Z Nation (TV Series)

The Collector (2015)

Keith Allan: Murphy

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Quotes 

• The Collector : [looking at a original movie poster of "Night of the Living Dead"]  The one that started it all for me. Zombie lore has been part of the collective consciousness for decades. But the works of George A. Romero had a massive influence on the culture. Weaving social commentary into a monster movie gave his films a resonance.

  Murphy : It's in black and white?

  The Collector : What's your favorite scene?

  Murphy : Who can pick just one?

  The Collector : I think it's so scary when the little girl turns and the mother just stares. Her baby is now a monster.

  Murphy : Eh, it happens.

• The Collector : [looking at another movie poster]  Dawn of the Dead, 2004.

  Murphy : Now this one I did see! Scary and funny. That's how I like my zombies.

  The Collector : A satisfying remake of the Romero classic and a stinging rebuke of America's consumer driven society.

  Murphy : [talking sarcastically]  I get it. Zombies are consumers driven by the mindless desire to obtain useless shiny stuff... blah, blah, blah.

  [the Collector, not amused, activates a hand-held device and electrode-shocks Murphy] 

  Murphy : AH!

  [now talks more seriously] 

  Murphy : And to set it in a suburban shopping mall. Pure genius.

  [Collector smiles] 

  The Collector : Romero never explained why the dead rise. The not knowing is much more horrifying. Don't you think?

  Murphy : Knowing is pretty horrifying too.