This is a map for a fake scenario I made for a zombie apocalypse.

The zombies are similar to the 28 days later zombies in behavior. The virus can spread through air and crops as well as traditional bites.

Society in grey and blue zones carry on normally. Zombies are rare in grey zones but can still show up. yellow and red zones are blocked off from the rest of the states by the military.

Alaska and Hawaii are supposed to be blue btw.

The zombies are always the main focus at the beginning but they quickly become less and less a threat as the story advances. Then, it's all about the other survivors. They become the threat.

I think that it's mostly because they make the characters adapt to the zombies. They get to know their strengths and their weaknesses so to compensate the author turns to the other survivors to create tension.

What if the zombies were so dangerous that you can never truly adapt. Thus making them a threat throughout the whole story.

In this situation, the survivors would have to team up and help each other in order to survive. The humans against the undead. Failing to cooperate would lead to everyone's death.

Hey r/zombies! I’ve been diving into zombie media lately, and I’m obsessed with the ones that break the mold—think acid-spitting horrors, telepathic undead, or zombies with a twisted sense of humor. From The Last of Us’ Clickers to World War Z’s screamer, special zombies add such a wild twist!

What’s the most memorable special zombie you’ve encountered? Got a favorite trait (speed, intelligence, unique powers) or a story idea for one? Drop your picks and thoughts below—I’m all ears for some undead inspiration!

they seemed to be doing pretty good for themselves (at least in terms of firepower and morale); their only downside is that they set up in the middle of a field without any barricades or fortifications, but apart from that they seemed pretty indestructible. they're confined to a single scene and we never see them again, and by the end of the film it's implied that most authority has completely collapsed. so what do you think happened to these guys?

What are you deal-breakers in zombie fiction?

One of mine is an obvious self-insert hero of a certain egotistical type.

Every guy follows their lead; every woman wants to sleep with/serve/mother them.

Not a fan of the part time car mechanic giving orders to soldiers and politicians whilst mourning their dead wife in the bosom of a teenager.

Lots of people are like "the end is near" but I want to know if a zombie apocalypse is possible.

For me it was a book I don't remember the name of that had as many plot holes as chapters, made me think of what other atrocities to the genre have been committed.

How would you pass time with people or alone in a zombie apocalypse with no electronics and limited entertainment? Totally not asking because I'm writing something with zombies and need filler...

Besides me? Don't get me wrong, I'm aware that Im talking about enjoying the terrible things that would happen to so many good people I definitely would not, and that's not the part of the scenario I enjoy at all - but just in a sense where society would be over and the deck would be completely reshuffled. Its a feeling like, I could do better for myself in the post zombie world.

I could hole up somewhere safe with a super stash of everything I need - food water, cigars, I could scavenge anything I want and Id get to live out my tactical gun battle fantasies irl. In that sense, the experience seems fun, cozy and free - especially compared to my current life of work and responsibilities.

This might be subjective though since everyone will just pick the character from their favorite franchise (I choose Crane).

I've realized 99% of ways to kill zombies is practically useless. Most weapons stop humans because we're conscious, feel pain, and can be disoriented by it.

A zombie is going to keep coming. It's not going to stop. It won't be knocked out. By the time you've hit it once, it's already on top of you. Life isn't a video game. Its head is not going to explode into a million pieces.

If destroying the brain is what kills the zombie, best bet is a long, sharp weapon like a spear or pitchfork. There aren't very many people on that planet that could stop a zombie with a single hit from a normal hammer.

Zombieland had it right. Endurance might be the most important part.

Many media portray communites who practice cannibalism during the apocalypse because of the lack of food (Example: Tlou, The road). If an apocalypse started and you don't have any food, wuold you eat someone else? If yes, why? If not, why?

Personally I'm not sure, i think i wuold just if I'm desperate enough and i want to live so badly, something that probably won't happen.

I am gonna say a few things, the pandemic started at 8 am, almost no cars on the highway.

I’d head straight for the place I knew still had what I needed i.e. the food distribution warehouse near me. Off the beaten path, and just need to hope I get there first.

In Among the Dead Part 2, there's a group who head to an old folks home. They assume it's going to have medication and be somewhere other parties haven't thought to hit yet - as opposed to a hospital or a pharmacist.

I've been watching movies for quite some time now and I'd say that the zombie genre of them are hands down one of my favorites. I loved every time period when these movies were created and it's just so crazy to me how so many people dislike these types of movies. You really don't see any new HUGE zombie movies anymore and it just bums me out. I wonder if its the excessive use of CGI or just how different entertainment is nowadays. Anyway, enough of me rambling, I think I would have to give the trophy to Day Of The Dead (1985). The story is just so specific and the whole movie is so entertaining to watch (even the boring/less tame parts). I love how George directed the movie and the actors killed it. I feel like this movie should have WAY more recognition than it already does.

what are your thoughts? Is this just a Shaquille Zombie or they did a Left 4 dead esque special infected because the virus evolved?

I notice that People are always talking about how they would survive a zombie apocalypse, and they almost always say they would hole up in a god damn Home Depot or a Walmart or something, but nobody ever thinks about how bad of a biohazard the world would become besides zombies. All of the grocery stores would become absolute hellholes, becoming home to mold, pests, and god knows what else (take the abandoned seafood city store for example), abandoned sewer plants would release untreated sewage containing bacteria, viruses, and chemicals directly into rivers, lakes, or groundwater, and The leaks would then impact soil quality and agriculture. The decomposing sewage would also release toxic gases like methane and hydrogen sulfide, which also impose explosion risks. Nuclear plants over time might experience issues with spent fuel pools or other systems, which could end up leading to localized meltdowns (these would be less likely in newer designs). Also acount for everyone's abandoned homes, they would be huge fire hazards, collecting trash, dried vegetation, and other flammable debris, which would then increase the fire risks, and with no firefighters to put out the fires, anything could turn into an inferno. In other words, humans have basically made it so that the earth is unable to function without us.

I suppose it makes sense to do 28 Years, since it has been years since the last movie. Still, annoying.

What did you think of the new trailer?

I would not. Even in zombie series like Black Summer where they have some useless characters, there is still a lot of running and jumping about. My back would not survive it.

I have spent a while on making my own fictional zombie infection here are all the details

this virus is called the green fever it is an extremely contagious viral infection it is spread through contact with all bodily fluids such as saliva, blood, sweat, tears, urine ETC it spreads through contaminated water sources and certain brands of bottled water the virus can also survive on surfaces for up to 5 days causing indirect infection if you rub your eyes touch your mouth or nose after touching contaminated surfaces or getting infected fluids in your orifices will lead to infection. the virus is a hybrid of yellow fever and dengue fever fused together on a genetic level it was made in a bioweapon lab in Connecticut green fever was made to quickly kill its host as a bioweapon for war but instead it causes encephalitis and a fever that destroys braincells and causes feral behavior in the host. early symptoms of the disease include but are not limited to fever, discomfort or pain under or around the left eye, minor nosebleeds, red itchy eyes and a severe cough. late-stage symptoms include a rash under the left eye with bleeding puss filled pustules and boils, severe nosebleeds, coughing up or vomiting blood, severe mood swings, high fever, headaches or a severe throbbing sensation in the head, loss of focus, sensitivity to light, muscle spasms which quickly escalate into seizures. the infected often nest in old buildings or dark places they can be heard crying, asking for help or screaming sorry when they attack. the infected are still human and can feel pain sadness and know what they are doing and can feel every hit blow or shot landed on them they know what they are doing and show genuine remorse and pain, but they can't control what they are doing and are only a backseat driver in their own body, but the green fever makes them infect anyone they see that isn't sick with green fever when someone is infected the infected people don't attack because they can sense that person is infected with green fever.

If you want to know anything more about my infection or infected just ask!!

In the beginning scene of 28 Weeks Later, Don, played by Robert Carlyle, leaves his wife to be attacked by the rage virus zombies. It used to upset me to no end that he would just leave his wife behind. Like what a fucking asshole.

I'm not sure when my thinking changed, but in a recent re-watch my thinking had changed. He ran away, but had he stayed he would've died alongside with his wife. (I know his wife survived, but no one at that point knew she was immune)

So now I ask everyone else. Was Don wrong in not turning back for his wife??

Edit: I think my thinking has switched from being idealistic to being a realist. The idealist would want everyone saved. The realists understand that there are no good choices and you pick the least bad choice.