The director also cast a virtual unknown newcomer to he role of the husband in his candid view of the average man - a character lost in the midst of the faceless masses...or maybe just the plain family doctor.I""d have him check on you too." Elster realizes it sounds "idiotic" to Scottie who has always been "the hard-headed Scot(t)." Elster insists how he isn""t making this up.He explains how she often goes into trance-like states and doesn""t know where she has been, or she wanders as if she""s lost:Elster: She""ll be talking to me about something.The Wienie King isn""t fazed: "Why, dirt""s as natural in this world as sin, disease, storms, twisters, floods, and cyclones.Film Notables (Awards, Facts, etc.)The most profitable of all the Romero zombie films, and the one received most favorably by critics.Shot over a period of four months.A gore-filled epic-length sequel written and directed by George Romero, but without any of the characters from the original film.Threatened with losing his funding from the US military, Norman experimented on himself, but the unstable test went awry and he killed his assistant Dr.