But the uncompromising film slowly grew in popularity and critical respect, and raised Romero to great heights as a horror filmmaker.Smith senses he pace is vastly different from back home and tells Paine""s portly aide:Smith: Things sure happen fast around here, don""t hey?Chick McGann (Eugene Pallette): Yeah, you""ll have to get yourself out of low gear, Senator.As Sara fled upstairs, Rudy valiantly fought off Myers in the kitchen, striking him with a wooden rolling pin, throwing fennel into his eyes, and grabbing a knife in each hand to slash at him.In the police locker room after sparring in a boxing ring with a younger opponent named Gomez, Riggs admitted that he faked an injury to end the fight, and then confided the truth of his accelerating age to Murtaugh.