..Flick the safety off and bang on that sucker three times." And then Tex warned him not to fall asleep: "And don""t catch any Zs on me, buddy, or I""ll sling your sorry ass.(See Filmsite""s extensive feature on the history ofZombie Films.) Other influential films included director Herk Harvey""sCarnival of Souls (1962)and Hitchcock""sThe Birds (1968).They were getting ready to perform a little of the old in-out, in-out on a weepy young devotchka they had there.By film""s end, however, she is tempted and falls for her own prey, resists her father""s attempt to maneuver for a rich settlement, and is happily reunited with her man on another cruise ship.