I was still in college when Night Of The Living Dead came out, and when I went to see it the first time, I went in the afternoon. The place was full of kids, mostly from five to eleven. I have never in my life, from the time I was a kid until now, been in an audience where children were so quiet. Th…
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[handing Beverly a cup of tea] Mrs. Kersh: There you go. Beverly Marsh: Thank you. Mrs. Kersh: Now, some music. [she puts on an old record] Mrs. Kersh: There. [Beverly notices flies forming outside the window] Mrs. Kersh: I do apologize. It gets so very hot here this time of year. Beverly Marsh: It’…
Ed: Any zombies out there? Shaun: Don’t say that! Ed: What? Shaun: That! Ed: What? Shaun: The zed-word. Don’t say it! Ed: Why not? Shaun: Because it’s ridiculous! Ed: All right...are there any out there, though? [Looking out of the letter box, he sees an empty street] Shaun: I can’t see any. Maybe i…
Barbara: [over the phone] Some men tried to get into the house. Shaun: Well, are they still there? Barbara: [over the phone] I’m not sure, we’ve shut the curtains. Shaun: Did you try the police? Barbara: [over the phone] Well, I thought about it. Shaun: Are you OK? Did they hurt you? Barbara: [over…
[looking through Shaun’s LPs for suitable records to throw at two approaching zombies] Ed: ‘Purple Rain’? Shaun: No. Ed: ‘Sign o’ the Times’? Shaun: Definitely not. Ed: The ‘Batman’ soundtrack? Shaun: Throw it. Ed: ‘Dire Straits’? Shaun: Throw it. Ed: Ooh, ‘Stone Roses.’ Shaun: Um, No. Ed: ‘Second C…
Tallahassee: Bill Murray, you’re a zombie? [Wichita hits Bill in his back with a golf club] Bill Murray: [cries in pain] Ow, I’m on fire! Ouch! Tallahassee: You’re not a zombie, you’re talking and...you’re okay? Bill Murray: The hell I am. Wichita: I’m sorry. I didn’t know it was...it was ‘you’ you.…
— Rhett Reese, Paul Wernick, Tallahassee, Woody Harrelson, imdb.com
Dear Lord, I pray that I am insane, that all that happened is only in my mind. I pray that tomorrow the sun will shine again on living things, not on a world where only the dead walk the Earth.
I fucking hate this nanny state we live in right now. It’s like being back at school. I cannot be told what to do. As soon as I’m told not to, I will. It’s the death of life, the nanny state. And it kills everything. It will turn us all into zombies.
Zombies are puzzling to me. They're all the rage now, but I never understood them. Think about it: If I were dead and could come back to life, I wouldn't go around trying to kill people. I'd be saying, 'Wow! I'm the luckiest guy in the world. Isn't this terrific?'
Cole Sear: I see dead people. Malcolm Crowe: In your dreams? [Cole shakes his head no] While you're awake? [Cole nods] Dead people like, in graves? In coffins? Cole Sear: Walking around like regular people. They don't see each other. They only see what they want to see. They don't know they're dead.…
— M. Night Shyamalan, Cole Sear, Haley Joel Osment, imdb.com
Barbara: [after Jane did not hear Adam call her] She didn't see you, right? Adam: Uh-uh. Barbara: [reading the handbook] In the book: 'Rule Number Two: the living usually won't see the dead.' Adam: 'Won't' or 'can't'? Barbara: It just says 'won't'. God, this book is so stupid. I can't understand any…
— Michael McDowell, Larry Wilson, Warren Skaaren, Barbara Maitland, Geena Davis, imdb.com
Max: [looking at the salt can] Well, what does it say? Allison: Well, it says to form a circle of salt to protect from zombies, witches, and old boyfriends. Max: And what about new boyfriends?
— Mick Garris, Neil Cuthbert, David Kirschner, Max Dennison, Omri Katz, imdb.com
None of this is new, Nicholas. We are just visitors. Our dead, and they are our dead, they have always walked amongst us. The only difference is now we can see them.
They don’t die, Liza. They come back.
I'm well aware it sounds bananas. But looking at the fossil record, knowing what I know about this infection, you cannot say for certain it isn't what killed off the dinosaurs. Now, do I believe that's what happened? No. But it's enjoyable as hell to think about an undead ankylosaur going after a di…
Bites kill you. The fever burns you out. But then after a while...you come back.
The killing was a means to an end. That was the least satisfactory part. I didn't enjoy doing that. That's why I tried to create living zombies with uric acid in the drill [to the head], but it never worked. No, the killing was not the objective. I just wanted to have the person under my complete co…
I tried to keep the person alive by inducing a zombie-like state by injecting first a dilute acid solution into their brain, or hot water. It never did completely work.
Clay Jensen: Vampires, aliens, even werewolves, I get it. I get the motivation, I get the metaphors, right? But, like, zombies? They're just... They're just stupid. Hannah Baker: So you hate zombies? You're a zombie racist. Clay Jensen: Just, like, I don't understand 'em. What's their story? They do…
Just, like, I don't understand 'em. What's their story? They don't want to take over the world, kill their masters, anything interesting. They're not good or evil. They're just hungry for brains. I mean, like, brains.