While it COULD'VE been a Return of the Living Dead 3(the tone is pretty similar to the RotLD movies), I can also see how they wanted to work in the zombie aspect into the "CHUD franchise". I think they took that one scene where they saw homeless woman's brother CHUDing out(mutating to a form that's sorta gaunt, zombie-like with sharp teeth, which I would guess is a transitional period before he turns into a full CHUD) and said, "Let's make a zombie movie where people turn into THOSE things! They are still kinda like zombies, but they have sharp, pointy teeth. The slight physical difference makes ALL the difference, so you can call them something new, like CHUDS and people will think it's not just any old zombie flick! It's smart, see?". Though, linking it to the first movie was kinda it's own undoing. The first movie was, while cheesy in it's own ways(goon eating the quarter), it was made to be a generally serious horror flick. I still like this movie, though. I can't help but like it.
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