What movie is the line that goes "There coming to get you Barbera" and what does it mean?

Answer 1

...funny thing, I grew up in and around the era of the Vietnam war, and was also very news savvy, so I had a very good idea what was going on, at the time, as far as the conflict, and how it was affecting the status quo part of society, here in the U.S. I can also appreciate that director George Romero, in writng and filming the classic horror film, "Night of the Living Dead", might have had some subconscious and underlining message, reflecting the ensuing conflict, and it's overall effect on society...

...however, in watching the film, I felt that it was merely a shocking and horrific piece of unrelenting gothic horror, and the parallels between the film, and the time period in which Romero actually procuded the film, are for the most part, coincidental; not surprising, some folks read way, way, way too much into a film, and as a result, take away from the sense of entertainment, by which the film had to have originally been meant for...

...plain and simple, the line, "...they're coming to get you, Barbara!" was simply a tease by the character Johnny, toward his sister Barbara, being that they used to play in and around the cemetery as kids, and he used to scare her, even back then; Johnny even emphasized the chilling scare, by assuming a Boris Karloff accent...

Answer 2

Night of the Living Dead (1968)

The culture of Vietnam-era America had a tremendous impact on the film. It is so thoroughly laden with critiques of late-1960s American society that one historian described the film as "subversive on many levels." Since the release, critics and film historians have seen Night of the Living Dead as a subversive film that critiques 1960s American society, international Cold War politics, and domestic racism. The film was an ardent critique of American involvement in Vietnam, arguing that it "was not set in Transylvania, but Pennsylvania — this was Middle America at war, and the zombie carnage seemed a grotesque echo of the conflict then raging in Vietnam." The film is a comment on race relations, feminism, and the Vietnam War - all major themes of the late '60s. The quote is a play on that the "zombies" aka the horrors of humanity in the 60s were coming to get "her" aka the American middle class.

Answer 3

Its from the original "Night of the Living Dead", and Barbara's brother Johnny is saying it over and over to tease her while they are in the graveyard. He is referring to an old man that appears drunk and keeps shuffling after them - but unknown to Johnny the man is actually a reanimated corpse, a zombie who minutes later kills Johnny.
It has since become a much-referenced cult tagline, showing up in other movies or television shows, usually in a comedic fashion.

Answer 4

Night of the Living Dead (1968)

Johnny: They're coming to get you, Barbara, there's one of them now!
Night of the Living Dead (1968)

Johnny: [in a creepy voice] They're coming to get you, Barbara!
Night of the Living Dead (1990)

Johnnie: They're coming to get you, Barbara!

Answer 5

It's "We're coming to get you, Barbara." It's from the original "Night of the Living Dead". Her brother says it to her when they are visiting the grave of their mother. He was just joking around.

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

Answer 6

The original "Night of the Living Dead" when they were in the cemetery and "Barbara"'s brother was teasing her that the man walking in the cemetery was out to get them. (little did he know they really were coming to get them!)