Streaming service Shudder will stream the “lost” George A. Romero film “The Amusement Park” this summer.
Restored by the Pittsburgh-based George A. Romero Foundation, the 1973 film was commissioned by the Pittsburgh-based Lutheran Society as a PSA about being helpful to the elderly, but it was never released publicly.
Romero’s widow, Suzanne Desrocher-Romero, oversaw the restoration of the film in 4K by IndieCollect in New York City. “The Amusement Park” was filmed at West View Park in the North Hills on the site of what is now a Giant Eagle. The park closed in 1977 and was demolished in 1980.
The film stars Lincoln Maazel as an elderly man who becomes disoriented and isolated as the humiliations of aging are manifested through roller coasters and chaotic crowds.