Wednesday, June 21, 2017

Martin

Martin is a 1977 George Romero horror movie about a young man who drugs women, rapes them, then drinks their blood. He goes to live with his uncle who thinks the young man is an 84-year old vampire, part of an ancient family shame.

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Senses of Cinema says, "Martin remains an artistic success in terms of its effective explication of the director’s strong thematic interests as originated in Night of the Living Dead". DVD Talk calls it "one of the single greatest vampire movies of all time".

HorrorNews.net says it "it lives up to its ambitions in long sequences, if not throughout the film, and there are many pleasures in both the visual treatment and the often witty script." Classic-Horror.com says, "Romero demonstrates, without a doubt, that the terror of vampirism is not in the myth. According to Romero, there is no magic, and that reality is far more terrifying than any creature of the night."

Rotten Tomatoes has a critics score of 93%.

4 comments:

  1. Hmm. Haven't seen this one. Its got a great score and reviews though so I will check it out. Hugs-Erika

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    1. It was interesting, I'll give it that, but I don't know why the critics loved it so.

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  2. Very weird. Not sure why the critics liked it, either. Very so-so in my book.

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    1. It was a different take on the vampire story, and there's something to recommend that. I'd never go back to this one, though.

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