Comments on: Nothing Should Be Sacred

By: Chuck

Chuck — Sun, 17 Jan 2010 23:40:27 +0000

Zombies probably shouldn’t be able to run, not the ones that aren’t really fresh anyway..But people shouldn’t really be able to rise from the dead either so the point of protest is rather useless.

And for the record, my favorite Zombie movie (Return of the Living Dead) has running Zombies.

By: J Reese

J Reese — Thu, 14 Jan 2010 06:57:18 +0000

I’ve never seen a zombie movie that went on long enough for what I’ve always wanted to see. They start off fast and feral and as the rot they get slower but they get smarter. Next thing you know you got zombie stalking parties making booby traps and now it doesn’t matter if they can run or not. You can’t either.

By: bmchargue

bmchargue — Wed, 13 Jan 2010 19:26:28 +0000

Inviting them in for tea and cookies has only worked once, but they overstayed their welcome.

By: The Divemistress

The Divemistress — Wed, 13 Jan 2010 14:49:22 +0000

Fast or slow, I guess I don’t really care. The bigger problem is what to do with them.

By: The Film Reel

The Film Reel — Wed, 13 Jan 2010 14:19:08 +0000

I prefer the slow zombies, but there’s nothing wrong with fast zombies. They at least can provide a few good scares. Not to mention with slow zombies I could never figure out how anyone managed to get caught by them. Wouldn’t you just run faster and try to stay out of large groups of them???

By: bmchargue

bmchargue — Wed, 13 Jan 2010 02:06:54 +0000

You know, I just noticed that. That whole part makes no sense. That’s what i get for writing tired and so haphazardly. Thanks for pointing it out.

By: Star

Star — Wed, 13 Jan 2010 01:01:53 +0000

Your statement re: Return of the Living Dead is a little confusingly written – but that is the first case of running zombies, right? Also, while there’s comedy in that film, the zombies and horror are pretty serious overall.

The more important thing here, though, is how hilarious it is that the image you’ve chosen for this article was so widely used to promote Dawn of the Dead. Every time I look at it, all I can think about is how that actor probably should have tucked his shirt in, since they didn’t apply any make-up to his stomach.

By: bmchargue

bmchargue — Tue, 12 Jan 2010 14:24:31 +0000

I refuse to in any way associate the infected of those movies with zombies. That’s why I left them out.

By: crwm

crwm — Tue, 12 Jan 2010 12:26:28 +0000

Don’t you think we’ve got to give 28 Days Later the credit for kicking off the running zombie era? Though not zombies-proper, the infected haul ass. Which was part of the punch of that flick the first time you saw it. Once the infected started booking, the idea that you could safely and calmly out-think these guys was pretty much tossed out the window.

By: Corey

Corey — Tue, 12 Jan 2010 03:05:33 +0000

running zombies… next we’ll have vampires that sparkle in the daylight. have you no shame!