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TheCADJockey said:
Well I'm sorry that my opinion of a movie that scared the hell out of me as a child and the recent regurgitation's of said movie's involving mindless, walking, flesh-bags makes me an awful judge. :mug:
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I'll defend you.

Night of the Living Dead looks a little dated now, but when it came out in the late 60s, it was the scariest movie out there. Remember, it's the one that started it all, and created the whole Zombie genre.

That is the only movie that ever scared me as a kid. I was a horror movie afficionado, and would watch anything. I never lost a wink of sleep - even when I was 7-8 years old.

I first saw Night of the Living Dead when I was about 12 on late night TV. It completely freaked me out for about a month. The only movie that has done that to me since then is The Road.

So - you have to give it props for what it is.
 
TheCADJockey said:
Well I'm sorry that my opinion of a movie that scared the hell out of me as a child and the recent regurgitation's of said movie's involving mindless, walking, flesh-bags makes me an awful judge. :mug:
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Well, you certainly should be.

I don't think 1990 qualifies as "recent."
 
b-boy said:
I'll defend you.

Night of the Living Dead looks a little dated now, but when it came out in the late 60s, it was the scariest movie out there. Remember, it's the one that started it all, and created the whole Zombie genre.

That is the only movie that ever scared me as a kid. I was a horror movie afficionado, and would watch anything. I never lost a wink of sleep - even when I was 7-8 years old.

I first saw Night of the Living Dead when I was about 12 on late night TV. It completely freaked me out for about a month. The only movie that has done that to me since then is The Road.

So - you have to give it props for what it is.
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I'm not saying that the original Night of the Living Dead isn't scary - it is. It's a great movie.

But to say that it's the ONLY scary zombie movie is a really awful opinion.
 
LandoLincoln said:
I'm not saying that the original Night of the Living Dead isn't scary - it is. It's a great movie.

But to say that it's the ONLY scary zombie movie is a really awful opinion.
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I'm 31 years old and I still have nightmares of those dogs from Ghostbusters. Go easy on me. I'm fragile.
 
TheCADJockey said:
I'm 31 years old and I still have nightmares of those dogs from Ghostbusters. Go easy on me. I'm fragile.
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ehrmerglerbs! as the new HBT Bouncer, it is now my duty (hahahaha!! I said doody!) to punch you in the berries no less than 3 times. and you must review my new "12 Months of Klubberland" calender.
 
Billy-Klubb said:
ehrmerglerbs! as the new HBT Bouncer, it is now my duty (hahahaha!! I said doody!) to punch you in the berries no less than 3 times. and you must review my new "12 Months of Klubberland" calender.
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You've inspired me.

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Hey! This is a serious zombie thread! Watch the drift!
And zombies definitely poop. I supervised civil servants, and practically all they did was crap.
 
even Romero will tell you zombie movies ain't about the zombies

it's about the breakdown of social and moral order following the collapse of civilization. what happens when the lights go out? when the police or fire departments aren't going to respond to any call for help? what happens when you're completely on your own to fend for yourself? how do you survive? how do you feed your family? what will you do when your young child is hungry and your next door neighbor won't share his food?

the reason for the collapse is irrelevant. we've seen what happens on a regional scale during Katrina and Sandy and we wonder what we would do in those situations. but those are short-term events. eventually the water recedes, the power gets turned back on, cellphone service is restored and we can go back to the grocery store and plan for dinner tonight.

zombies provide for an ongoing, escalating collapse on a national, even global scale. sure, a super flu or viral agent can be the catalyst, but those are faceless, nameless, slightly boring adversaries. zombies are more frightening because they your neighbors, friends and loved ones intent on doing harm to you mindlessly without remorse.

they're not real, but they're possible, unlike a vampire or werewolf onslaught.

as to the OP question: no, they don't poop, because they don't actually eat. Zombies are re-animated corpses, with no living functions. their compulsion to eat human flesh were, I think, Romero's view on American consumerism
 
GrogNerd said:
even Romero will tell you zombie movies ain't about the zombies

it's about the breakdown of social and moral order following the collapse of civilization. what happens when the lights go out? when the police or fire departments aren't going to respond to any call for help? what happens when you're completely on your own to fend for yourself? how do you survive? how do you feed your family? what will you do when your young child is hungry and your next door neighbor won't share his food?

the reason for the collapse is irrelevant. we've seen what happens on a regional scale during Katrina and Sandy and we wonder what we would do in those situations. but those are short-term events. eventually the water recedes, the power gets turned back on, cellphone service is restored and we can go back to the grocery store and plan for dinner tonight.

zombies provide for an ongoing, escalating collapse on a national, even global scale. sure, a super flu or viral agent can be the catalyst, but those are faceless, nameless, slightly boring adversaries. zombies are more frightening because they your neighbors, friends and loved ones intent on doing harm to you mindlessly without remorse.
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Exactly - which is why, as I mentioned before, the only 2 movies that have ever freaked me out were Night of the Living Dead and The Road. They're pretty much the same movie. The zombies are replaced by roving bands of living cannibals.

Both movies are freaky, because if you think apocalyptic thoughts, that's probably how it would go down. They're a little too real for comfort.

Mad Max, on the other hand, is easier to deal with because it's cheezy and over-the-top.

That was pretty deep GrogNerd. :D
 

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