This is a memorable scene in both the book and film and is just one of the nice glimmers of hope which almost every zombie/ end to the world scenario needs; a crazy 1960s war scare bunker filled with tins. I love the attention to food and how it's so intense. They can't stay long so everything is savoured; the warmth, the nutrition and shelter.
"Rough stairs carpented out of two by tens leading down into the darkness...
Oh my God, he whispered. Oh my God.
What is it Papa?
Come down. Oh my God. Come down.
it's all right.
What did you find?
I found everything
There was just enough headroom for him to stand
"Chilli, corn, stew, soup, spaghetti sauce. The richness of a vanished world.
the boy said. Is it real?
Oh yes. it's real.
He dragged a footlocker across the floor between the bunks and covered it with a towel and set out the plates and cups and plastic utensils...tin opener...frying pan...bacon...eggs...coffee...condensed milk.
they drank coca cola out of plastic mugs
he crawled into the other bunk under the clean blankets and gazed at this tiny paradise trembling in the orange light from the heater and fell asleep"
