One of the joys of watching a horror movie is when the asshole you’ve hated the whole time dies a slow, brutal, deserving death. And in George Romero’s 1985 zombie gorefest, Day Of Dead, there were plenty of assholes to root for to exit in crowd cheering fashion. So on this week’s Sunday Bloody Sunday, I want you to reminisce with me about one of those assholes: Private Rickles.
Private Rickles is a bit of a bumbling idiot who likes to laugh a lot, even when things aren’t really that funny. Case in point: He laughs when a bunch of slow-moving zombies pounce on top of him and proceed to tear his face off and chew aggressively on his fingers. Quite a character, isn’t he? So join me in watching Private Rickles in his last giggly and gruesome moment from Day Of The Dead and feel free to give a standing ovation if you’d like.