Richard France
Richard France was born on May 5, 1938 in Boston, Massachusetts, USA. He is an actor and writer, known for Dawn of the Dead (1978), The Crazies (1973) and Dreams Come True (1984).
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Graveyard Shift
Based on Stephen King's short story about a Maine textile mill, where it's workers come into contact with something far more gruesome than anyone might expect.
Dawn of the Dead
An American horror movie from 1978 about a group of four people who are hiding out in a shopping center after the city has been over run with zombies. This low budget film has gained a cult statues in the horror genre.
The Crazies
Citizens of a small town are infected by a biological weapon that causes its victims to become violently insane. As uninfected citizens struggle to survive, the military readies its own response.
There's Always Vanilla
A young man returns home to Pittsburgh and moves in with an older woman, on whom he begins to rely on for emotional and financial support.
Night of the Living Dead
A group of people try to survive an attack of bloodthirsty zombies while trapped in a rural Pennsylvania farmhouse. Although not the first zombie film, Night of the Living Dead is the progenitor of the contemporary "zombie apocalypse" horror film, and it greatly influenced the modern pop-culture zombie archetype.