No pun intended - and actually something I could have used for the feature movie! We have Bub - a zombie that inspired so many other ... well zombies but also filmmakers in creating zombies! The naturel evolution of things one might say ... well sort of. Because if it was all natural others might have thought of it, yes? Or maybe no - everyone was trying to copy him.
The documentary highlights the issues in the making, but also the great things that came from the movie. The connections between Romeros movies (zombies of course, I know, but also why he decided to choose the themes he chose). It's a shame that the Godfather of zombie movies never got the budget he deserved to do a really big one. That said, as we can see here (quite a lot of blood filled behind the scenes and infamous stories - even the one Joe knows everyone has heard of - quite the stinker as one might say).
I reckon real fans might know most of the stuff discussed here. But it still is great seeing heads talking about maybe the most underrated of the three original dead movies by Romero ... and the one where he makes amends for his use of Barbara in Night of the living Dead .. by casting a woman in the lead! And what a character Lori is able to play - Romero always ground breaking! Here you can see why ...