Romero's place in history should not be overlooked. When he launched NOTLD (in B&W with the body parts provided gratis by the local butcher) the horror category was in tatters. Sci-Fi had broken away into its own genre. Old timers like Vincent Price somehow had managed to take over the horror niche, often reduced to doing parodies of parodies just to stay relevant. The sector was no empty that even B-films from Italy, badly dubbed in English, were considered a draw. Romero changed that forever and deserves props. Nor is the notion that our culture is unkind to the aged in any way wrong. Like you were told at the beginning of the film, one day YOU will become old and find out for yourself. That said, nothing in the above in any way legitimizes this oddball film or makes it watchable or laudable. To quote Woody Allen, sometimes a train going into a tunnel is just a train going into a tunnel.
Review of The Amusement Park
