• I love Night of the Living Dead. All subsequent zombie movies are really just a ripoff of this one. Well, they do have one difference, and it ain't colorization.

• Just to be a dick: Romero zombies didn't eat brains, they were full-body cannibals.  You're thinking of Return of the Living Dead.  You eat whatever you want, Bill!

• Still scary as hell. RIP Bill Hinzman.

• He was the first the first Romero "zombie" violated all the supposed undead rules that were later considered proper. Moves fairly fast and uses a tool...a rock.

• I met Bill several years ago, and was priviledged to call him my friend.  When I moved away from Pittsburgh, I always looked forward to seeing him at conventions.  I was also one of the few who got to hang out in the Evans City Cemetery with Bill, Judy (Barbara) and Russ (Johnny) during the filming of the anniversary documentary.  I will miss him terribly. 

• Wow.  That is sad news.

• Shad! A Florida guy? Are you going to Megacon?

• http://www.dreadcentral.com/news/52371/rest-peace-josephine-streiner Within a day, another cast member passed as well. Sad

• Makes sense. Thanks guys!

• You almost forget the iconic characters that make these movies unforgettable.  Thank you Mr. Hinzman, and God bless. 

•  Pre-NOTLD, zombies were the voodoo inspired walking dead.  Obedient servants who didn't eat anybody, but would kill on command.   The only way to create a zombie was thru 'magic'.  There are ways to reverse the zombiefication.    NOTLD was the first movie to portray zombies as something like ghouls instead of the traditional voodoo based walking dead.  These are dangerous flesh eaters controlled by no one.  One bite could turn you into one of them, and that method causes their numbers to grow quickly.  No cure, either - once you're a zombie, there's no going back.       

• He's coming for you, Barbara.

• I had the opportunity to work on a low budget movie called Evil Ambitions (retitled Satanic Yuppies for DVD). Bill Hinzman was extremely professional and considerate. He's the biggest reason for most people to sit through the movie.

• Well....I think that what a "zombie" was once traditionally known as and what we know them as today are quite different. I think - and I could be wrong in the details since I'm not a "zombie" expert - that what the living dead in the NOTLD movie were known more as "ghouls", and somewhere along the way the way got tagged as zombies. And there you have it. Maybe. I could be wrong here. On a related note, rest in peace Mr. Hinzman. And is this the reason I had zombie dreams all freakin' night?

• I'm not trying to be pedantic, I'm just trying to understand. I was asking the question earnestly. 

• We could be pedantic about points like whether he truly was the "first" modern zombie in cinema, but if nothing else, he's definitely one of the most iconic.

• I don't want to take away from the legacy, but why is he the first and not an actor from White Zombie (1932)? What is the distinction that I'm missing? 

• He's finally getting Barbara in Heaven

• I got to meet him several times at the Spooky Empire con in Orlando, FL. He was a very nice guy and super dedicated the NOTLD fans. 

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