I like zombies.
They're fucking awesome.
Always lots of them, and few of you.

They love it when you find a "secure" place to hide, so they can all gather round it for days, weeks... Maybe months, if you're lucky. They'll just keep clambering and bashing away till they get to you. They also love it when you run out of supplies, and come out to say hi.

Isn't it a scary thought to be dragged to the floor, when a grasping hand catches your loose hair, or the laces on your shoes. Then about 6 others lunge ontop of you and start eating you alive? That's why zombies are so great. They're always the hunters, and you're always the prey.

Sure, they're dumb and slow-witted. But the only.. the ONLY thing on their mind is you, and your delicious flesh. That single minded, unstoppable drive, along with their vast numbers is what makes them truly horrifying. Of course, they're not greedy. They'll usually leave enough of you intact, so you can walk around with them and join in with the fun. Isn't that considerate?

Also, zombie breakouts are never iscolated. You find one zombie infested town, you can almost guarantee there are similar breakouts in other regions. Maybe even in other countries. So yeah. Skipping town will probably be out of the frying pan, into the zombies... Or something like that.

I love the new image zombies have. Prolly something inspired by 28 Days Later. Zombies can run. Sure, they may stumble or limp their way to you, making you faster still. But I personally find 50 zombies walking after you a bit less scary than 50 zombies CHASING you. ;]
And thank God we've got over that stupid "Braaiiiins..." crap. If a zombie ate your brain, and turned you into one, you'd be some kinda unstoppable super-zombie. Since destroying the brain, or severing the brain-to-body connections is the only way to kill a zombie. Oh, and i prefer the whole groaning/moaning to actually speaking the word "brains". A chorus of as little as 50+ zombies, filling the air with groaning noises can make the blood run cold as ice.

Another couple of things that make zombies scarier than ghosts, vampires, aliens, or whatever you've dressed up as this halloween...

Firstly, if you get bitten or scratched, no matter how small the wound may be... You know you're fucked. It's not just the image of dying that scared you. If it was a lethal poison, it'd be bareable. But after witnessing the horrors of the undead, to know you'll become one of them in a matter of time... Aswell as dying? Well, it wouldnt be nice to know, would it.

Also, friends, family, lovers; people you've formed strong emotional bonds with can be the downfall of you in a zombie outbreak. Picture this: Jim and Sally have been together for 5 years. They're engaged to be wed, and Sally is in the early stages of pregnancy. They've been through thick and thin the past 2 weeks, eluding zombies, and moving from hiding place to hiding place. They couldnt have coped alone. Then a careless mistake leads to Sally getting bitten. They escape, but now Jim has a harsh dilemma on his hands...

This is the true depth of the zombie horror. The loss of all humanity. No compassion, no love. Everything prior to the transition from death to undeath is now null and void. Nothing that would prove to be a living human's weakness in this horrible invasion. And indeed, it is a weakness. Jim loves Sally so much, he can't bare to kill her. He stays with her to her dying breath. Before he even has time to grieve, he's done for.

Zombie horror has been around for decades, and it's still going strong. Games, movies, movies based off games, games based off movies, comics, books, TV series, T-shirts, halloween costumes; zombies have already invaded our lives in a way. They're terrifying, and we all love it. So yeah, hope you had a nice, epididemic-free hallow's eve. Tah-tah!