[KainDoshi]

I prefer my zombies slow and creepy

[zombiekilling101]

I think theres a lengthy discussion on this in another thread. Ill try to find it.

[retro zombie killer]

zombiekilling101, on 26 June 2011 - 01:52 PM, said:

I think theres a lengthy discussion on this in another thread. Ill try to find it.

There was but I think that was at least a year ago and might of been dumped?


Now myself I like slow predatory or lurking zombies. What I don't like it Zombies running like they are hopped up on speed. Here they are rotting, literally falling apart and yet they are running like a marathon runner. Sorry that just doesn't add up in my book. Now I can except a zombie moving briskly or normal human speed after they have newly risen but I feel that after the first day of being a zombie they should start to slow down especially after they start rotting.

[Morbidfilm]

Slow and rotted. There is a reason Romero's, Fulci's and even a movie with zero plot like Burial Ground are considered cult classics while many of the wanna-be fast zombie films over the past 5 years are already forgotten.

[KainDoshi]

I agree. Zombies CAN move like normal humans (maybe a little beyond normal human prowess due to lack of pain or sensory stimuli) when they're recently animated. But when starting to decompose, they should move slowly, even stiffly.

[ZombieGrrL]

I like both!

[SWAT Zombie]

I like both but I definitely lean towards the fast ones these days. They're much more exciting than shamblers. I like how there's no time for survivors to think, they have to react or die.

[zombiekilling101]

I prefer my zombies slow shambling masses. I enjoy a fast zombie when done right (dawn remake) but overall shambling zombies are the greatest.

I like the visuals better when a survivor is slowly getting backed into a corner (Fran DAWN 78)

Or in Fulcis Zombi when their slowly coming towards the survivors in the barn type building. Good stuff.

[DarthJoe8]

Slow zombies
Fast infected

[retro zombie killer]

KainDoshi, on 26 June 2011 - 11:01 PM, said:

I agree. Zombies CAN move like normal humans (maybe a little beyond normal human prowess due to lack of pain or sensory stimuli) when they're recently animated. But when starting to decompose, they should move slowly, even stiffly.

zombiekilling101, on 28 June 2011 - 11:50 PM, said:

I prefer my zombies slow shambling masses. I enjoy a fast zombie when done right (dawn remake) but overall shambling zombies are the greatest.

I like the visuals better when a survivor is slowly getting backed into a corner (Fran DAWN 78)

Or in Fulcis Zombi when their slowly coming towards the survivors in the barn type building. Good stuff.

Yes my point exactly. Especially if you take in Zombie mechanics and want the movie to be somewhat believable unlike DOTD04 where you have rotting zombies running after the truck.WTF

DarthJoe8, on 29 June 2011 - 07:34 AM, said:

Slow zombies
Fast infected

True Zombies walk, shamble or crawl, NO running!!!!!!!! Although I can except a newly risen zombie moving briskly after prey. But not when they are more then a day old or rigor mortis has set in.

[cassyviolet]

I would prefer the fast zombies. You may think "WTF? WHY?" but let me explain...

In the Zombie Survival Guide by Max Brooks, he says something about how when we use our muscles, they tear to get stronger or whatever. But since zombies aren't actually living, when they use their muscles they're not going to get any stronger. They are just going to stay tore up and they won't be able to get around, basically. So, I'm not sure if my explanation made much sense but if we have slow zombies, they may last longer than the fast ones. You know what I'm talking about if you've read the book... :P

[Violent Messiah]

Which would I prefer to have to try and survive against in an actual zombie attack? Definitely the slow shamblers as i like my odds against them. However, which do I prefer to see others up against in books and movies? Both work for me but I like the shrieking fast movers...to me they make for a much more thrilling threat. With the slow ones, the only true threat they are to survivors is if the do something massively stupid and make it easy for the zombie...the majority of stories and movies with original Dawn type zombies have incredibly dumb people doing dumb things and getting munched on. But with the fast ones? Even smart people making little to no mistakes are never truly safe. I like that in my zombie attack media.

[rharmelink]

retro zombie killer, on 29 June 2011 - 08:50 PM, said:

True Zombies walk, shamble or crawl, NO running!!!!!!!! Although I can except a newly risen zombie moving briskly after prey. But not when they are more then a day old or rigor mortis has set in.

As I understand it, rigor mortis starts about 3 hours after death, reaches maximum stiffness after 12 hours, and then dissipates after about 72 hours.

But, then again, if the dead can come back to "life", who says rigor mortis would even be in effect? Obviously, different chemical processes are going on.

I did like how they handled it in Return of the Living Dead.

[voodoo_child]

Like someone else said, it would be easier to survive against the traditional slow shamblers, so I voted for slow zombies.

But in a movie or a game fast zombies make for a much more entertaining thrill ride.

[Sora]

I prefer my zombies slow, i really don't know why, i just like it that way.
Fast zombies are okay too but i prefer them slower better cause you get this more creepy feeling.

[Bane]

Its a fast death, and in horror movies, fast zombies are not scary, when they run, you'll know the victims are dead, you don't think about anything else, not how the world is ending, not about anything else, it's too much of a fast death.
Though slow zombies have a twist. Even though you have a feeling they might survive, you still have a scared feeling inside you that's panicking. You see a zombie and you're like what the hell should I do ? You don't move, you just look at it, and then a ****load of em come at you walking slowly, surrounding you
and growling, and then once they reach you, you'd wish it was fast zombies that'll give you a faster and maybe if you're lucky, a less painfull death :)

[UNDEAD FRED]

I prefer the George Romero slow weak shamblers, But I dont mind the fast running zombies like the zombies in 28 Days/Weeks Later.

[SLTE]

I like both, but I prefer slow. They don't quite feel like zombies if they're running, and the surviving humans are more prone to acts of absolute stupidity when they're pitted against the slower variety. Good fun, that.

[Darth Erroneous]

KainDoshi, on 26 June 2011 - 11:01 PM, said:

I agree. Zombies CAN move like normal humans (maybe a little beyond normal human prowess due to lack of pain or sensory stimuli) when they're recently animated. But when starting to decompose, they should move slowly, even stiffly.

I agree with this view. Use the turbo zombies in the initial days and weeks of the outbreak to thin the human ranks and then a few months down the line there are fewer humans in the world but survival is a little easier being that the turbo zombies now can hardly break into a jog.

[Zombie362]

I love the fast zombies and I feel like it makes the director have to think more. It seems like movies with fast zombies (DOTD 04 and 28 days/weeks) don't have too many characters dying due to pure stupidity like there are when the z's are slow movers.