is anyone aware that george a. romero's day of the dead was originally planned as a "zombie epic"? i just finished reading the draft several hours ago and was astonished at what he penned.the original script concerned a hidden society of surviviors on a tropical island ruled by the former governor of florida who calls himself "gasparilla".gasparilla also has managed to train zombies kept on his island as specimens to experiment on,his soldiers keep the carnivorous corpses in check by feeding them alligator meat in an attempt to wean them off of wanting human flesh.the zombies on gasparilla's island are summoned by an electronic horn that calls to them all over the jungle,acting as a "feeding signal".the studio demanded romero excise the more repulsive scenes of carnage in favor of a mainstream r rating,but he instead chose to start over from scratch.
2007-07-23 01:04:23 · 1 answers · asked by Anonymous in Entertainment & Music ➔ Movies
...I would defintely be most interested in reading that draft; I read about Romero's originally intended 'epic' storyline for "Day of the Dead" several years ago, in a detailed and thoroughly informative non-fiction book called "The Zombies That Ate Pittsburgh".
...did you read the draft online???
2007-07-23 01:24:22 · answer #1 · answered by Fright Film Fan 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋