The one that bumped into Barbara and said "I'm sorry" and wandered off... was he just bitten by the one that attacked her and killed her brother seconds later?
I thought it was odd he didn't attack her.
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Head injury had him dazed and confused. No evidence he had been bitten.
shareThat part still throws me off, great directing to fool the audience into a scare.
shareIt's addressed in the making-of featurette on the DVD, here are two quotes...
He scares us, we think he's gonna be the zombie; turns out, he's just a freaked out old guy.
Tried to manipulate you in the remake - to believe that the first guy you see is a zombie, just like in the first film.
Too bad he wasn't a zombie. There's something disturbing about the idea of one zombie being able to talk while the others can't. Why? And for what is he "sorry"?
shareWould a speaking zombie scare you more than an animalistic zombie that just moans/grunts?
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