Martin Page #3

Synopsis: George Romero does for vampires what he has already done to zombies - an intense and realistic treatment that follows the exploits of Martin, who claims to be 84 years old, and who certainly drinks human blood. The boy arrives in Pittsburg to stay with his uncle, who promises to save Martin's soul and destroy him once he is finished, but Martin's loneliness finds other means of release.
Genre: Drama, Horror
Director(s): George A. Romero
Production: HBO Video
  1 win.
 
IMDB:
7.2
Metacritic:
68
Rotten Tomatoes:
90%
R
Year:
1978
95 min
1,154 Views


who finds out about us!

He shot me with something!

Now call somebody!

Call the police, hospital,

ambulance, anybody!

Call somebody!

I don't know

who to call!

Lewis, who

should I call?

The emergency number.

Call 911.

I can't call 911.

That's the police.

It's not the police! It's just

a general emergency number!

Do you have a friend

i can call?

Is your car here?

Yeah.

Call the hospital and tell them

what happened, all right?

Tell them we'll be there

in 5 minutes.

Ok. What hospital?

I don't know

what hospital!

Is mercy around here?

I don't know

the number.

Call information.

Get their number. Call them.

Information, can you

give me the number

Of mercy hospital,

please?

Thank you.

Sh*t! It's f***ed up.

Wait a minute.

I got to do it again.

I can't get through!

I forgot the number!

Wait. Um...

sh*t.

Lewis, are you

on the other phone?

Lewis, hang up

the phone!

I can't get through.

Hang up the phone, would you?

Are you on it?

Sh*t. What's

the number?

I forgot the number.

Hang up!

All right!

Hang up!

I'm off. I hung up.

I've got my foot on it.

Is there another

phone in this house?

Downstairs,

in the game room.

You keep calling

to get somebody,

All right?

Keep calling!

Oh!

Uh...oh, sh*t.

The number.

Bastard.

Lewis!

Open this door,

you bastard!

You f***er, open

this goddamn door!

Lewis, what happened?

Lewis!

Aah!

Aah! Aah! Help! Help!

No! No!

Get away from me!

No! Stop!

Please! No! Aah!

No! Stop!

What did you do to me?

What did you

do to me?

Get out!

Go away.

No!

Lewis! Lewis!

Get away, lewis!

Lewis, he's gonna...

Lewis, don't come in here!

Look out!

Oh, lewis!

Listen, we've got to

get away from here!

Get on the phone!

Get some help! Get anybody!

I'm gonna get

that f***er!

Hello.

I need help.

Don't be afraid.

You'll just go to sleep.

I don't have to

hurt you now.

Aah!

You'll be all right.

You'll be all right.

You'll just

fall asleep,

And you'll wake up.

I promise.

You'll be all right.

You'll fall asleep

and wake up.

You want me?

Yes. Yes.

Yes, but i'm not

going to hurt you now

Because of him.

You weren't supposed

to be there.

Why were you there?

You weren't supposed

to be there.

You weren't supposed

to be there.

Voice:
nosferatu.

Martin's voice:

it gets crazy sometimes,

And sometimes I think

they're really gonna catch me

And hurt me

or even kill me.

Man's voice:
yeah,

i've seen that in the movies...

People trying

to stop your kind.

Martin's voice:

you have to really stay calm

When that happens.

And you just have to remember

that the ones that are after you

Are never calm.

People are never calm

when they're angry.

Man's voice:
no, it's true.

It's very true.

Martin's voice:

for a long time,

I didn't care

if they'd kill me.

Most people spend their lives

worrying about dying.

For a long time,

i wished I would die,

Or I wished

somebody would kill me.

It's been

a long time for me...

a long time

full of crazy people.

I'm pretty careful

about not getting caught now.

I've learned a lot of things.

I have good tools.

And I have the needles.

Man's voice:
needles?

Martin's voice:
it was

really hard before the needles.

Man's voice:

what kind of needles?

Count?

Martin's voice:
everything's

been pretty easy

Since i've learned

how to be careful.

People are

the hardest thing.

Man's voice:
ha ha ha.

I understand.

When I see people together,

they don't talk, not really.

They don't say

what they mean.

Man's voice:
right.

Martin's voice:

then they have the other,

They have

the sexy stuff,

Whenever they want it.

I've been much too shy

to ever do the sexy stuff.

Man's voice:
mm-Hmm...

Martin's voice:
I mean, do it

with someone who was awake.

Man's voice:
uh...ha ha.

Martin's voice:
someday maybe

i'll get to do it...

awake, without

the blood part.

Just do it with somebody

and then be together

And talk all night.

Man's voice:
we've had

questions from our listeners

As to how often this happens.

I mean, every full moon?

Martin:
I don't know.

I lose track.

Not all the time.

That's not like

in the movies either.

I saw a movie once

where it happened every night.

Now, that's crazy.

Those movies are crazy.

oh, so you

mean to tell me,

All those movies

aren't true, huh?

What else isn't true?

Are you gonna dispel

any other myths,

Like getting back

to your grave before sunup

Or garlic...

Martin:

it's all crazy.

so you don't burn up

to a crisp in the sunlight?

Nothing like that?

Martin:
well, the sun

bothers my eyes sometimes,

Especially when it's about time,

when I get shaky.

yeah, well, listen, count,

my sponsor's getting shaky,

So i've got to take a break.

Hang on a minute.

Night-Timers, we've been

talking to the count.

Yes, a real, live,

honest-To-Goodness vampire.

And if you have

any questions

You'd like to pass on

to the count,

How about giving me a call

here at 555-1650?

Be back in a moment.

Man's voice on radio:

be back in a moment.

Talk about a sale.

This week's sale at mason's...

Accent storage tables,

some of our best-Selling...

count, are you there?

Hey, count? Count?

Count, are you there, man?

Martin:
hello.

say, man, where can i

get ahold of you?

This is really going over big.

I mean, it's very good.

We have a lot of people calling,

and they're very interested.

Count, i'd like

to talk to you.

I'd like to have you

come down to the station...

Man's voice on radio:

...a 54 by 20 by 16 now $66.

You stay

in my house.

Will you embarrass

me like this?

This is

a catholic family.

I will not be seen

in church without you.

Get dressed.

Priest:
and jesus

answered them,

"Have not I chosen you 12,

and one of you be the devil..."

So ends the gospel

according to saint john.

Instead of a sermon today,

i think that we need to discuss

The problem of

rebuilding the church.

Being new to the community,

i've asked deacon roy

To talk to you

about this.

We need

a good bit of money

If we hope

to rebuild this parish.

Deacon roy, if you would

address the congregation.

Deacon roy:
thank you.

First of all,

The tragedy of our church

being burned down,

I understand, has shaken

some of our parishioners' faith.

This need not be.

Now is the time

to express your faith.

For example, if we go

to our homes when we leave here

And see things that

we do not use laying around

That we can sell,

That's one way

to raise money.

Hold raffles.

And we can all get together

and furnish labor.

Thank you for coming.

Thank you for coming.

Will you come up to

the house sometime?

Thank you so much.

I really appreciate it.

Thank you very much.

Thank you so much.

Thank you so much.

We will have supper

late tomorrow night.

I invited

the new priest

To come to our house

for supper.

You will make

a good dinner.

Sure you wouldn't like

something in that?

You don't mind

if I do, right?

I'm sorry. I didn't mean

to frighten you.

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George A. Romero

George Andrew Romero (February 4, 1940 – July 16, 2017) was an American-Canadian filmmaker, writer and editor, best known for his series of gruesome and satirical horror films about an imagined zombie apocalypse, beginning with Night of the Living Dead (1968), which is often considered a progenitor of the fictional zombie of modern culture. Other films in the series include Dawn of the Dead (1978) and Day of the Dead (1985). Aside from this series, his works include The Crazies (1973), Martin (1978), Creepshow (1982), Monkey Shines (1988), The Dark Half (1993) and Bruiser (2000). He also created and executive-produced the 1983–88 television series Tales from the Darkside. Romero is often noted as an influential pioneer of the horror-film genre, and has been called an "icon" and the "Father of the Zombie Film". more…

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