"Why didn't they...?" #3 (Dawn of the Dead)

[I, Zombie]

From what I remeber, its debatable if they even finished the mission after Roger got bit? The movie makes it ambiguous, but the book hints more that they did finish the job after Roger is attacked. Been a while since I read it, so I'll have to refresh my memory to be 100% sure.

[jim102016]

Not a bad idea in the vault if there was enough room, but how air tight it is in those vaults? Would the vault be able to confine the stink? Are you sure about the reason for not being allowed to use the vault in the movie?

[kortick]

I dont know why they didnt use the vault in the film but in the dawn novel pages 173-175 it details how peter and steven put the corpses in the bank vault peter makes a joke about how the place is now a burial chamber like the pyramids

[jim102016]

Wow, you know, I read that book years ago and I still can't remember that part. I'm usually good about those kinds of details...I think I even managed to hold on to the book, I'll have to search for it. Zombies in a vault would be better than putting them in with the food. But, it would be hell getting them back out of the vault if they started stinking up the mall. But, if the electricity crapped out, they would have to remove all that food AND the bodies out of the icebox. Lots of extra work either way. I think I'd try to get them out to the parking lot some how. I'm sure the mall had a smell all its own already.

[DjfunkmasterG]

The primary reason has to be because in a cool environment they won't stink or decompose as fast. Morgues are always kept cold and the bodies are stored in cold boxes. It keeps the, ahem... fresh so to speak! I wouldn't be worried about the food being inthere with the zombies as i sure the mall had plenty of restaurants anyway.

[axlish]

Belle's Restaurant Pup A Go Go (Hot Dog Place) di Pomodoro (a pizza place, which is where they stashed the bodies) Cheezeboard (a Hickory Farms type of store, cheeze and meats) Rhea's Bakery The Brown Derby The Oyster House Sweet Williams (ice cream) Baskin Robbins (ice cream) Daisy Donuts On second thought, I'd have stored all of the bodies where they did, in the di Pomodoro walk in freezer, and then I'd have moved all of the food from there to another spot, perhaps The Brown Derby.