The Zombie Movie

[Ex Accountant]

Originally Posted by mikejet

...the Resident Evil series are not zombie movies to me.

Thoughts?

I've heard people debate about whether or not 28 Days Later is a zombie movie but never a debate about Resident Evil. Doesn't Resident Evil adhere to the Romeroesque rules of zombiedom? Victims die, reanimate and crave human flesh?

Do zombies still decompose? I used to think not, but I've heard different viewpoints that make me question this. Some of Romero's zombies seem way out there (Dr. Tongue, anyone?) whereas some seem relatively fresh. I'm pretty sure all or most of the zombies from the original Dawn of the Dead were green, which suggests that they did indeed decompose at least somewhat (either that or they all died of a weird skin ailment). Otherwise, they would be human color, but with chunks of flesh bitten out of them.