Horror streamerShudderadds anotherfeather to its capital — and a curiosity aim to its “ Summer of Chills ” programming — withGeorge A. Romero ’s The Amusement Park . The film is a 52 - min oddity the director shot between Night of the Living Dead and Dawn of the Dead , and thought misplace for nearly 50 days .
Made as a commission for the Lutheran Society , The Amusement Park stars Lincoln Maazel — who played Tateh Cuda in Romero ’s Martin , and , fun fact , lived to be 106 class old — and takes a look at the plight of America ’s elderly through a genus Lens that looks like appropriately horrific if this completely unsettling new poke is anything to go by .
Here ’s the official verbal description , courtesy of Shudder : “ lately discovered and restored 46 days after its completion by the George A. Romero Foundation and produced by Suzanne Desrocher - Romero , The Amusement Park stars Martin ’s Lincoln Maazel as an older world who finds himself disorientate and more and more stranded as the pain , tragedies and humiliations of aging in America are manifest through tumbler coasters and disorderly crowds . Commissioned by the Lutheran Society , the flick is perhaps Romero ’s wildest and most imaginative moving picture , an allegory about the nightmarish realities of develop erstwhile , and is an alluring snapshot of the filmmaker ’s other esthetic content and vogue and would go on to inform his ensue filmography . The ‘ mazed ’ pic was restored in 4k by IndieCollect in New York City . ”
Who needs zombies when you’ve got The Amusement Park?Image: Shudder
The Amusement Park hits Shudder on June 8 . The eternal rest of the streamer ’s “ Summer of Chills ” looks challenging as well , with 12 Shudder Originals — including creepy - sounding Russian significance Superdeep , which take place at a secret , long - shuttered facility located seven miles below the surface ; and Vicious Fun , which has us surcharge with this verbal description : “ Joel , a caustic 1980s film critic for a home repulsion magazine , finds himself unknowingly trapped in a self - service group for serial killers”—rolling out through June , July , and August .
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