Beginning with his 1968 creation of Night of the Living Dead, George Romero is renowned as the creator of the modern zombie. Romero is responsible for introducing the idea of zombies as stumbling, flesh-eating undead who seek to eat and destroy the living. Before this, zombies existed within the context of voodoo but not in mass media. His works created many spin-offs and sequels, with Romero’s zombie films inspiring and influencing countless others in the zombie and horror genre. However, Romero officially created six films, with a seventh, Twilight of the Living Dead, being an upcoming posthumous production.
