Director George A. Romero grew up on classic movie monsters — and he says he never dreamed he’d be responsible for creating the modern zombie that now lurks alongside those monsters. “I never expected it. I really didn’t,” he tells NPR’s Arun Rath. “… All I did was I took them out of ‘exotica’ and I made them the neighbors … I thought there’s nothing scarier than the neighbors!”

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