Return of the Living Dead: Designing the Dead

00:00:01 The fundamental decision was this.

00:00:47 Another school said, "Become a writer first."

00:01:31 I didn't think they were quality projects

00:02:18 gave each other the right to go and make more Living Deadmovies.

00:02:58 to intrude so directly on Romero's turf.

00:03:27 high-tech design.

00:04:03 rather than a movie professional designer.

00:04:40 Pressure of time, budget..

00:05:07 and, as I said, he's very visual.

00:05:35 but the other days were 18-hour days, minimum

00:06:07 sort of the way that little neutrons come together

00:06:35 And so he made my job much easier

00:07:10 we thought that, by making it as real as possible

00:07:37 as a horror piece, but also with a lo t of humor as well.

00:08:13 And then there were all these subsidiary principal corpses

00:08:45 This was a little tribute to Bernie Wrightson.

00:09:24 I always insist that you never hire a stuntman for that

00:09:56 on the outside of Allan's body

00:10:26 Stay away from my closet. That's my box.

00:10:55 It just comes to m e in the shower.

00:11:28 begins to just squirt pertinent ideas up

00:12:05 I think, helped to give the fil m its cult status.

00:12:43 I did it, but it didn' t turn out that way