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Creeping peril
posted by Rob on November 4, 2008 08:05 AM
There's a very sensible, articulate and intelligent article by Simon Pegg in today's Guardian (ooh, I forgot to mention that it's funny too) about the importance of zombies not being the sort of threat that should burst into a sprint.
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As a connoisseur of horror movies, I thoroughly agree with Mr Pegg. Zombies are not zombies unless they shamble. (I have in the past proposed that "shamble" be assigned as the word that means only how zombies move.)
Posted by: KatharineC on November 4, 2008 01:38 PM
He makes a very nicely written argument. Personally, I feel Zombies should not run - there should never be an easy situation where 1 zombie can kill you (unless you've been locked in a wardrobe with one). The fear of zombies (for me) is that steadily growing pressure of 100 zombies in a area with you, the hopelessness of being surrounded. Make them run and they might as well be velociraptors, terminators or some other inhuman killing machine...The whole point is that they retain a shred of humanity (indeed, thats what makes romero's films so good as satire)
Posted by: PeteR on November 4, 2008 02:04 PM