I didn’t get into zombies until my friend sat me down infront of resident evil, and another friend gave me Zombie Survival Guide not much later… I’ve become a huge fan of zombies ever since. I think it’s the relentlessness of it. They don’t tire. They don’t stop. They just keep coming and coming, yet humans do tired and fatigue- which is why they all eventually fall..

I still prefer Romero’s slow moving, unstoppable living dead. Fortunately I live in Pittsburgh, not London. I see Romero’s zombies every day! Fortunately I have a well stocked basement full of crow bars and other non-expendable, utilitarian weaponry. My zombie uprising contingency plan is exactly what you need, simple and dynamic.

Man, I haven’t thought about zombies in months, all of a sudden everyone’s talking about them again… Oh yeah, it’s spring… Shit – gotta go load my rifle.

I have dreams like zombie movies all the time and I cherish it. I usually have a bow and arrow and a group of scared people to look after.

my boyfriend, on the other hand, loves zombies, and considers himself a zombie. every halloween he dresses up like a horribly complicated zombie (he went to art school to learn the make up to do it he’s so into it).
when he got the zombie survival manual he did his best to memorize it and will unashamedly quote from it in public. lol
i guess i can see why he might identify with it, because
a: he has persoanlly died and been revived several times
and
b: has this weird skin problem so his skin is constantly peeling and shedding etc.

yay. i live with a ghoul. lol

One of the other things that fascinate us about Zombies is that if we die we will become one of them. Zombie movies are one of the only movies in which committing suicide before the inevitable turn seems completely acceptable.

You’re right in that we find the idea of death and decay interesting. But most importantly for zombies is that they’re *us*. They’re so horrible because they are the ultimate corruption of *us*. There’s nothing glamourous or sexy or interesting about zombies. They’re not “other” in the way that, say, werewolves become. There’s no secret society or shape-changing abilities, like with vampires. They’re just corrupted, decaying, horrible us. They represent a complete lack of peaceful rest for us when we’re dead. They seem more real, more possible, than other monsters, and therefore are far more terrible.

Personally, I’m more interested in the evolution of the vampire. It’s interesting how it started with a creepy, decrepit old monster like Nosferatu and has lately changed into an entire underground world.

-Sgt. Wincal