MARTIN

MARTIN

Alternate Title:
Wampyr

USA, 1977

Director: George A. Romero

10/10

Omfg, what was that? This is absolutely amazing; "Martin" totally blew me away! When the credits rolled I just sat there, staring at the screen with an open mouth while hundreds of questions popped up into my head.
After the credits I reflected about it, drank some glasses of juice and finally decided to write this review in a question/answer-form in hopes of fully understanding and digesting the experience of watching this film.

How do you like "Martin"?

I love it. I absolutely love it. It's a stunning movie. I totally didn't expected it to be that awesome.

What exactly do you like about it?

Everything, absolutely everything. It's tense, suspenseful, highly atmospheric and even a bit disturbing - but also pretty emotional and touching. The acting is breathtakingly excellent, especially the performances from John Amplas, Lincoln Maazel and Elyane Nadeau. It's brilliantly written and paced. The plot is fantastic and many parts of the dialogue are just staggering. It's also wonderfully filmed with many great close-ups, 'gorgeous' shots of all the abandoned places and some stunning-looking black-and-white scenes. The soundtrack is also absolutely brilliant.

Besides there are many scenes that are absolutely unforgettable: the opening on the train, the exorcism, the super-stunning stalk-and-attack scene, Martin's fake vampire scare and of course the amazing ending.

Do you like it more than the other films from Romero?

Yes. I mean, I adore his zombie flicks, especially "Dawn Of The Dead" but in some kinda way it seems to me as if "Martin" is the best thing he's ever done.

You often say that you're actually no vampire fan. Is this true?

I'm not so sure about it anymore. I mean, yeah, I never was a big fan of vampire films but in the last 2 years I've seen many so many adorable vampire-themed flicks ("Let The Right One In", "Vampires", "Fright Night"...), I think it's not true anymore.

Now after seeing "Martin" I'm actually definitely interested in checking out some classic 'Dracula' and 'Nosferatu' stuff.

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