Duane Jones

Date of Birth

1936-02-02

Date of Death

1988-07-22

Place of Birth

New York City, New York, USA

Known for

Night of the Living Dead, Ganja & Hess, Vampires, To Die For, Beat Street

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Awesome Artists We’ve Found Around The Net: Ghoulish Gary Pullin

Posted 6 years ago

For years, Awesome Art We've Found Around The Net has been about two things only – awesome art and the artists that create it. With that in mind, we thought why not take the first week of the month to showcase these...

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Awesome Artists We’ve Found Around The Net: Robert Sammelin

Posted 6 years ago

Awesome Art We’ve Found Around The Net: Frankenstein, Get Out, The Lost Boys

Posted 8 years ago

Some cliche somewhere said that 'a picture is worth a thousand words.' This has proven to be the case for me and especially when it comes to fan art. I have always sought out great fan art and have wanted...

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George Romero’s wife says the Master of Horror left dozens of scripts behind

Posted 8 years ago

Iconic horror film aficionado George Romero might have passed away last summer, though a new report from comicbook.com says that the Master of Horror left dozens of scripts behind that could eventually find their way to the big screen. News...

Criterion to release 4K restoration of Night of the Living Dead in 2018

Posted 9 years ago

Due to the original theatrical distributor neglecting to place a copyright notice on prints of NIGHT OF THE LIVING DEAD, the George Romero film has been in the public domain since day one. Unfortunately, this has meant that anyone with...

Trailer released for Night of the Living Dead 4K restoration

Posted 9 years ago

A trailer has arrived online for a film most of us, if not all of us, have probably already seen by now, George A. Romero's immortal classic NIGHT OF THE LIVING DEAD. There have been innumerable releases of NIGHT since...

Night of the Living Dead 4K restoration gets a poster, screenings begin

Posted 9 years ago

Last year, New York's Museum of Modern Art screened a new 4K restoration of George A. Romero's classic NIGHT OF THE LIVING DEAD, the film that created a horror sub-genre and forever added a new definition to the word "zombie"....

Awesome Art We’ve Found Around The Net: The Crow, Jessica Jones, Star Wars

Posted 10 years ago

Theodore Some cliche somewhere said that 'a picture is worth a thousand words.' This has proven to be the case for me and especially when it comes to fan art. I have always sought out great fan art and have...

’80s film Vampires, starring Duane Jones, reaches DVD in May

Posted 10 years ago

Some you reading this may remember the 1989 film VAMPIRES, but not quite in the way Film Chest Media Group will be putting it out on DVD May 10th. VAMPIRES wasn't a standalone release in '89, but rather the second...

Original Vs. Remake: Night of the Living Dead

Posted 11 years ago

It was pretty easy for all to agree with the winner of our last Original Vs. Remake that took place on Prom Night. No one showed any love for that dreadful remake PG-13 crapfest. And it was nice being reminded...

Night of the Living Dead origins movie is still alive and moving

Posted 11 years ago

Cameron Romero, son of Dead creator George Romero, is working to bring a genesis story of his father’s iconic NIGHT OF THE LIVING DEAD to life. This project, which Cameron Romero will direct, is called Origins and is a Night...

Kill of the Day: Night of the Living Dead (1968)

Posted 12 years ago

Today I’m taking us back folks. I’m talking WAY back. That’s right, I’m taking us back to the legendary classic NIGHT OF THE LIVING DEAD. Our first real taste into the world of zombies, NIGHT OF THE LIVING DEAD holds...

The JoBlo Sunday Night Movie Chat: Two Year Anniversary Edition!

Posted 13 years ago

Two years. Two friggin’ years. That’s how long the JoBlo Sunday Night Movie Chat has been running and it still blows my mind when I say that. So how do we celebrate this special occasion? With one bad ass mother...

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