>>212576609 (OP)Yeah...
Times were different. Movies were different.
Zombie girl crawling out of the TV screen was revolutionary back then.
Looks trite to you, but that's because you've seen a trillion spin offs and homages to it since.
Getting smug about it is like listening to Elvis or Buddy Holly or something and saying "that's not rock".
Sure, it's soft now, but for its time it was new.