Zombies are unique, unlike vampires, werewolves, or creatures from the black lagoon; zombies have alternate origins and definitions. Zombies can be created through either magic (such as voodoo) or science (such as a viral plague). And although current pop culture sees zombies as "the living dead"- occasionally, that mindless zombie feel is attributed to the living. Another interesting aspect is that despite their lack of individuality - zombies have been given individual goals for their afterlife- among them the pursuit of brains, flesh, and spread of contagion.
For me, zombies are the undead- which means that, at some point, they were DEAD. I love the idea that the same power that provides basic reanimation also allows the zombie to evolve past being just re-animated dead tissue with no capacity for individual thought. I enjoy the idea that zombies are driven by more than just the need to feed and propagate. I think zombies are terrifying because of their humanity- not because of their lack of it.
That being said- that is just my definition of a zombie…what's yours?
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