Am I the only one here who can't stand in the least zombie movies/TV?

[Archae]

Walking Dead, Day of the Dead, whatever.
I just can't stand them.

[kentauros]

1. The original versions of "Night of the Living Dead" and "Dawn of the Dead"

are still classics. The rest aren't worth my time.

Also, I find the idea of Vodou-based zombies far creepier than the current virus/whatever "explainable" zombies. I mean, how do you fight magic?

[OriginalGeek]

2. Sean of the Dead was great!

but I do like zombie movies and such so I might be biased.

[Mopar151]

3. Your'e not alone - or wrong

Zombies, vampires, imaginary "squatch", haunts, haunted houses - I'd rather watch a spray-hair infommercial!

[UnrepentantLiberal]

5. ^This^

It doesn't bother me that someone else likes them, they just do nothing for me.

[whistler162]

9. +1

[RebelOne]

16. Right. I'm with you.

I liked them when I was a teenager, but not fond of any of those shows now.

[Joe Shlabotnik]

4. Yes you are alone. Be afraid... because we're comming to get you Barbara! LOL

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The fascination with zombies is a call out to 'normal' people who are swamped in a world of overt conspicuous consumption, and conformity.

[jakeXT]

6. I like those Zombie/Vampire movies

The Omega Man (1971)
http://m.imdb.com/title/tt0067525/

Fright Night (1985)
http://m.imdb.com/title/tt0089175/

From Dusk Till Dawn (1996)
http://m.imdb.com/title/tt0116367

Shaun of the Dead (2004)
http://m.imdb.com/title/tt0365748/


And maybe

Zombieland (2009)
http://m.imdb.com/title/tt1156398

[Orrex]

7. I find The Walking Dead to be grossly over-hyped

Not nearly as good as its fans insist that it is, and I'm a fan of the genre, so it's not as though I'm predisposed to hate it.


Other offerings vary widely in quality, much like in any other genre.

[TreasonousBastard]

8. Most of 'em are pretty bad, but...

I have a soft spot for "Night of the Comet."

(Throw some zombies and a few guns into a chick flick and you have something...)

[csziggy]

15. Is that the one where the cute teenagers and a truck driver fight off zombies in a mall?

Yeah, that one is kind of fun once you get past the valley girl speech impediment.

[TreasonousBastard]

19. Well... the Valley Girl angle seemed kinda cute when...

they started seriously kicking some zombie ass.

[csziggy]

20. I think this movie kind of killed the Valley Girl stuff

Since it was so perfect in their parody of it.

And like most classic Grade B science fiction movies, there really was some good character development and a logical plot. It is one of the ones I'll watch on re-runs unlike a lot of the higher budget movies with more special effects and gruesome makeup.

[Amaril]

10. No, you're not

I love scary flicks, but I can't do zombie movies.

[pipi_k]

11. Zombies and vampires

Don't give a shit about them, don't understand the appeal.

Maybe I'm just an old fartress...maybe I wouldn't have cared even in my younger days.

But...whatever makes people happy...

[Arkansas Granny]

12. I don't understand why zombies are everywhere these days.

But I never understood the fascination with vampires, either.

[Bucky]

26. Cracked explained it: "6 Mind-Blowing Ways Zombies and Vampires Explain America"

http://www.cracked.com/article_19402_6-mind-blowing-ways-zombies-vampires-explain-america.html

Well worth the read. This graph I've never gotten out of my head.

[NV Whino]

13. Add vampires to the mix and I'm on board

[hay rick]

14. Really hate zombie banks and the vampire squid.

Oops. Wrong forum.

[digonswine]

17. But but but--

you DO need to see Dead Alive if you haven't. It is more a comedy that anything else. A disgusting comedy.

[eShirl]

18. zombies = splatter/gore = blecch

IMO

[jrandom421]

21. ZombieLand is the exception

[Chan790]

22. No, I think everybody has that one "I don't fucking get it." thing in popular culture.

For me, it's Joss Whedon. I think his work is terrible, utterly not-compelling. How people can like Buffy and Firefly is beyond me.

[applegrove]

23. I don't like zombies, vampires, aliens or elves. I have never been near a Harry Potter book or

movie.

[grasswire]

24. I thought "Night of the Creeps" was hilarious

That's the one where slugs jump into the mouths of unsuspecting college kids who then turn into zombies. It was the craziest thing I ever saw.

When I was just a kid my uncle was watching a movie about zombies -- B&W. That was my first inkling about them.

I watched Shaun of the Dead with some teens. So I'm not totally unschooled about the genre. How I feel about them? Meh.

[Bucky]

25. Agreed. Zombies seem more annoying than scary.

They're too slow and usually a double-tap will take them out. People who are killed in zombie movies invariably do so due to lack of strategic vision. Vampires you have to outthink; werewolves you have to outfight. But when a zombie gets you, it just makes you look lazy.

[JustABozoOnThisBus]

27. Those who cannot learn from zombie movies ...

are doomed to have their brains eaten.

Or something like that.