When did zombies become so big?

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  • CoryIda
    CoryIda Posts: 7,870 Member
    When they started eating all the really fat people. The key is to make the zombies obese on all the huge people so they can't catch us more fit types.
    ^^ And this is why you are my friend.
  • PapaverSomniferum
    PapaverSomniferum Posts: 2,670 Member
    The zombie craze started with MJ's Thriller!!!!!

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    this!

    Your both Wrong. It started with this

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    WIN
  • SinIsIn
    SinIsIn Posts: 1,865 Member
    Seriously! Listen I've been obsessed with zombies since I was a child. I was like 8 when I first saw NOTLD and it's haunted me ever since.

    Don't know what NOTLD is? Then stop pretending to be a zombie fan!

    My whole life I've been concerned about zombie attacks, I was always laughed at. Now everyone and their mother wants to talk about their zombie apocalypse plan...

    Half of you probably don't even know to destroy the damn stairs. :grumble:

    the 1968 version or 1990? I prefer the first.. although I do love me some Tony Todd. He's creepy! LOL
  • jackpotclown
    jackpotclown Posts: 3,275 Member
    Was gonna say, when did zombies become so fast....Dawn of the Dead proved that zombies can run....
  • Six6xiS
    Six6xiS Posts: 47 Member
    'The Walking Dead' is the worst representation of the zombie genre ever. With my zombie roots grown by the likes of George Romero, Sam Raimi, Bruce Campbell, and Tom Savini I cannot pull myself to watch this trash of a show.
  • Tiggerrick
    Tiggerrick Posts: 1,078 Member
    Was gonna say, when did zombies become so fast....Dawn of the Dead proved that zombies can run....
    At least with slow zombies we have a better chance.
  • PapaverSomniferum
    PapaverSomniferum Posts: 2,670 Member
    Fast zombies remove the horror that is unique to zombies. If they can run you down, they might as well be aliens or vampires. The fear of zombies is that slow, creeping inevitability.

    You can run

    You can hide

    You can bash a million heads in with a baseball hat

    AND THEY STILL COME AFTER YOU, slowly overrunning your hiding place with mindless hordes that never tire.
  • SinIsIn
    SinIsIn Posts: 1,865 Member
    Was gonna say, when did zombies become so fast....Dawn of the Dead proved that zombies can run....
    At least with slow zombies we have a better chance.

    You kind of resemble Tom Savini! LOL
  • SeasideOasis
    SeasideOasis Posts: 1,057 Member
    In order to stay alive you have to create a plan first....

    Ive loved all 'paranormal' fiction topics my whole life...
  • tohey22
    tohey22 Posts: 6
    Not sure when the zombie craze came about..I never cared all that much about zombies movies or anything until last year when my boyfriend made me start watching The WAlking Dead with him.. Now its my favorite show!!!! Im addicted!! lol
  • megan1869
    megan1869 Posts: 166 Member
    I dont know but I love the zombie boom! They are getting really creative with the zombie variations too - presently reading Patient Zep - amazon it... i love it
  • MrEmoticon
    MrEmoticon Posts: 275 Member
    I remember a book a few years ago about surviving the zombie apocalypse. I'm pretty sure that helped.
  • BrettPGH
    BrettPGH Posts: 4,716 Member
    Seriously! Listen I've been obsessed with zombies since I was a child. I was like 8 when I first saw NOTLD and it's haunted me ever since.

    Don't know what NOTLD is? Then stop pretending to be a zombie fan!

    My whole life I've been concerned about zombie attacks, I was always laughed at. Now everyone and their mother wants to talk about their zombie apocalypse plan...

    Half of you probably don't even know to destroy the damn stairs. :grumble:

    the 1968 version or 1990? I prefer the first.. although I do love me some Tony Todd. He's creepy! LOL

    That does it. You're getting a friend request whether you like it or not!
  • LauraMacNCheese
    LauraMacNCheese Posts: 7,173 Member
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  • TinkrBelz
    TinkrBelz Posts: 866 Member
    I grew up watching all sorts of monster movies. So, I have always loved vampires, zombies, and werewolves. I guess everything is finally catching up with me!! haha!
  • JennW130
    JennW130 Posts: 460 Member
    Welcome to 1999!!
    lol right!
  • My office is so divided ... myself and my boss are team Vampire and other are team Zombie. LOL

    Team Zombie. I started hating vampires when they started to sparkle.

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    Or just throw me in with the saints.
  • michellecorvin
    michellecorvin Posts: 36 Member
    My husband did a Zombie Apocalypse report for his college class and got an A+. I kid you not. He found all this cool research on the internet with diagrams and whatnot. It was a really well done project. ;D
  • meshashesha2012
    meshashesha2012 Posts: 8,329 Member
    the zombie craze has been been around since george romero's nigh of the living dead. the only reason why it's become more mainstream now is because geek culture in general has become more mainstream.

    but as someone who was a zombie ______ every year for halloween of my of my childhood, it's always been popular. my favorite has to have been a zombie mr T
  • TheDoctorDana
    TheDoctorDana Posts: 595 Member
    Not all zombies are big. They come in all shapes and sizes.


    ^LOL^
  • tageekly
    tageekly Posts: 3,755 Member
    My office is so divided ... myself and my boss are team Vampire and other are team Zombie. LOL

    Team Zombie. I started hating vampires when they started to sparkle.

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    Or just throw me in with the saints.

    OMG - like I needed another reason to :heart: Norman Reedus.

    I haven't been able to get into The Walking Dead though... but I've loved zombies since high school. I was one for Halloween too!
  • SinIsIn
    SinIsIn Posts: 1,865 Member
    Seriously! Listen I've been obsessed with zombies since I was a child. I was like 8 when I first saw NOTLD and it's haunted me ever since.

    Don't know what NOTLD is? Then stop pretending to be a zombie fan!

    My whole life I've been concerned about zombie attacks, I was always laughed at. Now everyone and their mother wants to talk about their zombie apocalypse plan...

    Half of you probably don't even know to destroy the damn stairs. :grumble:

    the 1968 version or 1990? I prefer the first.. although I do love me some Tony Todd. He's creepy! LOL

    That does it. You're getting a friend request whether you like it or not!

    :drinker:
  • meshashesha2012
    meshashesha2012 Posts: 8,329 Member
    i remember the one year i compromised with my mom (she always wanted me to be something cute and girly for halloween). that compromise year i was a zombie fairy princess. complete with princess dress, tiara and blood stains :laugh:
  • yepitsjen
    yepitsjen Posts: 79 Member
    Try "World War Z" if you're interested in books about the Zombie Apocalypse. It's amazing. Also, The Walking Dead was a super rad comic before it was a TV show. It's really good.

    "World War z" came out in 2006.
  • First of all, I'm a horror movie FANATIC! If anyone else on here is one, add me and let's talk movies. I'm talking like italian horror, japanese horror, old, new, cult, cheesy, gory stuff...yeah.

    Regarding zombies, I think that as a society, we tend to get caught up with ideas and run with them. It happened with Vampires. It happened with werewolves. It happened with mummies. I think the appeal of zombies is that when it comes to horror movie characters, these can actually be a reality. Given the different types of viruses and bacterias in the world, it 's not hard to imagine something mutating beyond treatment and creating a zombie-like version of humanity. That's not counting any man-made viral warfare that could be created and get out of control. If some modern-day plague were to go bezerk, we could possibly end up with a zombie-like creature. Just look at rabbies.
  • The zombie craze started with MJ's Thriller!!!!!

    images?q=tbn:ANd9GcTYdCpmzHa_AYDIao4_Akvda_ps58J77hOAWU2ydt_5qf38i7wLvg

    this!

    Ahh! Yes Bela Lugosi!! Original hooror movie icon (along with Lon Chaney)..I have this movie in a Bela collection...I need to watch it again soon.
    Your both Wrong. It started with this

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  • SPNLuver83
    SPNLuver83 Posts: 2,050 Member
    things come and go like that.... just like vampires, magic schools, dragons, futuristic stuff, cowboys.... it all has had or will have it's moment in the spotlight.
  • lukeout007
    lukeout007 Posts: 1,237 Member
    I hate this zombie trend...I hate the fact that some people can't seem to make a joke that doesn't involve the "zombie apocalypse"...Just like I can't stand even hearing the name "Chuck Norris" anymore.
  • Elizabeth_C34
    Elizabeth_C34 Posts: 6,376 Member
    Try "World War Z" if you're interested in books about the Zombie Apocalypse. It's amazing. Also, The Walking Dead was a super rad comic before it was a TV show. It's really good.

    "World War z" came out in 2006.

    Yup! WWZ is awesome. They are making a movie out of it, and I hope they don't royally screw it up like they did with the Walking Dead TV show. WD comic is 100x better than the show.
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