Fast or slow zombies?

[soundguy]

here's my view... i like zombies that fit their plot / role in the movie.

IE.. if it's a movie with rotting undead that are somehow reanimated thru a virus or fungus/bacteria, but are still decaying.. they should start moving slower and stumble more, the more decayed they are. I likely don't see them running. but a 'fresh' just turned one should move decently and shamble good since really no rot is taking palce yet.. though they should still have limited corridination.

to go along with this.. they SHOULD decay, and do so fast. once tissue breaks down.. that's it. i realistically don't see something with no metabalism going for days/weeks/months/years.

IMHO.. 'rotting animate zeds should more or less solve their own problems, MOSTLY, in weeks... faster in harsh climates taht will a, either dry them out like desert, b, rot them faster like tropics with insect infestation, or c, freeze them in arctic, if they can't generate heat and consume fuel. ie.. the concept of a zombie plague, could simply be waited out in your house. within a couple weeks.. there really shouldn't be much walking around, most of the world. give it a month at max for ambulatory ones. might find a pile of mush rot and bones that jiggled after that.. but not much more.

next class are the 'alive' viral crazy people. these are not dead zeds.. but alive people gone crazy from a virus. perhaps like a rabid animal. they should / could be AS FAST as a human, including running, perhaps even have all their dexterity.. but should start showing signs of dementia and other brain problems.. so thus.. no thinking or planning.. just simple reaction, and perhaps. mscle memory / routine stuff. IE.. the viral zombie that in former life walked tot he corner store every morning for a coffee and donut and newspaper for 25 ys, well.. when he wakes up infected one morning.. I expect tht residual memory, even in the faltering crazed brain, to kick in and lead the zed to the corner store. this 'alive' zed could still eat, tke in energy, and depending upon the progression of the disese.. could go on for some time if the virus didn't kill them outright. might be a carrier.. or eventually actually fight the virus off.. but retain the brain dmage and still be crazy.. etc.

then you've got the supernat zeds.. like voodoo or other vampire based/raised ones.

typically these are pretty ugly and slow and dumb things.. though tough, and perhaps no longer decaying due to supernatural forces powering them. i'm more into the other 2 classes i mentioned.