The film""s poster describes its intriguing premise:"It is Different.It is Daring.Most of All, in Its Own Terrifying Way, It is a Love Story."Plot SynopsisSF public relations advertising executive Joe Clay (Jack Lemmon), a former social drinker, turns to alcohol due to pressures at work...Listen, you don""t know where you are.Here, everything goes backwards.People walk backwards and dance backwards and sing backwards, and even talk backwards.Constanze: That""s stupid.Mozart: Why? People fart backwards.(high-pitched, giggling laugh) Ssa-ym-ssik! Ssa-ym-ssik! [Sounded like "Say I""m sick," but was Translated: "Kiss my ass" - backwards]Constanze: Yes, you are.He sends his recuperated patient forth on a long ocean voyage, urged by Lisa""s suggestion:If old Walt didn""t have you in mind when he wrote his, he had lots of others like you.Both ragic outlaw figures exemplify ""innocents on the run"" who cling o each other and try to function as a family.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.