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- 2021
- RLJ Entertainment
- 54 m
- 2021
- RLJ Entertainment
- 54 m
Summary An elderly gentleman goes for what he assumes will be an ordinary day at the amusement park, only to find himself in the middle of hellish nightmare instead.
Directed By: George A. Romero
Written By: Walton Cook
- 2021
- RLJ Entertainment
- 54 m
- 2021
- RLJ Entertainment
- 54 m
The Amusement Park
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5.6
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Summary An elderly gentleman goes for what he assumes will be an ordinary day at the amusement park, only to find himself in the middle of hellish nightmare instead.
Directed By: George A. Romero
Written By: Walton Cook
Where to Watch
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Metascore
Generally Favorable
Based on 16 Critic Reviews
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88% Positive
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6% Mixed
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6% Negative
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Metascore
Generally Favorable
Based on 16 Critic Reviews
77
88% Positive
14 Reviews
14 Reviews
6% Mixed
1 Review
1 Review
6% Negative
1 Review
1 Review
Whatever the Lutherans thought they were paying for, they accidentally unleashed our most deeply cynical artist at the height of his ferocity toward the country's decaying morality, and wound up funding one of the most upsetting films of the '70s.
Barely seen or even heard of since it was made, this “lost” Romero film doesn’t disappoint, and even though it’s not technically a horror film, it will scare you into spending any and all free time tending to anyone over 70 for fear of karmic retribution.
As with every summer – even this supremely strange one – there are a ton of horror movies coming down the pike. But no matter how scary the new Conjuring or how disgusting the new Saw may be, I can guarantee that you won’t see as soul-shaking a film this season as The Amusement Park.
The Amusement Park passes in a deranged blur; it’s a glorified PSA made with the means (and in the spirit of) antagonistic outsider art.
It doesn’t always work as a coherent whole, but The Amusement Park is still a fascinating experiment from a director at the height of his creative skills.
Finally recovered from the archive by the George A. Romero Foundation, and restored by New York's IndieCollect from two faded 16mm prints, its mere existence as a lost Romero is enough to make it worth watching. But it's not simply a dated curio: it's a fascinating if dated curio.
At best, it’s basically a heavy-handed, inelegant Twilight Zone episode that was ultimately rejected by the religious organization that commissioned it.
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Based on 8 User Ratings
5.6
38% Positive
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25% Negative
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