Vampires. But the behavior of these creatures--that lumber around half-mindlessly and feed off the living--are acknowledged to be the inspiration for the flesh-eating zombies that George A. Romero and his crew created later for Night of the Living Dead (1968).
He would have had to share space with rats, roaches and every other kind of crawling vermin. And the stink of rotting food would have added to the unpleasantness.The large panes of glass would have been impossible to protect and would have allowed the vampires to see everything Morgan was doing. And a supermarket has too many places for the undead to hide and wait.
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