s classic film, the formerly deceased cannibal ghouls (not yet zombies ) sink their teeth into more than flesh – also the psyche of Vietnam and Civil Rights-era America.
The film was produced by Image Ten, a band of friends-cum-filmmakers which included soon-to-be king of the dead Romero, co-writer John A Russo, Rudy Ricci, and producer/actor (“They’re coming to get you Barbara!”) Russell Streiner.
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The assassination of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un’s estranged half-brother Kim Jong Nam at Kuala Lumpur’s airport in February of 2017, I’m embarrassed to say, was a blip on my radar. There was a vague recollection of two young women who were caught on CCTV smearing the deadly VX nerve agent on his face and running away. Kim Jong Nam died within the hour.
It seemed right out of a spy movie and apparently one I wrongly assumed I already knew the end to. And although the event and aftermath were widely, exhaustively covered, I don’t think I’m the only one who lost the thread early.