Interesting Observations, And Bloopers On Our Favorite Zombie Films

[UNDEAD FRED]

Sometimes when you are watching a zombie movie you observe an intrestion part, or a blooper in the movie that sticks in your mind. can you name some? In DOTD 78, after talking to the one leg preacher, and they find the zombies that the residents had put in the basement. Peter starts to kill them with a 38 revolver. He fired 7 shots before reloading, A revolver holds 6. (blooper)

[UNDEAD FRED]

Heres another one: In NOTLD 68 , just after Barbra,and Ben first meet, Ben held down a zombie, before killing it, shadows were flashing on the zombies face, it looked a lot like Pee Wee Herman, Paul Ruebens.:loon:

[Jay Decay]

When the zombies are attacking Ed and Joey in ROTLD II you can see that some of the tombstones they bump into are moving slightly wich means they were most likley props.

Here's something funny I noticed, when Barbara is running away from the cemetery in the NOTLD remake she's screaming "Hey! hey!" and passes a barn filled with hay. Get it? Hey and hay.

[UNDEAD FRED]

In DOTD 78 , at the abandonded airport,after Peter shoots the 2 zombie kids with M-16 in the pilots break room, watch how he changes magazine on M-16, The M-16??? the rifle I think was a 22, the outer part of the rifle is made to look like a M-16, A small 22 long clip , like the 1 on a 22 ruger, sits hidding by fake, and fixed 20 rd looking magazine. Magazine cannot be removed.

[UNDEAD FRED]

:loon: :? When the zombies are attacking Ed and Joey in ROTLD II you can see that some of the tombstones they bump into are moving slightly wich means they were most likley props.

Here's something funny I noticed, when Barbara is running away from the cemetery in the NOTLD remake she's screaming "Hey! hey!" and passes a barn filled with hay. Get it? Hey and hay.
In ROTLD-2 was that the real michael jackson? HA, HA:?

[Whiterook]

I can't recall exactly what model revolver he used but not all revolvere hold only 6. Some 5, some 7, some even 8 or 9.

[Nemesis]

You can see a tube coming up through the pant leg of the zombie who gets the top of his head cut off in Dawn '78.

[UNDEAD FRED]

I can't recall exactly what model revolver he used but not all revolvere hold only 6. Some 5, some 7, some even 8 or 9.
A 38 carries 6, a 38 throw a way carries sometimes 5,a 22 carries more, what swat team member would have a 22 as a service revolver?:evil:

[UNDEAD FRED]

You can see a tube coming up through the pant leg of the zombie who gets the top of his head cut off in Dawn '78.
At the adandoned airport? or the outlaw biker club rampage? Bet it would be fun as shit to ride a motorcycle balls out thru a mall:evil:

[Nemesis]

At the adandoned airport? or the outlaw biker club rampage? Bet it would be fun as shit to ride a motorcycle balls out thru a mall:evil: The airport. And yes it would.

[UNDEAD FRED]

The airport. And yes it would.
a classic zombie kill ,the helecopter had better luck in killing zombies than flyboy.

[Zombie Survivor]

In RotLD 3, when Julie jumps from the bridge, if you watch closely and fast you can see the rope...

[Crombie]

In DoTD '78 during one of (either the first with just Peter and Roger, or the second when Flyboy joins them) one of the zombies is saying something like "Momma". I would have to double-check, but I do not recall ever hearing another zombie speak so clearly in a Romero flick.

[TOTENKOPF]

In DOTD 78 , at the abandonded airport,after Peter shoots the 2 zombie kids with M-16 in the pilots break room, watch how he changes magazine on M-16, The M-16??? the rifle I think was a 22, the outer part of the rifle is made to look like a M-16, A small 22 long clip , like the 1 on a 22 ruger, sits hidding by fake, and fixed 20 rd looking magazine. Magazine cannot be removed.

That is a conversion kit for ar-15/m-16 rifles to allow them to fire .22 rounds. The gun would be real (assuming its not a movie) with the kit installed. The bolt and carrier could be replaced ,and a modified 20 rd ar/m16 mag installed that allowed a 22 mag to slide up thru the middle. Thats all that is required. Was originally for cheaper training for the military (22 is cheaper than .223) and easier for soldiers to practice with. Some police depts DID use this mod because they were worried about over penetration in cities. However I don't think a SWAT guy would be using the mod given the situation.

I spoke to the weapons coordinator from Dawn and he said they used it for economical reasons.

[UNDEAD FRED]

That is a conversion kit for ar-15/m-16 rifles to allow them to fire .22 rounds. The gun would be real (assuming its not a movie) with the kit installed. The bolt and carrier could be replaced ,and a modified 20 rd ar/m16 mag installed that allowed a 22 mag to slide up thru the middle. Thats all that is required. Was originally for cheaper training for the military (22 is cheaper than .223) and easier for soldiers to practice with. Some police depts DID use this mod because they were worried about over penetration in cities. However I don't think a SWAT guy would be using the mod given the situation.

I spoke to the weapons coordinator from Dawn and he said they used it for economical reasons.
Yep thats very true, Ive heard of the magazine conversion setup , never seen it, indoor range qualification for rifle. forgot al about it. But I had the AR-15 looking 22, bought it off my brother, he bought it in the 1970s. I dont remember the manufactor of it.

[Pax Melmacia]

Note, too,that 1978 DOTD Peter always fired his 'M-16' semi-auto (since it was really a .22) except when those dead kids burst out of the closet. There he fired it on 'full-auto' - really just sound effects added, since they didn't show the gun's muzzle flash in that shot.

In the same movie the SWAT guys kill a plaid-shirted zombie in the parking lot, but this guy had been destroyed preciously.

[UNDEAD FRED]

I didnt see any spent brass comming out the side of the M-16, Or the sound of spent brass hitting the mall floor. that sound allways sticks in my mind from the gulf war, after empting a 30 rnd magazine inside a building.

[Zombie Survivor]

In the fake news report from Dawn '04, when the guy shoots a female zombie and when she falls on the ground, you can clearly see that she's breathing...

[evil-h]

In Day of the Dead, pay close attention towards the end, when the zombies are coming out of the corral and down the lift...

A number of the zombies coming out of the corral are the exact same zombies riding down on the lift...

[UNDEAD FRED]

In DOTD 78, the rednecks having fun hunting zombies, drinking cheap beer. 2 guys shooting at zombies got em, ah missed, got him, ah missed scene. they hit a male zombie with a cowbow hat on, then they shoot the car, it explodes, next scene guy with cowboy hat is walking twoards car carring a rifle, no longer a zombie.

[awfulman]

Great thread!
I was just sitting here listening to Madonna while drinking beer and searching for some great noise band called Iszoloscope when I thought of Day of the Dead.

Particularily, Sarah's dream in the opening scene. It's such a brilliant allegory of what it's like to live in the apocolypse. Trapped in a small space; an empty prison. Except for a calendar to track the passage of time? The only connection to the old world . The image of the pumpkin harvest has a profound effect on her. She loves the memory. As she reaches to touch it, the wall erupts with the arms of the undead. The world is theirs now.

I think it is such a great way to describe the context of the film.

[Jay Decay]

In ROTLD when the colonel is sitting in bed and talking in the phone, you can see someones head or boom mike behind the bed.

[evilzombie20]

Ok, here's a good one I actually showed this to Mr. Romero himself at the Rock N Shock convention on my portable DVD player and he loved it. When the zombies are moving in to get Steele after he shoots the door open, keep your eye to the left of the screen to see the soldier zombie fix his helmet as it almost falls off his head.

Also in The Return of the Living Dead, just before the Tarman sinks his teeth into Suicide and yells "Brains", you can see the actor's real teeth underneath Tarman's.

Another one is from Night of the Living Dead 90', when Barbara is reloading the rifle after she shoots the 2 zombies that tried to break in you can see Ben boarding up a window with a door across it diagonally. In the next scene Ben is putting up that same door and just now nailing it in. Also from NOTD 90' is when Ben is fighting with the pantry zombie you can see the crew in the glass as he's trying to shove the zombie back outside.

[Pax Melmacia]

If you have the Susanna Sparrow novelization of the '78 DotD, you'll see in the photo insert a shot of Roger holding his 'M16'. Instead of the magazine florrplate you can see the .22 magazine mentioned above.

[Gnash]

I can't believe people actually look for bloopers in zombie movies. I guess I'm always just too into the movie to sit there and count how many times a 7-shot revolver was fired or whether a member of a SWAT team is using a military issued M-16 or a civilian issued AR-15. If you've watched a movie so many times that you've become so bored with it to notice all these bloopers maybe you should refrain from watching that movie for a couple years.

[Zombie Survivor]

Gnash, that's not the case. Yes, some people can be a little... over the top with their observations. But that doesn't mean that they're bored, on the conterary (sp?), it's their way to show their love for that movie. Although I'm the same as you, I never look for bloopers. I just watch the movie and enjoy it.

[corgi37]

Boy, you know Yanks are around. You guys sound like you love your little guns. I know its in your constitution to bare (bear?) arms, but bloody hell. hahahahahaha.

I like the blooper in Dawn 78 when the rednecks shoot at the zombies (one with the hat on). 1 of the zombies falls BEFORE the gun is fired.

As far as i am concerned, ROTLD 2 is one complete blooper.

Though not really a blooper, i love it in Fulci's Zombi, that in the middle of a zombie holocaust, a chick deems it necessary to go for a little dive. And, topless at that!

[UNDEAD FRED]

Its not that we love our little guns,We love our big guns.Its not that we sit there and count 6 or 7 rounds from a revolver, a lot of us have fire revolvers. Its like the movie Dirty Harry movie, "Did I fire 5, or did I FIRE 6." Its the natural instinct for survival that kicks in. You get into the movie, its just part of the fun of watching movies, you role play a little. all in good fun, TILL ZOMBIES REALLY HAPPEN!!!!! then will you be.

[wbgrafix]

Haven't seen this one posted yet.

In NOTLD '68.........When Ben is done boarding the rooms, he goes over to Barbara to tell her that the rooms are boarded up tight, but right over his shoulder you can see an unboarded window and.............it's daytime.:roll:

[evilzombie20]

Haven't seen this one posted yet.

In NOTLD '68.........When Ben is done boarding the rooms, he goes over to Barbara to tell her that the rooms are boarded up tight, but right over his shoulder you can see an unboarded window and.............it's daytime.:roll:

They actually say something about this in the commentary on the DVD put out by Elite. I guess the window was 5 ft off the ground or something like that. Impossible for someone to break into and crawl through so they left it unboarded. They regret doing that because you as the auidence does not know that window is 5 ft off the ground...as far as it being daylight out I missed that.

[corgi37]

As much as i still like LAND, i consider Big Daddy's make up FX a blooper. I mean, what the hell was he supposed to have died of? Wrinkled facial skin? His bald head did not have a blemish on it!

[chickenchop1]

As much as i still like LAND, i consider Big Daddy's make up FX a blooper. I mean, what the hell was he supposed to have died of? Wrinkled facial skin? His bald head did not have a blemish on it!

June 24th is around the corner, one year since Land's release.

A few more wrinkles on the top of Big Daddy's bald head would have been nice; I'm not sure how that works on a corpse though, but I'd imagine more wrinkles looks better...

An observation from Day of the Dead is when the zombies are getting off the large elevator at the end, many of them are wearing zombie masks up front, according to Romero's commentary. I didn't notice till he mentioned it.

Also, when the zombies are passing the camera after Steel runs into the bullet holed door, one of the zombies passing the camera grabs at the golf cart towards the camera, most likely an attempt by the actor to recognize himself in the movie, since it seemed out of place for a zombie to grab at a golf cart when there's fresh meat getting away...

[wbgrafix]

They actually say something about this in the commentary on the DVD put out by Elite. I guess the window was 5 ft off the ground or something like that. Impossible for someone to break into and crawl through so they left it unboarded. They regret doing that because you as the auidence does not know that window is 5 ft off the ground...as far as it being daylight out I missed that.


That seems rather dumb of an idea to leave it open like that. Like you said, how is the audience to know that it is that high of a window.

But this doesn't make sense because the window, where the zombies first break in (Ben shoots the 1 in the head and Tom hacks his fingers off), seemed about 5 feet from the ground as well, but it was boarded up. I could be wrong though. I haven't seen the movie in awhile.

[wildchid]

In Day of the dead, you can clearly see a car driving on the deserted streets as their flying over the city in the beginning.

And any one else realize that the kid zombies at the airport in DoTD 78, are the only ones that run, ever in a Romero film?

[chickenchop1]

In Day of the dead, you can clearly see a car driving on the deserted streets as their flying over the city in the beginning.

And any one else realize that the kid zombies at the airport in DoTD 78, are the only ones that run, ever in a Romero film?

I'll have to look for the car driving in the opening city shot of Day of the Dead.


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Here's an observation watching Stephen King's 'Desperation' on abc tonight, 5/23/2006, relating to zombies... (though a bit out of place on this thread, since it's not a zombie film).
A scene where a lady is in the car being attacked by a zombie-like human, who is banging at her window, then picks up and heavy rock and starts banging the glass till it shatters, then grabs at the lady in the car till she pulls away. Then the arm rips off and she tosses it out.
That scene was more than likely inspired by Romero's Night of the Living Dead. Oh yeah, and the father who turns into a zombie in Dawn of the Dead 2004 was in it. That Wings guy from the TV series 'The Shining' was also in it.

[Bad Zombie Night]

I hate to be a party pooper, but there is site that catalogues bloopers from many movies.

Here's the link: MovieMistakes.com (http://www.moviemistakes.com/)

Here's some links to bloopers from some of your fav films:

NOTLD (http://www.moviemistakes.com/film892)
NOTLD 90' (http://www.moviemistakes.com/film3136)
Dead Alive (Braindead) (http://www.moviemistakes.com/film2125)
Dawn of the Dead (1978) (http://www.moviemistakes.com/film328)
Dawn of the Dead (2004) (http://www.moviemistakes.com/film4082)
Day of the Dead (http://www.moviemistakes.com/film2245)

Try digging into their database & see what you can find. http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y152/bzn123/Smileys/Characters/1bnz_smiley.gif

[Pax Melmacia]

I remember reading in an old article on DotD '78 how the guy playing Stephen ('Flyboy') thought it was ironic how his character was inept at firearms. Of the four leads, he was the only one with formal weapons training.:lol:

[UNDEAD FRED]

In DOTD 78 just before those meany bikers break into the loading dock door a zombie male with a red flannel shirt,and thigh high mountian man boots gets shot in the head, dead zombie. A little later on they smash a pie in his face inside the mall.

[corgi37]

"Meany Bikers?


lol

[UNDEAD FRED]

MEANY BIKERS- Big mean, nasty ass, beer drinking, Harley riding, drug taking, ass woping,stinking, smelling, beer farting,low life, but other wise nice guys. Or Bikies as you Aussies put it.

[Pax Melmacia]

Quote:
'I can't believe people actually look for bloopers in zombie movies.'

Speaking for myself, I didn't set out to find bloopers. Since I love these movies, I'd view them over and over. All of a sudden, it's: . "What the -?"

[evilzombie20]

I actually just found one in ROTLD after watching it for the umpteenth time. Is that a real word? Anyways, when Ernie goes outside to get his car he goes over to the paramedic ambulance and closes the door to find a zombie feasting on one of the paramedic's brains. Later on after the group has finished boarding up the window, a zombie hear's the radio dispatcher asking the paramedics to respond, he climbs in and utters the famous line, "Send More Paramedics..." But how did the door re-open? Didn't Ernie close it? :doh:

[zombiekilling101]

didnt look to see if this was mentioned. But its my favorite

when the dawn 78 zombie stops during a scene and reaches inside his pants pockets. It happens in one of the sequences of Roger running around trucks.

[Nemesis]

beer farting, What? http://www.allthingszombie.com/forums/images/smilies/laugh.gif
By the way Fred, I like the avatar. What is that roach from?

[UNDEAD FRED]

What? http://www.allthingszombie.com/forums/images/smilies/laugh.gif
By the way Fred, I like the avatar. What is that roach from?The orginal The Outer Limits, Episode called The Zinti Misfits, one of the most excellent 60s sci-fi shows. Squirl size ants with human faces attack a military base.

[UNDEAD FRED]

I watched Day of the Dead Contagium, that movie was one big blooper.

[UNDEAD FRED]

In ROTLD Trash talks about the worst way to die would be being attacked , and eatened by old men. Then her worst nightmare comes true. Later she appears as a zombie, there are no bite marks on her.

[Zombie Survivor]

In ROTLD Trash talks about the worst way to die would be being attacked , and eatened by old men. Then her worst nightmare comes true. Later she appears as a zombie, there are no bite marks on her.

Yeah, I noticed that too...

[UNDEAD FRED]

In DOTD 78 at the end when Flyboy gets attacked in the elevator by zombies, and after he pushes the zombies out of the elevator, blood comes out of his mouth, and drools down the right side of Flyboys chin. later when the elevator doors opens, and flyboy is a zombie, the blood that drooled down on the right side of his chin, is now on the left side of Flyboys chin. no bloodstains are on the right side of Flyboys chin.

[UNDEAD FRED]

I was watching DOTD78 today. Maybe Im seeing things. When Roger is trying to hotwire the 2nd truck ,after he gets the blonde zombie girls blood, and gore all over him, he takes off. the scence where he hits the first zombie with the truck, turns on the windshield wipers to wipe away the blood. the zombie he hits looks a lot like Blades, Tom Savini. Anyone notice this in slow mode?

[lavel]

Heres another one: In NOTLD 68 , just after Barbra,and Ben first meet, Ben held down a zombie, before killing it, shadows were flashing on the zombies face, it looked a lot like Pee Wee Herman, Paul Ruebens.:loon:

That's not a blooper, but he did look alot like Paul Ruebens, for real.:)

[lavel]

In the fake news report from Dawn '04, when the guy shoots a female zombie and when she falls on the ground, you can clearly see that she's breathing...

These people really wanted to get in the film, and so you have these half wits who want alot of attention to get on the film to do a lousy job of it and that's why that happened. Anyone doing that in my films (one day I hope) will be fired!

[lavel]

In ROTLD, the half woman zombie, who bites one of the guy's in the head, through the window; you can see the metal part (the pole), sticking out. Oh! I hated that. I would have covered that part, where it looks like the bottom part of her has been broken off, where you can actually see it being ripped off-- still holding on to her victim. That would have been much better way of doing that.:x

[UNDEAD FRED]

In LOTD after the town raiding scene is over, when the zombie gets electricuted on the fence line at the throat. The girl in cammy's in the tower, that empties a magazine into the zombie from her M-16, is George Romero's daughter.

[Gnash]

In ROTLD, the half woman zombie, who bites one of the guy's in the head, through the window; you can see the metal part (the pole), sticking out. Oh! I hated that. I would have covered that part, where it looks like the bottom part of her has been broken off, where you can actually see it being ripped off-- still holding on to her victim. That would have been much better way of doing that.:x
After having seen ROTLD like 30 times I never noticed that... now I'm going to be looking for it every time I watch it from now on. :doh:

[UNDEAD FRED]

I was checking out the scene in DOTD 04 where vivian attacks Anna's husband, Anna flees her house. The areial shot where the van hauling ass hits a car, the van slams into the gas station, and explodes in a big ball of flame. Look at the trees directly in front of the gas station. the flames come right up to them, They stay still, do not move. I got to much time on my hands.:eat:

[MrShape666]

In NOTLD 68, after Ben has supposedly boarded up the windows, when he's talking to Barbara before Cooper and the others show up, there's a completely open window in the background.

[MrShape666]

I was watching DOTD78 today. Maybe Im seeing things. When Roger is trying to hotwire the 2nd truck ,after he gets the blonde zombie girls blood, and gore all over him, he takes off. the scence where he hits the first zombie with the truck, turns on the windshield wipers to wipe away the blood. the zombie he hits looks a lot like Blades, Tom Savini. Anyone notice this in slow mode?

It was Tom Savini, they mention it in the DVD comentary.

[ZombiexLove]

It was Tom Savini, they mention it in the DVD comentary.
Doesn't he make an appearence in LOTD?

[Pain]

Doesn't he make an appearence in LOTD?

Yes, briefly:)

[ZombiexLove]

What a good looking man.

[Bad Zombie Night]

Doesn't he make an appearence in LOTD?

As Zombie Blades

http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y152/bzn123/ATZ%20Pics/Zombie%20Movies/blades1.jpg

[UNDEAD FRED]

I thought that Tom Savini did a great job on remaking NOTLD, I think should Direct another zombie movie.

[UNDEAD FRED]

:eat: Heres a little Tom Savini involved blooper in DOTD78, When roger drove the first truck up to the mall doors, he hit a zombie sending him flying into a few other zombies. It was Tom Savini that roger hit, for a second, when Tom Savini gets hit by the truck, you can see the small round trampoline he bounces off of.:eat:

[Born to Kill]

And any one else realize that the kid zombies at the airport in DoTD 78, are the only ones that run, ever in a Romero film?

That's a great observation, man...

You're right...the only "fast" Romero zombies are those 2 kids.

[Zombie Survivor]

In NOTLD 68, after Ben has supposedly boarded up the windows, when he's talking to Barbara before Cooper and the others show up, there's a completely open window in the background.

GAR himself said that the window was several feet (don't know how many) from the ground and that the zombies couldn't reach it. But due to camera angles, it looked low. He even admits that they should have boarded it up...

[evilzombie20]

Haven't seen this one posted yet.

In NOTLD '68.........When Ben is done boarding the rooms, he goes over to Barbara to tell her that the rooms are boarded up tight, but right over his shoulder you can see an unboarded window and.............it's daytime. :roll:

They actually say something about this in the commentary on the DVD put out by Elite. I guess the window was 5 ft off the ground or something like that. Impossible for someone to break into and crawl through so they left it unboarded. They regret doing that because you as the auidence does not know that window is 5 ft off the ground...as far as it being daylight out I missed that.

...:drool:

[UNDEAD FRED]

Heres an observation, Dr Frankenstien, aka Dr Logan, has the coolest name in any zombie movie. can you think of 1 cooler?:?