In NOLD 68 Why does zombie hold his face as if in pain after getting hit with crowbar

[goesaround]

When Ben smashed the zombie in the bathrobe after dispathing Russo Zombie the zombie grabs puts his own two hands to his face. Is this an mistake in zombie contignuity or does it make sense?

[dead and loving it]

The real reason would be that NOTLD was the first such movie and the zombie "rules" had not yet been established. They also ate bugs and used tools (rock and trowel).

[Corpse Grinder]

The zombie that killed Johnny also looked for something to smash in the car's window to get at Barbara, he/it also trotted a bit when she got the car rolling.

My theory is that maybe some of the freshly revived zombies retain some partial memory, like Stephen in '78 DOTD when he knew where the hidden hallway was located.

Then again, George probably never thought of making a sequel.

[B00Ne]

The true answer is "Romero never really knew what the hell he was doing, and still doesn't". Plus back in 68 there was no internet full of geeks looking for continuity errors.

[Dagnammit]

There is no reason a zombie wouldn't clutch its face in "pain". Even if it didn't actually physically feel it, it's probably a low-level instinct to protect vital areas when they are attacked, and zombies are big on instinct...

[Corpse Grinder]

And they were afraid of fire. Or at least their instincts alerted their undead brains that fire was bad.

As quoted from Ash in Alien ('79): "Most animals retreat from fire, yes?"

[T-Boy Dallas]

:clap: The true answer is "Romero never really knew what the hell he was doing, and still doesn't". Plus back in 68 there was no internet full of geeks looking for continuity errors.:clap:

The truth is that Romero, before he geriactriced his way into "Land of the Dead" (Is he even still alive?) was a social activist. The movie was more to set a tone of social equality through tragedy in the context of a horror film.


Odds are, if it hadn't been as popular in its revival then Romero probably would have dropped the zombie schtick and moved out into a different direction or different line of work.

But think of this, for every George R. Romero there were dozens of other hippy movie makers that faded, rightly, into obscurity.

[Morbidfilm]

gotta love people on the internet who think they know more than a filmmaker who has had a successful career for over 30 years and have nothing better to do than talk shit.
Yes Romero is still alive and unlike you 2, he's doing something with his life.