GEORGE A. ROMERO (with Daniel Kraus & Greg Nicotero)
Screen Drafts
Clay Keller
4.7 • 556 Ratings
🗓️ 24 March 2026
⏱️ 169 minutes
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Summary
Author, screenwriter, and Night of the Living Dead historian Daniel Kraus (Partially Devoured, Whalefall) is joined by filmmaker, special effects makeup legend, and George A. Romero collaborator Greg Nicotero (The Walking Dead, Shudder's Creepshow) to rank the 7 BEST films from the defiant and industry-altering career of horror icon GEORGE A. ROMERO!
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| 0:00.0 | Thank you. Welcome to Screen Drafts, the podcast where experts and enthusiasts competitively collaborate in the creation of screen-centric best of lists. |
| 0:45.5 | I'm Draft Commissioner Clay Keller, here with me, as always, my co-commissioner and color commentator, Mr. Ryan. |
| 0:52.1 | Markers! |
| 0:52.8 | Yes, let's hear it. All right. Yeah. Ryan. Clay. How's it going? It's going well. It's going well. Yeah, a little hot, but that's all right. A little hot. It's a big deal. I'm kind of feeling. I'm in air conditioning. You're not, so I'm boasting. It's nearly 100 degrees here in Los Angeles, unseasonably warm. My AC has gone out. I feel sort of like I am dropped straight into the middle of some kind of an apocalypse scenario, which I think is only going to kind of turn this into a 4DX style experience for me. |
| 1:29.7 | So I'm excited for this draft. |
| 1:32.0 | Ryan, this feels like one we get into with no further ado. |
| 1:36.7 | Yeah, right. |
| 1:37.4 | Dive in. |
| 1:38.0 | Go. |
| 1:38.4 | Let's get into this. |
| 1:39.6 | On one corner of the virtual draft table, joining us for the first time, a screen drafts rookie. |
| 1:48.6 | We have writer-producer and novelist. |
| 1:50.9 | Daniel Krause is here. |
| 1:54.2 | Hey, hey, hey, hey, great, great. |
| 1:56.8 | Sorry, I'd be muted on, yes. |
| 1:58.6 | Thank you. |
| 1:59.3 | You can't be muted when you need to receive or applause. Sorry, I made mute on. Yes. Thank you. You can't be muted when you need to receive applause. |
| 2:03.1 | Yeah. |
| 2:03.4 | Sorry. |
| 2:04.5 | Yes, glad to be here. |
| 2:06.1 | Thank you. |
| 2:06.9 | Welcome. |
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