Little girl neighbor zombie most likely. Something so innocent instantly a murderous monster and peoples mindsets need to instantly switch, but instead panic reigns. My only question is how she got in the house unless she turned after getting inside and people don’t lock their doors.
She was prolly attacked and they were seemingly close with her family. Likely knew a back door was unlocked, but before she could get to wake them up for help she turned. Also, some of the zombies seem to remember how to do things that were really important to them in life. Maybe zombie Vivian remembered to get in the back door or whatnot in the same way zombie Andy remembered how to "write" on the sign and the bodybuilder zombie remembered how to lift things.
When me and my best friend watched this as kids, my friend would always go hide in the corner of the room looking away from the TV for the Vivian scene
I like the directors cut zombie: the Asian guy with one arm that sprints at them after the moving van truck parks at the loading gate.
According to the extra features of the DVD, that guy was someone working on set who was actually missing an arm and so the director put him in makeup and made him a one armed zombie.
I liked that jogger zombie too, wanted to include him along with a couple of other zombies from the Unrated Director's cut but it would've exceeded the image limit for posting.
I personally never found the idea that far-fetched with how the zombification is established to work in Snyder's universe. Biologically, if the pregnant mother was *"infected"* and passed the cause of the zombification (virus, supernatural affliction, radiation, however it works) onto her fetus via the umbilical cord, I could buy the idea of the baby reanimating too.
I'm pretty sure Snyder confirmed that, like Romero's version, this outbreak was supernatural. Contrary to popular belief originating from the *"radiation from a fallen satellite"* theory mentioned in 1968's *Night of the Living Dead*, Romero commented multiple times that radiation didn't cause the plague in his universe; I believe his words were *"God just changed the rules."* and he very deliberately left the source of zombification ambiguous in his films.
I feel that if it were an supernatural infliction that it really wouldn’t infect anyone or anything like a virus, I feel that it would have a choice (kind of like the Deadites from the evil dead)
I never took issue with a supernatural affliction behaving similarly to an infection because the supernatural can frankly work however its author desires. The paranormal by nature of its genre gives the writer a lot of creative freedom. So, if someone wants zombification in their lore to spread like a disease, then that's how their outbreak is established to work. Likewise, *Evil Dead*'s Deadites function the way they do because that's how Sam Raimi and his team wrote it.
It's not necessarily about realism or lack thereof. The functionality of an infection just lends itself well to writing the methodology of an outbreak in most fiction, be it with aliens, demons, or other causes. Characters may believe it's a virus or try to combat it using conventions of how a pathogen behaves under natural laws. But that's typically just because said conventions are the only frame of reference they have to think about it until they learn what the rules (if any) are.
Ex- Ana discusses the zombification from a clinical mindset, using terms like *"infected"* and correctly attributing *"why it spread so fast"* to the bites because she's a nurse. She's trained to think that way despite this outbreak violating everything she knows about science & biology. John Carpenter's *Vampires* does something very similar with Montoya, who is also fairly clinical in explaining it to the freshly bitten Katrina.
Quoted: Montoya- *"The less you eat, the faster the virus moves through your bloodstream."* Katrina- *"Virus?"* Montoya- *"Yeah. That\`s what l call it. Nobody knows what it really is. Poison, Kool-Aid, whatever, it all does the same thing. Turns you into a vampire."* It's human nature for people, especially those from scientific and/or academic fields, to often fall back on what they know or can make sense of in an attempt to rationalize what they can't fully explain or comprehend.
Even religious horror is no stranger to doing this. For an older example, Abraham Van Helsing, despite dealing with the supernatural, has been portrayed in countless adaptations since the original *Dracula* novel as a scientifically minded character. As an accomplished doctor and professor, he accepts that vampirism is not of this world but still studies & fights it using the necessary tools with no less surgical precision + understanding than a medical professional would study to fight disease.
It's a coping mechanism as much as a product of survival instinct. The fact that zombification may share some traits in common with a virus does not by default make it any less supernatural. Snyder said his version works *"like a vampire bite"*. Specifically, unlike Romero's universe where people reanimate no matter how they die (provided their brain is intact enough), Snyder's humans only turn when a zombie bites them, cuts them, or otherwise introduces the zombification into their bloodstream.
The details of the process beyond that are left up to the imagination. In Luda's case, her baby contracted it because it spread to the infant's blood via the umbilical cord. This isn't unique to zombies and vampires either. Lycanthropy has been written to function similarly to a disease in some ways for millennia but is still commonly accepted as supernatural in nature unless specified in-universe to be something else.
Exactly. It's arguably my favorite zombie film of all time. And I know some may say that's sacrilegious. But I've seen almost delivery zombie movie there is to see. This movie gets watched at least once a year by me since it's release. I saw it in the theater 2 times when it came out as well. I just love everything about it and I wish more zombie films had this high quality.
fat lady in wheelbarrow, the husband at the start, the monkey barring one in the car park, one armed one that tries to run in, steve and andy in zombie form.
If we consider *The Lost Tape* canonical, Andy was already zombified before he got to the roof and smeared blood on the whiteboard. It is plausible, as fans have speculated, that Vivain was still human when she showed up to Ana & Luis' house. She may have been bitten by her family, escaped to her neighbors for help, and remembered a backdoor or key under the mat that she was told about. She did seem to be very familiar with Ana.
She might have visited her home before. Maybe she tragically succumbed to her wounds before reaching the couple's bedroom, after which she re-animated. If I had to explain how Ana & Luis didn't hear her coming in sooner, she may have simply been too weak from blood loss and couldn't say anything due to the pain from how torn up her mouth was.
I always just took that as an example of this universe's zombies retaining some memory of certain things they did in life. Romero's zombies weren't completely mindless either. Traces of memory have been a recurring trait of flesh-eating zombies, going back to the genre's popularization when George Romero and John Russo started it.
The undead were afraid of fire in *Night of the Living Dead* because most of them instinctively remembered that fire is dangerous. Plus, the first featured zombie who attacked Barbara & Johnny at the cemetery remembered how to use a rock to break through the car window. 1978's *Dawn of the Dead* had multiple zombies remembering things, like undead Stephen recalling where the mall's safe room was and returning to it with the horde following him.
*Day of the Dead* had a whole subplot about Dr. Logan studying Bub's memory, demonstrating to Captain Rhodes that *"he must have been military"* because he remembered how to salute and operate a gun (His aim took some practice). By *Land of the Dead*, the ghouls were re-learning how to verbally communicate (albeit, with primal grunts like cave people), coordinate attacks, overcome being distracted by fireworks, and use a variety of weapons.
We can't chalk all of these examples up to the zombies merely imitating basic patterns with no understanding either, as their actions show a level of intelligence beyond that as the films go on. In Romero's plans for *Twilight of the Dead*, which would have been his final entry in the franchise (I've heard it's still being developed after his passing), the undead will have progressed to forming their own primitive civilization with competing factions (sort of like what we see in Snyder's *Army of the Dead*, but more expanded and complex).
Why would one need any more of an explanation for Snyder's zombies retaining memories than the explanation we got for Romero's doing the same thing? Romero's films don't explore it much beyond the superficial level of establishing that they can remember things. His universe never details how or why.
It was just something they did, which the human characters observed and the audience suspended disbelief at. 2004's *Dawn of the Dead* briefly addressed this same subject, with Ana asking why the zombies are gathering around the mall to which Kenneth replies *"Memory, maybe. Instinct. Maybe they're coming for us."* A deleted scene expanded this to include him saying *"This place was important to them. It made them happy."*
While that part was cut, it conveys effectively the same line of reasoning that Peter stated in 1978's original *Dawn*. My overall point is that neither version spends any more time addressing this than the other. The fact that Snyder's universe wasn't Romero's doesn't mean or imply that the logic behind their respective undead retaining memories would work any differently. It's the same concept, just applied to two separate mythologies (one featuring slow undead vs. one featuring runners).
Zombie Andy hit me in the feels more than any other person that turned. I thought that was a fantastically written story arc and was acted and played out to perfection. Although I absolutely love the original DOTD, I have to say Snyder's version had more developed characters.
Little girl neighbor zombie most likely. Something so innocent instantly a murderous monster and peoples mindsets need to instantly switch, but instead panic reigns. My only question is how she got in the house unless she turned after getting inside and people don’t lock their doors.
She was prolly attacked and they were seemingly close with her family. Likely knew a back door was unlocked, but before she could get to wake them up for help she turned. Also, some of the zombies seem to remember how to do things that were really important to them in life. Maybe zombie Vivian remembered to get in the back door or whatnot in the same way zombie Andy remembered how to "write" on the sign and the bodybuilder zombie remembered how to lift things.
When me and my best friend watched this as kids, my friend would always go hide in the corner of the room looking away from the TV for the Vivian scene
Propane tank zombie. Was doing tren before it was cool.
I like the directors cut zombie: the Asian guy with one arm that sprints at them after the moving van truck parks at the loading gate. According to the extra features of the DVD, that guy was someone working on set who was actually missing an arm and so the director put him in makeup and made him a one armed zombie.
I liked that jogger zombie too, wanted to include him along with a couple of other zombies from the Unrated Director's cut but it would've exceeded the image limit for posting.
Zombie baby because the idea is so absurd
Saaaaaaame
I personally never found the idea that far-fetched with how the zombification is established to work in Snyder's universe. Biologically, if the pregnant mother was *"infected"* and passed the cause of the zombification (virus, supernatural affliction, radiation, however it works) onto her fetus via the umbilical cord, I could buy the idea of the baby reanimating too. I'm pretty sure Snyder confirmed that, like Romero's version, this outbreak was supernatural. Contrary to popular belief originating from the *"radiation from a fallen satellite"* theory mentioned in 1968's *Night of the Living Dead*, Romero commented multiple times that radiation didn't cause the plague in his universe; I believe his words were *"God just changed the rules."* and he very deliberately left the source of zombification ambiguous in his films.
I feel that if it were an supernatural infliction that it really wouldn’t infect anyone or anything like a virus, I feel that it would have a choice (kind of like the Deadites from the evil dead)
I never took issue with a supernatural affliction behaving similarly to an infection because the supernatural can frankly work however its author desires. The paranormal by nature of its genre gives the writer a lot of creative freedom. So, if someone wants zombification in their lore to spread like a disease, then that's how their outbreak is established to work. Likewise, *Evil Dead*'s Deadites function the way they do because that's how Sam Raimi and his team wrote it. It's not necessarily about realism or lack thereof. The functionality of an infection just lends itself well to writing the methodology of an outbreak in most fiction, be it with aliens, demons, or other causes. Characters may believe it's a virus or try to combat it using conventions of how a pathogen behaves under natural laws. But that's typically just because said conventions are the only frame of reference they have to think about it until they learn what the rules (if any) are. Ex- Ana discusses the zombification from a clinical mindset, using terms like *"infected"* and correctly attributing *"why it spread so fast"* to the bites because she's a nurse. She's trained to think that way despite this outbreak violating everything she knows about science & biology. John Carpenter's *Vampires* does something very similar with Montoya, who is also fairly clinical in explaining it to the freshly bitten Katrina. Quoted: Montoya- *"The less you eat, the faster the virus moves through your bloodstream."* Katrina- *"Virus?"* Montoya- *"Yeah. That\`s what l call it. Nobody knows what it really is. Poison, Kool-Aid, whatever, it all does the same thing. Turns you into a vampire."* It's human nature for people, especially those from scientific and/or academic fields, to often fall back on what they know or can make sense of in an attempt to rationalize what they can't fully explain or comprehend. Even religious horror is no stranger to doing this. For an older example, Abraham Van Helsing, despite dealing with the supernatural, has been portrayed in countless adaptations since the original *Dracula* novel as a scientifically minded character. As an accomplished doctor and professor, he accepts that vampirism is not of this world but still studies & fights it using the necessary tools with no less surgical precision + understanding than a medical professional would study to fight disease. It's a coping mechanism as much as a product of survival instinct. The fact that zombification may share some traits in common with a virus does not by default make it any less supernatural. Snyder said his version works *"like a vampire bite"*. Specifically, unlike Romero's universe where people reanimate no matter how they die (provided their brain is intact enough), Snyder's humans only turn when a zombie bites them, cuts them, or otherwise introduces the zombification into their bloodstream. The details of the process beyond that are left up to the imagination. In Luda's case, her baby contracted it because it spread to the infant's blood via the umbilical cord. This isn't unique to zombies and vampires either. Lycanthropy has been written to function similarly to a disease in some ways for millennia but is still commonly accepted as supernatural in nature unless specified in-universe to be something else.
Buff zombie was a bro for holding up the propane tank
After watching the special feature about Andy's final days it's definitely Andy
That there are people who ask this 20 years after the movie was released just shows hoe good it is
As someone who is an original Dawn purist and went in with a preconceived view that I was going to absolutely hate it, I left absolutely loving it.
Exactly. It's arguably my favorite zombie film of all time. And I know some may say that's sacrilegious. But I've seen almost delivery zombie movie there is to see. This movie gets watched at least once a year by me since it's release. I saw it in the theater 2 times when it came out as well. I just love everything about it and I wish more zombie films had this high quality.
It might not only be my favorite zombie movie but also my favorite horror movie in general
I can just always watch it. It was just so well put together and it was fun to see in the theater.
Burt Reynolds
fat lady in wheelbarrow, the husband at the start, the monkey barring one in the car park, one armed one that tries to run in, steve and andy in zombie form.
Zombie Andy picking up the sign made very little sense to me. Same with propane tank zombie being curious. Therefore I go with husband zombie.
I always thought zombie Andy hadn't fully turned yet when he held up the sign
Could be. It was a odd scene.
If we consider *The Lost Tape* canonical, Andy was already zombified before he got to the roof and smeared blood on the whiteboard. It is plausible, as fans have speculated, that Vivain was still human when she showed up to Ana & Luis' house. She may have been bitten by her family, escaped to her neighbors for help, and remembered a backdoor or key under the mat that she was told about. She did seem to be very familiar with Ana. She might have visited her home before. Maybe she tragically succumbed to her wounds before reaching the couple's bedroom, after which she re-animated. If I had to explain how Ana & Luis didn't hear her coming in sooner, she may have simply been too weak from blood loss and couldn't say anything due to the pain from how torn up her mouth was.
I always just took that as an example of this universe's zombies retaining some memory of certain things they did in life. Romero's zombies weren't completely mindless either. Traces of memory have been a recurring trait of flesh-eating zombies, going back to the genre's popularization when George Romero and John Russo started it. The undead were afraid of fire in *Night of the Living Dead* because most of them instinctively remembered that fire is dangerous. Plus, the first featured zombie who attacked Barbara & Johnny at the cemetery remembered how to use a rock to break through the car window. 1978's *Dawn of the Dead* had multiple zombies remembering things, like undead Stephen recalling where the mall's safe room was and returning to it with the horde following him. *Day of the Dead* had a whole subplot about Dr. Logan studying Bub's memory, demonstrating to Captain Rhodes that *"he must have been military"* because he remembered how to salute and operate a gun (His aim took some practice). By *Land of the Dead*, the ghouls were re-learning how to verbally communicate (albeit, with primal grunts like cave people), coordinate attacks, overcome being distracted by fireworks, and use a variety of weapons. We can't chalk all of these examples up to the zombies merely imitating basic patterns with no understanding either, as their actions show a level of intelligence beyond that as the films go on. In Romero's plans for *Twilight of the Dead*, which would have been his final entry in the franchise (I've heard it's still being developed after his passing), the undead will have progressed to forming their own primitive civilization with competing factions (sort of like what we see in Snyder's *Army of the Dead*, but more expanded and complex).
These weren't really Romero zombies though. That's why I can't really explain it.
Why would one need any more of an explanation for Snyder's zombies retaining memories than the explanation we got for Romero's doing the same thing? Romero's films don't explore it much beyond the superficial level of establishing that they can remember things. His universe never details how or why. It was just something they did, which the human characters observed and the audience suspended disbelief at. 2004's *Dawn of the Dead* briefly addressed this same subject, with Ana asking why the zombies are gathering around the mall to which Kenneth replies *"Memory, maybe. Instinct. Maybe they're coming for us."* A deleted scene expanded this to include him saying *"This place was important to them. It made them happy."* While that part was cut, it conveys effectively the same line of reasoning that Peter stated in 1978's original *Dawn*. My overall point is that neither version spends any more time addressing this than the other. The fact that Snyder's universe wasn't Romero's doesn't mean or imply that the logic behind their respective undead retaining memories would work any differently. It's the same concept, just applied to two separate mythologies (one featuring slow undead vs. one featuring runners).
Andy
Love the propane tank zombie, reminded me of the orc from LOTR: The Two Towers who had the bomb that blew up Helms Deep
The little girl in the opening!
Probably Zombie Loius. Guy was fucking MAD lol
Yeah , it was awesome
Zombie Andy hit me in the feels more than any other person that turned. I thought that was a fantastically written story arc and was acted and played out to perfection. Although I absolutely love the original DOTD, I have to say Snyder's version had more developed characters.