Is The Zombie Craze Highly Overrated?

How's it going lurkers? Last night, I was on Stalkbook Facebook and a friend kept posting updates about some Zombie flick she was watching on The Syfylis Channel. According to her, it was bad.

Because most of the shows and movies on that network are so terrible, including their Zombie flicks, why should ANYBODY like yours truly be surprised?

You will either agree, or disagree with what I am about to say. Personally, I feel Zombie flicks are highly overrated and they have become overkill for the Horror genre.

A while ago, another friend suggested that I write a Zombie Story. HA! I was never a huge fan of them. Therefore, it won't be happening anytime soon.

Zombies never resonated with me. They remind me of stupid local drunks with mental AND behavioral problems wreaking havoc by looting, vandalizing other people's property, harassing, and assaulting others.

Within this last decade, hack filmmakers only know how to create movies about vampires, werewolves, and zombies regarding Horror, if not some contrived paranormal flick.

Don't get me wrong. I like the Vampire sub-genre with the exception of the cringeworthy few such as Queen Of The Damned and Twilight. Ugh! All the while, there are other Horror sub-genres, that exist and can be explored.

Until this very day, I never understood "The Zombie Appeal." Recently, I discussed this with some of my other friends. I understand that zombies represent anarchy and the apocalypse.

Meanwhile, brainless, dead people wandering around in a daze and eating someone else's flesh does not evoke horror in some of us Horror fans.

At least vampires can have superhuman strength, hypnotize, lure, and seduce humans. We can encounter zombies in our everyday lives.

Similar to what I already said, imagine watching rioters, militant protestors, stupid drunks, and drug addicts, as they roam around, stealing and vandalizing property, and even meeting them at the most convenient local dive bars and clubs. Add in those pod people from high school to the clusterfuck.

We can also watch these zombies on Reality TV Shows such as Cops, The Bad Girls Club, and The Real World, to only name 3 examples.

I laugh at zombies of said ilk for sheer entertainment. They are mostly brainless or at least share 1 brain out the pack.

I think this is why I like Slasher, Occult, Creatures, Dolls, and Vampire sub-genres a lot better than Zombies. The characters are more entertaining and usually have more depth to them.

With Slashers, we can expect moral villains to serial kill the most sickening characters out of vengeance, if not act as vigilantes. This somewhat applies to witches. Ever watch The Craft?

Creatures and Possesed Dolls are scary because they automatically look physically frightening, especially when they look hideous. 

Most people don't know, that ghosts would use dolls' bodies as their vessels. Chucky from the Child's Play  franchise is a perfect example. The serial killer, Charles Lee Ray was shot in a Good Guys toy factory.

Before dying, Charles ("Chucky") used Voodoo to hide his soul inside a doll's body. It's amazing how a cute doll can turn so ugly, after being possessed by a dead serial killer.

Some in the past have asked me about the types of Horror stories I have written. My protagonists are typically stalkers, serial killers, and scorned men and women seeking revenge.

Think about it for a minute:

Knowing people, who are that depraved and DEADLY can freely walk around and assimilate with other everyday people is more frightening than zombies because serial killers really DO exist.

Simply turn on your local news. You will see and hear more horror on it more than you will in a movie or a book.

Anything involving glorified sex offenders (usually overpaid jocks, teachers, doctors, lawyers, politicians, musicians) bug infestations, killer grandparents, housewives, stay at home dads, terrorists, school massacres, animals, and the list goes on.

In reality, the preceding can all be seriously more terrifying than zombies will ever be. Why? Because they are REAL.

Today's Hollywood filmmakers and writers should start brainstorming ideas, return to their drawing boards, and start writing again about SIMPLE SCARES. 

We can find fear in just about any and everything.

Why limit ourselves to overused and highly overrated cliche themes about ZOMBIES?