On one occasion, he is unaware that he has attracted a cobra snake to his side, where it waves back and forth to the music as he fearfully continues playing...A couple more months, she""ll all be gone...from Aintry on up.One big dead lake.They finally venture onto the river in two canoes: Drew with Ed, and Bobby with Lewis.Through the trees, they are observed at the water""s edge by the Griners - inhabitants of the area before ""civilization"" took over.In the living room is a grandfather clock identical o the one in Lydecker""s place, and a stunning oil portrait of Laura, he ""murdered"" title character.Help him dear father." Other voices add to the prayers for a man on the verge of suicide: "Help my son George tonight," and "He never thinks about himself, and God, that""s why he""s in trouble," and "George is a good guy.Barbra fled to their car with the slow-moving, crooked-jawed man shambling after her.She lost her shoes after falling on the slick grass.It was not yet clear that the strange man was a reanimated, ravenous ""living dead"" corpse (or zombie, although the term was never explicitly used in the film).