DAY OF THE DEAD (The original script) by George A. Romero

78   CONTINUED:

   SARAH smashes her RIFLE BUTT INTO THE THING'S HEAD. AGAIN.
   AGAIN. It keeps coming. (So do the gators. They're getting to
   within a few yards.) SARAH swings a fourth time. THE ZOMBIE
   grabs her rifle. She pulls with all her might and the
   creature, hanging on to the gun, topples off the ledge and
   into the water.

   When SARAH starts to climb up on the ledge, ANOTHER ZOMBIE
   lurches towards her from dry land. She spins around, looking
   for options. The gators are just about close enough to bite
   her ass and THE ZOMBIE that fell into the river is rising up
   again, covered with moss and slime and looking pissed.

   SARAH faces THE ZOMBIE on the bank. She has no choice. She
   aims her AUTOMATIC. She's just about to fire when SOMETHING
   FLASHES out of the darkness. It's A MACHETE. IT CLEAVES OPEN
   THE ZOMBIE'S SKULL. From out of the night big JOHN appears.
   He struggles to free his blade from the dead creature's head.

   SARAH scrambles up onto the muddy ledge. THE GATORS are still
   moving in and THE ZOMBIE, its moss-covered arms reaching out
   rigidly like the arms of Frankenstein's monster, is growling
   ferociously (almost swallowing its own dangling eyeball in
   the process).