First of all, fast zombies aren't really new. It hardly seems fair for zombies to be fast, and let's face it: no one likes to be menaced by the living dead or get exercise, let alone both at the same time.īut I think there are a couple of misconceptions in play. They give a zombie movie the feel of an action movie, and that's an uneasy mix. Fast zombies, on the other hand, are as tiring to watch as they most certainly are to be chased by. They win because they hit critical mass, as anyone who's ever played the Zombie Infection Simulation online knows all too well. They don't chase you, really, they squeeze you out. Slow zombies seem to have an intrinsic quality of social commentary to them. Romero's zombie trilogy- Night of the Living Dead, Dawn of the Dead and Day of the Dead-has always been the alpha and omega of the modern zombie mythology, but now they suddenly had even more cache, just because their zombies were slow. For the first time ever, zombies experienced retro cool. Deep in their hearts, however, diehard fans just could not get down with the fast zombies. The latter in particular also featured zombies that any country would be proud to be represented by in an Olympic track event. Then came 2002's lame Resident Evil adaptation and 2004's gutmunchingly good remake of Dawn of the Dead. In fact, they were pretty much breaking land speed records for monsters right out of the gate. If anything goes "rar!" that's vaguely shaped like a person and it's not Frankenstein or the Hulk, it's pretty much a zombie for sure.īut these were not your classic Romero zombies. They drooled on themselves, seemed brain dead, stalked human prey and made the classic "rar!" noise. It didn't matter that, being victims of the "rage virus," it wasn't totally clear if they qualified as living dead. The original film ushered in what seemed to most fans to be a new, overcaffeinated zombie for the 21st century. I thought of this again while watching 28 Weeks Later, Juan Carlos Fresnadillo's sequel to Danny Boyle's 2002 film 28 Days Later. NOTICE HOW NO ONE ever says they prefer fast zombies.
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