THE DEAD TIMES
DEAD ARE COMING...
Memorable Zombies #2 - Tarman
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DESCRIPTION:
Tarman, memorable Zombie from Return of the Living Dead, is my favourite Zombie to ever grace the silver screen; he just looks so happy to be a Zombie, I mean, yeah, he's dead but that doesn't mean he can't still enjoy himself. He was also the first Zombie to ever say "Brains!" - a major accolade which is now iconic of the undead masses. The first we see of Tarman is a heavily decayed, near skeletal human corpse trapped within a barrel of Trioxin; the deadly gas-liquid that turns people into ravenous, brain-munching ghouls. However, when the gas is accidentally released and the seal on the barrel is ruptured, Tarman escapes his confinement - his remaining flesh "filling out" and re-colouring without the vacuumous seal of his cylindrical tomb. His real name remains a mystery - as does the person he was before turning - but, I think, in a way, that's better; Tarman should remain ambiguous, he is the Zombie and that's all there is to it, whatever life he once led has been stripped away and smothered in a thick layer of gloop.
DESCRIPTION:
Tarman, memorable Zombie from Return of the Living Dead, is my favourite Zombie to ever grace the silver screen; he just looks so happy to be a Zombie, I mean, yeah, he's dead but that doesn't mean he can't still enjoy himself. He was also the first Zombie to ever say "Brains!" - a major accolade which is now iconic of the undead masses. The first we see of Tarman is a heavily decayed, near skeletal human corpse trapped within a barrel of Trioxin; the deadly gas-liquid that turns people into ravenous, brain-munching ghouls. However, when the gas is accidentally released and the seal on the barrel is ruptured, Tarman escapes his confinement - his remaining flesh "filling out" and re-colouring without the vacuumous seal of his cylindrical tomb. His real name remains a mystery - as does the person he was before turning - but, I think, in a way, that's better; Tarman should remain ambiguous, he is the Zombie and that's all there is to it, whatever life he once led has been stripped away and smothered in a thick layer of gloop.