Before "Night of the Living Dead", zombies behaved in a variety
of different ways. Romero's film had such an impact, though, that
firm rules of zombie behavior developed afterwards. Although these
rules are not obeyed explicitly in every film, some hard-core
zombie film lovers get upset if they are not.
1)The only way to stop a zombie is to destroy the brain or
disconnect it from the rest of the body. This is preferably done
with a shotgun blast to the head.
2)If you are killed by a zombie, you become one yourself. This is
either because everyone dead is becoming a zombie, or because being
a zombie is some kind of communicable disease, and if you die after
being bitten by one, then you become one.
3)Any attempt to bring anyone back to life for the purposes
of
science
love
power
vengeance
alleviating boredom
will ultimately go awry, resulting in at least one rampaging,
mindless undead person. So don't say I didn't warn you.
