BoxJam: On some level, the sheriff and his men had to realize they were killing some "live" people accidentally in addition to zombies...

BoxJam: I mean, besides the clue in the news broadcast, they're confronted with many "dead" zombies in the house, with the guy they just killed with a gun next to him...

BoxJam: Probably, like in real-world parallels, they rationalized and/or supressed the realization, and none brought it up.

BoxJam: You're looking at me like I'm crazy to take a horror movie so seriously...

Ms. BoxJam: I'm looking at you like the waitstaff is laughing at you for pronouncing "ragout" as "rag" "out"...