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Martin (also known internationally as Wampyr) is a 1978 American psychological horror drama film written and directed by George A. Romero, and starring John Amplas. Its plot follows a troubled young man who believes himself to be a vampire. Shot in 1977, Martin was Romero's fifth feature film after The Crazies (1973).

Romero claimed that Martin was the favorite of all his films. The film is also notable as the first collaboration between George Romero and special effects artist Tom Savini. While a prosecution for obscenity did not result, the film was seized and confiscated in the UK under Section 3 of the Obscene Publications Act 1959 during the video nasty panic.

Plot

As the film opens, a young man, travelling on an overnight train from Indianapolis to Pittsburgh, sedates a young woman with a syringe full of narcotics, slices her wrist with a razor blade, and drinks her blood. The next morning, he is met at the Pittsburgh train station by a mysterious man in white who escorts him away, whereupon the pair board a local train destined for Braddock, Pennsylvania. The young man, named Martin, has romantic monochrome visions of vampiric seductions and torch-lit mobs, but it is impossible to tell if these visions are real or imagined. The man in white is Martin's elderly granduncle, Tateh Cuda. Due to the death of Martin's immediate family in Indianapolis, Cuda has reluctantly agreed to give Martin room and board, sharing the house with him and cousin Christine.

Cuda is a Lithuanian Catholic who treats Martin like an Old World vampire. He forbids his nephew from speaking to Christine and tries unsuccessfully to repel him with traditional methods: strings of garlic and holy objects like a crucifix and blessed statues. Martin mocks these attempts and says bitterly, "There's no real magic ... ever." Martin also says forcefully to Cuda that he is a family member, not someone to be treated like a "Nosferatu". Cuda warns that if Martin murders anyone in Braddock, he will stake him through the heart. While making deliveries for Cuda's butcher shop, Martin meets several local women, most distinctly the lonely housewife Mrs. Santini. He runs from her attempts at seducing him but, curious, later returns to her. He seeks advice on women from a radio disc jockey, who calls him "the Count", and Martin tries to set the record straight about vampires, saying there is no "magic stuff." The DJ realizes his listeners consider Martin a hit.

Eventually overpowered by his thirst, Martin sneaks out to Pittsburgh and targets a woman he sees at a local market. Believing her to be alone while her husband is on business, he breaks into her house only to discover her in bed with a lover. Martin feeds on the man, then drugs and rapes the woman. Back in Braddock, Martin eventually gives in to what he calls the "sexy stuff" and begins a full-fledged affair with Mrs. Santini, losing interest in other women as victims to feed his hunger. Christine, frustrated by her disagreements with Cuda as well as her unhappy relationship with her boyfriend, moves out of the house. On a feeding binge in the city, in which Martin targets two derelicts for the first time, he narrowly escapes the police. Safely back at home, he visits Mrs. Santini only to find that she has committed suicide. Cuda, believing Martin to be the culprit, stakes him through the heart and buries him in the backyard.

As the credits roll, radio callers can be heard asking what has happened to "the Count." The final shot shows Tateh Cuda in his garden, placing a crucifix on Martin's fresh grave.

Cast

Production

Romero wrote the script for Martin based on literary monsters and their orientation in culture; discussing it, he said:

The film was shot on a budget of around $250,000{{sfn|Romero|2011|p=60}} filmed entirely on location, and many of the supporting cast members were friends and family of the filmmakers. It was filmed in the Pittsburgh suburb of Braddock, Pennsylvania during the summer of 1976.^[1] Producer Rubinstein acknowledges that where he indicated a budget of $250,000, the actual budget was only $100,000, but he didn't want anyone thinking they could just commission a film for $100,000, so he inflated the figure to what he estimated would be a reasonable, independent budgeted amount. [Paul R. Gagne "The Zombies that Ate Pittsburgh" 1987]

The original cut of the film ran approximately 2 hours and 45 minutes.^[2] Romero, who shot the film on color film stock, had initially wanted the film to be black-and-white, and disputed with producer Richard Rubinstein over the matter.^[3] Romero stated that, to his knowledge, no copies of a full black-and-white cut exist.{{citation needed|date=August 2015}} The final version of the film as it was released is in color, with only Martin's fantasy and dream sequences presented in black-and-white.^[3]

Release

Theatrical

Similar to Romero's Dawn of the Dead, Martin was edited for the European market by Dario Argento and released in 1978 under the title of Wampyr. Its score was performed by the band Goblin. Wampyr is now only available in an Italian-dubbed version.^[4]

Home media

In the United States, the film received a DVD release by Anchor Bay Entertainment.^[5] The film was re-released on DVD on November 9, 2004 by Lionsgate.^[5] In the United Kingdom, it was released by Arrow Video in a two-disc DVD set on June 28, 2010.{{citation needed|date=May 2018}}

Reception

A review published by The Austin Chronicle noted: "Martin is relentlessly downbeat and has a molasses pace, but is nonetheless worthwhile to watch if you're in the mood for an uncomfortable, depressing Romero-style take on the vampire legend."^[7] Judith Martin of The Washington Post criticized the film's depiction of violence as well as the critical assessments regarding the film's underlying themes (such as alienation and satire of the literary vampire), writing: "Martin is pretentious in a way that pornography is when it is dressed up for people who don't want to admit to their taste. We're not really coming for that , it seems to say; that is just there because it is an integral part of the story ... Martin is a film about a punk who goes around killing people in the messiest possible way."^[8]

In the early 2010s, Time Out conducted a poll with several authors, directors, actors and critics who had worked within the horror genre. They were asked to vote for their top horror films.^[12] Martin placed at number 87 on their top 100 list.^[12]

Soundtrack

The film score by Donald Rubinstein was released on Perseverance Records November 7, 2007.^[13] It was originally released by Varèse Sarabande in 1979.{{citation needed|date=May 2018}}

Remake

On May 1, 2010, Richard P. Rubinstein announced his intention to produce a remake of the film.^[14]{{Not in citation|date=April 2019}}

In popular culture

British synth pop/avant-garde band Soft Cell wrote a 10:16 song entitled "Martin" inspired by this film. Only available as a 12" single bundled with initial copies of their 1983 album, The Art of Falling Apart, it was included as a bonus track when the album was released on CD.^[15]

Kim Newman's 1992 novel Anno Dracula features a character named Martin Cuda as one of Dracula's vampiric henchmen.

See also

References

1. ^Martin - George A. Romero Film Movie Review
2. ^www.Vampire-World.com - Filmreviews: "Martin", George A. Romero, 1977
3. ^¹²³{{cite web|url=http://www.afi.com/members/catalog/DetailView.aspx?s=&Movie=56832|work=American Film Institute|series=Catalog|title=Martin|accessdate=January 15, 2018}}
4. ^RETE 4, 02.15: Wampyr | L'occhio critico {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110716120542/http://vistierivisti.splinder.com/post/21983395/rete-4-02-15-wampyr |date=2011-07-16 }}
5. ^¹{{cite web|url=https://www.dvdtalk.com/reviews/13435/martin/|work=DVD Talk|title=Martin|author=Walker, David|date=November 28, 2004|accessdate=January 16, 2018}}
6. ^Martin, Rotten Tomatoes, accessed March 16, 2010.
7. ^{{cite web|work=The Austin Chronicle|date=December 19, 1997|accessdate=January 17, 2018|url=https://www.austinchronicle.com/screens/1997-12-19/519293/|title=Scanlines: Martin}}
8. ^{{cite web|work=The Washington Post|author=Martin, Judith|date=May 12, 1978|accessdate=January 16, 2018|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/lifestyle/1978/05/12/four-excuses-in-search-of-some-gore/5a86c6b8-0c0a-4f10-9c3c-37c66751495d/|title=Four Excuses in Search of Some Gore}}
9. ^{{cite web|work=Variety|title=Martin|date=December 31, 1977|accessdate=December 22, 2010|url=https://variety.com/1977/film/reviews/martin-1200424214/|deadurl=yes|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160305072817/http://variety.com/1977/film/reviews/martin-1200424214/|archivedate=March 5, 2016}}
10. ^{{cite web|work=Chicago Reader|author=Rosenbaum, Jonathan|title=Martin|accessdate=December 23, 2017|url=https://www.chicagoreader.com/chicago/martin/Film?oid=1068546|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20171210175903/https://www.chicagoreader.com/chicago/martin/Film?oid=1068546|archivedate=December 10, 2017}}
11. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.radiotimes.com/film/cq7y4/martin/|work=Radio Times|title=Martin|author=Sellers, Robert|accessdate=January 5, 2018|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20171205231904/http://www.radiotimes.com/film/cq7y4/martin/|archivedate=December 5, 2017}}
12. ^¹{{cite web|url=http://www.timeout.com/london/film/best-horror-films|work=Time Out|accessdate=December 29, 2017|title=The 100 best horror films}}
13. ^Donald Rubinstein - George A. Romero's Martin (CD, Album, sou)
14. ^{{Cite web|url=http://www.dreadcentral.com/news/37284/is-a-new-version-george-a-romeros-martin-its-way|title=Is a New Version of George A. Romero's Martin on Its Way?|last=|first=|date=|website=Dread Central|publisher=|archive-url=|archive-date=|dead-url=|access-date=}}
15. ^Making The Art of Falling Apart by Mike Thorne {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091102073016/http://www.stereosociety.com/artoffalling.html|date=November 2, 2009|title=}}