Zombies don’t die off easily and neither do zombie movies. Just when you think they’ve been dealt a fatal headshot through a cheap straight-to-video knock-off of George A. Romero’s lumbering hordes, or even the diminishing returns of the master himself (from classics Night and Dawn to woeful Diary and Survival… what’s next, Snapchat of the Dead?), along comes something different: a disaster epic (World War Z), a romcom (Warm Bodies), even a claustrophobic Korean action flick (Train to Busan), to add to earlier fresh meat like 28 Days Later or Shaun of the Dead that so smartly pumped new life, and smart mutations, into the genre’s life cycle.
So, meet the “hungries”. A fungal disease, passed on by bodily fluids, has virtually wiped out humanity by turning them into unthinking, flesh-eating drones who could go head-to-head with the 28 Days… speed freaks in a straight sprint. Yet when not feeding, they basically drop into ‘sleep mode’, swaying on the spot until roused by prey (who can dodge them with a scent-blocking gel), rather than constantly shambling around looking for the next walking deli counter. There’s also a fascinating evolution idea put forward here, for anyone wondering if blank-eyed, cannibalistic wandering would ever lead anywhere; one that arguably has more in common with Triffids and The War of the Worlds’ “red weed” than traditional undead...
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