Originally Posted by ferretchucker
(Post 756580)
Even though you said you'd seen the romero stuff, there may be some things you didn't know in the series of films following Night of the Living Dead. I can see you don't know too much (not a criticism, many don't), about the series as you credited as the Romero Trilogy, when actually Romero has been responsible for Five films in that line.
Night of the living dead.
That then branched into two lines of sequels. This is because Russo, who wrote the book and aided the script, and Romero who directed the film split ways. Russo kept the rights to having "living dead" in the title, while Romero could make any others of his own. As there are so many odd things I'll make a key.
Red = George A Romero Line
Blue = Russo Line
Purple = Unofficial Sequel/ Prequel.
The George A Romero sequel line -
Dawn of the Dead
There were then two sequels to this, one official, one not. The unofficial ones being
Zombi 2 which was followed by three more sequels, in that line.
Zombi 3
Zombie 4
Zombi 5
But back to the Romero line-
Day of the Dead (Official Sequel to Dawn of the Dead).
This was followed by two seperate films, one an official sequel, one an unofficial prequel. The Unofficial Prequel was -
Day of the Dead 2: Contagium
And once again, back to the Romero line with the official sequel.
Land of the Dead
Diary of the Dead (Described as a "Re-establising" of the series. It alters the myth slightly, bringing the undead rising into modern times. But don't confuse it as a remake.
Russo+ Series. This series altered things a bit, making the zombies slightly more intelligent, having them occasionally speak, they can run, and instead of hungering for meat in general, they want BRAINS! Russo made the first sequel, then others did the rest.
Return of the Living Dead
Return of the Living Dead Part 2
Return of the Living Dead 3
Return of the Living Dead: Necropolis
Return of the Living Dead: Rave from the Grave
There are a few duds in there, a few have been remade etc. I'd say try 'em all if you get the chance. I've yet to see quite a few in there, I just know of them. Now that I've written it down, it's a pretty complicated line, with a starting film, two lines of sequels branching from that, and then another branch of sequels coming from one of the other branches.
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