The Amusement Park

IMDb (6.3/10) | Metacritic (77/100) | Rotten Tomatoes (97%)




Genres



Drama, Horror, Thriller




Director



George A. Romero




Writer



Walton Cook




Actors



Lincoln Maazel, Harry Albacker, Phyllis Casterwiler




Plot Summary



An elderly gentleman goes for what he assumes will be an ordinary day at the amusement park, only to find himself in the middle of a hellish nightmare.




Note from Encoder



Encoded with a modified slow 2-Pass @ 8,600 kb/s. Includes English subtitles, a commentary track, and extras. For those unfamiliar with this film it was originally commissioned by the Lutheran Service Society of Western Pennsylvania as a public service announcement warning of the dangers of elder abuse and ageism. The movie was originally screened at the American Film Festival in 1975 but quietly shelved after that, likely because the Lutheran Church expected a more straight forward education piece and did not approve of the completed picture. The film was thought to be lost until 2017 when a 16mm print was discovered and a 4K restoration was completed in 2019. As this was a PSA it is not as exciting as the majority of George A. Romero's classic films but film buffs and Romero completionists will likely find this interesting as a unique piece of movie history.









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