Zombie Causes?

danielle · May 4, 2004

Hey everyone!

Recently an idea for a Zombie movie popped into my head. It will be a thriller/drama and not the typical cheesy horror zombie movie with the living dead it will actually have a different approach.

Anyways, I'm trying to come up with a way for this to happen and as I have some ideas, I'm still researching other zombie movies to see how they became that way in their movie.

So far I have seen:

- Virus
- Experimentation/Science
- Voodoo
- Toxic waste
- Apocalyptic Comets

Anyone else seen any other causes of zombies in movies?

SPaulovich · May 13, 2004

If you want to dabble in a conspiracy-theme, how about having a story where the DEA is slipping toxic ingredients to drugs on the street - as a means to curb drug use, that goes horribly wrong... creating legions of zombies bent on revenge.

Just a thought...

Zensteve · May 13, 2004

You talking about the John Wyndham book, Tine?

Zensteve · May 18, 2004

Need an birds-eye view of how zombification spreads?

Try this

Shaw · May 18, 2004

Wow, some programmers have way too much time on their hands.

DeceptionA · May 20, 2004

Zombie Infection simulator is now my new favorite site!

CommanderGoat · May 21, 2004

The cause of Zombies.......LOW CARB DIETS!!!

deadman27 · May 22, 2004

Zombies

Hi I am new here, but I think I can add something. How about a Necromancer. Some evil guy with lots of magic. Or maybe soundwaves put in popular music. At first they are only meant to get kids to buy more stuff but then something goes wrong. LOL. Or indentured servitude. Credit card companies have a problem with the whole people getting out of debt by death. So they take the corpses and use them as a cheap inexhaustible form of labor.
just a thought or three.

Tine · May 23, 2004

Zensteve said:
You talking about the John Wyndham book, Tine?

Not sure, I've never read the book only done the play

Zensteve · May 23, 2004

The Chrysalids similar to the play, then?

Tine · May 23, 2004

I didn't mean do it like the chrysalids, I just ment the same type of idea that the zombies wouldn't be zombies really, just misunderstood mutants who are really just the same as the humans except that the humans want to kill them, but the 'zombies' don't want to kill anyone

Zensteve · May 23, 2004

I got the idea. I was just wondering if we were talking about the same story. (Great book)

Tine · May 23, 2004

I was, but I know a lot of the story was changed plus stuff was cut out of the play, so I don't know the whole story. I'd like to read the book

Zensteve · Jun 5, 2004

Subliminal messages, Deadman27? Good call. The "corporation" is evil incarnate. /nod

deadman27 · Jun 5, 2004

I watch too many horror movies and infomercials.