Martin

Synopsis: George Romero does for vampires what he has already done to zombies - an intense and realistic treatment that follows the exploits of Martin, who claims to be 84 years old, and who certainly drinks human blood. The boy arrives in Pittsburg to stay with his uncle, who promises to save Martin's soul and destroy him once he is finished, but Martin's loneliness finds other means of release.
Genre: Drama, Horror
Director(s): George A. Romero
Production: HBO Video
  1 win.
 
IMDB:
7.2
Metacritic:
68
Rotten Tomatoes:
90%
R
Year:
1978
95 min
969 Views


All aboard!

Good morning.

Good morning.

Good morning.

How long

to pittsburgh?

10 hours

to pittsburgh.

Is there

a bar car on here?

Thanks.

On your left.

Madam,

traveling alone?

All alone.

Shall I wake you

for pittsburgh?

No. I'm going

to new york.

The big apple.

Right.

Thank you,

and good night.

Thank you.

Good night.

Please don't scream.

I just want you to go

to sleep. Please!

Please!

Son of a b*tch.

Are you some sort of freak

rapist a**hole? Ah!

F***er!

Son of a...Uh!

Aah!

Don't scream.

Aah! Aah!

Don't...Don't scream.

What was

in that needle?

What was in it?

Tell me.

Damn it. Why won't you

say something to me?

What the hell

do you want?

Do you want money?

Do you want money?

You can have

what you want.

I have

a lot of money.

What was in that

shot you gave me?

It's all right.

I'm always very careful

with the needles.

It won't hurt you.

What do you mean you're

always very careful?

It won't hurt you.

It's just to help you sleep.

Tell me what

was in the shot!

It's just

to help you sleep!

Why don't you just

take what you want?

It's important.

Don't you understand?

It's important to me!

It's important to me!

Aah!

I'm always very careful

with the needles...

so it puts you to sleep

And it doesn't hurt.

It's very important.

Porter:
pittsburgh!

Pittsburgh!

Wooh,

where could she be?

Joyce.

Porter:
don't pound

on that door.

There's people sleeping

in there.

Wowe're looking

for a friend of ours.

We've been up and down

this whole...

Joyce!

Joyce!

You look fabulous.

And your hair

is longer.

Oh, god. Ok.

Denise is gonna

meet us in new york.

Yeah, she's gonna be

At the station

when we get there.

so I spend the night alone

and wake up to this?

Another creep.

Watch your hands.

You're

Martin madahas?

I'm cuda. Come.

We must take

another train.

Porter:
braddock.

Nosferatu.

Nosferatu.

Vampire.

First, I will

save your soul.

Then I will destroy you.

I will show you

your room.

You may come and go,

But you will not take people

from this city.

If I hear of it,

a single time,

I will destroy you

without salvation.

You may not enter

my room.

When I wish to speak

with you, I will.

My granddaughter

stays with me.

You will not enter

her room.

I have told her

not to speak with you,

But she will.

You will not answer.

Tomorrow you may rest.

Next day

you work in my shop.

I have been told

you are imbecile.

Can you speak?

Speak, so I can hear

your voice.

Speak, nosferatu.

Nosferatu.

You will not enter

my room, nosferatu.

You will not

enter my room!

You will not take

family blood.

There isn't any magic!

There isn't any magic!

It's just a sickness.

Nosferatu.

Nosferatu.

I am your cousin.

I am

your cousin Martin.

You see?

You see?

It isn't magic.

Even I know that.

It isn't magic.

Ok, ladies.

I'm sorry.

You know,

i never miss a day,

In 43 years.

I'm sorry I was late

today, ladies.

You need help

here, cuda.

Well, my cousin arrived today

from indianapolis.

You'll see him here.

He's going to help me.

Oh, isn't that nice?

Is he old like you?

Old like all of us,

you mean.

How long has it been since

a young man moved into braddock?

Actually, he is a young man...

Not even 20.

A young man in the house

with christina?

Related or not,

i don't think it's right.

But, mrs. Bellini...

You shouldn't have it, cuda.

How will it look?

It looks as you want it

to look, mrs. Bellini.

My family knows

how to behave.

Uh, you must be Martin.

Is, uh...

is tada cuda home yet?

Hey.

What's happening?

Oh. Hi, Martin.

We're having

stuffed cabbage tonight.

Do you like it?

Do you like

stuffed cabbage?

Well, it's

tada cuda's favorite,

And around here,

things are done his way.

What? What?

I couldn't hear you.

Oh, I didn't know

you were listening.

That's a crazy talk show.

On all night,

from 6:
00 to 6:00.

I'd call him

if we had a phone.

Can you believe

that...No phone?

Well, tada cuda and i

had a terrible fight

About it last week,

And i'm gonna have one

put in my room...

as long

as I pay for it

And as long as the bell

doesn't ring too loud.

Say, would you like

to have a phone?

I mean, an extension could

only be a few dollars more,

And I could make

the arrangements for you,

And we could share the expenses

at the end of the month.

Well...

you let me know

if you want one, ok?

Look how he eats.

Put your finger

in there.

Go ahead.

Oh, I can't.

Try it.

No. I...

i can't put

my finger in it.

Aah! Ha ha ha!

Wow. That's

really great.

See, it has

2 blades...

A real one

and a slip blade.

You hold the real one

and pull the slip blade up.

Things only seem

to be magic.

There is

no real magic.

There's no

real magic ever.

Hello, cuda.

hello, arthur.

Oh, arthur,

this is my cousin.

Arthur thelanus,

Martin.

hello, Martin.

Indianapolis, huh?

It's a good town.

Well, I hear

there's work there.

There's work

everywhere, arthur.

People just don't

bother to look for it.

I'm talking about

decent work

With decent money.

Christine:
let's go

over to your place, ok?

i'm tired.

Let's just watch the game here.

Cuda will like that.

Come on.

What about me?

I promised him.

He's been bugging me

for all this time.

He says, "you never spend

any time around here."

I think he think

we're off someplace...you know.

What about me?

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George A. Romero

George Andrew Romero (February 4, 1940 – July 16, 2017) was an American-Canadian filmmaker, writer and editor, best known for his series of gruesome and satirical horror films about an imagined zombie apocalypse, beginning with Night of the Living Dead (1968), which is often considered a progenitor of the fictional zombie of modern culture. Other films in the series include Dawn of the Dead (1978) and Day of the Dead (1985). Aside from this series, his works include The Crazies (1973), Martin (1978), Creepshow (1982), Monkey Shines (1988), The Dark Half (1993) and Bruiser (2000). He also created and executive-produced the 1983–88 television series Tales from the Darkside. Romero is often noted as an influential pioneer of the horror-film genre, and has been called an "icon" and the "Father of the Zombie Film". more…

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