Rent Martin for FREE

Start your 30 day FREE trial » Find out more

+70,000 other titles and counting

NO late fees or long term contracts - cancel anytime
FREE first class post for DVD, Blu-ray & Games rental
1000's of films to stream instantly to your PC, TV or PS3^TM at no extra cost

Martin Details

1977

60
from 1609 members

Director George Romero turns the vampire genre on its head in this creepy, original 1978 effort. John Amplas stars as the title character--an alienated, depressed, and fangless 18-year-old denizen of an industrial town who is compelled to kill and drink blood. But is he really a vampire, or is he merely suffering from psychosis? Read more

Starring	John Amplas, Lincoln Maazel, Christine Forrest, Tom Savini
Director	George A. Romero
Genres	Horror

Sign up Martin DVD

Buy from Amazon.co.uk

Martin

Starring	John Amplas, Lincoln Maazel, Christine Forrest, Tom Savini
Director	George A. Romero
Studio	Arrow Films
Run time	DVD: 1 hr 34 mins
Certificate
Genres	Horror
Language	DVD: English
Released	Production year: 1977 To Rent: DVD: 27 Mar 2006

Martin (1977)

Sign up Martin DVD

Or you can rent each disc individually:

Sign up Martin - Feature

Nearly a decade after George A. Romero changed the face of modern horror films with NIGHT OF THE LIVING DEAD,t...
Sign up Martin - Bonus Features

An eighteen year old vampire living with relatives drains his victims' blood with razors and syringes....

Critic's review of Martin
View all critics' reviews (2)
- ...Extraordinarily evocative [scenes]....[The direction] shows a definite flair for suspense...
- 40364
- - Variety
  - 08 Oct 2007 at 15:25
Most helpful member's review of Martin
View all members' reviews (21)
- - 8
  - 0
  Vampire...not Vampire?
  
  Martin is a very interesting film, about a boy who appears to be a Vampire (an 84 year old Vampire to be precise!). There are plenty of twists using the ... read more »
  
  Report this review
- 69031
- [Highly rated reviewer]
  - Bex
  - Kent, England
  - 02 Feb 2005 at 12:57
Most recent members' reviews of Martin
View all members' reviews (21)
- - 0
  - 11
  Dire - utter tosh. I'd give it ZERO stars.
  
  What a waste of an allocation. No redeeming features whatsoever. Great disappointment.
  
  Report this review
- 891154
- - Les Reed
  - east London
  - 13 May 2010 at 20:44
- - 0
  - 6
  Dire - utter tosh. I'd give it ZERO stars.
  
  What a waste of an allocation. No redeeming features whatsoever. Great disappointment.
  
  Report this review
- 891153
- - Les Reed
  - east London
  - 13 May 2010 at 20:44
- - 3
  - 0
  Romero on top of his game
  
  This is a very surprising film for Romero. Admittedly the central character, and his Central European uncle, believe he is one of the undead. On the other hand... read more »
  
  Report this review
- 831085
- - Leni
  - 179 reviews
  - London
  - 14 Nov 2009 at 18:38
View all members' reviews (21)
News and features
View all
Martin to release a book of 'Tweets'
- WENN Newsdesk
- 28 Oct 2011
Comedian Steve Martin is to release a collection of his posts on Twitter.com as a book to raise money for charity. The funnyman is gathering all of his 'Tweets' and publishing them together in a book called The Ten, Make that Nine, Habits of Very Organized People. Make that Ten. Martin announced the news in a post on Twitter.com and revealed the project will raise funds for good causes. He writes, "Due to absolutely no demand, soon I'm publishing a book of my 'Tweets'. Many of your replies... Read more
People who rented this also rented
Showing 1 to 4 of 20

[+] [-]
Previous
The Crazies

Sign up

Buy

Day of the Dead

Watch now

Sign up

Buy

Two Evil Eyes

Sign up

Buy

The Hills Have Eyes

Sign up

Buy
Next
14197

1589

9351

15207

Rating breakdown

1,609 Member ratings

100	106
90	93
80	236
70	275
60	306
50	196
40	157
30	89
20	100
10	51

Competitions and Offers

Related user collection

WHEN DARKNESS FALLS! (93)

78% from 15 members

Showing 1 to 3 of 93

View all [+] [-]

by: MAVERICK from Knottingley

Buy from Amazon.co.uk

- - Buy
- Martin
  
  Director George Romero turns the vampire genre on its head in this creepy, original 1978 effort. John Amplas stars as the title character--an alienated, depressed, and fangless 18-year-old denizen of an industrial town who is compelled to kill and drink blood. But is he really a vampire, or is he ...