Zombies 2 Deleted Scenes

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Oneof the many casualties in Season 3 of The Walking Dead was Lori Grimes, played by Sarah Wayne Callies, although we never got to see her as a "walker" thanks to her son Carl (Chandler Riggs) putting her out of her misery. For those who have been dying to see what Lori looks like as a zombie, we have a deleted scene from The Walking Dead: The Complete Third Season, debuting on Blu-ray and DVD August 27. The scene comes from Episode 10, "Home", where Rick (Andrew Lincoln) sees his late wife in one of many hallucinations, which takes a turn for the worse when she appears as a zombie after kissing him.

It has become a cultural phenomenon. The fans embrace it, the critics adore it. And now the stakes have never been higher for the survivors...On August 27th, Anchor Bay Entertainment unleashes AMC's original series The Walking Dead: The Complete Third Season on Blu-ray and DVD. Available as a 5-disc set in each format, the release contains all sixteen episodes from the past season. Like the previous releases, The Walking Dead: The Complete Third Season comes stuffed with tons of bonus features, including exclusive behind-the-scenes footage, never-before-seen featurettes, audio commentaries from cast and crew, deleted scenes and other surprises!

In addition, Anchor Bay proudly announces that, in response to overwhelming fan response to last year's Season 2 limited edition "zombie head" packaging, The Walking Dead: The Complete Third Season Blu-ray will be available in a Limited Edition "zombie head tank" package (water not included!) specially created once again by McFarlane Toys. SRP is $79.99 for the Blu-ray, $69.98 for the DVD and $149.99 for the Blu-ray Limited Edition. Pre-book is July 31st.

Based on the hugely popular graphic novels by Robert Kirkman, The Walking Dead: The Complete Third Season continues to draw in record audiences. The Walking Dead Season 3 follows the weary group of survivors led by police officer Rick Grimes (Andrew Lincoln), as they take refuge in a prison and attempt to set up a permanent camp. But while invading zombies are an ever-present danger, they must also battle the living, not only in the form of abandoned prisoners, but also the sadistic "Governor" (David Morrissey) and his followers. New characters introduced this season include Danai Gurira as "Michonne," with her two "zombie pets" in tow, and Dallas Roberts (Shadow People) as the Governor's lieutenant Milton, as well as the return of Merle Dixon (Michael Rooker).

Night of the Living Dead is the most important zombie movie in the entire subgenre, so if there were ever to be any deleted scenes of George A. Romero's original game-changer, fans would do anything to get their hands on it. Well, it sounds like we're in luck... or at least it sounds like we might be in luck. Back in 2015, Romero revealed to the world that a lost, deleted nine-minute scene had been discovered, was in the works to be restored, and planned to be released to the world. Well, unfortunately, nothing ever came of that. But what would this nine-minute scene have been, who worked on it, and what happened to it? Will we ever see this missing chunk of one of the most important movies in all horror history?

Night of the Living Dead isn't just one of these monster movies that redefines a genre in one pivotal scene; the whole movie is made up of groundbreaking set pieces. The opening kill in the graveyard when Johnny (Russell Streiner) has his head cracked over the gravestone sets the stage for how brutal zombies can be. Then there's the scene later in the film when Harry Cooper (Karl Hardman) is being eaten by his recently zombie-fied daughter, Karen (Kyra Schon). You can't forget the many scenes that Romero fills with zombies storming the house in droves, sending one wave of them after another. These shots are stuffed with the decaying undead heading toward the house and trying to break in, so they can eat the remaining survivors. While Night of the Living Dead is thematically most interesting when its characters are going at each other's throats, it's at its most fun when we get to see the movie go full steam ahead into zombie territory.

What if there's a chance that Night of the Living Dead could have had even more zombie action in it? Well, according to Romero himself, there's about nine minutes of film that we're missing. That's right, we're talking about a pretty significant chunk in one of the most important movies in cinema history that has been lost to time. Or is it? At the 2015 Monster Mania Convention held in Hunt Valley, Maryland, the director revealed that a 16mm work print of his feature-length debut had been discovered while it was in the process of being restored by Martin Scorsese.

This copy had been abandoned, stowed away, and lost long ago because, as Romero put it, "They don't save that stuff, nobody saves it. It costs too much to store, y'know." So while this particular reel of the film was originally in its creator's possession, it sounds like its filmmakers (particularly independent artists like Romero who did it on their own dime, mind you) would not often hold on to footage after their film was cut and complete. Therefore, once Night was in the can, this scene was lost. Romero also clarifies, "In those days, it was nitrate. Back then, it would catch fire." Here, he refers to the film stock itself being highly flammable, so we should be thankful that it's here still today.

But what would have been in the nine-minute deleted scene? Well, apparently, this stretch would have taken place in the film's infamous jump-cut that happens during one of the basement scenes. Not only that, but the 2015 rumor mill had word that the scene would have contained the largest zombie scene of them all! Now why they would have deleted that of all things, I'll never know. This could be because of censorship issues, maybe the scene went too far with violence or something, but in that case, Romero could have just cut bits of specific shots to avoid any trouble. If we're missing out on a nine-minute scene with the largest amount of these flesh-eaters in the entire movie, then that's a piece of history that has to be uncovered.

With Romero's unfortunate passing in 2017, perhaps work on this Scorsese-led restoration has been halted, but maybe the process has simply been slowed down. Either way, the nine minutes that were cut out of Night of the Living Dead cannot be lost forever. Given Scorsese's long history of restoring many of the world's most important classics, our hopes shouldn't be all the way in the gutter. On top of that, the lost, black and white, three-hour cut of Romero's cult classic, Martin, was found back in 2021, so that further benefits our chances. Martin is a great film, but it didn't kick off an entire subgenre.

Given Night of the Living Dead's importance, someone is bound to discover this missing piece of the puzzle eventually. Let's hope that we're lucky enough to see the day that Night takes a note from its zombies and that this nine-minute segment rises from the dead, back from the grave to terrify audiences for the first time in over 50 years. It's a little soon to ask that this happens in time for Halloween 2023, but what about 2024? Please!

The Official Robot Chicken Site on adultswim.com currently features four deleted scenes. A couple of them apparently never progressed beyond the storyboarding stage; the other two are included on the Season 2 DVD.

The Walking Dead season 3 saw Lori Grimes was sadly eaten by a walker, but a deleted scene also turned her into a zombie. Played by Sarah Wayne Callies, Lori was an original member of The Walking Dead cast, appearing in every episode of its first two seasons. Wife of series lead Rick Grimes, Lori never really seemed to get her due from fans. Some might cite poor characterization for that, and others poor writing but whatever the reasons, Lori's death was actually applauded by her many detractors.

For those who enjoyed Lori's presence and interplay with husband Rick, son Carl, and temporary lover Shane, season 3 brought the sadness in a major way early on. Rick's group had by that point reached the prison where they would spend the entirety of season 3 and much of season 4, and where the final battle against the forces of The Governor (aka Philip Blake) would one day be fought. Lori was pregnant with daughter Judith, who Rick would ultimately raise as his own, despite the later reveal she was Shane's biological child.

Sadly, at one point early in The Walking Dead season 3, walkers rush the prison and Lori ends up going into labor during the siege. Maggie performs an improvised c-section surgery on her that saves Judith, but Lori dies in the process. Carl then ensures his mom won't re-animate before a tearful Rick learns what happened. It's a horrific situation all around, but a deleted scene from season 3 made things even worse by turning Lori into a walker after all, joining a long line of major Walking Dead characters turned zombies.

Rick, quite understandably, doesn't take the tragic death of his wife well. Going forward in season 3, Rick starts to lose his grip on reality and begins to see Lori's ghost. Early in the season 3 episode "Home," Rick sees Lori's ghost in the fields outside the prison fences. He heads out and even touches her face lovingly. While Michonne seeing it from inside the fence and doing a double take is somewhat comedic, the almost angelic score and Lori's bright white dress lend an odd beauty to the scene, making it an effective illustration of loss and grief.

In the deleted scene though, this sequence sees Rick actually kiss Lori's ghost, only to be confronted by her now sporting a decayed, zombified walker visage. Naturally, Rick is terrified, stumbling backward and yelling, freaking future Walking Dead movie co-star Michonne out even more. While it's cool to see Lori as a walker, and she looks suitably upsetting, at the same time, this sudden jump scare ruins what in the final cut is an emotional sequence that furthers Rick's mental journey. Beyond that, Lori's walker face appears CGI-assisted, and doesn't look nearly as convincing as The Walking Dead's practical effects zombies.

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