Thread:Shanethefilmmaker/@comment-397235-20140712065858/@comment-397235-20140715033036

I've actually seen Return (the first one, not the fifteen sequels they keep making). On the one hand, the talking zombies are really stupid, but on the other, the first one they run into is legitimately terrifying (a zombie class in the Fallout-esq zombie game/novel a friend of mine and I intend to collaborate is heavily based on its overall appearance and attributes).

As for the soundtrack, I have to give props to the remake, because any film that begins with Johnny Cash, has an interlude from Richard Cheese, and ends with Disturbed is amazing. Couple that with it being, in my opinion, one of the best modern zombie films (beaten by I Am Legend mainly for Will Smith and James Newton Howard's amazing score).

Romero routinely states he originally intended the monsters in Dawn to be vampires, but changed it because that was too blatant. The main problem I have with that whole idea is this: Legend is about one man's loneliness in the face of a not so inhuman monstrosity. Night is about a bunch of really stupid people trapped in a rickety old house who pick the biggest idiot in their group to lead them (seriously every single decision the guy makes is wrong, but he's the "hero" anyway). I think Night has potential, which is why I enjoy it.

As for running zombies, I'll use my same response I save for Max Brooks' attempts to explain them away: if we're worried about scientific accuracy, WHY THE FUCK ARE THERE ZOMBIES IN THE FIRST PLACE?

The Morningstar series has an interesting take on this: when you initially become infected, you're a fast zombie because the virus doesn't kill you. If something else does, but doesn't destroy your brain, you come back as a shambler (my friend and I are also stealing this idea, by the way, because it's awesome). Sadly the books are pulp novels and the author died, but that alone is really unique.