October 16, 2009
A bit too uncomfortable for me.
John Amplas, Lincoln Maazel, George A. Romero
A young man, who believes himself to be a vampire, goes to live with his elderly and hostile cousin in a small Pennsylvania town where he tries to redeem his blood-craving urges.
DVD Release Date: June 20, 2000
Stats: 336 reviews
Flixster Reviews (336)
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August 11, 2009quite apart from the 70's low budget cheese, this film has a brilliant conceit. vampire films generally aren't that scary because they're so far from reality but romero almost makes us believe in a strange boy called martin and even sympathize with him. the acting is far from s...( read more)
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November 15, 2007Such a weird-ass movie. Picture Napoleon Dynamite being made in the 70s as a half-assed horror movie. Except he's a phony wannabe vampire who also befriends a kindly bored and lonely housewife/cougar. The first half hour or 45 minutes kind of dragged and during the second murder(...( read more)
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September 21, 2007George Romero just about invented the thinking-person's horror movie. This is one of his best: one of the greatest and most offbeat vampire films ever made. Martin certainly drinks blood but is he really a vampire or just a very sick young man?
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December 11, 2006Though it is (and will no doubt remain) overshadowed by Romero's zombie movies, this was proof that George could work wonders with other horror types as well.
Rather than deal with some mythology-laden period piece or anything liek that, Martin is instead a picture about a troub...( read more) -
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October 28, 2009A pretty good and original modern vampire tale from George A. Romero.
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October 16, 2009Great flick. Reminds me of an old bf lol. Watch with VAMPIRES KISS/Nic Cage for a night of neurotic vamps.
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October 14, 2009In my humble opinion Martin is one of the best vampire films ever made, and probably my favorite non-zombie Romero flick. Romero put his own spin on the legend offering a more realistic and ambiguous take on vampirism. It is never made clear whether Martin is actually a vampire...( read more)
Critic Reviews
January 9, 2008
Nick Schager, Lessons of Darkness
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