I even saw someone list "The Crazies" as a zombie flick. There is a
huge difference between a viral infection and being a zombie. Both
"28'' and "Crazies" were about people becoming infected with something
that drove them insane, turning them into homicidal maniacs. It
didn't kill them then resurrect their lifeless body!
I think people have forgotten the original concept that George Romero
created. Zombies existed before him, but they were the product of
"voodoo" and normally under the control of someone else. Romero's
zombies didn't even have to be bitten, or "infected". The recently
dead just rose up. If you died, by whatever means, you came back as a
mindless zombie. Somehow this has transformed into thinking, running
zombies. I understand the evolution of a concept, but when the
original idea completely disappears, the new "creatures" deserves a
new name.
I just wanted people's input on this. Do you agree or disagree? If
you think "28 Days Later" (or "Weeks Later") deserves inclusion into
the zombie genre, please tell me why.
Just because you get "infected" with something, that doesn't make you
a zombie. A zombie is DEAD! The people in "28'' were not. You could
just shoot them in the heart and they would die, and not rise again.
An infected person = Alive. Zombie = Dead. See the difference?
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