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Which death do you think was the most painful?


Lets hear your ideas. See if you can rate them with number one being the most painful. I go with Tom and Judy's death being the most painful, burning to death.

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Barbara had it bad too. Unless one of those zombies cracked open her skull and ate her brains she probably ended up as just a zombified head!

But yeah, if they burned to death and didn't get instantly blown to sh*t, they had it the worst.

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Kyra's brutal attack on her mother, Marilyn, with the trowel. Nasty death. The truck's explosion could have killed both Tom and Judy instantly or at least more quickly.


Objection, your Honor. You can't preface your second point with first of all.

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Girl's name was Karen, not Kyra. Mother's name was Helen, not Marilyn.



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Karen was played by Kyra. Helen was played by Marilyn. Either way.


Objection, your Honor. You can't preface your second point with first of all.

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Honestly, I think Barbara's would have been the worst. As we've seen in other Romero's, if you're attacked by a crowd of zombies, you're getting ripped apart. Not the way I'd want to go at all.

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Barbara's and Helen's murders were the worst because they were attacked by family members.

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The mom's death was the dumbest. She just laid there and took it. My kid or not, if they turn into zombies I'm jacking them up.


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From how it's presented, Tom and Judy would have died instantly when the truck and fuel pump exploded. The most painful death is between Barbra, Helen, Harry, or Karen.

Barbra because she was presumably eaten alive.

Helen because she was stabbed multiple times with what could have been a rusty garden trowel.

Harry because he survived for a good minute or two after being shot at close range.

Karen because she slowly died and turned into a zombie.


Personally, I would say it's Karen for the same reason as Roger from 'Dawn'. The overall process of dying from a bite/scratch is longer than just flat-out being devoured. While Barbra was in more instantaneous pain, it was for a shorter period of time. Karen's pain increased from the moment she got bit until the moment she revived.


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I say Barbara. Getting eaten alive by a herd of zombies, especially one that is your brother, is pretty horrible.

Getting stabbed by your own daughter is pretty awful too. But I still say Barbara.

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That's a good question and honestly one I don't know how to answer. Helen's death, Barbara's death, and Karen's slow death (before her reanimation) seem unimaginably painful - in very different ways.

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Barbara's. Hand's down. Though, Helen's is a close second.

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Both Barbra's and Helen's deaths were the worst.

Tom and Judy died instantly.

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It seemed like all deaths were equally painful. Johnny's death seemed like the least painful of all deaths. He went instantly with that bump in the head.

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Hmmm they're all pretty bad.

I have to say Helen's was the most painful, seeing how I thought Marilyn Eastman was so cute. It was like she had so much suffering, being married to an *beep* and later getting offed by her daughter, but the movie makes it seem like it was her stepdaughter. Regardless, it was a tragic way to die.

Barbara's was sad also because it's like damn she getting killed by her own brother, and it was like he had a smirk on his face too! It was like after being shell-shocked for 3/4th of the movie she finally snaps out of it and helps them.

Ben's death was sad. I still say if only the brother yelled "HELP" he wouldn't have got shot right between the eyes. I heard that Ben's death upseted a lot of people in the black community who seen this originally.

Tom and Judy's was bad I guess as the audience we hope they didn't suffer and went instantly.

Johnny's death still sends chills up my spine.

Harry's death.......GOODBYE.


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