I agree, and like the slow ones better, but 28 days later and Dawn of the Dead freaked me the hell out.

That little girl in DOTD gives me the heebie jeebies

Yeah, the little girl in DOTD was creepy ... but only when she was standing in the doorway watching. That was scarier than her attack on the hubby.

As for 28 Days Later ... c'mon ... are those things really zombies? I read on this thread someone's response to this question was something to the effect that a zombie is a person controlled by another force (via voodoo, witchcraft, or infection). But I disagree. I don't think being infected with a disease makes one a zombie. I mean, we wouldn't call Cujo a zombie St. Bernard because he was controlled by rabies ... would we?

Traditionally, Zombies were the bodies of the deceased, reanimated by Voodoo priests called Boccors. What they did was trap the dead person's soul, and use it to bring the body back. The animated corpse would be mindless.

Hence the idea of a walking corpse being a zombie.

Zombie has since become a generic word for mindless, violent people in amovie.


This is far from detailed (i actually have an old Dragon Magazine that covers more of the ritual and ideas behind it. number 138 :))

Hmmm ... it should be more specific. Mindless, violent people could be a number of things that we wouldn't necessarily call zombies. Ah well ... I started a vote on this topic to see the responses.

the thing is with zombies in all the zombie films I've seen, they are pretty strong mofo's, they always manage to rip a victim inhalf pretty easy, and they can be killed easy... hit them with a plank round the head and the head goes flying.

In 28days, iirc the infected people didnt 'fall apart' when you hit them, they're bodies were more solid, so they're not zombifyed.

Yeah, they were still alive, so they didnt rot

Remember Wes Cravens "The Serpent and the Rainbow". That was somewhat about Zombies. I remember the line...Don't bury me...I'm not dead!

I think slow then.....FAST!!!!!!!!!!!! is better

Ummm...we're still talking about..."Zombies"...right?...lol ;)

oooo DOH!! slow zombies then. i think