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freezing our asses off.

I think we have the right

to know what's going on, man.

Why I look like this and like we've

come out of some damn time machine.

You're right.

That's my best friend out there.

He was eaten

and attacked by zombies.

You know what? F*** you.

I'm taking my family,

we're getting out of here.

- I'm gonna find my car.

- I wouldn't go out there if I was you.

Why, because I'm gonna

get eaten by zombies?

It's true.

Really? You're in on it, too?

You know what?

I wouldn't trust any of ya.

I think you're all high

on dope or something.

- You don't believe me?

- I don't believe you.

Follow me.

Nah.

Looks like he's been here

a while.

At least a week.

I think dogs did this.

No, it wasn't no dogs.

- You're saying a man did this?

- It wasn't a man.

Who is he?

Look like the owner of the house.

Yeah? How do you know that?

'Cause of what he got on.

- Daddy?

- I said stay put!

- Karl, please!

- How 'bout you calm down, man?

How 'bout you don't tell me

to calm down?

Try explaining things to her,

then maybe she won't be scared.

- Explaining?

- Yes.

Why don't you explain to me

what's going on

so I can explain to her,

because you know what?

Right now I don't have

the slightest clue of what's going on.

- Honey.

- Stop.

- You really don't know?

- No.

No one else sees

what's going on here?

Well, you're all fans

of horror movies, aren't ya?

Let me spell it out

for you, then.

- "Night of the Living Dead. "

- The movie?

Exactly.

I have no idea

what the hell's going on.

This is

"Night of the Living Dead. "

We're all dressed like

characters from the movie.

I mean, hell, even the house.

Look, in "Night of the Living Dead,"

seven people are trapped in a farmhouse

and they're being attacked by...

Zombies.

But what about your friend?

Hey, guys? You know what,

I think you've all watched

one too many horror films, and we are

gonna get the hell outta here.

- That's right.

- Look, Karl.

- Do not go outside.

- Don't you tell me what to do.

- You trying to die?

- Come on, we are outta here.

I know it's hard for you to believe,

it's hard for me to believe it as well.

Look, I would love to sit around

and talk to you guys all day

about vampires and zombies.

It's very, very exciting.

But I'm getting my wife, my kid,

we're getting the heck outta here.

Look, I wouldn't go out there

if I was you.

Yeah, you know what?

The way I see it,

there's a dead guy out there

and there's a dead guy up there

and this is no place

that we wanna be.

So, honey, we're getting the car,

we're getting the key,

- let's get outta here.

- All right.

Come on, let's go.

I wanna go now.

Okay, good luck.

Sh*t. Whoa, whoa, whoa.

Back in! Back in!

Holy sh*t! Holy sh*t!

- F***!

- What the f*** was that?!

That's what I've been

trying to tell you!

- What was it?!

- Help me get a table.

All right, just prop it up.

All right, great, great.

This is good.

All right,

let's grab the other ones.

Let's get these other windows.

Come on.

Good job.

- Let's go. Come on.

- Are you serious?

Would you mind

putting that out, please?

- Are you kidding?

- What are you looking at?

- That truck.

- What about that truck?

- There's no keys.

- How do you know that?

- I woke up in that truck.

- You woke up in that truck out there?

- Yeah.

- Just like in the movie.

What's with you guys and

"Night of the Living Dead" movie crap?

Well, Karl, in

"Night of the Living Dead,"

the black character...

no offense, man...

arrives at the farmhouse

in a red truck.

You know what, I bet it was

that bastard who invited us here

- who set us up.

- Who invited you?

Some young guy who liked

my daughter's headshots.

Little prick.

Why, who invited you guys?

I... I don't remember.

I wonder if it was

the same guy that invited us.

If we could figure that out,

maybe we'll be able to figure out

who's behind all this.

What, then call the cops?

I'm just saying.

We could at least figure out

how many of them there are.

- Well, I saw at least three of them.

- All right, three.

That's a start.

You know what,

I bet I could hot-wire that truck.

And how you gonna get

to that truck without getting killed?

- Daddy?

- Watch out.

It's okay, sweetheart. It's all right.

Can you keep it down?

He's right. I mean, come on.

You're not exactly

an Olympic runner.

We know there's three of them,

but there could easily be

10 or 15 of them out there.

I don't think going out there

with a tennis racket is gonna cut it.

Do you?

All right.

So we'll set up some sort

of diversion or something.

Look, I saw a shed in the back

when I was upstairs

looking through the window.

Yeah, so?

There might be some stuff

in there we could use.

Yeah, how do you know

there's anything in there?

- It's worth a shot.

- Yeah, I don't know.

I think the truck's

the best bet.

Look, I think the truck

is a trap.

Yeah, I'm with him, man.

Could be a trap.

Look, it's only a matter of time

before they come in here bustin' up...

Look, all I'm saying

is rather than just sit here

and do what they think we're gonna do,

we be prepared.

So what I can do

is I can go to the shed

and if they see me

or if I'm in any trouble, I'll scream.

And if and when that happens,

you go for the truck.

That can be your diversion.

- Okay?

- Okay, all right.

- Only if you hear, though.

- Yeah, I got it.

Okay, okay.

I'm gonna want you

to take Kyra downstairs.

- Okay, baby?

- Okay.

That situation has now changed.

We're able to report

a definite course of action for you.

Civil Defense machinery

has been organized

to provide rescue stations

with food, shelter,

medical treatment, and protection

by armed National Guardsmen.

Stay tuned to the broadcasting stations

in your local area

for this list of rescue stations.

This list will be repeated

throughout our news coverage.

- Hey.

- Look for the name of the rescue...

Hey, they're saying we gotta get

to a rescue station.

Make your way

to that location as soon as possible.

Called this afternoon

by the president...

- F*** me!

- ... presidential cabinet, the FBI...

Are you seeing this?

CIA has not

produced any public information...

Rescue station.

Sh*t.

Keith?

Whoa! What...

- F***.

- You scared the sh*t outta me, man.

Sorry, man.

I can't see f*** all up here.

- I thought you were one of them.

- What you doing up here?

Looking for Karl.

He's supposed to be

watching the front door.

He took off on me.

You haven't seen him?

No! Johnny! Help me!

Why'd you do that?!

They're using it to distract us.

Looks like they're feeding us footage

from outside connections somewhere.

I wouldn't be surprised

if they're watching us right now.

- Nice.

- Thanks.

I killed one.

He's in the barn.

So what happens next

in the movie?

I don't know.

It's been a long time.

The girl shows up to the house,

black guy arrives,

some zombies...

Look, why don't you just

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