Fast or Slow Zombies?

[Wrighty]

What do you guys prefer, fast sprinting infected which are like rabid animals, like in Dawn of the Dead remake and 24 days later OR slow moaning Romero style zombies like in Night of The Living Dead? Which are more interesting, more threatening, more scary and make for better movies?

For me while fast zombies are scarier and more of a threat, slow zombies are more interesting. Instead of actively tearing apart safe houses and eating survivors, slow zombies box survivors in their holes. I enjoy the phycological aspect of survivors trapped and food and water becoming issues, which is partly why I like Walking Dead so much. So what do you guys think. Fast or slow zombies?

[aaron1290]

depends on what game!

if its black ops 2 zombies - fast

the walking dead - slow

L4D2 - Fast...

Dead island - Fast...

Out of the games listed what game is funner? unrealistic teleporting and a great being above watching us and giving perks - Black ops zombies/wAw/ black ops 2 zombie mode

L4D2 - Some really freaky weird type of zombies... that sprint like heck

Dead island - ^^ and how can you get '' boss zombies '' for the all 3 listed above :/

Rotting corpses can run so fast! seems legit


TWD - Slow walking corpses, Trap you, Dont run and break the game/show/comic...

In my opinion TWD wins.


I dont wanna hate on the other games because i have no issue with them but i just kinda went a bit mean on them to prove a point :/

[ColtPeacemaker00]

fast would be more dangerous, but I like the classic shamblers, combined with their moans, to me they are just creepier.

[o0HeaDShoT0o]

I prefer slow zombies.

[Mornai]

I too prefer slow zombies. I think it's better if a corpse walking around has slow and sluggish mobility, since it's a rotting corpse. If it's a story about zombie-like people who are just infected with a virus and aren't really dead, then i prefer fast movement.

[Irishmile]

I am a traditionalist.. I grew up watching the Romero movies as a kid when I should have been sleeping.. so I like the slow shambling zombies.

[WowMutt]

yes.. slow zombies

proably because if a ZA ever did happen, and they were fast, we'd be fucked!

[AnnaSan]

Slow zombies, cause you can outrun them.

[Psyconix]

I prefer the slow zombies. As a survivor group you can simply outrun or avoid them and killing them with melee weapons should be much easier too.

[Ygdrasel]

A mix.

[AnnaSan]

Originally Posted by Ygdrasel

A mix.

Good luck surviving o.o

[CarScar]

Slow zombies are bad enough, having fast zombies would totally annihilate the human race.

[ClemOwnedYou]

slow

[Kaserkin]

The 28 days later "zombies", as I think they're more realistic, but the classic slow ones are probably easier to to survive.

[watertommyz]

Honestly the history of the fast zombie hasn't been all that great. The Return of the Night of the Living Dead zombies are campy and their mythology fails in comparison to the Romero zombie. 28 Days Later is debatable, and they're not zombies in the traditional sense so the point is moot, and finally the the Dawn of the Dead Remake really didn't make any real use of this feature, and honestly I didn't like that film mostly because of that unused potential.

As for the Resident Evil REmake and Director's Cut, they had what was known as a hyper zombie and Crimson Head (aka V-Act) and personally, I find Resident Evil zombies to have one of the better mythologies for these creatures. I really like the Crimson Head. When you kill a RE Zombie in the REmake and didn't burn or decapitate its body, it would die temporarily and then the T-Virus becomes more active and will continue to transform the undead into a more ferocious and devastating creature with pulsating blood color, and growth-of-claws. This was also used to explain the link between the Lickers (RE2) and the zombie.

Fascinating concept really.

[thestalkinghead]

i think making zombies fast makes them far to big of a threat to be matched my normal people (the villain has to be a threat to the hero but not totally outmatch them) the threat of zombies is their numbers, their durability and their persistence if you add speed to normal zombies they just become to powerful

[dubesor]

Slow Zombies is better in almost any case. Otherwise they are too dangerous, basically it means everytime a zombie spots you, you are dead.

Fast Zombies only if action is needed. L4D is a good example. Or if you have a movie and want fast-paced action.

The only thing I don't like within the zombie universe when they try to make them smart. Like when they can open doors or attack with tactics etc. The whole definition of a zombie is being "dumb, slow but deadly" in my opinion.

[watertommyz]

Originally Posted by dubesor

Slow Zombies is better in almost any case. Otherwise they are too dangerous, basically it means everytime a zombie spots you, you are dead.

Fast Zombies only if action is needed. L4D is a good example. Or if you have a movie and want fast-paced action.

The only thing I don't like within the zombie universe when they try to make them smart. Like when they can open doors or attack with tactics etc. The whole definition of a zombie is being "dumb, slow but deadly" in my opinion.

See, this is where it gets a little in the preference side. I like to think of zombies as a regression to a more primal, aggressive, and instinctive side rather than just being "dumb."

[Noname215]

The slow zombies are a wonderful metaphor for the anxiety of human mortality and fast zombies are gay.
- Max Brooks

True Dat.

[DreadMagus]

Dead things should not move fast.

That said, I also like Left 4 Deads "mutating" zombies.