The zombie threat is made worse by the fact that their victims then turn into the creature that attacked them. This too is similar to other monsters (werewolves and vampires) and also similar to the sub-genre of infectionplague films. In the case of zombies, however, this may carry a greater sense of dread and revulsion: vampires and werewolves can be seen as desirable, potent, intelligent, virile creatures whom one might like -- in some way at least -- to become; a mindless ghoul condemned to wander aimlessly across an empty, ruined earth seems much less attractive.
Culture is just a shambling zombie that repeats what it did in life; bits of it drop off, and it doesn't appear to notice.
I'm not a fan of any genre but am a fan of movies that are intelligent andor funny. That goes across all genres: a horror movie, a zombie movie, alien invaders, chick flick, or raunchy comedy. If it's well done, I'm a fan.
People called 28 Days and 28 Weeks zombie movies, and they're not! It's some sort of virus; they're not dead.
I love zombies. I don't know how else to answer that. . . I have trouble falling asleep, so there are certain scenarios I use in my head to relax. I find sniping zombies very relaxing.
Walking out in the middle of a funeral would be, of course, bad form. So attempting to walk out on one's own was beyond the pale.
These novels [Zombie, My Sister, My Love] are so special to me. [I don't expect that they will have nearly the same significance to anyone else. ] They represent a kind of fiction I would love to pursue more or less constantly, but dare not.
She looked around. "Oh, I've just got to hug somebody! You!" And she hugged Puck, the little ghost horse. "And you. " She hugged Pook, and Peek, and even the nose of the moat monster. "But not you," she decided, encountering the zombie.
Even if there's a zombie apocalypse, you'll still be able to travel using the Tesla Supercharging system.
I am a conservative, but I am not a zombie.
Where did you find that one?" "I have no idea. I'm a magnet for crazies, I guess. " "They must be able to sense a kindred spirit. " "Your one to talk. Don't you have more hordes of the undead to lead in a glorious revolution?" "Zombies not undead. There's a fine distinction. And no. Right now I'm scouting new talent. The glorious revolution comes tomorrow.
Zombies are the new vampire.
World War Z was a great zombie film because those were zombie performances. It wasn't just a bunch of people walking around slow. They did close-ups on zombies who were performing, as a mindless dead thing. They were creepy and scary.
When we get in a routine we can become zombie-like and shut down.
The screenplay is so well-written in a scruffy, fanzine way that you want to rub noses in it - the noses of those zombie writers who take 'screenwriting' classes that teach them the formulas for 'hit films. '
Plus, doing a zombie movie is quite liberating. It's fun not to take myself seriously all the time.
Every season I teach zombie school. The casting people in Georgia look for like 200 new recruits. They come in in groups of 20, and I audition them and grade them based on their look and their performance ability.
Humanity is mind-controlled and only slightly more conscious than your average zombie.
I think the world's big enough for all kinds of zombies. You can have yours and I can have mine. I think by going with slow zombies I maybe have been asserting my own kind of zombie snobbery, but I don't begrudge the youngsters their tackling, running, jumping zombies.
I love zombies. If any monster could Riverdance, it would be zombies.