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* Frank and Freddy's deterioration after being exposed to the trioxin. At first they're just fine, but soon they start looking pale and once the yellow cadaver has been dealt with, Freddy mentions he's not feeling well and it all goes downhill from there; soon they can barely move, are shivering uncontrollably, and are essentially dead but conscious. Then rigor mortis sets in and they can't even be moved without it being agonizing, with their muscles tearing and blood pooling. By the end of it, just ''existing'' is agony and all they can do is just scream in pain. Worst of all, they only get a few seconds reprieve before turning fully and needing to eat brains to stop the pain.
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** He's even more unsettling in the novelization where he takes a page from the "send more" ghouls and disguises his voice as an injured person trapped in the warehouse basement in order to lure Tina downstairs so he can ambush her better. And most thought his problem-solving abilities with the makeshift winch were unnerving enough...
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** He's even more unsettling in the novelization where he takes a page from the "send more" ghouls and disguises his voice as an injured person trapped in the warehouse basement in order to lure Tina downstairs so he can ambush her better. And most thought his [[ItCanThink problem-solving abilities abilities]] with the makeshift winch were unnerving enough...
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* The Tar Man. Oh dear ''God,'' The Tar Man. For such a largely comedic film, the scene in which he first appears is undoubtedly the most terrifying across the entire franchise. This is attributed to not only his grotesque outer appearance but the complete absence of humor when he's onscreen. Nothing about him is a laughing matter. Unless you count when Burt decapitates him with a wooden bat.
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* The '''The Tar Man. Oh dear ''God,'' The Tar Man. Man.''' For such a largely comedic film, the scene in which he first appears is undoubtedly the most terrifying across the entire franchise. This is attributed to not only his grotesque outer appearance but the complete absence of humor when he's onscreen. Nothing about him is a laughing matter. Unless you count when Burt decapitates him with a wooden bat.
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*** Want a high-octane version of that nightmare fuel? It happens ''in real life'' too - though, mercifully, not for long. Rotting away in excruciating pain is the final stage of highest-dose acute radiation syndrome.
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* The Tar Man. Oh dear ''God,'' The Tar Man. For such a largely comedic film, the scene in which he first appears is undoubtedly the most terrifying across the entire franchise. This is attributed to not only his grotesque outer appearance but the complete absence of humor when he's onscreen. Nothing about him is a laughing matter. [[spoiler:Unless you count when Burt decapitates him with a wooden bat.]]
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* The Tar Man. Oh dear ''God,'' The Tar Man. For such a largely comedic film, the scene in which he first appears is undoubtedly the most terrifying across the entire franchise. This is attributed to not only his grotesque outer appearance but the complete absence of humor when he's onscreen. Nothing about him is a laughing matter. [[spoiler:Unless Unless you count when Burt decapitates him with a wooden bat.]]
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* The Half-Zombie's conversation with Ernie is genuinely creepy and brings up some rather disturbing possible implications.[[spoiler: If it hurts being dead, is there the possibility that the afterlife in Return of the Living Dead is actually being stuck in your corpse slowly rotting away, and being a zombie just allows you the method to temporarily relieve the pain of rotting away?]]
** [[spoiler: It is more likely that being forcibly reanimated and trapped in a decaying body is what's causing the pain.]]
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** The DissonantSerenity of the horde of zombies standing silently, looking up into the sky as [[spoiler:the nuke falls counts too]], as the echo still continues.
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** Actually, electrocution and burning do kill them. You just shouldn't do the last one because that just turns the virus airborne as well.
*** Only if the smoke comes out a tall chimney and mixes with rain clouds. The soldiers in the second film burned the "surviving" zombies with flamethrowers, and there was no mention of further spread.
*** Only if the smoke comes out a tall chimney and mixes with rain clouds. The soldiers in the second film burned the "surviving" zombies with flamethrowers, and there was no mention of further spread.
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* The Tar Man. Oh dear ''God,'' The Tar Man. For such a largely comedic film, the scene in which he first appears is undoubtedly the most terrifying across the entire franchise. This is attributed to not only his grotesque outer appearance, but the complete absence of humor when he's onscreen. Nothing about him is a laughing matter. [[spoiler:Unless you count when Burt decapitates him with a wooden bat.]]
** The other zombies are no slouch in the nightmare fuel department either, especially the zombie in the mausoleum in II, and all of the zombies released from the Trioxin canisters in III.
* The Half-Zombie's conversation with Ernie is genuinely creepy and brings up some rather disturbing possible implications.[[spoiler: If it hurts being dead, is there the possibility that the afterlife in Return of the living Dead is actually being stuck in your corpse slowly rotting away and being a zombie just allows you the method to temporarily relieve the pain of rotting away?]]
** [[spoiler: Its more likely that being forcibly reanimated and trapped in a decaying body is whats causing the pain.]]
** The other zombies are no slouch in the nightmare fuel department either, especially the zombie in the mausoleum in II, and all of the zombies released from the Trioxin canisters in III.
* The Half-Zombie's conversation with Ernie is genuinely creepy and brings up some rather disturbing possible implications.[[spoiler: If it hurts being dead, is there the possibility that the afterlife in Return of the living Dead is actually being stuck in your corpse slowly rotting away and being a zombie just allows you the method to temporarily relieve the pain of rotting away?]]
** [[spoiler: Its more likely that being forcibly reanimated and trapped in a decaying body is whats causing the pain.]]
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* The Tar Man. Oh dear ''God,'' The Tar Man. For such a largely comedic film, the scene in which he first appears is undoubtedly the most terrifying across the entire franchise. This is attributed to not only his grotesque outer appearance, appearance but the complete absence of humor when he's onscreen. Nothing about him is a laughing matter. [[spoiler:Unless you count when Burt decapitates him with a wooden bat.]]
**The other zombies are no slouch He's even more unsettling in the nightmare fuel department either, especially the zombie in the mausoleum in II, and all of the zombies released novelization where he takes a page from the Trioxin canisters "send more" ghouls and disguises his voice as an injured person trapped in III.
the warehouse basement in order to lure Tina downstairs so he can ambush her better. And most thought his problem-solving abilities with the makeshift winch were unnerving enough...
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* Tar Man. Oh dear ''God,'' Tar Man. For such a largely comedic film, the scene in which he first appears is undoubtedly the most terrifying across the entire franchise. This is attributed to not only his grotesque outer appearance, but the complete absence of humor when he's onscreen. Nothing about him is a laughing matter. [[spoiler:Unless you count when Burt decapitates him with a wooden bat.]]
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* Not only can 245-Trioxin ZombifyTheLiving, but it can bring back ''any'' dead organic matter. In the medical supply, it brings back preserved butterflies and a split dog. It can even resurrect ''[[DemBones long-decayed bodies from the cemetery]].''
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* Not only can 245-Trioxin ZombifyTheLiving, but it can bring back ''any'' dead organic matter. In the medical supply, it brings back preserved butterflies and a split dog. It can even resurrect ''[[DemBones long-decayed bodies from the cemetery]].''''
* [[spoiler: The final scene of the film, with Tina and Ernie hiding in the attic just as Freddy bursts through(with his voice echoing as he says "Tinnnnnaaaaaa...."in a sing-song voice.
**The DissonantSerenity of the horde of zombies standing silently, looking up into the sky as [[spoiler:the nuke falls counts too]], as the echo still continues.
* [[spoiler: The final scene of the film, with Tina and Ernie hiding in the attic just as Freddy bursts through(with his voice echoing as he says "Tinnnnnaaaaaa...."in a sing-song voice.
**The DissonantSerenity of the horde of zombies standing silently, looking up into the sky as [[spoiler:the nuke falls counts too]], as the echo still continues.
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* Tar Man. Oh dear ''God,'' Tar Man. For this to be a film that's largely comedic, the scene in which he is featured (excluding the opening where he's still in the canister) is undoubtedly the scariest in the whole franchise. This can be attributed to not only his grotesque outer appearance, but the absence of humor when he's onscreen and the unsettling atmosphere leading up to his big reveal.
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* Tar Man. Oh dear ''God,'' Tar Man. For this to be such a film that's largely comedic, comedic film, the scene in which he is featured (excluding the opening where he's still in the canister) first appears is undoubtedly the scariest in most terrifying across the whole entire franchise. This can be is attributed to not only his grotesque outer appearance, but the complete absence of humor when he's onscreen and the unsettling atmosphere leading up to his big reveal. onscreen. Nothing about him is a laughing matter. [[spoiler:Unless you count when Burt decapitates him with a wooden bat.]]
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* Tar Man. Oh dear ''God,'' Tar Man. For a film that's largely comedic, the scene in which he appears (excluding the opening where he's still in the canister) is arguably the most horrifying moment in the entire franchise. The other zombies are no slouch in the nightmare fuel department either, especially the zombie in the mausoleum in II, and all of the zombies released from the Trioxin canisters in III.
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* Tar Man. Oh dear ''God,'' Tar Man. For a film that's largely comedic, the scene in which he appears is featured (excluding the opening where he's still in the canister) is arguably undoubtedly the most horrifying moment scariest in the entire franchise.whole franchise. This can be attributed to not only his grotesque appearance, but the absolute lack of humor and unsettling atmosphere leading up to the big reveal. The other zombies are no slouch in the nightmare fuel department either, especially the zombie in the mausoleum in II, and all of the zombies released from the Trioxin canisters in III.
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** Also, earlier in the scene when Frank shows Freddy the canister's contents, the not-yet-melted Tar Man is presumably ''fully capable of moving'' when they peer through the canister window at him. Yet he doesn't move in the slightest, even though it's the first time he'd have been exposed to light in ages. He'd ''heard'' the two men enter the cellar, and kept still ''in ambush', in the hope that they'd get curious enough to open the canister so he could eat their brains.
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* Tar Man. Oh dear ''God,'' Tar Man. For a film that's largely comedic, the scene in which he appears (excluding the opening where he's still in the canister) is arguably the most horrifying moment in the entire franchise. The other zombies are no slouch in the nightmare fuel department either, especially the zombie in the mausoleum in II, and all of the zombies released from the Trioxin canisters in III.
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* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wV1FKU9Oihw Tar Man.]] Oh dear ''God,'' Tar Man. The other zombies are no slouch in the nightmare fuel department either, especially the zombie in the mausoleum in II, and all of the zombies released from the Trioxin canisters in III.
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* And these are ''smart'' zombies. They figure out how to ambush victims, and when they get at the paramedics and the cops responding to the crisis they get on the horn and tell the dispatchers to ''send more''.
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* And these are ''smart'' zombies. They figure out how to ambush victims, and when they get at the paramedics and the cops responding to the crisis they get on the horn and tell the dispatchers to ''send more''.more''.
* Not only can 245-Trioxin ZombifyTheLiving, but it can bring back ''any'' dead organic matter. In the medical supply, it brings back preserved butterflies and a split dog. It can even resurrect ''[[DemBones long-decayed bodies from the cemetery]].''
* Not only can 245-Trioxin ZombifyTheLiving, but it can bring back ''any'' dead organic matter. In the medical supply, it brings back preserved butterflies and a split dog. It can even resurrect ''[[DemBones long-decayed bodies from the cemetery]].''
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* Sure, it's funny, but "Send... more... paramedics". These bastards are [[ItCanThink smart enough]] to ''fake distress calls''.
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* Sure, it's funny, but "Send... more... paramedics". These bastards are [[ItCanThink smart enough]] to ''fake distress calls''.calls''.
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wV1FKU9Oihw Tar Man.]] Oh dear ''God,'' Tar Man. The other zombies are no slouch in the nightmare fuel department either, especially the zombie in the mausoleum in II, and all of the zombies released from the Trioxin canisters in III.
* The idea that, no matter how much damage you inflict or what you do, ''the zombies will never die''. Headshot? Nothing. Dismemberment? Just more pieces to come after you. ''Nuclear strike?'' Good job, now you've spread the infection even more. Extinction just seems inevitable.
** Actually, electrocution and burning kills them. You just shouldn't do the last one because that just turns the virus airborne as well.
*** Only if the smoke comes out a tall chimney and mixes with rain clouds. The soldiers in the second film burned the "surviving" zombies with flamethrowers, and there was no mention of further spread.
* And these are ''smart'' zombies. They figure out how to ambush victims, and when they get at the paramedics and the cops responding to the crisis they get on the horn and tell the dispatchers to ''send more''.
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wV1FKU9Oihw Tar Man.]] Oh dear ''God,'' Tar Man. The other zombies are no slouch in the nightmare fuel department either, especially the zombie in the mausoleum in II, and all of the zombies released from the Trioxin canisters in III.
* The idea that, no matter how much damage you inflict or what you do, ''the zombies will never die''. Headshot? Nothing. Dismemberment? Just more pieces to come after you. ''Nuclear strike?'' Good job, now you've spread the infection even more. Extinction just seems inevitable.
** Actually, electrocution and burning kills them. You just shouldn't do the last one because that just turns the virus airborne as well.
*** Only if the smoke comes out a tall chimney and mixes with rain clouds. The soldiers in the second film burned the "surviving" zombies with flamethrowers, and there was no mention of further spread.
* And these are ''smart'' zombies. They figure out how to ambush victims, and when they get at the paramedics and the cops responding to the crisis they get on the horn and tell the dispatchers to ''send more''.
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* The Half-Zombie's conversation with Ernie is genuinely creepy and brings up some rather disturbing possible implications.[[spoiler: If it hurts being dead, is there the possibility that the afterlife in Return of the living Dead is actually being stuck in your corpse slowly rotting away and being a zombie just allows you the method to temporarily relieve the pain of rotting away?]]
** [[spoiler: Its more likely that being forcibly reanimated and trapped in a decaying body is whats causing the pain.]]
* This is a truly disturbing bit of FridgeHorror to consider. The corpses sealed in the canisters were put there because the military found it impossible to kill and all they could do was confine them. So from 1968 to 1984 those corpses were trapped in small, confined, dark tanks, unable to move, unable to see, unable to hear but fully able to think and contemplate their existence, as well as feel themselves rotting away and thus being in a state of constant, unending pain and not even able to scream. Fast forward to the movie when Frank and Freddy break the canister holding the Tar Man and he's set free, but not before being subjected to the feel of his rotten flesh melting off of his bones before finally getting loose.
* Sure, it's funny, but "Send... more... paramedics". These bastards are [[ItCanThink smart enough]] to ''fake distress calls''.
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* The Half-Zombie's conversation with Ernie is genuinely creepy and brings up some rather disturbing possible implications.[[spoiler: If it hurts being dead, is there the possibility that the afterlife in Return of the living Dead is actually being stuck in your corpse slowly rotting away and being a zombie just allows you the method to temporarily relieve the pain of rotting away?]]
** [[spoiler: Its more likely that being forcibly reanimated and trapped in a decaying body is whats causing the pain.]]
* This is a truly disturbing bit of FridgeHorror to consider. The corpses sealed in the canisters were put there because the military found it impossible to kill and all they could do was confine them. So from 1968 to 1984 those corpses were trapped in small, confined, dark tanks, unable to move, unable to see, unable to hear but fully able to think and contemplate their existence, as well as feel themselves rotting away and thus being in a state of constant, unending pain and not even able to scream. Fast forward to the movie when Frank and Freddy break the canister holding the Tar Man and he's set free, but not before being subjected to the feel of his rotten flesh melting off of his bones before finally getting loose.
* Sure, it's funny, but "Send... more... paramedics". These bastards are [[ItCanThink smart enough]] to ''fake distress calls''.
