Zombie, Cannibal or Undead…What are the Creatures from The Crazies?

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[PunkExMachina]

I know most zombies are the result of biological shenanigans and infection but I miss the kind of zombie story where the origin had more paranormal implied origins than medical sounding ones aka

“When there's no more room in hell, the dead will walk the earth.”

[GregoryTheGrster]

I have noticed that ghouls and zombies are often confused.

[Superfrosty]

I’ve never seen a zombie movie where the zombies drive cars and use weapons before

[silver_wolf]

I always thought zombies work cannibals but whatever they could be, I know that zombies always scared the crap out of me as a kid, and probably as an adult if they were real

[Realm-of-Horror]

The townsfolk in the Crazies weren't zombies, they're "infected". 28 Days Later is another example.

[lelamitchell-beeb]

In the original Crazies the infected didn't eat any people, they were just extremely violent and had no self control.

[theharbinger]

So is the movie, the Crazies, where the idea for the Reavers came from in Serenity.

[swordofdoom]

This is a whole subgenre in zombie films, we have The Crazies as the most popular one but we also have Nightmare City, Grapes Of Death, Pontypool and The Sadness as some examples of it. Haven't had the opportunity to see it but i think The Taint is also like that.

[poetisa]

What's interesting to me is which part of the body zombie-like creatures crave. In the US it's brains, but in Korea it's the liver/intestines.

[Cora.T]

Im sorry, but in the beginning you say not all zombies are cannibals, and at the end you say a zombie is a human alive or undead that craves human flesh and cant control that desire. But eating human flesh would make them cannibals? 😅 Or do you mean that the 21st century definition isnt broad enough? Should we approach zombies the way i approach fish, if it looks like a fish/lives like a fish it is a fish, eventhough technically there is no such thing as a fish? ( this analogy also works for trees )

[MagentaRodent]

My favorite "zombies" in media like... it's fascinating to see a person just have every moral switch and limit removed from a persons mind. I would love to see a show in this world and just more from it.

[R.Merkhet]

Cool short Dr Z. So where would a wendigo fit in?

[SomethingAboutSashimi]

Ma gurl Zom ova here holding the urge not to get wasted

[janetbailey]

DEAR DR. ZARKA, WHAT A COINCIDENCE I JUST WATCHED THAT 1973 ROMERO MOVIE LAST NIGHT!!!GARY BAILEY KING OF DARKNESS

[laughingvampire]

zombies are undead because of the confusion created by George Romero and his fans. Just like Nosferatu created confusion about vampire's traits.

[lesterduglas]

If you watched either of these movies you'd know they don't eat people in them. The remake the closest they come is the hunter crazies but they're just trying to bag so decent sized trophies.

[mmbell]

Because zombies are the undead and the infected are infected.
The Night of the Living Dead is different from 28 days later

[xylonpesquera]

In which case Tanjiro be a Zombie Slayer whith his zombie sister.

[JoanneEra]

Where did you find the modern definition? I’ve never seen it (and frankly I wouldn’t know where to look for it)
For me personally if they’re not dead in some way they ain’t a zombie (wether they eat my flesh or not). I’ve never seen that movie but if the infection is curable and the person can come back to consciousness I wouldn’t classify them as a zombie, if that original person is gone and only the infection remains I’d give it a pass. But again this is all my own personal opinion on zombies so like 🧂😅

[Im-Not-a-Dog]

"Not all zombies are cannibals."
Then defines zombies as humans with an uncontrollable drive to eat human flesh....
Thats some nice self-contradiction you got there.