Slow zombies .vs. Fast zombies

[Krossroads]

In the original Dawn of the Dead, and many other zombie movies, the zombies are slow and easy to kill as long as you have a weapon and there aren't many around you.

But in Dawn of the Dead, and a few other movies, the zombies are fast and more intense.

Which do you prefer?

Personally. I like fast zombies better. It makes it more intense and scarier for the people in the movie and for the auidence.

While I think slow zombies would be more accurate if zombies actually existed since your brain is dead and can't tell your body to move fast, I still think faster zombies are better. Or at least provide better action.

[Nuclear Boy]

I voted for slow zombies if your'e talking about realisticness, but I agree with you that fast zombies do make for better action.

[gogiants36]

I am really sick of this question but ok. When you use slow zombies it creates a different kind of action or suspence. It buillds, and builds, and builds, until finally you get the big payoff. In movies with runnng zombies, it gives it more of a slasher type of feeling, insted of the lumbering, horror, zombie film. I am also really sick of movies like "28 Days Later" which people continue to call a zombie film. The only movie I have ever seen with running zombies, actual zombies, is the new "Dawn of the Dead" which I actually enjoyed and still do, but for different reasons. So basically my vote goes for the slow zombies, I enjoy the suspence that they create when they are on film.[/spoiler]

[Krossroads]

I am really sick of this question but ok.

This question hasn't been asked HERE, and I just watched Dawn of the Dead (2004) yesterday, so I had to ask.

And 28 Days Later was terrible. But if you don't call it a zombie movie, what would you classify it as?

[Nuclear Boy]

Another thing about slow zombies is that when you put them into a movie with guns and stuff, they die too easily. Except in zombie movies where they don't die.

[MovieChick]

The concept of slow zombies is scary if there are hundreds of them. One slow zombie is nothing, their weak and stupid.

I prefer fast zombies however, it makes the idea of a zombie more scary.

[Snatchtastic]

I voted fopr fast zombiesx becausze it's the whole concept of being scary. now your usual xombie army will attack in hordes which makes thier numbers very great in numbers.

sorry i'm drunk2

No w its scary enoufh to have an ass lload of zxombies that want to eat your brains and flesh but it's scarier to have them CHASE u.

Happy Halloween everyone./

[That Kid]

Halloween sucks.

Nice to see you drunk again, Snatch.

[Krossroads]

Halloween sucks.

Nice to see you drunk again, Snatch.

No friends huh Kid. :lol:

[MetalMan713]

The concept of slow zombies is scary if there are hundreds of them. One slow zombie is nothing, their weak and stupid.

I prefer fast zombies however, it makes the idea of a zombie more scary.

I don't mind if the zombies are fast in the beginning - depending on the story and timeline of the initial zombie upheaval. . .

Having a fast zombie attack would be bad enough - however, being surrounded by slow moving ones allow panic to creep in and grow within the person being attacked.

The zombie has always been a more cerebral monster than a vampire or werewolf.

Zombies (though dead):
1 . Never get tired of chasing you
2. Other than the proverbial shot to the head - never stop trying to get into whatever safe haven you have holed up in
3. Can't be reasoned with or bought off
4. Break all forms of society - like a plague
5. Either slow or fast moving and with limited smarts - zombies can still outsmart humans, by having them make stupid and fatal mistakes

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[That Kid]

Halloween sucks.

Nice to see you drunk again, Snatch.

No friends huh Kid. :lol:

My friends hate Halloween too.

And I had to stay home last and finish some school project that isn't due for another week. :roll:

Fuck it.

[KnightofNee]

Fast Zombies just don't feel right to me. These creatures have died and many have been torn apart. Due to rigamortis and such, I just can't see zombies outrunning people. Yeah speed makes for action, but as a horror flick I think it can be truly scary to see death coming in hordes and to be defensless. I see both sides of the argument and think both have good qualities.

[Brian]

Halloween rules and I vote for slow walkin hordes of the undead. WAY more scary then any jump-kicking, karate chopping "zombie" ever could be. Pretty soon they'll be spouting off one-liners. It's less like an infestation and more like a birthday party at a roller skating rink.

[Garfield83]

I am really sick of this question but ok.

This question hasn't been asked HERE, and I just watched Dawn of the Dead (2004) yesterday, so I had to ask.

And 28 Days Later was terrible. But if you don't call it a zombie movie, what would you classify it as?

I wouldn't class it as a zombie film, I'd class it as an outbreak, or epidemic. There not dead so there not zombies. There alive thats why they can starve to death! And 28 Days was alot more realistic than Dawn of the Dead, it is a quality film.

But to answer the original question, I prefer slow zombies. Again it would be more realistic, and there is the argument that with fast zombies it makes it more intense. I find a crew of slow zombies edging there way to a victim, and then slowly, and painfully knawing him apart is alot more tense and terrifing.

Again speed doesn't matter, they win by numbers!

[MetalMan713]

Halloween rules and I vote for slow walkin hordes of the undead. WAY more scary then any jump-kicking, karate chopping "zombie" ever could be. Pretty soon they'll be spouting off one-liners. It's less like an infestation and more like a birthday party at a roller skating rink.

Nice Avatar - Brian!


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[MetalMan713]

I am really sick of this question but ok.

This question hasn't been asked HERE, and I just watched Dawn of the Dead (2004) yesterday, so I had to ask.

And 28 Days Later was terrible. But if you don't call it a zombie movie, what would you classify it as?

I wouldn't class it as a zombie film, I'd class it as an outbreak, or epidemic. There not dead so there not zombies. There alive thats why they can starve to death! And 28 Days was alot more realistic than Dawn of the Dead, it is a quality film.

But to answer the original question, I prefer slow zombies. Again it would be more realistic, and there is the argument that with fast zombies it makes it more intense. I find a crew of slow zombies edging there way to a victim, and then slowly, and painfully knawing him apart is alot more tense and terrifing.

Again speed doesn't matter, they win by numbers!

Agreed!

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[Krossroads]

Again speed doesn't matter, they win by numbers!

I understand what you're saying but I just have to ask, whats scarier, lots of slow zombies chasing you, or lots of running zombies chasing you?

[lbosquet]

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[Garfield83]

Again speed doesn't matter, they win by numbers!

I understand what you're saying but I just have to ask, whats scarier, lots of slow zombies chasing you, or lots of running zombies chasing you?

Slow zombies is more intense. I find that more scary. If a zombie was speeding at me my adrenaline would kick in an i'd probably be more inclinedto twat it! If it was edging its way towards me twitching and stuff groaning like a deep fart i'd be shit scared!!

A zombie that runs is very animal/humanistic. Its basically like running away from a mad human.

A zombie that slow and creaky I consider to be more inhuman, and not so normal. I probably be more scared by that!

[carl]

OK first things first, 28 Days Later has already been discussed hundreds of times on these boards. Try looking for some of the older threads that discussed why the film was great, why the film was absolutely not a zombie movie, and why we got sick of explaining the stuff.

As for the question at hand, slow zombies have always been, and always will be way more scary than fast moving zombies. Fast zombies have come about because of the MTV generation that need balls out action to classify a movie as "Intense" whereas slow zombies have the psychological threat. I've seen the Dawn Of The Dead remake and I can safely say that after the initial outbreak those zombies were a very minimal threat. Those people were inside a shopping mall, they were barricaded inside with food, weapons, supplies and an escape route. Those zombies were; kind of just waiting for them to come out. They were making no attempt to get inside, no attempts to discover a hole in the barrier and just doing nothing. It was only because the characters decided that if the zombies weren't coming in then they would have to go out and meet them that they were ever in any danger again.

Slow zombies are unstoppable, they may be less likely to catch you in the initial attack, but they will keep trying to get through those barriers. Eventually those barriers will break down and they will get in, and because they are slow your own defensive barriers will eventually break down too. Fast zombies will always keep you alert, because they will always be able to chase you, but slow zombies will lead you to believe you can just run away from an attack. You'll start to take more and more risks, and that's when they'll get you. When you're not scared. That is a far scarier thought then just another mundane movie monster.

[Garfield83]

I agree with some of this.

[That Kid]

Carl, you're a goddamn genius.

I agree completely, and if the MTV generation zombies ever got out, you know the first thing they'd go after... the MTV generation. Just to spite them.

[Krossroads]

OK first things first, 28 Days Later has already been discussed hundreds of times on these boards. Try looking for some of the older threads that discussed why the film was great, why the film was absolutely not a zombie movie, and why we got sick of explaining the stuff.

First of all, 28 Days Later was awful, boring at times, and the ending was retarded. And when I say retarded I mean dumb.

Second of all, if you and others are tired of explaining this, dont explain it and/or just ignore it.

[Garfield83]

No.....


Your just wrong...