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John A. Russo

John A. Russo, sometimes credited as Jack Russo or John Russo, is an American screenwriter and film director most commonly associated with the 1968 horror classic film Night of the Living Dead, which he co-wrote with director George Romero.

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Midnight 2

Midnight 2

John A. Russo 1993 1h 12m

The surviving member of a devil-worshiping family uses a camcorder to videotape himself murdering young women during sex. The girlfriend of one of his victims goes to a detective to try to find her friend.

The Majorettes

The Majorettes

S. William Hinzman 1987 1h 32m 5.0

A hooded psycho is murdering high-school girls. A devil-worshiping, drug-dealing biker gang is suspected.

The Return of the Living Dead

The Return of the Living Dead

Dan O'Bannon 1985 1h 31m 7.2

When a bumbling pair of employees at a medical supply warehouse accidentally release a deadly gas into the air, the vapors cause the dead to re-animate as they go on a rampage through Louisville, Kentucky seeking their favorite food, brains.

Midnight

Midnight

John A. Russo 1982 1h 34m 4.0

A teenage girl runs away from home because police officer/stepfather puts the moves on her. Hitchhiking to California, she's picked up by two guys who are also traveling cross-country. Along the way, they decide to camp out in the woods and run across a family of Satanists who keep their dead mother in the attic.

Night of the Living Dead

Night of the Living Dead

George A. Romero 1968 1h 36m 8.2

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.

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