Dawn of the Dead (1978)

Ken Foree: Peter

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• Francine Parker : They're still here.

  Stephen : They're after us. They know we're still in here.

  Peter : They're after the place. They don't know why; they just remember. Remember that they want to be in here.

  Francine Parker : What the hell are they?

  Peter : They're us, that's all. There's no more room in hell.

  Stephen : What?

  Peter : Something my granddaddy used to tell us. You know Macumba? Voodoo. Granddad was a priest in Trinidad. Used to tell us, "When there's no more room in hell, the dead will walk the Earth."

• Peter : Ain't it a crime.

  Stephen : What?

  Peter : The only person who could miss with this gun is the sucker with the bread to buy it.

• [about to run a gauntlet of zombies] 

  Roger : Whad'ya think? Bag it or try for it?

  Peter : You game?

  Roger : I need lighter fluid.

  Peter : You got it.

• [pointing his gun at Stephen] 

  Peter : You never point a gun at anyone, mister. Scary, isn't it? Isn't it?

• [after the four's initial skirmish with zombies at the mall] 

  News Reporter on Radio : ...Information now on those early reports I gave to you that communications with Detroit have been knocked out, along with Atlanta, Boston and certain sections of Philadelphia...

  Roger : [pensively]  Philly.

  Stephen : Well, I know GON's out by now. That place is a madhouse back there.

  [chuckles] 

  Stephen : People are crazy. If they'd just organize! I can't believe they let it get this bad; I can't believe they couldn't handle it. Look at us: look at what we were able to do today.

  [scoffs] 

  Stephen : Knocked the shit out of 'em; they never even touched us... not really.

  Peter : They touched us good, Flyboy. We're lucky to get out with our asses - you don't forget that. You underestimate those suckers, and you get eaten. They got one big advantage over us: they don't think. And that bunch out there? That's just a handful. And every day, there's gonna be more.

  Stephen : Those things can be stopped so easily! If people would just listen, do what has to be done...

  Peter : How about it, Flyboy? Let's say the lady gets killed. You be able to chop off her head?

• Stephen : We've got to find more fuel. Maybe closer to Cleveland.

  Roger : No. We've got to stay out of the big cities. If they're anything like Philly, we may never get out alive.

  Peter : We may never get out of any place alive. We almost didn't get out of here.

  Roger : We're getting out of here fine. As long as there's not too many of those things around, we can handle them easy.

  Peter : Yeah, well it wasn't one of those things that nearly blew me away.

  Roger : We gotta stay in the sticks! There's bound to be more of those little private airports upstate.

  Stephen : There's the locks along the Allgheny. There's several fuel-pumping stations there, state- and private-owned.

  Roger : No, those are probably still manned. We don't need those hassles either.

  Stephen : They're just out after scavengers and looters.

  Peter : Oh, you got papers for this limousine?

  Stephen : I've got GON I.D., and so does Fran.

  Peter : Right, and we're up here doing traffic reports! Wake up, sucker! We're thieves and we're bad guys. That's exactly what we are. We gotta find our own way.

• [last lines] 

  [Peter and Francine are flying off of the mall rooftop] 

  Peter : How much fuel do we have?

  Francine Parker : Not much.

  Peter : All right.

• Roger : [over the radio while driving trucks]  Hey, too tall, too slow, two, come back!

  Peter : You look my size when you're sitting in a truck.

  Roger : What I want to know is how we got to be in the same force with you being so large and all?

  Peter : Well, they told me it was a midget force, and they needed somebody to look up to. Hey, where's Flyboy? What's his twenty?

  Roger : He's probably up on the roof... with Flygirl!

• [coming across a Zombie storage room] 

  Roger : Why did these people keep them here?

  Peter : 'Cause they still believe there's respect in dying.

• Roger : You'll take care of me when I go, won't you, Peter?

  Peter : Just rest, man. Save your strength.

  Roger : I don't want to be walkin' around... like THAT!... Peter... PETER?

  Peter : I'm here, man!

  Roger : Don't do it until you are sure I *am* coming back! I'm gonna try... not to... I'm gonna try... not to... come back. I'm gonna try... not to...

• [after avoiding a bunch of the zombies] 

  Roger : Well, we're in, but how the hell are we gonna get back?

  Peter : Who the hell cares! Let's go shopping!

  Roger : Watches! Watches!

  Peter : Wait a minute, man. Let's just get the stuff we need. I'll get a television and a radio.

  Roger : Ooohh, ooohh, lighter fluid! And chocolate. Chocolate!

  [he runs down a clothing aisle] 

  Roger : Hey, how about a mink coat?

• Roger : Hey, man, we can't carry all this shit.

  [Peter wheels a gardening cart up with all of their supplies] 

  Roger : Oh, I see, we're just gonna wheel right by 'em, right?

  Peter : We're gonna try, brother. We ain't doin' this for the exercise, so we might as well try to get what we can.

  Roger : No way this is gonna happen.

• Roger : Peter, where are you?

  Peter : I'm right here, man.

  Roger : Hey, we did it, didn't we? We whipped 'em, didn't we?

  Peter : That's right, man.

  Roger : Didn't we... Didn't we whip 'em?

  Peter : We sure did, buddy.

  Roger : We whipped 'em and we got it ALL!

• Roger : It's Christmastime down there, buddy!

  Peter : Fat city, brother! How we gonna work it?

  Roger : If we can get into one of the department stores up top, they'll have their own escalators inside.

  Peter : Let's go check those keys.

• Peter : We're gonna have a hell of a time getting back.

  Roger : We've just got to wait a little longer before we move.

  Peter : No, there's always a chance of some of them staying up on the balcony.

  Roger : We can handle that. We can break right through them.

  Peter : If any of them see us or hear us, they'll just follow us on up. It's no good.

  Roger : We sure as hell can outrun 'em. We can load up with what we've got and get the hell out of here.

  Peter : I've been thinking... maybe we've got a good thing going here. Maybe we shouldn't be in such a hurry to leave.

  Roger : Oh, man.

  Peter : If we could get back up there without them catching on, we could hole up for a while, at least long enough to catch a breath, check out the radio, see what's happening.

  Stephen : There's some kind of passageway over the top the stores. I don't know if it's just heating ducts or some kind of access. I saw it on the map.

  Peter : Upstairs. Let's go.

• Peter : Roger, get your head together, we got a lot of work to do.

  Roger : Number two.

  Peter : You all right?

  Roger : Perfect, baby. Perfect.

• Peter : I've seen half-a-dozen guys in my unit get bitten by those things. None of them lasted more than... three days.

• [Roger is in the basement, vomiting] 

  Peter : You ain't just in here by yourself, boy!

  [Roger aims his gun at Peter] 

  Peter : You was in Wooley's unit, wasn't you?

  [Peter cocks his gun] 

  Roger : I didn't see nothing. I didn't see how he died.

  [They lower their guns] 

• Roger : Aww, God! Oh, Jesus Christ!

  Peter : What is it?

  Roger : My bag! I left my goddamn bag in the other truck!

  Peter : [stops driving the truck]  All right, trooper, you better screw your head on.

  Roger : [hyped tone]  Yeah, yeah, yeah; c'mon, c'mon c'mon, let's go!

  Peter : [grabbing him by the collar]  I mean it! Now you're not just playin' with your life, you're playin' with mine! Now... are you straight?

  Roger : [subdued tone]  Yeah.

• Roger : You better get some sleep, too.

  Peter : I been thinkin'. There's an awful lot of stuff down there that we could use.

  Roger : I know it.

  Peter : It's a big place, but they're pretty spread out down there. I think we can outrun 'em.

  Roger : Hit and run?

  Peter : Hit and run.

  Francine Parker : You're crazy!

  Roger : This place could be a gold mine. We've got to at least check it out.

• Stephen : How many do you figure are already in?

  Peter : Not too many. We'll get it all locked up, and then we're going on a hunt.

• [looking at the approaching bikers] 

  Peter : Just three of them, huh?

  Stephen : Holy shit!

  Peter : They'll get in. They'll move the trucks.

  Stephen : There's hundreds of those creatures down there.

  Peter : Come on, man! That's a professional army! It looks like they've been surviving on the road all through this thing. Well... let's not make it easy for them.

• Peter : This place is gonna be rotten. We've got to clean it up, brother.

• [referring to Francine, who is in shock after being attacked by a zombie] 

  Peter : She alright? She looks blown.

  Roger : What do you expect?

  Peter : No, I mean she really looks sick - physically.

  Stephen : She's pregnant.

  [beat] 

  Roger : How far along?

  Stephen : Three and a half, four months.

  Roger : Jesus! Steve, maybe we should try to get moving.

  Peter : We can deal with it.

  Peter : Yeah, but maybe she needs a doctor or something.

  Peter : We can deal with it. It doesn't change a thing.

  [to Stephen] 

  Peter : You wanna get rid of it?

  Stephen : [shocked]  Huh?

  Peter : [sternly]  Do you want to abort it? It's not too late, and I know how.

  [Stephen shakes his head] 

• Peter : Somebody better sit watch all the time.

  Roger : [points to the boarded up door]  They'll never get through there.

  Peter : Enough of them will. And it's not just those things we have to worry about. That chopper up there could give us away if somebody comes messin' around.

  Roger : And what are they gonna do? Land another pilot to fly it out? They're not gonna mess with a little bird like that, they've got enough on their hands.

• Peter : Go on, get out of here.

  Francine Parker : Peter...

  Peter : I said get out of here.

  Francine Parker : Jesus Christ, Peter...

  Peter : I don't want to go. I really don't.

• Peter : [In the ultimate edition]  Are any of you leaving people behind?

  Francine Parker : An ex-husband.

  Roger : An ex wife.

• Peter : Get its head up. Get its head up. Roger, get its head up, man!