Fans dress as zombies to honour ‘Night of the Living Dead’ creator George Romero
TORONTO — Some grunted while others dragged their feet. Fans of George Romero went all out to give the legendary zombie director a suitable send off on Monday.
A few were dressed as versions of the monster he helped make infamous, while dozens of others filed into a public memorial to say a final farewell to the man who rewrote the book on the living dead.
Leanne MacRae covered herself and her two young daughters in zombie makeup inspired by the flesh-eating ghouls who rose from their graves in the groundbreaking 1968 film “Night of the Living Dead.”
“The man was a legend in his time bringing the modern zombie into our lives,” said the Georgetown, Ont., resident, alongside her six- and eight-year-old girls.