I also have always liked the monster within idea. I like the zombies being us. Zombies are the blue-collar monsters.
From George A. Romero
My stories are about humans and how they react, or fail to react, or react stupidly. I'm pointing the finger at us, not at the zombies. I try to respect and sympathize with the zombies as much as possible.
If one horror film hits, everyone says, 'Let's go make a horror film.' It's the genre that never dies.
Zombies are always moving fast in video games. It makes sense if you think about it. Those games are all about hand-eye coordination and how quickly can you get them before they get you.
I really liked the helicopter pilot in 'Dawn of the Dead', when he gets bitten and comes out of the elevator. That guy was amazing. He did this incredible walk that we didn't even know about until we started shooting.
I expect a zombie to show up on 'Sesame Street' soon, teaching kids to count.
I sympathize with the zombies and am not even sure they are villains. To me they are this earth-changing thing. God or the devil changed the rules, and dead people are not staying dead.
I always thought of the zombies as being about revolution, one generation consuming the next.
On the other side of that coin, and far outweighing it, is the fact that I've been able to use genre of Fantasy/Horror and express my opinion, talk a little about society, do a little bit of satire and that's been great, man. A lot of people don't have that platform.
A zombie film is not fun without a bunch of stupid people running around and observing how they fail to handle the situation.
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