I know what Santa will bring you this Christmas.

Heck yeah!!

Awwww.....baby looks hungry.

Yours? I can see the resemblance.

It's the teeth, isn't it?

It was kind of how you looked when I made the mistake of placing American movies and Hollywood mainstream in the same category. Oh, and the nails, aside from the facial features, were a dead giveaway too.

Here's a link to where you can read classic horror short stories online:

http://www.classichorrorstories.com/stories/stories.html

(All the stories are from the 1920's and earlier)

Happy Birthday to Sammy Snyders!

Sam Snyders played perverted-loner Jamie in the 1981 horror flick The Pit. Acting is a thing of the past and he now runs his own dance studio.

The Pit for whatever reason has remained my most watched horror film since seeing it for the first time on video back in the early 80's. Thankfully Anchor Bay released it on DVD because my VHS copies(yes plural) were getting worn out.

Here's a classic scene from the film-
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bAhFfgwR398

Not to play mean to red_lace, but who the hell started with this Zombie thing and brains? Return of the Living Dead was the first one I saw where they tried to do that.

Got in a heated argument one time with someone half my age and stated Zombie has always ate brains.

Any other movies, or I think its just the fact most people dont know what the hell they're talking about.

As far as I know Return of the Living Dead was the first to have zombies eating brains....To be honest I don't recall many zombie films outside the ROTLD franchise that have zombies eating brains.

Well, those same people also think Dawn of the Dead '04 and even 28 Days Later came up with the fast zombie concept, which they didn't.

I think it was Nightmare City. I'm not sure

Part of an interview with George Romero done by Eric Spitznagel:

Eric Spitznagel: Zombies have a weird fixation with eating human flesh and brains. What is it about being undead that makes somebody so ravenous?

George Romero: First of all, why does everybody say that zombies eat brains?

Eric Spitznagel: Because… it’s true?

George Romero: I’ve never had a zombie eat a brain! I don’t know where that comes from. Who says zombies eat brains?

Eric Spitznagel: I remember brains being a big zombie menu item in Return of the Living Dead back in the mid-80s, but I’m not sure if that’s where it started.

George Romero: Whenever I sign autographs, they always ask me, “Write ‘Eat Brains’!” I don’t understand what that means. I’ve never had a zombie eat a brain. But it’s become this landmark thing.

Eric Spitznagel: Well, what about gorging on human flesh? Your zombies do that, right?

George Romero: Definitely. (Laughs.)

Eric Spitznagel: Where does that come from? Is it like when poor people eat too much fast food because it’s cheap and it gives them an endorphin rush and helps them forget their troubles?

George Romero: I don’t know. I suppose the ultimate question is, do they ****? (Laughs.) I have theories about it, but I don’t know.

Eric Spitznagel: Your fans take this stuff too seriously?

George Romero: I go to these horror conventions all the time, and these audiences get so deep into it. They’ve pulled apart every movie fifty ways from Sunday. Sometimes I just want to tell them, “Get a life, man! I had a great time making these films, but it doesn’t sound like you’re having as good a time watching them. You’re getting too involved! Lighten up!”

In my opinion, it was just one of those things that stuck to people. When the general populace think about zombies, they automatically associate it to brain consumption. O’Bannon's Return of the Living Dead was the first film to feature zombies which hungered specifically for brains instead of all human flesh, which included the vocalization of "Braaaaains!" as a part of zombie vocabulary, and has become the most popular source of the now-familiar cliché of brain-devouring zombies seen elsewhere. I think in a commentary, production designer William Stout implies that he came up with the idea that zombies should eat brains: "Brains takes away the pain. And I remember at the time studies were being done on endorphins, which is a natural painkiller that your own body produces. I figured okay. That makes sense."

Another theory that can be mentioned why the concept of brain-eating zombies is popular, is due to the 1992 The Simpsons third annual Treehouse of Horror episode. This ended with a zombie story entitled "Dial Z for Zombie." Someone on the writing staff must have been a fan of Return of the Living Dead, because the Springfield zombies were of the brain-eating variety. I’m guessing that many people saw this Simpsons episode, and more significant is the probable fact that millions of kids saw this before they were old enough to see a real zombie film. I suspect that for a whole generation, this was the first zombie story ever seen, and has become an unofficial fact with some kids, that zombies eat brains, even though most of us have never seen a movie, aside from ROTLD, where this is the case.

Though, if one uses movie logic, a zombie eating a living human's brain would be self-defeating, since zombies are permanently put to rest by blowing their brains out, so to speak. Then again, I also doubt that they actually stop to think that they better not eat their struggling victim's brains or they'll be accused of cannibalism. Maybe it simply all boils down to food preference. When living, one would prefer Rocky Road to Strawberry flavor when it comes to ice cream. When undead, maybe one zombie prefers toes and the other brains in their victims. All a matter of taste. Though I have to admit, the effect of the former wouldn't be as dramatic nor as terrifying. "PIIIINKIIIIIES!" doesn't really sound very scary.

As for the picture I posted, I just saw that on the net and thought it was funny.

I read that the first representation of a fast, modern Zombie on screen dates all the way back to the original Night of the Living Dead (1968).

That in fact, the first ever modern Zombie was FAST. When Bill Heinzman stumbles out from the cemetery shadows to kill his first victim, before chasing the film’s heroine down the road, he displays a speed and dexterity that is in keeping with the most current depictions of the undead. Heinzman first battles a fit young man to the death, leaping about like a cage fighter, then attacks both sides of a car at full sprint.

What’s more, the Heinzman Zombie at one point picks up a rock and tries to bash a window in. This shows greater awareness and strategic thinking than is seen in 28 Days Later, or any other contemporary Zombie film in wide release.

I'm loving this link!

I'm loving that you're loving that link.

The 2 child zombies in Dawn Of The Dead '78 are also fast moving. I think that was more of a pacing thing for the scene, that, or Savini's niece and nephew were just hyper.

But like shrxfn68 mentioned- Nightmare City, I think this is the first to have all the zombies move fast, plus they used knives and guns!

This reminds me of the people(including film school professors)who talk about how Romero was making a huge statement by having a black actor in the lead, when in fact Duane Jones was the best actor, and that's why he was casted.

My sentiments exactly.