How Do You Like Your Zombies?

[Craterus]

I'd rather they be slow so I can just run away.

You should be ashamed of yourself...

But I'd prefer them slow. It gives us humans a chance.

[Antagonist]

Personally I like "fast zombies" (that is to say, I like the idea, I wouldnt' much fancy being chased by one) but it's worth noting that most "fast zombies" are not technically zombies at all. I suppose the DotD remake is an exception, but the majority of "fast zombies" (28 Days Later, Resident Evil etc.) aren't actually zombies (ie reanimated corpses) but rather people infected with some kind of degenerative virus or something. A semantic point, perhaps, but it might to help overcome rigor mortis objections.

Anyway, while slow zombies are the only real zombies, the iconoclast in me bids me rise up and eschew the tried and tested George Romero tradition in favour of the fast "zombie", a reaction against the rather formulaic image of the Shambling Horde.

EDIT: Just to clarify my point: Slow zombies are much more fun, but they just aren't scary. I want some scary zombies, damnit!

Antagonist