Game Of Thrones: 15 Unforgettable Scenes From Season 7
9. Zombie Polar Bear
Zombies are, without a doubt, among the stalest movie antagonists. It's clear the Game of Thrones producers have been working overtime to try and make zombies feel fresh again (so to speak). The Army of the Dead is a compelling visual creation, full of half frozen creatures and skeletons, but nothing is as creative as what they did with their one zombie polar bear.
Eastwatch was an incredible episode of corpse vs human, culminating in the first dragon casualty of the show. But the scene that makes the most dramatic impression in the episode is far earlier, when the Magnificent Seven fights the aforementioned zombie polar bear. The scene feels like a mix between Jaws and the Revenant by way of The Walking Dead, in the best way possible.
The first shot of the creature is striking - the silhouette of the bear hovering in the fog yards away from our main cast. The scene then builds from suspense to full bore action, and it manages to work character details into the chaos seamlessly. The Hound's fear of fire comes up of course, and in a nice piece of symbolism, we get to see Jorah Mormont (of Bear Island) finish the bear off.