Why Simon Pegg Hates Running Zombies

Zombie movies have undergone a big change over the past 20 years or so, and Simon Pegg is not fond of it. In this video essay, I'll explain why he thinks this ruins the metaphor of the zombie.
Films featured: Train to Busan, Land of the Dead, Night of the living dead, Shaun of the dead, World War Z, 12 years a slave, Zombie Child.
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[@CT-hr9nk]

Agreed. Maybe it's because slow, walking corpses don't seem like much of a threat or a scare, but it's the overwhelming numbers that are terrifying + the lack of self preservation and how they are rotting corpses withstanding severe wounds and disfigurement. They will break through anything and everything if they have enough numbers, which will become inevitable. Even if they can't break in, you'll be trapped inside forever, it's either be eaten by your own body from starvation or be eaten alive by thousands or hundreds of dead people, foul thought... You can't stop them, you can only keep running away as they keep coming and coming endlessly but they are just everywhere! so you have to hide and fear always, the paranoia and fear alone would be unbearable for most. They are death incarnate and they won't stop coming until you join them or are consumed entirely. The fact you know they were once a person with hopes and dreams just like you, completely disrespected and transformed into a disfigured monster is so disturbing, sad and terrifying. The game Project Zomboid portrays this perfectly and has shown me just how brutal it would really be. The traditional walking corpse is still so good and I hope to see more of them in film and games.

[@davidlevy6418]

The problem is that Zombies aren't all that science fiction. Rabies is pretty damn close and it doesn't stop them from running around and acting crazy.

[@J040PL7]

28 days later isnt zombies, they're still alive and can starve. Just because you want to call them zombies, doesnt make then it 😂
For it to be a zombie, the carrier has to die.

[@hajax88]

Great stuff!

[@lupinhankins7657]

10/10 video

[@stormyRust]

Very interesting video! Wished you had more attention :)

[@CinemaAutopsy]

Thank ye !

[@korutma5047]

10/11 video rey 👑,pero me siguen gustando(personalmente) los zombies corredores más

[@prettyeyesclef5018]

"zombies shouldn't run". My brotha, zombies are literally impossible. Zombies shouldn't anything. So if they do this or that, doesn't matter really

[@CinemaAutopsy]

Sure, nothing matters. Unless filmmakers actually have a message?

[@MooMallo]

But why does every zombie movie need to have the same message? We can have our cake and eat it too. There is more then enough zombie flicks, some can be introspective and others can just be dumb fun. @@CinemaAutopsy

[@CinemaAutopsy]

@@MooMallo I imagine that's not what he's trying to do. he's just highlighting what zombies are, deep down?

[@warriorharri]

great video but the main charter was acturly white in the script the black guy just did such a good job gorge hired him so it had nothing to do with racsim.