One of the coolest things producer/director/makeup effects master Greg Nicotero has brought to the world of “The Walking Dead” is a series of Tribute Walkers that pay homage to iconic horror characters from the past, with everything from Creepshow, Dawn of the Dead, A Nightmare on Elm Street, Day of the Dead, and An American Werewolf in London getting their own Tribute Walkers over the years. The latest one, unfortunately, didn’t make the final cut.
Greg Nicotero has taken to Instagram to reveal that a tribute to Sam Raimi’s Army of Darkness was included in the latest episode of spinoff “Daryl Dixon,” but ultimately ended up being cut out of the episode. The zombie paid tribute to a Deadite from the 1993 horror-comedy.
Nicotero explains in an Instagram post this week, “On all of the Walking Dead shows, we always try to add a little accent here or there to make it fun for the Zombie fans. Sadly this shot did not make it into the most recent episode of Daryl Dixon, where a woman is bitten by a zombie…but I wanted to share as it’s kinda awesome.”
“If you look closely,” he continues, “you may notice that this particular walker there’s a striking resemblance to the deadite captain in army of darkness…fully intended!!!”
Greg Nicotero worked as a special makeup effects artist on Army of Darkness back in the 1990s, which makes this particular tribute a full circle moment for the makeup master.
Check out the clip that didn’t make it into the latest episode of “Daryl Dixon” below!
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