The racket sounded like the place was being ripped apart.
4 seconds sound clip from the Night of the Living Dead (1968) movie soundboard.
You can hear this line at 00:41:42 in the Blu-ray version of the movie.
Quote context
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- Anybody would know somebody's in need of help.
- Look, it's kind of hard to hear what's going on from down there.
- And you wouldn't come up and help?
- The racket sounded like the place was being ripped apart.
- How were we supposed to know what was going on? (2)
- It would be nice if you'd get your story straight, man.
- I'm not gonna take that kind of a chance when we've got a safe place.
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