The mastermind was shot dead through his windshield by Foley, causing his car to explode in flames as it plunged over a hill.However, Sebastian never spoke nor was he fully seen in the film, although he was viewed wearing a full-white suit in the hot summer sun when attacked in the film""s conclusion.Romero""s choice of a black lead actor was due to his low budget, but was still revolutionary - the character was the first African-American to play the heroic lead role in a horror film.She was being roughly handled by the third man, ""Curly"", and forcefully shoved into a locked room.Temple was told by the glib and boorish ""Curly"" the reason for the scuffle - Gaye""s uncontrollable drunkenness:"A case of one oo many, that""s all, Mr.In the film""s infamous shower electrocution scene, hostage Riggs was tortured (strung up half-naked, doused in water, and prodded with an electric sponge attached to a car battery) by albino villain Mr.