George A. Romero’s lost rollercoaster horror ‘The Amusement Park’ is finally being released
The Amusement Park is finally getting a release date.Shudder, AMC Networks’ horror-centric streaming service, has acquired the rights for the 1973 film which was considered lost until a print surfaced in 2018. It will be made available to watch this summer in the UK, Ireland, North America, Australia and New Zealand.The Amusement Park was commissioned by the Lutheran Society, which wanted Romero to make a movie about the poor treatment of the elderly in contemporary society. However, the 52-minute production was never released as the non-profit group decided it was too gruesome for mainstream audiences.The film stars Lincoln Maazel as an elderly man who finds himself increasingly disoriented and isolated during a visit to a theme park.