Weekend viewing included The Night of the Living Dead (from 1968).
I learned that zombies (although they are referred to as ghouls, not zombies, in the film) move very very slowly. You can outrun them, probably outwalk them, and, if that fails, beat them about the head with a stick. They fight so ponderously that any failed boxer or average street pugilist could take them is one round. Oh, and if you're lucky enough to have a gun, just aim for the head. A few stones or rocks hurled their way might also slow them down, not that they really need to be slowed down any more.
That seems simple enough. Zombies suck...I mean bite. It goes without saying that you should not permit one to bite you. Whack it on the nose if it gets too close.
Perhaps later zombie films portray the living dead differently, but in this one, I really didn't see much danger. Of course, if you're scared speechless, and end up in some sort of stupor, you might have a problem.
I did appreciate the decidedly non-Hollywood ending. I hate to spoil the ending for you, but let's face it, this movie has been out for 37 years. Let me just say that happy endings, where everything turns out peachy, are far too common.
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4 comments:
They're coming to get you Bar-bar-a ... But Johnny has the keys!
That movie is a classic! It was always extra effective for those of us viewing it in Eastern Ohio/Western PA because the emergency numbers that they show on the screen are all for communities near here. It made it more real.
That is my worst nightmare! To get stuck in the woods of England and all these zombies come out!
Thanks for the good advice!
In case you didn't already know if you check out 28 Days Later or the remake of Dawn of the Dead, you will see a revisioning of zombies that are more freightening.
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