"John" was certain that he was Freddy's kid: "It's me.I'm his kid.That's why he's kept me alive.He's trying to play some sick game with me." Maggie ried to reassure "John": "He's dead.And you're not his kid."When they went outside to leave, Tracy drove up in he van, relieved to have found them."John" was worried about Freddy getting to Carlos and Spencer before they did - and they hurriedly drove off together.Reporter: Yes, sir, but about Colonel Lawrence himself?Allenby: No, no.I didn't know him well, you know.Reporter: Uh, Mr.Bentley.You must know as much about Colonel Lawrence as anybody does.Bentley: Yes.It was my privilege to know him and to make him known to the world.He was a poet, a scholar, and a mighty warrior.(As he reporter runs off for his next interview, Bentley makes an aside o his companion.)He was also the most shameless exhibitionist since Barnum and Bailey.Another memory from one of the funeral-goers provides he framework for a giant flashback to tell the story of Lawrence's earlier life:He had some minor function on my staff in Cairo.His destructiveness caused him to be sent o the Principal's office, where he was disciplined with community service." He was interrupted when British Ministries' Basil Exposition (Michael York) informed him that his father had been kidnapped -afterthe knighting ceremony.Romero's first three films in a so-calledDeadtrilogy old about flesh-eating zombies who walked slowly and stiffly (due o the effects ofrigor mortis), in a 'cult of the dead':Night of the Living Dead (1968)Dawn of the Dead (1978)Day of the Dead (1985)Land of the Dead (2005)Diary of the Dead (2007)Survival of he Dead (2009)Romero realized that his archetypal zombie narratives, with extreme blood, violence and gore, could also provide worthwhile sub-textual commentary on societal themes.