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MARTIN the teenage vampire? 1977 - 067
Manage episode 364674262 series 3012382
One of George A. Romero's lesser known monster films explores whether MARTIN, as portrayed by John Amplas, is actually a cursed bloodsucker from the days or yore, or just a deranged teen alienated by cultish superstition and mental derangement.
This bleak, savage, but oddly poignant portrayal of alienation in the rust belt modernity of 1970s Pennsylvania explores issues of sanity, doubt, religion, and the fracturing of society.
CONTENT WARNINGS FOR DISCUSSIONS OF MURDER SCENES THAT FEEL LIKE SEXUAL VIOLENCE
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Manage episode 364674262 series 3012382
One of George A. Romero's lesser known monster films explores whether MARTIN, as portrayed by John Amplas, is actually a cursed bloodsucker from the days or yore, or just a deranged teen alienated by cultish superstition and mental derangement.
This bleak, savage, but oddly poignant portrayal of alienation in the rust belt modernity of 1970s Pennsylvania explores issues of sanity, doubt, religion, and the fracturing of society.
CONTENT WARNINGS FOR DISCUSSIONS OF MURDER SCENES THAT FEEL LIKE SEXUAL VIOLENCE
***
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