Martin (1977)

Country of Origin: USA
Year of Production: 1976
Running Times: 95m
Length: 8523 ft
Format: 16mm (blown up to 35mm)
Colour Format: colour/black and white
Ratio: 1.37:1
Sound: mono

DIRECTION

Directed by: George A. Romero

PRODUCTION
Copyright: © Braddock Associates, 1976
Production Companies: A Laurel presentation
Produced by: Richard Rubinstein
Associate Producers: Patricia Bernesser, Ray Schmaus
Production Coordinator: Joyce Weber

SCRIPT
Written by: George A. Romero

PHOTOGRAPHY
Director of Photography: Michael Gornick
Assistant Cameramen: Tom Dibinsky, Nick Mastandrea
Grips: Steve Lalich, Phillip Desiderio

EDITING AND POST PRODUCTION
Editor: George A. Romero
Post Production Supervisor: Michael Gornick
Post Production Assistants: Michael Di Lauro, Ed Keen
Color by WRS Laboratory, Pittsburgh

MUSIC
Music Composed and Arranged by: Donald Rubinstein
Recorded at Triton Studio Boston
Engineer: Jay Mandell
Italian Version Music by: Goblin (Maurizio Guarini, Agostino Marangolo, Massimo Morante, Fabio Pignatelli, Claudio Simonetti)

SOUND
Sound: Tony Buba

SPECIAL EFFECTS
Special Effects & Make Up: Tom Savini

TITLES AND OPTICALS
Titles by: The Animators, Inc, Pittsburgh

OTHER CREW
Financial Services: Barney C. Guttman
Technical Assistance: Regis J. Survinsky, Tony Pantanella
Assistant to the Producer: Donna Siegal
Legal Services: Goldberg & Snodgrass

LOCATIONS
Locations: Braddock, Pennsylvania, USA; Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
Special Thanks to: Lakeshore Railway Historical Society; Baltimore & Ohio Railroad; the people of Braddock, Pennsylvania

CAST

starring
Lincoln Maazel (Cuda)
Christine Forrest (Christina)
Elayne Nadeau (Mrs Santini)

with
Tom Savini (Arthur)
Sara Venable (housewife victim)
Fran Middleton (train victim)
Al Levitsky (real name: Roger Caine) (Lewis)

and introducing
John Amplas as Martin

George A. Romero (Father Howard)
James Roy (Deacon)
J. Clifford Forrest Jr (Father Zulemas)
Robert Ogden (businessman)
Donaldo Soviero (flashback priest)
Donna Siegal (woman)
Albert J. Schmaus, Lilian Schmaus, Francis Mazzoni (family members)
Vincent D. Survinski (train porter)
Tony Buba, Pasquale Buba, Clayton McKinnon (drug dealers)
Regis J. Survinski, Tony Pantanella (hobos)
Harvey Eger, Tom Weber (men in bathroom)
Robert Barner, Stephen Fergelic (policeman)
Douglas Serene, Jeanne Serene (cyclist)
Nick Mastandria (real name: Nicholas Mastandrea), John Sozansky (Marines)
Ingeborg Forrest (Mrs Anderson)
Carol McClosky (Mrs Bellini)

UNCREDITED CAST

Michael Gornick (voice of talk radio host)

Martin, an odd, withdrawn teenager, claims to be 84 years old and a vampire. He's sent to stay with his superstitious uncle in Pittsburg where he continues his series of vampire-like murders. His uncle vows to save Martin's soul, then to destroy him. But a chance meeting with another lost soul offers Martin one last chance to redeem himself...

UK
Theatrical Distributors: Miracle
Video Distributors: Redemption

USA
Theatrical Distributors: Laurel Productions / Libra Films International
Video Distributors: Anchor Bay Entertainment Inc; Home Box Office (HBO) Home Video
DVD Distributors: Anchor Bay Entertainment Inc
Laserdisc Distributors: Image Engineering Inc

Argentina
Rating: 18

Australia
Rating: R

Germany
Rating: U

UK
Rating: X; 18

USA
Rating: R
The MPAA objected to the shot of Martin attacking someone's arm with a razor blade and the shot had to be trimmed to avoid an X rating.

1978
July
7: USA - theatrical release

1985
December
7: UK - television broadcast (on Channel 4)

1994
December
18: UK - television broadcast (on BBC2)

2000
July
30: UK - television broadcast (on Channel 4)

2001
May
7: UK - television broadcast (on Channel 4)

2000
June
6: USA - DVD release (Anchor Bay)

See it with someone you're sure of

He could be the boy next door...

Heir to the Blood Lust

Blood - working title
Wampyr - German / Italian title
Martin, el amante del terror - Argentinian title

SEE ALSO
The Exorcist (1973)

FOOTAGE INCLUDED IN
Document of the Dead (1989)
Scream Greats, Vol 1: Tom Savini, Master of Horror Make-Up (1986)

PERIODICALS

Cinefantastique vol.7 no.2 (Summer 1978) p.32 (USA)
illustrated review (by Dan Scapperotti)

Cinefantastique vol.8 no.1 (Winter 1978) pp.16-17 (USA)
review

The Dark Side no.53 p.25 (UK)
review

L'Ecran Fantastique no.2 (1977) pp.28-29
review

Empire no.174 (December 2003) p.170 (UK)
illustrated DVD review

Fangoria no.196 (September 2000) p.52 (USA)
DVD review

Films and Filming vol.24 no.4 (January 1978) pp.32-33 (UK)
review (by Gordon Gow)

Films and Filming vol.26 no.4 (January 1980) pp.31-32 (UK)
credits, review (by Eric Braun)

Flesh and Blood no.3 p.15 (UK)
illustrated note

The Listener vol.102 no.2640 (6 December 1979) pp.787-788 (UK)
review

Monthly Film Bulletin vol.45 no.528 (January 1978) pp.9-10 (UK)
credits, synopsis, review

Monthly Film Bulletin vol.46 no.543 (April 1979) p.86 (UK)
note (Addenda and Corrigenda)

Movietone News no.62-63 (29 December 1979) pp.32-33 (USA)
review

Necronomicon no.6 pp.45-46 (UK)
review

Screen International no.217 (24 November 1979) p.18 (UK)
review

Sight and Sound vol.47 no.1 (Winter 1977 / 1978) pp.55-56
review

Sight and Sound vol.4 no.11 (November 1994) p.62 (UK)
note

Sight and Sound vol.14 no.1 (January 2004) p.68 (UK)
DVD review

Time Out no.501 (23 November 1979) p.45 (UK)
review

Variety 10 January 1979 p.27 (USA)
credits, review

BOOKS

Hoffman's Guide to SF, Horror and Fantasy Movies 1991 - 1992 p.232
credits, review

The Illustrated Vampire Movie Guide p.83
credits, review

OTHER SOURCES

screen
credits

vampires, mental illness, psychology, trains, razor blades, radio shows, djs, teenagers, suicide, adultery, loneliness, isolation, rape

Last Updated: 3 January, 2010