Plot SynopsisBehind the credits, the film opens in Los Angeles with one of the three teenagers, the major character, lone troublemaker Jim Stark (James Dean) seen tipsy-drunk in the darkness, lying contentedly (in a fetal position) on a sidewalk curb with a beatific smile on his face.It was explained why the zombies congregated here: "Some kind of instinct.Memory, of what they used to do.This was an important place in their lives." As Romero said in an interview, "I""ve always felt that the real horror is next door to us, that the scariest monsters are our neighbors.Wagstaff: Say, I""d walk a mile for a Calamel.Baravelli: You mean chocolate calamel.I like that too, but you no guess it.Hey, what-sa matter, you no understand English? You can""t come in here unless you say ""swordfish."" Now I""ll give you one more guess.Wagstaff: (to himself: Swordfish.Swordfish) I think I got it.Is it ""swordfish""?Baravelli: Hah! That""s-a it! You guess it!Wagstaff: Pretty good, eh?When Baravelli opens the door and congratulates him, Wagstaff sneaks in the door, shuts it, and asks for the password.I""m going to bed." Rosa quipped almost humorously: "That""s big news! Where else could you go?"She stayed a while longer on the swinging porch couch o "cool off," but then moved to gaze up into the sky when she heard Latimer""s plane departing overhead.To her surprise, he had become much more affectionate to her - even though she didn""t quite trust him at first: "Of course, I didn""t believe him at first, but he meant it, all right.