R and M lead a group to the human enclave, where R sneaks inside the wall. He discovers that M and other zombies are also showing signs of life, making them targets for the Boneys – skeletal zombies who, having lost their humanity, have shed their flesh and prey on anything with a heartbeat. R begins making his way back to the airport, heartbroken. On the way, R reveals to Julie that he killed Perry, prompting her to abandon him and return home alone. After fending off a group including M, who is confused by R's actions, R decides to return her to the human enclave. After a few days, Julie gets restless, and tries to return home, yet attracts swarms of zombies. The two bond, listening to LP records and playing games to kill time, causing R to begin to come to life his heart starts beating, and he is slowly able to communicate with more words. R insists that Julie stay with him for a few days, until he deems it safe enough for her to leave.

She starts trusting him after he rescues her during a failed escape attempt and finds food for her. Julie is terrified of R and suspicious of his intentions. He rescues her from the rest of the pack by wiping some zombie blood on her face, masking her scent, and takes her to an airplane he resides in to keep her safe. Perry's memories increase R's attraction to Julie. After being shot in the chest by Julie's boyfriend, Perry, R kills him and eats his brain while Julie is distracted. R sees Julie and is drawn to her his heart beats for the first time. While R and a pack of zombies are hunting for food, they encounter Julie Grigio and a group of her friends, who were sent by Julie's father from a walled-off human enclave to recover medical supplies. As a zombie, R does not have a heartbeat and constantly craves human flesh, especially brains, because he is able to 'feel alive' through experiencing the victims' memories when he eats them. R and M achieve rudimentary communication with grunts and moans and occasional near-words. Plot Ībout eight years after a zombie apocalypse, R, a zombie who cannot recall his name but believes it began with an 'R', spends his days wandering around an airport which is now filled with his fellow undead, including his best friend, M. The film is noted for displaying human characteristics in zombie characters and for being told from a zombie's perspective. The film focuses on the development of the relationship between Julie (Palmer), a young woman, and R (Hoult), a zombie, and their eventual romance, causing R to slowly return to human form. The film stars Nicholas Hoult, Teresa Palmer, Rob Corddry, Dave Franco, Lio Tipton, Cory Hardrict, and John Malkovich.

Warm Bodies is a 2013 American paranormal romantic zombie comedy film written and directed by Jonathan Levine and based on Isaac Marion's 2010 novel of the same name, which in turn is inspired by Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet.

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