Ed shouts into the phone to Shaun's mother, declaring, "We're coming to get you, Barbara!"

Category: Reference Homage

Timestamp: 00:15:40

Ed says this seemingly throwaway, comedic line of dialogue to reassure Shaun's mother. However, it is a legendary cinematic homage. It is the exact same line spoken by Johnny to his terrified sister Barbara in the opening cemetery scene of George A. Romero's groundbreaking 1968 zombie classic, "Night of the Living Dead."

Ed shouts into the phone to Shaun's mother, declaring, "We're coming to get you, Barbara!" in Shaun of the Dead

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