Amazon.com Customer Reviews
 Rated 5 out of 5!
A sad and haunting look at insanity.
Martin is a disturbed young man who comes to the wasting away town of Braddock to live with his elderly cousin Tata Cuda. Both Martin and Cuda believe that Martin is an 84 year old vampire, not the quiet and shy youth others see. Martin has no supernatural powers (sedative and razors take the place of hypnosis and fangs) and sunlight only bothers his eyes a little when he starts getting ’’shaky’’. Cuda promises to care for Martin as long as the boy does not take anyone from town...Martin was the movie that proved Night of the Living Dead was not a fluke and that George A. Romero was an intelligent and visionary director in the horror movie arena. John Amplas does a marvelous job making a monstrous character sympathetic. Those wanting cheap thrills need look elsewhere, this is adult horror, disturbing and thought provoking in its look at legend and insanity playing off of each other. Highly recommended. - Rated 5 out of 5!
Very Beautifully Made and Time Signatured Movie
"Martin", along with "Dawn of the Dead" has got to be one of my top 3 favorite Romero films, along with "Day of the Dead". This movie has to be one of the best vampire films ever made, even though it doesn’’t purely deal with vampirism; it benefits from a range of topics all wrapped up into one great movie. Also, it’’s very beautifully made in that it portrays an almost lost era of quiet town life in the most wonderful areas from the ’’70’’s. The music is a great treat, also. I give this movie 5 stars all the way!  Rated 4 out of 5
CULT CLASSIC
Wow. I must say I’’m pleasantly surprised to find this movie on DVD, when I thought it would be out of print even on VHS. I had no idea so this movie has so many fans! (NOBODY I know has ever heard of it.) I first saw this movie around 1986-87, whilst I was in middle school. A friend’’s mom rented the video, and though I just saw it that one time, I found it fascinating. It certainly left a lasting impression. (My friend was not as impressed.) Creepy, dark, haunting, somewhat comical, and very ’’70s. I thought it had been relegated to the obscure movie category (well, I guess it has, but not as much as I thought..."cult" status). Just gave it 4 stars because I’’ve yet to see the actual DVD...and it *has* been a while since I have actually watched it so some of my memories are not clear. But, for a movie I’’ve unsuccessfully inquired about for 15 or so years to be so unforgettable, it has to be good.
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