That's actually explained by the female half-zombie on the operating table. You see, Trioxin-produced zombies are very different from their romero-derived counterparts. They can feel themselves rot, and their joints ache due to rigor mortis. They live in a constant state of pain, "the pain of being dead," in her words. There is a chemical in human brain matter that, when consumed, makes the pain go away for a period of time. Translation: Brains are zombie painkillers.
Again, these aren't romero zombies here. Trioxin zombies retain all of their memories, intelligence, reasoning ability, and mobility. In short, they're just like us, only dead. The only reason why they're motivated to eat brains is the aforementioned painkiller effect. Otherwise, they could theoretically be functioning members of society.

I absolutely love this movie...Can't wait for "Diary of the Dead."  I got into this movie by fluke and surprised to see they nuked my hometown. Why does everyone want to blow up my home state?

I remember Mark Venturini from the wrestling team at West Leyden High School. He wrestled 167 lbs varsity and was pretty good. I remember one time at the end of a tough loss he swung his arm down in disgust and his head gear flew off and the ref thought he threw it down. Also in that 67 GTO he had, he slid on ice and crashed into my step-dad's car. Paid cash for the repair. We would go to Ozzies and get our sandwiches before the Friday away wrestling meets all the time. Had a friend that lived across from Mark's parents house back in 1989. Went over to that person's house on a brand new Harley and Mark came out and asked if he could take it for a spin. I said no because I just got it. Feel like a jerk now. Mark was a great guy and I don't know what made me think of him. Just reminiscing.

I remember seeing this movie when I was eight years old and sleeping with a night light till I was 27.  Ok, maybe just a few weeks but this movie scared me, fascinated me, and made me a zombie movie buff till this day.  Spider and Suicide were awesome.  Zombies whom ran like Carl Lewis, talkd and ate human brains...heck yeah!!!  Burt was hilarious!  Best line was either "I hit the f--king brain!!" or "Why don't you open up the door and ask him Burt?"..."Nah, I'll take your word for it."

The Tarman is the best and funkiest zombie ever with the coolest walk.  I can still hear Suicide yelling!  Also Tarman's tongue, eyes and teeth were the creepiest!  The movie made me think twice of walking through graveyards at night and I hope girls learn from Trash and keep their clothes on when it rains.  

ROTLD is by far my favorite movie of all time, all genres included.I seen some other movies I absolutly love, like SHAWN OF THE DEAD, PEE WEES BIG ADVENTURE, ROCKY HORROR PICTURE SHOW, FIGHT CLUB, A CLOCKWORK ORANGE, GOODFELLAS, NIGHT OF THE CREEPS, KUNG FU HUSTLE, and many more, but still I find myself looking for a movie to top ROTLD. If anyone has seen such a movie(taking into account my strange choice of favorites) that anywhere compares to or surpasses my love for THE RETURN OF THE LIVING DEAD, please email the title.  KRBARB@GMAIL.COM

truely underappreciated actor :/  i think he would have eventually been able to play lead roles, as his acting was the only display in ROTLD that was REALLY convincing (except maybe Spider).


do any of his friends know how long he was sick for and what kind of signs he showed during the early symptoms?  id just like to know more about his illness and how it could cut down someone so big, strong, and healthy looking like that...did he smoke or have a family history of it?


the reason im so overly interested is because im 6'2 and 170 lbs...about the same size he was, and i kind of look like him...ive had alot of people tell me that we are almost identical...and that was actually the basis on which led me to see the movie.  i know that cancer doesnt quite work like that (if you look like or have similar features to someone who has cancer you could also be at risk), but i also understand that no one really knows how cancer works...which makes me kinda concerned.


ive thought about calling his parents store ozzies and briefly discussing it with them in a very modest and understanding manner...but i dont know their feelings on the subject and if they would be offended or too taken off guard to speak with me...but im from rockford illinois, about 2 hours away from where he grew up



either way, RIP and i hope someone see's this and can atleast write something.  ive always felt a special bond with this guy since i saw the movie back in about 1999

oh...i didnt realize how long the topic was.



i was referring to mark venturini (aka suicide)



sounds kinda obsessive, but i REALLY look like this guy and its not a good feeling to know the one guy you found you look like in hollywood died at age 35 (and you're 25)

Best just to read this then;

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leukemia