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.
George A. Romero passed away in 2017, but his legacy will live on forever in his work including, now, an early-1970s, formerly “lost” film, The Amusement Park. A commissioned film on the subject of aging, it’s not without its Romero-style horrors.
Starring Lincoln Maazel.
SYNOPSIS:
An elderly gentlemen sets out for what he thinks will be a normal day at an amusement park and is soon embroiled in a waking nightmare. [Produced in 1973,
The Amusement Park was shelved after the Lutheran Society, which had commissioned it as an educational film about elder abuse and ageism, refused to release it due to its disturbing content. It was believed lost until a print was discovered in 2018 and subsequently given a 4K restoration by IndieCollect. It finally premiered in 2019, two years after Romero’s death
If you’re wondering why
The Amusement Park, a never-released film from pioneering horror legend George A. Romero, doesn’t even run an hour-long and has the framing of a PSA, that’s because it is. How anyone could watch a terrifying but scathing indictment of capitalism such as