Three years after the 2017 passing of horror icon and directorial auteur George A. Romero, the godfather of the modern cinematic zombie, horror geeks may finally have an opportunity to see the lost Romero feature that his widow refers to as his `most terrifying film.` That movie is The Amusement Park, shot in 1973, never released and only recently rediscovered.

Yellow Veil Pictures is handling the rediscovered film's worldwide distribution rights, and has a 4K restoration of the movie with the approval of the George A. Romero Foundation, which was handled by New York's IndieCollect. It's now being shopped to distributors for either theatrical or VOD release.

Romero's wife, Suzanne Desrocher-Romero, has called The Amusement Park Romero's most terrifying film, and says `it has Romero's unique footprint all over it.`

The Amusement Park was never properly released, however, and was seen by very few audiences. Those that have seen it suggest that the disturbing and disorienting nature of Romero's finished product was not warmly received by the hapless Lutherans who commissioned it. Horror writer Daniel Kraus, who brought news of the film's rediscovery to light two years ago, has seen the film and wrote that it was `a revelation,` `Romero's most overtly horrifying film` other than Night of the Living Dead, and that The Amusement Park was `hugely upsetting in form and function.`

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George A. Romero's 1973 lost film "The Amusement Park" has been given a 4K restoration and is ready for release. The film has been called the most "hellish," "terrifying," and "upsetting" movie Romero ever made. Click the link in bio for more. ⁠ --⁠ #georgearomero #nightofthelivingdead

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Time will tell what distributor chooses to take a chance on The Amusement Park, but we have to imagine that someone will be eager for the opportunity to bring a 47-year-old George Romero movie back to life for the masses.