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The short film, made as an unconventional plea against elder abuse, is now streaming on Shudder and it contains rare footage of a bygone local theme park.
Posted on Thursday, June 3rd, 2021 by Chris Evangelista
The Amusement Parkis technically not a horror film, but it might just be the most disturbing, scariest thing
George A. Romero ever directed. Romero became renowned for his iconic
Night of the Living Dead, but it often felt like we took the filmmaker – who died in 2017 – for granted. He remained a true outsider for the majority of his career, and we lost something special when he shuffled off this mortal coil.
The Amusement Park, an educational film Romero helmed in 1973 that is only now seeing the light of day, is a perfect illustration of Romero’s talent – and his dark, cynical worldview. Here, he turns what could’ve been a forgotten bit of industrial filmmaking into something shocking, surreal, and altogether upsetting. It’s the work of a master who has been handed next to nothing and still managed to create a singular work of art.