Thought provocation from a surprising source.

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On Halloween, one of our local stations aired the old classic "Night of the Living Dead". We'd never seen it, and being in the right mood, tuned in.

As expected, it was ghoulish. ;). Unexpected, though, was the portrayal of people in a survival situation. A few living survivors find themselves barricaded in a farmhouse with a growing mob of zombies outside. The goal, naturally (!), of the zombie mob is to get at the people. It was great! There was squabling among the survivors, greed, suspicion, and power struggles; not to mention different ideas about how to survive, as well as dipiction of different responses to stress.

I have to tell you, the last thing I was thinking about before I fell asleep was where to get strong enough shutters for all the downstairs windows, etc..

It was grisly in parts, but I shut my eyes ;D. What was scariest to me was the relentlessness of the mob. And the growing numbers! Then, in the end, when "help" arrives....

If I'd seen it two years ago, it would have been an amusing older horror movie. Seeing it now, however, it's not so amusing!

Whatcha think?

-- Arewyn (isitth@latealready.com), November 09, 1999

Answers

Putting on "Rental shopping list." A Hollywood Video store opening nearby soon ;^) thanks Arewyn

-- Ashton & Leska in Cascadia (allaha@earthlink.net), November 09, 1999.

Don't forget "Return of the Dead" (Part II). Same brilliant director. "Dawn of the Dead"--Part III---isn't as good.

-- silver ion (ag3@interlog.com), November 09, 1999.

If you live within 5 miles of a video store...you're entertained.

-- Porky (Porky@in.cellblockD), November 09, 1999.

Mmm...more ammo....must buy more ammo...

-- Tim the Y2K nut (tmiley@yakko.cs.wmich.edu), November 09, 1999.

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