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Old January 11th, 2008, 12:14 PM
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Greatest Movie Zombie

Recent movies such as 28 Days Later, 28 Weeks Later and I am Legend have seen a move away from the shambling easily avoided Zombie and a shift towards a more fast attack style. To me, this is a welcomed change of pace (pun intended) and the sight of, for example, Robert Carlyle's character in 28 weeks being chased through the open countryside by a horde of Zombies sprinting after him is a much more scary prospect than something out of a Romero movie.

My question is, which zombie is 'the best' you have seen on the silver screen. This is not for game zombies, just movie zombies. To me, the aforementioned 28 days/weeks Zombies are the best. You?
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Old January 16th, 2008, 12:14 AM
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Old January 18th, 2008, 08:22 AM
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I like the newer zombies because they are realistic, as in they could actually happen (well in theory).

I haven't seen many zombie movies, they are mostly the same so I avoid them. Written works on zombies are far better than movies.
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Old January 18th, 2008, 08:25 AM
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You've both misread the title. Corey, I'll give you your dues and blame the error on Kory's reply (he misled you ).

The question was 'what is the greatest movie zombie' not 'greatest zombie movie'. Reading ftw.
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Old January 18th, 2008, 08:26 AM
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I said I liked the newer zombies! Does that not answer the question of what are the best?
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Old January 18th, 2008, 08:31 AM
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Yes. I fail at reading. *hangs head in shame* Maybe I should get some work done.
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I would rather see the slow-walking zombies in real life than the fast-sprinting-never-gets-tired zombies...

The faster ones are scarier, so if they only stick to movies, I`d choose those.. :P
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Dawn of the Dead (remake).
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I like fast zombies but the slow zombies have an easier time popping out on unsuspecting food and therefore make things more frightening to me
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lol i love fast zombies they just amp the scare factor
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Recent movies such as 28 Days Later, 28 Weeks Later and I am Legend have seen a move away from the shambling easily avoided Zombie and a shift towards a more fast attack style.
OMFG I AM LEGEND IS NOT A ZOMBIE MOVIE AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH
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I Am Legend had vampires (they wern't living dead and they were harmed by sunlight)

The fast "zombies" in movies are always infected, not living dead therefore not zombies. Exception being to the remake of Dawn of the Dead movie (possibly? never saw it) But they are very creepy and can up a chase, they're the equivilent to a maniac cannibal really. However they're fuelled with rage and rarely work together. Plus they can starve to death and in 28DL they can be stopped like any other human, except they have a high pain threshold.

The slow zombies are more daunting, in very large numbers they're unstoppable but a single one is no threat. A reflection on soceity in Romero films. They can only be stopped by removing the head or destorying the brain. They solely rely on the core of their brain to keep them "alive".


So, the best movie zombie is..... *drum roll*














































































Bub, from Day of the Dead.




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Bub is great. Bub crying over frankenstein is sadder than Bamby's mother getting shot....by a long way.
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Bambi's mother getting shot wasn't sad... She was a deer. Its her job to get shot...
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She got shot during deer season.
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Old May 31st, 2008, 05:49 AM
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Anyway, Bambi ain't a zombie movie, let's take this back on topic.
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Anyway, Bambi ain't a zombie movie, let's take this back on topic.
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then how did she get back up and start biting people, then cuasing the entire island of "canada" to get zombified
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Old June 1st, 2008, 01:43 AM
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the dawn of the dead zombies where my favorite
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