[estephan500]

While we're on the subject, can somebody explain to me this whole fascination with zombies?  Vampires I get (though I'm no fan with the exception of Selene).

Coolest undead is the Lich, yet the only popular example is He Who Shall Not Be Named.  From Harry Potter. Not Stanford football.  The Stanford one is quite powerless.

Wow. For me the zombie appeal is crystal clear. Most horror stories draw on the idea of some single exceptional lone standout that is causing the havoc. An eternal and tired concept... wow, Super zappo radioactive man. What would that be like? ... But a Zombie movie is about when an entire population is the problem. Half of the country, 90% of the country, has gone mad. And the protagonist is the only normal one -- heroically defending or reconstructing "normal life" with duct tape and plywood. I've loved it since I saw night of the living dead...

[estephan500]

While we're on the subject, can somebody explain to me this whole fascination with zombies?  Vampires I get (though I'm no fan with the exception of Selene).

Coolest undead is the Lich, yet the only popular example is He Who Shall Not Be Named.  From Harry Potter. Not Stanford football.  The Stanford one is quite powerless.

Wow. For me the zombie appeal is crystal clear. Most horror stories draw on the idea of some single exceptional lone standout that is causing the havoc. An eternal and tired concept... wow, Super zappo radioactive man. What would that be like? ... But a Zombie movie is about when an entire population is the problem. Half of the country, 90% of the country, has gone mad. And the protagonist is the only normal one -- heroically defending or reconstructing "normal life" with duct tape and plywood. I've loved it since I saw night of the living dead...