Comments on: Fast Zombies or Slow Zombies?

By: Kim H.

Kim H. — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 00:53:30 +0000

I like slow zombies, although I also think if they are too slow then the suspense builds and collapses on itself. There has to be a moderate speed.

Rage virus and super fast zombies should be a different type of creature. I wish studios weren’t so caught up with having to be so mainstream they have to call it by a classic name even if they go beyond the accepted story norms. If it’s a good story, the new monster name will catch on.

By: peacefulgirl

peacefulgirl — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 15:37:23 +0000

In response to The Faceless Thing – I’ve never thought of zombies being slow because they are like “rotting mewling babies”. LOL! Very interesting point.
I was also thinking that zombies don’t seem to feel pain, and the only reason I ever move slowly is when I’m stiff or sore, so zombies probably would move pretty fast because a backache or sore knee wouldn’t slow them down. Even when important appendages are missing zombies are very determined to get where they are going.

By: stacey dempsey

stacey dempsey — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 19:54:56 +0000

i liked zombieland too and they were kinda fast, some zombie movies they move tooooo slow, seems silly like it is just too easy to get away , some speed is good

By: Tarah

Tarah — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 12:30:13 +0000

Zombies have always freaked me out and the fact that they move slow means I have a really good chance of out running them. Let’s not make them speed demons!

By: The Faceless Thing

The Faceless Thing — Sat, 14 Nov 2009 02:57:10 +0000

There is another good reason why zombies should move slowly and with difficulty, that doesn’t really have to do with how physically messed-up they might be.

“Zombies” are creatures risen from the dead (at least, in all the best movies, like Romero’s). In that way they’re essentially newborn creatures that haven’t had a chance to learn to control their own bodies, so, like the big dead rotting mewling babies they are, they don’t have much in the way of physical coordination and motor skills. What they do have, so that they’re not just flailing around on the ground and moaning uselessly but actually up and actively pursuing their meals, could be explained away as surviving traces of their former lives, imperfectly preserved in whatever’s still functioning in their brains, just like their apparent urge to congregate in shopping malls.

By: Zoe Right

Zoe Right — Sat, 14 Nov 2009 02:46:33 +0000

I kind of enjoyed Zombieland and I believe the Zombies were moving a little quickly

By: Tara W

Tara W — Sat, 14 Nov 2009 00:01:56 +0000

Let’s keep the zombies slow. The best part about watching zombie movies is that you always think the people in the story have a chance to get away. Quick zombies will completely ruin this. In fact I think the slowness is why the zombies are so terrifying. I love the traditional zombies, slow, dead, not too bright and traveling in herds. I’m with the old adage if it’s not broke don’t fix it.

By: peacefulgirl

peacefulgirl — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 19:00:50 +0000

I agree with you, zombies should have some difficulty moving because their bodies are dead. In the zombie walks I’ve been in we are all fairly slow moving like in Night of the Living Dead(except for when crossing the street in Orlando traffic then we are more like 28 Days later). There is a lot of ambiguity in the word zombie. I agree with your definition of zombie, but I have read people refer to films like Re-animator as a zombie film. I don’t understand that at all !?!