Martin Page #4

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
1,162 Views


It's just that you're...

So gentle,

So nice.

I only want

to hold you.

Martin, don't be

so afraid.

The door is finished.

Father curry

was in braddock...42...

No, 43 years

before he left.

No. Thank you.

I'd like to have

a little more wine.

You like this wine?

Gorinzkas made this wine.

I like it, too.

Gorinzkas. I don't know him.

Is he catholic?

A good catholic,

yes, father howard.

But you wouldn't

know him.

He left even

before corelli.

That's too bad.

I would have commissioned him

To make some wine

for the church.

I don't suppose

it's sacrilege to say

That the wine at st. Vincent's

is putrid.

You were sent here,

or you asked to come?

I was sent

by the diocese

When father corelli

retired.

Retired? Ha!

Father corelli

is younger than I am.

He asked to leave.

He left, like the rest of them.

They think this town

is finished.

No. He has cancer.

He's very near

the end.

In fact,

i haven't heard.

He may be gone.

Oh, thank you.

This is a town for

old persons, father howard.

You know the things

an old person

Wants from a priest?

Oh, this is

very sweet.

An old person

needs a priest

Who thinks the way

the old person thinks,

A priest who believes

in the old ways.

That's why I use the latin mass

here in braddock.

I think

people around here...

Do you believe

in demons, father howard?

Do you believe the devil

can enter a person's soul?

I don't know

what to believe about that.

You don't know,

father howard? Ha!

You see, this

is what I mean.

This is not

what an old person

Wants to hear

from a priest.

Father howard, would you

like some more cookies?

No, thanks.

Can I get you

anything else?

No, no. I'm fine.

If our priests cannot

save us from such things,

Who can, father howard?

Well, i've had several

conversations about this

With some

of my associates,

And I think...

i think it's

a difficult issue.

It's something

that has to be dealt with.

Grandfather,

stop it.

You're gonna scare

father howard away.

Fascinating subject,

actually.

You should talk

to father zulemas about this.

Father...

zulemas.

Zulemas.

He a great old guy.

He claims to have actually done

The old mystical rites

for real.

He went to see

that film the exorcist.

He said they did it

all wrong.

Zulemas.

I don't suppose

you saw that movie.

I thought

it was great.

Woman's voice:
Martin.

Martin.

nosferatu.

I cast you out...

Unclean spirit,

Along with every

satanic power of the enemy,

Every sector from hell,

And all your felled

companions,

In the name of our lord

jesus christ.

It is he

who commands you.

Harken therefore,

and tremble in fear, satan,

You enemy of the faith,

You foe

of the human race,

You begetter of death,

You robber of life,

You corrupter

of justice,

You root

of all evil and vice,

Seducer of men,

Betrayer

of the nations...

...fountain of avarice,

fomenter of discord,

Author of pain

and sorrow.

Why, then, do you stand

and resist, knowing...

that christ our lord

brings your plans to nothing?

By the sign of the holy cross

of our lord jesus christ,

Who lives and reigns

With the father

and the holy spirit,

God and forever...

o amen.

Amen.

The lord

be with you all.

May he also be

with you.

May he also

be with you.

Let us pray.

Look down in pity

on this, your servant,

Martin,

Now in the toils

of the unclean spirit,

Now caught up

in the fearsome threats

Of man's ancient enemy,

Sworn foe of our race...

By the sign

of the cross...

Keep watch over the innermost

recesses of his heart.

Whoo! Ha ha ha!

Devil. You are the devil.

You devil, you.

It's just a costume.

It's only a costume.

Wait just a minute.

I'll get some money.

How about a little

painting tomorrow?

Joey's

out of town again,

And he left the game

room half finished.

You want me here

for sex, don't you?

I never really

did it before.

I was always

too shy.

But I decided...

i'd really like

to do it with you.

I'm all dressed now.

Why are you crying?

Why are you crying?

It's nothing.

Did I hurt you?

What did I do?

You didn't do

anything, Martin.

You're worrying

about having a kid.

I knew I should

have worn

One of those things.

Oh, jesus, Martin.

It's nothing

to do with you.

Really?

Really. Worrying about

having a kid. Ha ha.

I can't have kids.

I can never

have kids.

There's something

wrong inside.

I don't know.

What do you think?

Is that good for me

or bad for me?

No opinion?

That's why you're so nice

to have around, Martin.

You don't have opinions.

You took it down.

What?

You took it down.

Oh, I thought

it was stupid,

A stupid superstition.

I just didn't want it

there, that's all.

I was right,

wasn't i?

Hurry and come down

to supper.

I'm going out

tonight.

Woget the goddamn stogie

out of your mouth

And don't burn me up.

I'll try not to.

Don't try

to burn me up.

Nope. I've just got to get

out of here, that's all.

I say go

to all of you.

If you don't want

to be here,

Then we don't

need you!

I want to be here.

I've been here

since I was a kid.

Hey, but i'm

a good mechanic.

I should be fixing cars.

What am I doing here?

Go...like

william korinzkas,

Like molinopzkus.

It's good for christina

not to be married yet.

She's young

for her years.

Maybe it's good for her

never to marry.

You know,

we have a problem...

in the family.

What?

You've seen

the boy Martin.

Yeah.

Oh, it is a problem.

It is the shame

of us parents.

You want to have

children, don't you?

Yeah.

Think about it.

Just think about it.

You're still here.

I guess...

i guess he, uh...

couldn't come.

I guess, uh...

i don't like

arthur.

He makes you

feel bad.

Oh, Martin,

it isn't arthur.

It's...i don't expect

any more from arthur.

It's...

it's everything.

It's...

it's everything.

Arthur told me about

The conversation

you had with him.

It's such bullshit,

grandfather.

It is so goddamn

hypocritical.

There is insanity

in this family,

And you've got it!

You will not use such

language in my house.

Language? Sh*t

on the language!

Well, good-Bye,

grandfather cuda.

Where will you go?

I leave tomorrow

morning with arthur.

Oh, but don't worry.

We won't have

any offspring.

We won't even

wind up together.

Arthur's

just my way out.

Christina...

you are wrong.

Well, then,

too bad for me.

Christina:
if you

need anything,

You just

call me or...

Or come. I'll send

you the money.

No. You'll forget

about me.

No, I won't.

Why do you think

i'll forget?

Because

you're going away.

People always go away

So they can forget

where they were.

Well, I won't.

You'll see.

I won't forget.

I'll tell you

where I am.

Martin...

will you finish

your breakfast?

I wish you could

shoot me up with drugs,

Take away a piece of my brain

or something.

Boy, do I wish what

you have is catching.

Some people think

it is catching.

In the movies,

it's catching.

Give it to me.

Please.

Martin, you're lazy!

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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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