Romero-type zombies and animals

[Trencher]

In night a zombie eats a catapillar that she picks up from a branch. Zombies are seen to eat what they get their hands on humans are just the easiest prey for them. In any case one thing I allways have wondered about is why no zombies attacked the alligator in Day but Romero answerd that by showing us that they actually learn.

[Neil]

In night a zombie eats a catapillar that she picks up from a branch. Zombies are seen to eat what they get their hands on humans are just the easiest prey for them. In any case one thing I allways have wondered about is why no zombies attacked the alligator in Day but Romero answerd that by showing us that they actually learn. I think in 'Night' Romero was a little unsure of his rules... We see zombies almost running at times, showing clear intelligence (picking up stones to break windows and tools to stab people), eating non-human flesh, ie: insects and mice... The rules seems to bed down at times in Night, and definately for his latter living dead films...

[Trencher]

The rules seems to bed down at times in Night, and definately for his latter living dead films... I did not like the fact that the zombies could learn and have distinct personalites, but I did like the unpredictability of the zombies in night. It makes them more scary as enemies and places the focus on the humans in the house where it belong.

[carpetbeggar]

I think in 'Night' Romero was a little unsure of his rules... We see zombies almost running at times, showing clear intelligence (picking up stones to break windows and tools to stab people), eating non-human flesh, ie: insects and mice... The rules seems to bed down at times in Night, and definately for his latter living dead films... Great post Neil, I totally agree with you here.

[darth los]

I love that scene. After the hot chick in the g-string appears i can't keep my mind on anything else. I think in 'Night' Romero was a little unsure of his rules... We see zombies almost running at times, showing clear intelligence (picking up stones to break windows and tools to stab people), eating non-human flesh, ie: insects and mice... The rules seems to bed down at times in Night, and definately for his latter living dead films... I could swear that there was an interview or commentary i saw somewhere saying something to that affect. However, i can't pinpoint where right now.

[Neil]

I could swear that there was an interview or commentary i saw somewhere saying something to that affect. However, i can't pinpoint where right now. See! I told you I was a genius!

[darth los]

See! I told you I was a genius! It's obvious to anyone who has watched the series that he didn't have his rules written in stone at that point. Jogging ghouls, ghouls that eat bugs and what seems like the containment of the problem ( it's certainly implied ) by the end of the film suggests that he didn't give much thought to future installments of the series. He was just an independent film maker trying to break into the business. It's funny how nowday sequels are almost a given. There was a different mentality back then when it came to movie making.

[jim102016]

An elephant? ****, I guess that part of the movie puts me to sleep. Don't remember anything about animals. Have to watch it again soon.

[sandrock74]

There was NO elephant featured OR mentioned in NIGHT! None, zero, ziltch, nada. The "trunk" that was referred to was the torso (a body) of a corpse that had its limbs surgically removed and the corpse still reanimated and tried to move about. Its been explained already in this very thread but I guess some people still don't understand what was meant in the news report.

[Yojimbo]

Yeah, no zombie elephants for sure. That was a misunderstanding of the use of the word "Trunk" as related to a cadaver that had it's arms and legs amputated but tried to move. And on the subject of Romero's rules varying from Night to later installments: while I agree that Romero had not solidified the rules per se when he made night, I do remember seeing a zombie in Dawn using a tire iron to break open a window. And while in Dawn we did not see any zombies eating anything but human flesh, we did see a pair of fairly quick-footed children zombies converging on Peter. While they were not really running, ala DAWN 04, they were moving pretty quick. So there is, at least, some consistenency between the ghouls in Night andthe ghouls in Dawn.

[JasonEdw]

I swear I posted a reply twice, but oh well, here goes a third try... This topic reminded me of something I seen on youtube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hSPG9QQg4C0