Dawn of the Dead Movie Quotes
Francine Parker
They're still here.
Stephen
They're after us. They know we're still in here.
Peter
They're after the place. They don't know why; they just remember. Remember that they want to be in here.
Francine Parker
What the hell are they?
Peter
They're us, that's all. There's no more room in hell.
Stephen
What?
Peter
Something my granddaddy used to tell us. You know Macumba? Voodoo. Granddad was a priest in Trinidad. Used to tell us, "When there's no more room in hell, the dead will walk the Earth."
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Dr. Foster
Every dead body that is not exterminated becomes one of them. It gets up and kills! The people it kills get up and kill!
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[Fran and Stephen are observing from the roof of the mall]
Francine Parker
What are they doing? Why do they come here?
Stephen
Some kind of instinct. Memory of what they used to do. This was an important place in their lives.
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Old Priest
Many have died, last week, on these streets. In the basement of this building, you will find them. I have given them the last rites. Now, you do what you will. You are stronger than us. But soon, I think they be stronger than you. When the dead walk, señores, we must stop the killing... or lose the war.
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Dr. Millard Rausch, Scientist
[on a TV]
They use... consume maybe 5% of the food available in the human body. With that small amount, the body is usually intact enough to be mobile when it revives.
TV Commentator
What are you saying? Are you saying...
Dr. Millard Rausch, Scientist
[interrupting]
It is worth saving? Is a bite victim worth saving? For all I know, it's the brains that are already dead. It's the idiots that are still alive.
TV Commentator
You can't help us deal with your calm illogical ways...
Dr. Millard Rausch, Scientist
Illogical hell! I'm showing you a way we can up the food supply 20 times.
TV Commentator
Food supply for who?
Dr. Millard Rausch, Scientist
For a whole specimen that is walking around out there in increasing numbers, we should...
TV Commentator
Are you saying we should FEED them? The bite victims...
Dr. Millard Rausch, Scientist
What else are you going to do with them? Give me an alternative.
[various arguing among the studio audience is heard in the background]
TV Commentator
I thought you scientists are supposed to come up with a way of solving this problem rather than feeding the opposition? It doesn't make any sense.
Dr. Millard Rausch, Scientist
Well, I can think of another alternative. Yes, I can think of one other alternative. Since these things seem to congregate in heavily populated areas and since we have not touched upon any of our nuclear resources... why don't we drop bombs on all the big cities?
TV Commentator
You're not serious?
Dr. Millard Rausch, Scientist
I am deadly serious! What are the choices? They won't run out of food, that's the problem you see. And they won't run out of food as long as we're still alive.
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Dr. Millard Rausch, Scientist
The normal question, the first question is always, are these cannibals? No, they are not cannibals. Cannibalism in the true sense of the word implies an intrapecies activity. These creatures cannot be considered human. They prey on humans. They do not prey on each other - that's the difference. They attack and they feed only on warm human flesh. Intelligence? Seemingly little or no reasoning power, but basic skills remain and more remembered behaviors from normal life. There are reports of these creatures using tools. But even these actions are the most primitive - the use of external articles as bludgeons and so forth. I might point out to you that even animals will adopt the basic use of tools in this manner. These creatures are nothing but pure, motorized instinct. We must not be lulled by the concept that these are our family members or our friends. They are not. They will not respond to such emotions.
[the gathered crowd starts arguing]
Dr. Millard Rausch, Scientist
They must be destroyed on sight!
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Dr. Millard Rausch, Scientist
This isn't the Republicans versus the Democrats, where we're in a hole economically or... or we're in another war. This is more crucial than that. This is down to the line, folks, this is down to the line. There can be no more divisions among the living!
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Peter
Ain't it a crime.
Stephen
What?
Peter
The only person who could miss with this gun is the sucker with the bread to buy it.
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Radio Announcer
[on Emergency Broadcast System] The President today has sent to Congress a package of initiatives, aimed at what sources call a most sweeping sense of emergency measures.
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Dr. Millard Rausch, Scientist
We must think logically. We must deal with his crisis logically, with calm and unemotional response! We have to remain rational. We have to remain logical.
TV Commentator
Scientists like you always think that way. That's not how people think. We just cannot abandon our moral code to...
Dr. Millard Rausch, Scientist
We've got to! We've got to remain logical. There's no choice. It has to be that. It's that or the end.
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[after the four's initial skirmish with zombies at the mall]
News Reporter on Radio
...Information now on those early reports I gave to you that communications with Detroit have been knocked out, along with Atlanta, Boston and certain sections of Philadelphia...
Roger
[pensively]
Philly.
Stephen
Well, I know GON's out by now. That place is a madhouse back there.
[chuckles]
Stephen
People are crazy. If they'd just organize! I can't believe they let it get this bad; I can't believe they couldn't handle it. Look at us: look at what we were able to do today.
[scoffs]
Stephen
Knocked the shit out of 'em; they never even touched us... not really.
Peter
They touched us good, Flyboy. We're lucky to get out with our asses - you don't forget that. You underestimate those suckers, and you get eaten. They got one big advantage over us: they don't think. And that bunch out there? That's just a handful. And every day, there's gonna be more.
Stephen
Those things can be stopped so easily! If people would just listen, do what has to be done...
Peter
How about it, Flyboy? Let's say the lady gets killed. You be able to chop off her head?
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[pointing his gun at Stephen]
Peter
You never point a gun at anyone, mister. Scary, isn't it? Isn't it?
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[about to run a gauntlet of zombies]
Roger
Whad'ya think? Bag it or try for it?
Peter
You game?
Roger
I need lighter fluid.
Peter
You got it.
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Francine Parker
Stephen, I'm afraid. You're hypnotized by this place. All of you! You don't see that it's not a sanctuary, it's a prison! Let's just take what we need and get out of here!
Stephen
Do you have any idea how many times we would have to land to refuel on our way up north to Canada? Those things are everywhere! The authorities would give us just as hard a time, maybe worse. Fran, we have everything we need right here. Besides, you always wanted to play house, remember?
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[Roger was almost bitten by a zombie, and has snapped]
Roger
Bastards, you bastards! We got 'em, didn't we? We got this, man! We got this by the ass!
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Dr. Foster
They kill for one reason: they kill for food. They eat their victims, you understand that, Mr. Berman? That's what keeps them going!
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Dr. Millard Rausch, Scientist
Dummies! Dummies! Dummies!
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Stephen
We're still pretty close to Johnstown. Those rednecks are probably enjoying this whole thing.
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Stephen
We've got to find more fuel. Maybe closer to Cleveland.
Roger
No. We've got to stay out of the big cities. If they're anything like Philly, we may never get out alive.
Peter
We may never get out of any place alive. We almost didn't get out of here.
Roger
We're getting out of here fine. As long as there's not too many of those things around, we can handle them easy.
Peter
Yeah, well it wasn't one of those things that nearly blew me away.
Roger
We gotta stay in the sticks! There's bound to be more of those little private airports upstate.
Stephen
There's the locks along the Allgheny. There's several fuel-pumping stations there, state- and private-owned.
Roger
No, those are probably still manned. We don't need those hassles either.
Stephen
They're just out after scavengers and looters.
Peter
Oh, you got papers for this limousine?
Stephen
I've got GON I.D., and so does Fran.
Peter
Right, and we're up here doing traffic reports! Wake up, sucker! We're thieves and we're bad guys. That's exactly what we are. We gotta find our own way.
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Roger
Jesus, it's everywhere.
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Roger
[over the radio while driving trucks]
Hey, too tall, too slow, two, come back!
Peter
You look my size when you're sitting in a truck.
Roger
What I want to know is how we got to be in the same force with you being so large and all?
Peter
Well, they told me it was a midget force, and they needed somebody to look up to. Hey, where's Flyboy? What's his twenty?
Roger
He's probably up on the roof... with Flygirl!
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[coming across a Zombie storage room]
Roger
Why did these people keep them here?
Peter
'Cause they still believe there's respect in dying.
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[last lines]
[Peter and Francine are flying off of the mall rooftop]
Peter
How much fuel do we have?
Francine Parker
Not much.
Peter
All right.
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Roger
You'll take care of me when I go, won't you, Peter?
Peter
Just rest, man. Save your strength.
Roger
I don't want to be walkin' around... like THAT!... Peter... PETER?
Peter
I'm here, man!
Roger
Don't do it until you are sure I *am* coming back! I'm gonna try... not to... I'm gonna try... not to... come back. I'm gonna try... not to...
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3rd SWAT Cop in Projects Apt.
Shoot it, man! Shoot it in the head!
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Dr. Foster
You're not running a talk show here, Mr. Berman! You can forget pitching an audience the moral bullshit they want to hear!
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[Stephen enters Francine's room after she overhears a conversation between himself, Peter and Roger concerning her pregnancy]
Francine Parker
All your decisions made. "Do you want to abort it"?
Stephen
Do you?
[she doesn't answer]
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Recorded shopping announcement
Attention all shoppers. If you have a sweet tooth, we have a special treat for you. If your purchases in the next half hour amount to five dollars or more, we'll give you a bag of hard candy free! For the kiddies, or enjoy yourself. So hurry and do your shopping!
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Commander
[using a bullhorn]
Martinez... the people in this project are your responsibility. We don't want any of them hurt, and neither do you.
Roger
[whispering]
I'm giving you three minutes, Martinez.
Commander
I'm giving you three minutes, Martinez! Turn over your weapons and surrender!
Roger
There's no charges against you.
Commander
There are no charges against you or any of your people!
Roger
[to Rod, a young officer]
Yet.
[they chuckle]
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Wooley
How the hell come we stick these low-life bastards in these big-ass hotels, anyway? Shit, man! This is better than I got!
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TV Director
Roll the rescue stations!
TV Producer
We just got a report that half those stations have been knocked out.
TV Director
Then get me another list.
TV Producer
Sure, I'll just pull one out of my ass, right?
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Woman at WGON
I'm still dreaming.
Francine Parker
No, you're not.
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Blades
[to Peter]
I *see* you, chocolate man!
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Officer at Police Dock
Hey! Ya got any cigarettes?
Roger
Any of you guys got cigarettes?
[Francine shakes her head]
Roger
No, I'm sorry.
Stephen
Where you headed?
Officer at Police Dock
Down river. We got an idea maybe we can make it to the island!
Stephen
What Island?
Officer at Police Dock
Any island. What about you? Where are you headed?
Stephen
Straight up.
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[after avoiding a bunch of the zombies]
Roger
Well, we're in, but how the hell are we gonna get back?
Peter
Who the hell cares! Let's go shopping!
Roger
Watches! Watches!
Peter
Wait a minute, man. Let's just get the stuff we need. I'll get a television and a radio.
Roger
Ooohh, ooohh, lighter fluid! And chocolate. Chocolate!
[he runs down a clothing aisle]
Roger
Hey, how about a mink coat?
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[looking in a Civil Defense carton]
Francine Parker
Spam!
Roger
You bring a can opener?
Francine Parker
No, I guess I didn't.
Roger
Then don't knock it, it's got it's own key.
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Stephen
We've got to survive! Somebody's got to survive!
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Motorcycle Raider (radio operator)
O.K. Hey, you, in the mall, listen! We don't like people who don't share. You just fucked up REAL bad!
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Roger
One-stop shopping: everything you need, right at your fingertips.
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Rico, 2nd Bandit on Apartment Rooftop
Jesus Christ, there's a thousand pigs!
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Officer at Police Dock
What are you doing here?
Stephen
We're with GON.
Officer at Police Dock
About a minute and a half on the car.
Stephen
Now, wait a minute. We're just here to refuel. Those men were already dead. Now you were here, you know that.
Officer at Police Dock
GON Traffic Watch. Steve Andrews.
Stephen
That's me, I'm Steve Andrews.
Officer at Police Dock
Yeah, no shit.
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Roger
What's the problem, officer?
Officer at Police Dock
We caught your friends here stealing company gasoline.
Roger
What do you mean, friends?
Stephen
They know, Rog. They're running too.
Officer at Police Dock
Now it would be crazy to start shooting at each other.
Roger
It sure would.
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Roger
Hey, man, we can't carry all this shit.
[Peter wheels a gardening cart up with all of their supplies]
Roger
Oh, I see, we're just gonna wheel right by 'em, right?
Peter
We're gonna try, brother. We ain't doin' this for the exercise, so we might as well try to get what we can.
Roger
No way this is gonna happen.
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Roger
Peter, where are you?
Peter
I'm right here, man.
Roger
Hey, we did it, didn't we? We whipped 'em, didn't we?
Peter
That's right, man.
Roger
Didn't we... Didn't we whip 'em?
Peter
We sure did, buddy.
Roger
We whipped 'em and we got it ALL!
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Roger
[to Peter]
Man, a lot of people are running... I could run... I could run, tonight. A friend of mine, he's got this helicopter. He does traffic reports for GON. He asked me to come with him. Do you think it's right to run?
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Francine Parker
Rescue stations.
Charlie Parker - WGON-TV Typist who hands out notes to Francine
Half of those are inoperative as of now.
Francine Parker
Charlie, these are rescue stations. We can't send people to inoperative rescue stations.
Charlie Parker - WGON-TV Typist who hands out notes to Francine
We've had old information on the air for the last twelve hours.
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Roger
Come on, Martinez.
Wooley
Yeah, Martinez! Show your greasy little Puerto Rican ass so I can blow it right off!
[Cocks his gun]
Wooley
Blow ALL their asses off! Low-life bastards! Blow ALL their low-life little Puerto Rican and Nigger asses right off!
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Roger
It's Christmastime down there, buddy!
Peter
Fat city, brother! How we gonna work it?
Roger
If we can get into one of the department stores up top, they'll have their own escalators inside.
Peter
Let's go check those keys.
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Peter
Go on, get out of here.
Francine Parker
Peter...
Peter
I said get out of here.
Francine Parker
Jesus Christ, Peter...
Peter
I don't want to go. I really don't.
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Peter
We're gonna have a hell of a time getting back.
Roger
We've just got to wait a little longer before we move.
Peter
No, there's always a chance of some of them staying up on the balcony.
Roger
We can handle that. We can break right through them.
Peter
If any of them see us or hear us, they'll just follow us on up. It's no good.
Roger
We sure as hell can outrun 'em. We can load up with what we've got and get the hell out of here.
Peter
I've been thinking... maybe we've got a good thing going here. Maybe we shouldn't be in such a hurry to leave.
Roger
Oh, man.
Peter
If we could get back up there without them catching on, we could hole up for a while, at least long enough to catch a breath, check out the radio, see what's happening.
Stephen
There's some kind of passageway over the top the stores. I don't know if it's just heating ducts or some kind of access. I saw it on the map.
Peter
Upstairs. Let's go.
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Peter
Roger, get your head together, we got a lot of work to do.
Roger
Number two.
Peter
You all right?
Roger
Perfect, baby. Perfect.
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Peter
I've seen half-a-dozen guys in my unit get bitten by those things. None of them lasted more than... three days.
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[Roger is in the basement, vomiting]
Peter
You ain't just in here by yourself, boy!
[Roger aims his gun at Peter]
Peter
You was in Wooley's unit, wasn't you?
[Peter cocks his gun]
Roger
I didn't see nothing. I didn't see how he died.
[They lower their guns]
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Roger
Aww, God! Oh, Jesus Christ!
Peter
What is it?
Roger
My bag! I left my goddamn bag in the other truck!
Peter
[stops driving the truck]
All right, trooper, you better screw your head on.
Roger
[hyped tone]
Yeah, yeah, yeah; c'mon, c'mon c'mon, let's go!
Peter
[grabbing him by the collar]
I mean it! Now you're not just playin' with your life, you're playin' with mine! Now... are you straight?
Roger
[subdued tone]
Yeah.
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[coming upon the mall]
Stephen
What the hell is it?
Roger
It looks like a shopping center, one of those big, indoor malls
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Roger
You better get some sleep, too.
Peter
I been thinkin'. There's an awful lot of stuff down there that we could use.
Roger
I know it.
Peter
It's a big place, but they're pretty spread out down there. I think we can outrun 'em.
Roger
Hit and run?
Peter
Hit and run.
Francine Parker
You're crazy!
Roger
This place could be a gold mine. We've got to at least check it out.
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Stephen
How many do you figure are already in?
Peter
Not too many. We'll get it all locked up, and then we're going on a hunt.
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[looking at the approaching bikers]
Peter
Just three of them, huh?
Stephen
Holy shit!
Peter
They'll get in. They'll move the trucks.
Stephen
There's hundreds of those creatures down there.
Peter
Come on, man! That's a professional army! It looks like they've been surviving on the road all through this thing. Well... let's not make it easy for them.
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Peter
This place is gonna be rotten. We've got to clean it up, brother.
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[on a TV set, Dr. Millard Rausch argues with a TV reporter about doomsday scenarios]
Francine Parker
It's really all over... isn't it?
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[first lines]
Tony, Man at WGON - TV ('You all right?')
[after Francine awakens from a nightmare]
You alright?
[Francine nods]
Tony, Man at WGON - TV ('You all right?')
Shit's really hit the fan.
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Peter
[In the ultimate edition]
Are any of you leaving people behind?
Francine Parker
An ex-husband.
Roger
An ex wife.
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WGON-TV Cameraman
Go ahead and leave. We'll be off the air by midnight; the emergency networks are taking over. Our responsibility is finished.
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Timmy's Friend
[after seeing Timmy picking up a small TV during the mall raid] Hey, man, what the hell you gonna watch on that thing?
Timmy - Biker Holding TV Set
Man, I don't know, man.
[throws it on the floor, destroying it]
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Dr. Foster
This situation must be controlled before it's too late. They're multiplying too rapidly!
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Mr. Berman
People aren't willing to accept your solutions, doctor, and I for one don't blame them!
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[Roger and Peter are startled by the Old Priest]
Old Priest
Señores, please to let me pass.
Roger
Let's get him to the med unit.
Old Priest
No, no, please. Just let me pass. I go up to seventh floor to find my sister; just let me pass. The people of 107 will do what you wish now.
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[referring to Francine, who is in shock after being attacked by a zombie]
Peter
She alright? She looks blown.
Roger
What do you expect?
Peter
No, I mean she really looks sick - physically.
Stephen
She's pregnant.
[beat]
Roger
How far along?
Stephen
Three and a half, four months.
Roger
Jesus! Steve, maybe we should try to get moving.
Peter
We can deal with it.
Peter
Yeah, but maybe she needs a doctor or something.
Peter
We can deal with it. It doesn't change a thing.
[to Stephen]
Peter
You wanna get rid of it?
Stephen
[shocked]
Huh?
Peter
[sternly]
Do you want to abort it? It's not too late, and I know how.
[Stephen shakes his head]
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Peter
Somebody better sit watch all the time.
Roger
[points to the boarded up door]
They'll never get through there.
Peter
Enough of them will. And it's not just those things we have to worry about. That chopper up there could give us away if somebody comes messin' around.
Roger
And what are they gonna do? Land another pilot to fly it out? They're not gonna mess with a little bird like that, they've got enough on their hands.
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[about to whack a zombie in the head with a machete]
Blades
Say goodbye, creep!
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Officer in Apartment Project
Wooley's gone ape-shit, man!
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TV Director
[referring to Dr. Foster] Get that guy off the air!
Camera man
What the hell's going on?
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Stephen
Hello, HQ, this is Police Dock. Operator dead, post abandoned.
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[Roger and Rico point their guns at each other, at point blank range]
Roger
Hold it!
[Rico breaks and begins to run away]
Roger
Don't go out there!
[Rico is shot and screams as he falls off the tenement rooftop]
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Dr. Millard Rausch, Scientist
[on Emergency Television Network]
If there was ever a time a decision had to be made, it's now, now! Someone's got to come up with a plan!
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Peter
Get its head up. Get its head up. Roger, get its head up, man!
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Come on, you dumb bastards, come and get 'em!
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