The filmmaker’s seminal 1968 film Night of the Living Dead is deemed the inspiration for all future entries into the genre ranging from Danny Boyle film 28 Days Later… (2002) to AMC series The Walking Dead.
Romero isn’t the first horror maestro to speak candidly about The Walking Dead, last week’s season 7 opener of which was deemed ‘too violent for TV.’
“Then, all of a sudden, here came The Walking Dead.
Ironically, he believes the latter is preventing zombie films with “any sort of substance” to be made.